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08/09/2024

Here are the components comprising satisfaction at cultural organizations for Generation Z, millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers.

26/07/2022

Such a simple thing. Why didn’t we think of it before?

Today is the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! To celebrate, we're sharing one of our newest acquisitions, "Do you want us here or not" (2020) by Shannon Finnegan. Part of a series, the bench is a response to the scarcity of seating in art museums and galleries.

From the artist: “We often think about protest in very ableist terms—standing up for something or marching. But, of course, there is also a long history of sitting as a form of protest...(my) benches give visitors an opportunity to voice their opinion about seating while also offering them comfort and rest.”

The bench joins the MFA’s long-standing "Please Be Seated" program. Founded in 1975, it was the first museum program in the country to commission contemporary artists to make benches and chairs for visitors to use that were also acquired into the Museum’s permanent collection.

11/02/2022

This is such a good idea and a great way to engage museum visitors. ❣️

24/01/2022

To right the inequities of the museum field and support college students from underrepresented backgrounds, today the AAMD named 10 member museums across the United States and Canada who will join the program, offering college students a 12-week internship for a $6,300 stipend.
https://hyperallergic.com/707019/ten-north-american-museums-to-offer-12-week-paid-internships/

Museums in Austin, Louisville, Madison, Montreal, New Orleans, Tampa, and elsewhere will be joining the program, now in its third year.

23/12/2021

2021 was a unique year with new challenges facing the cultural sector, as entities aimed to recover as much as possible from 2020. Here are the top 10 articles by IMPACTS Experience that cultural executives found most valuable this year. Colleen Dilenschneider worth a read!

Here are the most visited, shared, and referenced articles from IMPACTS Experience in 2021. As we all get ready to put 2021 behind us and bring new hopes and plans into 2022, our team at IMPACTS Experience has stopped toRead More ›

14/12/2021

Workers at the Guggenheim Bilbao museum protested low wages by remained unmoving “like columns” for an hour and 15 minutes — a position that emphasized “the importance of their invisible labour in the functioning of the ‘titanium temple.'” Cultural institutions are facing a labor crisis, from EDs to the cleaning staff. “Is everyone’s work equally important?”

This weekend, artist Lorenzo Bussi collaborated with cleaning workers to protest poor working conditions and low pay at the glitzy contemporary art museum.

09/12/2021

How has COVID-19 influenced the way arts funders approach their work? Interesting thoughts on The Wallace Foundation's aspirations for its latest initiative focused on arts organizations of color.

Wallace’s director of arts discusses new initiative with arts organizations of color, art collecting as advocacy and so much more in Art Scoping podcast

09/12/2021

Museums and cultural organizations have been particularly hard-hit this past 18 months: In a survey of over 850 museums, they were shown to have lost an average of $850,000 each in 2020. In part to the disruption caused by the pandemic, the creative world, and cultural industries are, like the rest of the planet, at a crossroads. How will cultural entrenreneurship shape the post COVID world? Worth a read.

As with the new challenges that have arisen, creative solutions will be required.

03/11/2021

Nathalie Stutzmann is not looking for a world dominated by women. “I’m just looking for equality — that we will one day not be considered as a minority, but as musicians, conductors and maestros.”

Nathalie Stutzmann will be the only woman leading a major American ensemble when she takes the Atlanta Symphony’s podium next year.

28/10/2021

It's been a tough stretch for cultural organizations around the world, but after an uncertain first pandemic holiday season in 2020, it seems that more folks are looking toward kindness and recovery. This year, a higher percentage of Americans would consider making a gift to a cultural entity than in any holiday season during the last eight years. Look at what the data shows: https://www.colleendilen.com/2021/10/27/tis-the-season-for-giving-willingness-to-donate-to-cultural-organizations-is-up-data/

Research shows a positive development for development departments during the last quarter of 2021. The pandemic brought a lot of bad news for cultural organizations, to say the least. Museums, zoos, aquariums, historic sites, and performing arts organizations of allRead More ›

06/09/2021

Exposure to art had been shown to be beneficial for both mental and physical health outcomes.

Museum Visits Prescribed to Combat Covid-Related Stress

https://www.museumnext.com/article/museum-visits-prescribed-to-combat-covid-related-stress/

Medical professionals in Belgium have been told that they will be given permission to prescribe visits to museums in an effort to deal with a...

28/08/2021

Recognizing the historical and ongoing injustices driving distrust of vaccines among Black, LGBTQIA+, Native American, and other demographics, is a key first step. But the arts can also be helpful in overcoming other obstacles, such as social media disinformation driving anti-vaccine sentiment, by creating new, powerful conversations.

The agency launched a comprehensive resource page for state and local health departments that want to partner with artists and arts organizations.

18/08/2021

What are cultural organizations doing to prepare for COVID-19 round two?

Now 61% of US likely visitors to museums and performing arts entities believe that these entities should again mandate masks for all visitors - and things may be shifting quickly. Here's how perceptions are trending. The Delta variant is onRead More ›

04/05/2021

Art is not a nice to have, it’s a need to have. The nonprofit arts industry in Georgia is made up of more than 2,800 organizations that support over 30,000 jobs with an annual economic impact of over $2 billion dollars. Americans for the Arts reports that Georgia’s arts sector is 4.3% of the state’s gross domestic product, which is roughly the size of the construction industry.

https://reporternewspapers.net/2021/05/03/commentary-pandemic-closures-spotlight-arts-value-to-economy-communities/?fbclid=IwAR2T2JaY6XKe0GETydLXcbdPNiQyNe1ow4Eg9SnAqfJDFiizVBjzJfbwc9w