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CJM Contemporaries Fisher Collection Visit , originally uploaded by levenj . I learned at the CJM Contemporaries Fisher Collection Visit that the Stone's Exile on Main Street cover is a Robert Frank photograph?! How come I never knew this? Warhol and the Stones? Richard Hamilton and the White Album?

Museums and I.C.V. View more presentations from James Leventhal . A colleague from many years ago was looking through old presentations I had up in slideshare and wrote the following: Among the many charms and pithy paradoxes of your slideshare presentations, today I enjoyed responding in a new and, I hope, insightful way to your slide that says "The Poetry of Process / The Beauty of Bureaucracy." That's one I would like to have heard your witty words on in the moment you put the slide up. Would I be right to take that as brightening the hue of Max Weber's sociological lament on the "iron cage" of bureacracy? As in, learn to work with it? Even, "Love it All?" Enjoy the art and craft in the human side of organizational life. Make a vigorous sport out of winding through mazes on tilting floors. Appreciate the complexity of forming alliances for shared and individual aims. Rather than whine about bureaucracy and "process", why not sing a s...

Now more Genesis P-Orridge! Now. More!

I can't believe I'd never heard this before. Shelley and Keats.

Ford Bell DVM and President AAM at the Portland Children's Museum , originally uploaded by levenj . Ford Bell, President of AAM and trained veterinarian at the Pet Hospital installation at the Portland Children's Museum as part of the Western Museums Association Annual Meeting 2010 in Portland, OR

I want you to take a look at: givezooks! - online fundraising for nonprofits and grassroots campaigns   Tehiyah Board President Adam Mizock writes: Marathon for Tehiyah My goal is to run the California International Marathon on December 5, 2010 in Sacramento and to raise $10,000 for Tehiyah Day School. I hope to encourage friends, family and the East Bay community to join me in giving to Tehiyah. Tehiyah has enriched my family's life through its education of our children and its impact on our community. I am currently in my fifth year as President of Tehiyah's Board of Trustees. I have been inspired by the way our students and graduates take the Tehiyah curriculum to heart as they engage in lifelong learning (l'midah), social justice and giving to those in need (tzedakah) and making the world a better place (tikkun olam). Tehiyah's curriculum is brought to life by our students and teachers through interactive experiential learning. This year I decided to stretch my own ...

Thanks to Theatre Bay Area , Alan Brown walked us through his study findings Stop Taking Attendance and Start Measuring the True Impacts of Your Programs Major University Presenters’ Value & Impact Study, Presentation by Alan Brown and Jennifer Novak at the Arts Presenters Conference (January 11, 2008) to download presentation click here . One of the primary messages is that you have to balance readiness and impact. Marketing can help create that level of anticipation. Captivation and Personal Involvement! The Hypothesis: “Readiness to Receive” + The Performance Experience = Intrinsic Impact Alan Brown draws our attention to the University of Florida's Performing Arts annual report, which actually includes intrinsic value in its annual report: UFPA INTRINSIC IMPACT RESEARCH SUMMARY Although our mission is not defined in terms of ticket sales and financial metrics, we previously reported only those figures to funders, foundations, university administrators, board members and...

Collecting the Impossible , originally uploaded by levenj . I was at ybca , because I've come ot know and really respect Catharine Clark. I got to know Catharine, because Ken Goldberg is doing an installation at the CJM to be entitled Are We There Yet? And Catharine represents Ken's work through the Catharine Clark Gallery . Initial funding for Are We There Yet? came in the form of one of those amazing collaborative grants from the Creative Work Fund . According to the Creative Work Fund web site, four principles guide the Fund: Artists’ creativity merits philanthropic support. Individual creativity is the source of cultural richness and diversity. The arts can be a powerful vehicle for problem solving and community renewal. Collaborative efforts among artists, organizations, and their constituents can generate a productive exchange of ideas and bring the arts to new audiences. How fantastic is that?! Well, anyhow, as part of getting to know Catharine Clark, she tells me s...

Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Creative Commons Salon: Participatory Culture Offline View more presentations from Nina Simon .

Jumping at the Y , originally uploaded by levenj .

by James G. Leventhal Jaron Lanier came to speak at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as part of the Museum's LINK program,, a Jewish, Art, and Technology initiative at the CJM. Jaron Lanier purposefully positions himself as archaistic. He wants you to read a book. He wants you to think before you "tweet." He is also sometimes credited with inventing virtual reality . That's right, inventing virtual reality . And he has helped to craft some of the finest future visioning in a Philip K. Dick film, yet, as a creative consultant on Minority Report . He has jammed with "Q," Ornette Coleman, and been on tour with Yoko Ono. Jaron Lanier, Wild Thing , originally uploaded by levenj . Hearing Jaron Lanier speak at the CJM was a thrill for me. I'd been reading Lawrence Lessig and Chris Anderson , and was all excited about the 'wisdom of the crowds' and the potential of mass collaboration and social media's power to build networks and layers o...

Outside Berkeley Art Center , originally uploaded by levenj .

Basel Art , originally uploaded by levenj .

plug.in gallery , originally uploaded by levenj .

Fribourg: Find the Space Invader II , originally uploaded by levenj . space invaders in fribourg

Living Tableau at Impressionism Show: Degas , originally uploaded by levenj . A Friday evening at the de Young with young dancers and gentleman as Degas and dancers as part of programs on Friday evening free public programs on July 30, 2010 for exhibition Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay (May 22, 2010 - September 6, 2010)

Peter Samis (SFMoma) et les espaces critiques collaboratifs , originally uploaded by dalbera . rode the train this morning with Peter :) felt like being close to equilibrium.

SF Gay Men's Chorus Presentation , originally uploaded by levenj . These guys seem to have had a transformational experience art #artslabsf from this to this pic above now, giving a persuasive and hilarious presentation about how Social Media's now working for them! such a thrill....