Author: Eleanor Whitney, Guest Contributor

About

Eleanor Whitney is a writer, educator, arts administrator and musician raised in Maine and living in Brooklyn, New York. She has also worked at the Rubin Museum of Art as the Coordinator of Educational Resources, the Brooklyn Museum as the Academic Programs Coordinator, and at POV/American Documentary as a development assistant. She is completing her Master of Public Administration degree at Baruch College and received her bachelor’s degree from Eugene Lang College in Cultural Studies and Education.

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Op-Eds

Build, Measure, Learn: “Lean” Principles and Innovation Process

By “going lean,” nonprofits use an cyclical, feedback-focused development process to use limited resources more effectively.

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Op-Eds

Business Unusual Event: Recap and Takeaways

The event brought together staff members of arts nonprofits, students and policy makers to talk about what drives innovative change in the arts.

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Op-Eds

Responding to the Getty Cuts: Why Educators Should Trump Acquisitions at Innovative Museums

Recent news that the Getty Museum plans to cut 34 jobs, with 19 of them in its education department, led … Continue reading →

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3 Takeaways from the Debate about Equality

In October 2011, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released Fusing Art, Culture and Social Change, a report by Holly … Continue reading →

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Interviews

Thinking regionally in rural New Hampshire

A group of small arts organizations in rural Monadnock region of Southwest New Hampshire have come together to form Monadnock … Continue reading →

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Interviews

Open Source and Open Attitudes: Technological Innovation for Museums at the IMA Lab

In 2006 the Indianapolis Museum of Art devised an innovative solution to a common technology problem that many museums face. … Continue reading →

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Including teens in the institutional voice: The Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council Blog

As a museum educator I have been in many meetings about how to make museums accessible and welcoming to teenagers. … Continue reading →

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Interviews

Interview: Rural arts group leads change with limited resources

This August when I was driving through Eastern Oregon I was struck by the beauty and intensity of the landscape. … Continue reading →