Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

I immediately flashed to my work with art museums and staff members' concerns that older, traditional audiences will shy away from social engagement in the galleries. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger."

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. We started designing ways to make Abbott Square a desirable “first landing place” in downtown—especially for families with children.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat. One of my favorite places for a long time now. Want some waffles with your art? Skill-sharing free schools.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. When I look back at some recent projects that I''m most excited about (like this teen program ), I realize that I had very little to do with their conception or execution. institutional change Museum of Art and History'

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you have a child in your life who wants to make the world a better place, how do you support him or her? If you use the advanced search option on VolunteerMatch.com , you can find volunteer opportunities that are good for kids and/or teens. Encourage them to create "mail art" and decorate the paper and envelopes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2005

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing. This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution. it allows the public to see what goes into making an art center.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. There are a lot of places online where people can meet up, have game jams, etc. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I don’t remember why I was perched on a table in art class, but I do remember the drama of leaping between this bully and his victim. When I was a young teen, for example, my twin sister and a girlfriend would pass around a football during lunch hour. Without hesitating, I knew I had the power to stop the harassment. Bush, Ph.D.,

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It’s a thrilling challenge to the traditional form of art museum exhibit design, and better yet, visitors like it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks. 's space can be used for creating all kinds of sustainable things, such as clothing, food, shelter, and art. Dolores Street Community Services.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Let’s walk through a selection of unique nonprofit websites that not only incorporate these elements but go above and beyond to impress visitors and inspire donations: Interlochen Center for the Arts. Top Nonprofit Website: Interlochen Center for the Arts. North Shore Animal League. Mustard Seed Communities. Gooley Hemophilia Center.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Analisa Xavier implemented Native American Connections ' first ever teen after-school programs. Michael Soto traveled to every corner of Arizona to facilitate a comprehensive arts education program he designed. Hannah Davis successfully placed over 200 volunteers in schools around the valley with Communities in Schools programs.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2015

A community by GEOGRAPHY is defined by place. The simplest version of this community is the place where you live. But you might also feel part of a geographic community related to the place you grew up, or a place you used to live, or a place you often visit. Or art-lovers of Brooklyn.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. And that got me thinking about why I blog in the first place. Thank you for inviting me to come to your museum/conference/art center/home.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

In the article, David discussed ways that several large art museums are working to attract major donors and board members in their 30s and 40s. He is the son of Bonnie Pitman , an extraordinary museum leader and educator who has served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and as a board member for AAM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Performances just for teens. But it was more like 60%--enough for all those young people to feel like they were in the right place, but not enough to feel like it was "their" event alone. I've started realizing that at First Fridays, when our museum swells with people out on the town for an art experience. There were families.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. Or that visitors form a spontaneous "laugh circle" on the floor. It was pretty freaking amazing.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? Aren't art museums less open to participation than other kinds of museums?" I was surprised by her question. In Your Face ).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Among the wild places Braided River has featured, millions of acres have been moved to a stronger level of protection. Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

So I felt lucky last week to learn not only about an innovative arts exhibition employing geocaching, but to discover that its exhibit developer, Seth! Thousands of people geocache for a variety of reasons: to explore new places, to have outdoor adventures, to search for surprises out in the world. Traveling public art!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The Online NTC takes place September 16-17th - get a special 25% discount here. Mashable has dubbed it one of the best places to watch great minds in action. Emily Troutman has just launched a new online art/journalism project with a social conscious. Twitter Demographics: Last month, we learned that Teens Don't Tweet.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

One of the places I go for inspiration during my day is to the books , blog , podcast, and Twitter feed of Kimberly Wilson. Kimberly has authored two books: Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , and Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play. We came up with our first program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2005

Last weekend I went to a great house party/fundraiser for Art in Action camp , a 10-day cultural boot camp for budding teen activists. Urban Sprouts, Art in Action and Streetside Stories (where I worked for 6 years) are great programs, but they can only serve so many young people. education youth activism art

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nearly 70% of users are under 35 , and 72% of teens use Instagram. Images that are unique to your nonprofit; Instagram isn’t the place for stock images. As above, Instagram really has become an art form. You can read more about why you should use Instagram Business on the Constant Contact blog.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. Every time we encourage a volunteer to launch her own collections research, or empower teens to launch their own program series, or invite new partners into our projects, we invite them to participate.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs. Share your ideas.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens.

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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. I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. It means making some conscious choices that push your institution towards being more of a " third place. " It means making some conscious choices that push your institution towards being more of a " third place. "

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. " Theres a "Teen Grid" that eliminates this completely.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. It was great to see grandparents, parents, young adults, and teens all working together to support orphaned children.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. It was great to see grandparents, parents, young adults, and teens all working together to support orphaned children.

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