Top 10 Practices to Center Accessibility
Charles Baldwin, Program Officer for Mass Cultural Council discusses 10 practices to center accessibility.
How Can Museums Become a Home for Newcomers?
Patricia Lannes discusses her commitment to working with immigrant communities and her belief in the role that newcomers can play in cultural institutions led her to conceive Cultures and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century (CALTA 21).
Effective Grant Writing Tips for Small Nonprofits
In this article, Jessica Wilson shares how to start identifying the appropriate grants, best practices for a winning proposal, and tips for after you receive your award letter.
Ten Lessons for Talking About Race, Racism and Racial Justice
As we strive to improve conversations about race, racism and racial justice in this country, the environment in which we’re speaking seems to be constantly shifting. Yet, these conversations are more important than ever. Opportunity Agenda has put together some advice on finding entry points based on research, experience, and the input of partners from around the country. This is by no means a complete list, but it is a starting point for moving these discussions forward.
Can public art inspire productive political conversations?
In today’s partisan landscape, thoughtful and open discussions about the big issues can sometimes be hard to find. Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman are turning to art — including highway billboards and remakes of revered images — as a way to catalyze conversations and reinvigorate democracy.
How an Accidental Museum Bomb Threat Taught Me To Be A Better Entrepreneur. (Alternatively: Dinosaurs, Design Strategies, and Rapid Prototyping Mess Ups)
Creating a rough draft is a skill that requires discipline and practice. It involves consciously bypassing the tendency to want to be perfect and an intense focus on practicality. Ideally, you want to put your product in front of a customer as soon as possible. Justin R. Evans writes about rapid prototyping in this humorous post.
7 Effective Ways to Increase Revenue for Education Programs
David Mimeles writes for the Association of Children’s Museums blog that there are a number of different ways that children’s museums can increase revenue and minimize administration costs while expanding education programs.