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When will our Museums learn to give back to the surrounding communities?

Museums look for support from the communities that surround them but often give little back to the area artists and arts organizations that support them. I do not know if this is typical in all areas of the country or just the few Museums that are close to where I live in New York? Still I do not feel that Museums in general do enough to help enrich the lives of the artists and arts organizations around them. For one example I would take the DIA Museum in Beacon, New York the DIA has a wonderful building with a beautiful art collection in an area of New York that has a flourishing arts community and lots of artists.Still the DIA Museum does nothing to create shows for area artists or other area arts organizations. I feel if they did sponsor and create local art events it would be beneficial to them and to local residents who would visit the Museum to see their friends and neighbors art works displayed or other arts performace. The DIA is not alone in this attitude as you find it in other Museums such as the Museo de Bario, MOMA etc. I would love to hear back from any and all Museum staff if they feel these comments are not fair? Hopefully I am missed informed and can be enlightened by your comments? I think Museums do need to work with the communities so that more people would feel comfortable in visiting these institutions and supporting them through memberships and other donations. I am a member of all of the Museums listed above and I do feel it is important for artists and arts organizations to support Museums and other cultural institutions in the area that they live in, but it would be nice to see the Museums support the community, artists, and arts organizations back as well. I look forward to a future where I will be able to visit these Museums and not only see the best art from around the world, but also see the newest and best art works being created by local artists as well.

Cuban American Artist Jose Acosta

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  Nature Photography ( homepage )

02/08/2010 * 22:20:16

very nice artwork. it looks so attractive. thanks for posting. keep up the good work.

 

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  Carolyn Weltman ( homepage )

01/30/2010 * 09:54:43

I totally agree with you about Beacon which was a huge disappointment to me when i traveled there from NYC. Though the town is pretty. However, I will put in a good word about the Met. The Met does look after and encourages the artists who sell outside the Met as well as being open to groups and artists working inside the Met. Also they are very flexible on their entry fees which none of the other museums in and around NYC emulate.

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