Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2011

It's a rough week for cultural practitioners. When I came to become the director of The Museum of Art & History two months ago, we were on the financial brink. This is the first time I've really grappled with the reality of "the museum as a business." Well, they only cost me $8 apiece. Let me explain.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Get cultured. Sarah Janczak suggests a visit to Landmarks'' public art series at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) - a current highlight is Skyspace from James Turrell. For a historic outing, Carolyn Appleton proposes a self-guided tour of the Texas State Capital. Austin also has a terrific street art scene.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Unsurprisingly, some of my favorite museums are small, funky places run by iconoclasts—but that’s not useful to most professionals who work for organizations in which they have little control over size or leadership matters. Third, you need to align your idea with institutional culture. It’s nice to have both.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 This post is even more relevant today to the broader conversation about audience diversity in the arts than when it was published three years ago. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. blog posts from the past.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

1: Create a Facebook culture inside your organization. Networked Nonprofits have a created a Facebook culture inside their organizations. Here’s an example of 25 SMART social media objectives from arts organizations. Here’s an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What’s missing?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

The longer I consult with museums and cultural institutions, the more time I spend peering into people's eyes, wondering: do folks here feel able to innovate? Next Tuesday, we'll experiment with an "open thread" post, in which you are encouraged to share your own experiences (positive and negative) with innovation in organizations.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

In the HEROES Act, changes are proposed for PPP that further expands its scope, especially for nonprofit organizations. Here are a few of the amendments proposed by the HEROES Act –. 10M each for National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. $5M 5M for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail Note from Beth: In 1993, I worked as the "network weaver" for an online network for individual artists called "Arts Wire" where I facilitated online conversations, provided technology support and training. In the last few years, the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Museums are changing.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

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