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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

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Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. All artists work in a free and fair work environment in Cambodia where they are paid above average wages and receive benefits such as health insurance and stipends for their children’s education.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post.

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"It Is What It Is," and the Challenges of Dialogue-Focused Exhibits

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Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Watch this amazing video of an older Sioux man reacting to the blown-out car and recalling Vietnam. I sat down this morning to write a negative review of an exhibit.

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Visitor Voices Book Club: Loving the Love Tapes

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Created by video artist Wendy Clarke, and eventually part of the Exploratorium's collection, the Love Tapes project features visitors of all kinds sharing their personal experiences of love. What better example of this distinction than the Love Tapes? Again, this is not a discussion about what love is or isn't.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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I remember being seven years old and learning about the Vietnam War and writing a letter to the President of the United States. I think what I want to say now is, really, that this work, albeit very sophisticated and strategic, there's just something about humanity and the world that we live in that I have always, since I was a little kid.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

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Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. Our web site serves as an international resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists, art professionals, health care practitioners, and those challenged by illness.

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