The Dawn of the Entrepreneurial Museum
"What if I told you that these wide-ranging experiences had one thing in common? They were all brought to you by art museums."
That's what the Guardian has to say about what it calls the "age of the entrepreneurial museum," in which art museums are turning their backs on traditional fundraising methods in favor of more unconventional ways of making money.
Examples include the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the P'rez Art Museum Miami, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
In Houston, for example, the museum is offeringcuratorial services to clients such as the Mayo Clinic, while in Miami, the P'rez Art Museum is installing a digital billboard on its campus that will serve as a way to promote its activities, showcase artist commissions, and host advertising.
In Pittsburgh, the Andy Warhol Museum is developing a so-called Pop District that will include public art, an event venue, and a "workforce program" for students, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
It's all part of the museum's effort to boost its income from "near zero prior to the pandemic to just over 10% of its annual budget in 2023," says director Hesse McGraw.
But there are a couple of downsides to all of this
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Hidden Gems in Philanthropy
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Manatee Community Foundation
Harvest House provides affordable housing and addiction recovery services.The Skilled Companion Dog Program provides dogs that serve as loyal companions and teachers.Bridge A Life supports children...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Manatee Community Foundation
Harvest House provides affordable housing and addiction recovery services.The Skilled Companion Dog Program provides dogs that serve as loyal companions and teachers.Bridge A Life supports children...more
Peer Learning Networks 
Creative Australia's peer learning networks help to foster a collaborative and supportive environment for artists and creative workers.National Giving Day to the Arts is a new initiative designed to...more
Creative Australia's peer learning networks help to foster a collaborative and supportive environment for artists and creative workers.National Giving Day to the Arts is a new initiative designed to...more
Corpus Christi 2025 Arts Grant Program Recipients Recognized 
Corpus Christi 2025 Arts Grant Program Recipients Recognized.City of Corpus Christi's Arts & Cultural Commission (ACC) announced the recipients.Program provides $300,000 in total funding to support...more
Corpus Christi 2025 Arts Grant Program Recipients Recognized.City of Corpus Christi's Arts & Cultural Commission (ACC) announced the recipients.Program provides $300,000 in total funding to support...more
Arts Center Exhibit Features Painter Hayes 
Painter Hayes, the creative team of Sarah and Cosby Painter Hayes, brings together a vibrant selection of work that engages with themes of identity, environment, social reflection, and kitsch...more
Painter Hayes, the creative team of Sarah and Cosby Painter Hayes, brings together a vibrant selection of work that engages with themes of identity, environment, social reflection, and kitsch...more
Humans of the U: Lauren Carn 
Lauren Carn, Class of 2025, BFA in Theatre Teaching, College of Fine Arts, from Draper, Utah.Carn is starting a job at Salt Lake Arts Academy teaching fifth through eighth grade drama.Carn wrote a...more
Lauren Carn, Class of 2025, BFA in Theatre Teaching, College of Fine Arts, from Draper, Utah.Carn is starting a job at Salt Lake Arts Academy teaching fifth through eighth grade drama.Carn wrote a...more
Governance Hub 
Creative Australia's governance initiatives are open to the public.For questions related to Creative Australia's Governance initiatives, please email.For more information,...more
Creative Australia's governance initiatives are open to the public.For questions related to Creative Australia's Governance initiatives, please email.For more information,...more
Partner and Co-Invest
Creative Australia is the Australian Government's principal arts investment, development and advisory body.It aims to support a thriving arts and cultural sector and encourages all Australians to...more
Creative Australia is the Australian Government's principal arts investment, development and advisory body.It aims to support a thriving arts and cultural sector and encourages all Australians to...more
The Frost School Partners With Ai Program to Shape the Future of Music 
The Frost School of Music announces a groundbreaking partnership with Suno, an artificial intelligence music program.The partnership will explore ways to leverage the powerful new technology to shape...more
The Frost School of Music announces a groundbreaking partnership with Suno, an artificial intelligence music program.The partnership will explore ways to leverage the powerful new technology to shape...more
Philanthropy in Action: Yerkin Tatishev Drives Cultural Legacy At Tsinandali 2025 
The Tsinandali Festival is returning for its seventh edition from September 4 to 14, 2025.The festival is a unique initiative backed by Kusto Group and Yerkin Tatishev, designed to connect cultures...more
The Tsinandali Festival is returning for its seventh edition from September 4 to 14, 2025.The festival is a unique initiative backed by Kusto Group and Yerkin Tatishev, designed to connect cultures...more
Impact Investment Readiness 
Impact investing is a funding model with a range of benefits for arts and cultural organisations seeking to access new sources of capital.Australia's National Cultural Policy: REVIVE includes a...more
Impact investing is a funding model with a range of benefits for arts and cultural organisations seeking to access new sources of capital.Australia's National Cultural Policy: REVIVE includes a...more
Friday May 2, 2025
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Aspire Food Group Wins Hult Prize for Innovative Social Entrepreneurship Idea
The 2013 Clinton Global Initiative challenges student teams to create a social enterprise that will surpassingly increase food security for urban slums by 2018.
