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POW Arts Salary Survey
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The POWarts Salary Survey was developed by POWarts in collaboration with Maricar Mabutas, MS, Research Scientist at the NYC Department of Finance, and Ging Cee Ng, PhD, Associate at Analysis Group Inc. The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect that of the NYC Department of Finance or Analysis Group, Inc.
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The Role of Artists in Gentrification: Linking the Art World to Resistance Movements
How Do Museums Protect Their Collections From Fire Risk?
Drone view of the remnants of Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum
Mauro Pimentel/Getty Images
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/09/museum-fire-risk-how-do-they-protect-collections-from-fire-and-water-damage.html
CMA Creates New Group of LGBTQ Patrons
This New Museum Doesn’t want Instagram or Crowds
This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist?
August 30, 2018 at 3:58 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/entertainment/museums/this-new-museum-doesnt-want-instagram-or-crowds-does-that-make-it-elitist/2018/08/30/eaf0028a-aa2b-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html
Preserving Plastic
These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart.
Museum conservators are racing to figure out how to preserve modern artworks and historical objects that are disintegrating.
Culture Pass in New York City
A library card opens the door to culture in New York.
Van Gogh, Hopper, the frangipani. These are only some of New York’s artistic treasures that have brought tourists to the city for generations. Now, they will be accessible to millions of additional New Yorkers, too, thanks to a new city initiative aimed at giving more residents access to iconic cultural destinations. All one needs is a public library card.
The new program, Culture Pass, will offer free admission to more than 30 institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum and the Louis Armstrong House. These are the cultural riches that make New York great, but for far too long, the price of admission was too high for far too many who lived here. Thankfully, the Culture Pass will help fix that.
Unpacking 263,000 visitor photos at the Royal Ontario Museum
“In a little over 4 years we have gathered just over a quarter of a million photos shared by our visitors.
263,693 photos as of January 25th, 2018 to be exact.
That is a lot user generated content (UGC) but is any of it meaningful? Can we use this as a data source to inform decision making? Are selfies really the scourge of the museum world like they are made out to be or are more people taking (collecting) photos of artifacts? Is there a benefit to encouraging visitors to share their photos? Do we need to incorporate digital engagement experiences into our exhibitions, or can we be more reactive? Below I’ll dig into these ideas and attempt to extract some meaningful information from this UGC collection.”
Stapleton accused of paying off history museum to remove family’s KKK past from exhibit
“A decision by the History Colorado museum to remove references to former Denver Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton in its Ku Klux Klan exhibit, even though he’s one of the most prominent Klansmen in Colorado history, has led Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Barlock to accuse fellow GOP candidate Walker Stapleton of directing his family’s foundation to donate to the museum to cover up the Stapletons’ white supremacist roots.”
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