In the visual arts, there is no guarantee that work will be preserved for any time after it has been created. While physical pieces are certainly more permanent that performances, all works are subject to deterioration and destruction. Some pieces are more susceptible, such as work made of fragile material or located in an unstable […]
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NFTs, with the full name of non-fungible tokens, are popular these days around the globe. Unlike Bitcoin, NFTs are unique digital assets and each has a digital signature that allows NFTs to be “exchanged for or equal to one another”. The most expensive NFT until now is Everydays: The First 5000 Days by Beeple, originally […]
Technology has always been a really big part of the music business, and has really dictated how we make music, how we consume music.” —— Kristin Robinson, Billboard‘s music publishing reporter Today, NFT probably is no longer a foreign term to many. The digital assets stored on a blockchain have now made their way everywhere, […]
The Digital Dark Age is what some are calling the potential (or in some cases realized) threat of the loss of information stored digitally. Bit rot, digital decay, and link rot are all common phenomenon that plague arts organizations today and will likely continue to burden arts organizations for the foreseeable future. However, despite the […]
Introduction Over the years, the world of theatre has steadily gotten more diverse in the characters that are presented in a play or musical. This is largely due to the enhanced presence of minority playwrights’ work taking centerstage at community and regional theaters nationwide. However, much work still needs to be done as over 70% […]
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All About DAOs
Intro: Over the past year, there has been a craze over Web3 – while terms like blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs have started to become more commonplace, there is still a deeper rabbit hole of other innovative concepts. In particular, this article will focus on DAOs – specifically, what they are, how they function, how they […]
NFTs is coming to the Arts world. What is NFTs? “NFTs are tokens that can signify ownership of individual items. They permit us to tokenize objects such as art, collectibles, and even property. NFTs could only have one legitimate owner at a time and are protected by the Ethereum blockchain; no one can alter the […]
Data analytics are becoming increasingly prominent in the arts and entertainment world. While the most prominent examples are seen in the usage of algorithms by companies such as Netflix and Spotify, there are growing instances of these technologies in other segments of both artistic management and the creation of art. This post looks at how […]
As nonprofit fundraisers, we are continually searching for efficient systems to discover, approach, solicit, and measure support from prospects. The market for fundraising software is over-saturated with business management technology that is constantly evolving. An increasingly prevalent trend in startup software is the integration of artificial intelligence technology, which has become more popular today thanks […]
Walking into a museum, what is your likelihood to go straight to the console and make a donation? The chance is pretty slight. Research in museum fundraising studies has shown that donation does not come naturally, rather it needs to be nurtured. No matter how large or how small the donation is, it requires the […]