The Collecting Impulse: Fifty Works from Dorothy and Herbert Vogel at the Blanton. The museum’s tribute to the quirky couple, their iconic collection, and their trademark collecting techniques was understated yet daring, like the badass Vogels themselves. Closed August 12.
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the Lightning Field. write a letter to DIA. wait for conformation. travel to Quemado, New Mexico. meet Robert. drive deep into the desert. be dropped off with a casserole dish of cheese enchiladas and your luggage. spend twenty-one hours communing with Water de Maria’s masterpiece consisting of 400 lightning rods spread over a rectangle measuring one mile by one kilometer. repeat whenever possible. (recent visit 8/9 - 8/10) *photos of the piece are not allowed and could do nothing to truly communicate the experience.
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kudos^3
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Peter Karoff: Why the Art of Philanthropy Trumps the Science | Stanford Social Innovation Review
If a donor loses sight of the passion, the context, the reason for being there in the first place, then the philanthropic act is empty and the risk of doing harm exponentially increases. This is when the art of philanthropy must trump the science. Art helps balance the excesses of “rigor”—it offers that needed context, fills in the void, and gives voice to the gift within the gift.
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Giving Thought: Now That's What I Call Philanthropy & Social Investment 2: Best of the Web 25.01.13
Based on the response to last week’s inaugural weekly round-up of the top 5 philanthropy and social investment stories on the web, I am going to cautiously pronounce it a success. At least, enough of a success that I have decided to do a second edition this week.
So here, in no particular order,…
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good:
The Fact That Changed Everything: Jeff Berk and Participant Media
- Bekah WrightA film can have the power to spur conversation and spark an audience’s empathy, passion, and curiosity. For Los Angeles-based Participant Media, the visual storytelling power of movies is an invaluable tool to create meaningful impact. Says Participant CEO Jim Berk, “This company is driven by the belief that every problem this world confronts has solutions.”
This content is brought to you by GOOD, with support from IBM. Click here to read more stories from The Fact That Changed Everything series and here to read about other Figures of Progress.
Illustration by Jessica De Jesus
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The democratization of art:
As the means to create and distribute art becomes increasingly more affordable and widespread, the curators of the art world are starting to fade into the background. While tastemaking was formerly the wheelhouse of gallery owners and critics, it’s becoming readily more apparent that wider swaths of the public are determining what art is and who gets the funding to create it. How has this sea-change affected the art world, and is it really a good thing for creators, sellers and the culture at large? Chicago Sun-Times art critic Margaret Hawkins, Kevin Buist, director of artist relations for Artprize, the world’s largest art competition; and gallery owner Ellen Hartwell Alderman discuss the democratization of art and why it matters.
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Help @JasonEppink fund his Friends’ Kickstarter Campaigns!#artproject
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Seeds: A Microlending Game Where Farmville Meets Kiva
Instead of giving your dollars to Zynga to make your virtual farm grow faster, what if the real dollars you invested in a virtual game went to help a real entrepreneur?
Sounds good to us!
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5 Tips For Smarter Giving
SCE Executive Director Ryan Blitstein interviewed by Ashoka on empathy and philanthropy.
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Broken Sword in a nutshell.
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A complete collection of articles and case studies written on kickstarter campaigns. A great starting point for anyone thinking of crowd funding their next project.