This just showed up in our in box:
Aron Packer and Schopf on Lake merge
And just on the eve of all the season openers.
For Immediate Release--
THE ARON PACKER GALLERY AND SCHOPF GALLERY ON LAKE ARE MERGING. THE NEW GALLERY, WILL BE KNOWN AS PACKER SCHOPF GALLERY.
We will be open for the Friday, September 8th openings from 6 - 9 PM. Various information below.
Soft Opening II featuring.... Backstitched: The Embroidered Comics of Dee Clements
Information about Dee's show listed below new gallery info. Grand Opening will be Friday, October 20th and will feature Robert Horvath.
Packer Schopf Gallery
942 W. Lake St.
Chicago IL 60607
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Phone 312 226 8984
Cell 773 458 3150
aronpacker@earthlink.net
http://aronpacker.com
More on this later, along with other gallery moves.
Got any hot tips, insider info or art news you want to break fast? No one does it faster for the Chicago scene than Art or Idiocy?
Email us: artoridiocy@yahoo.com
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Prepare Yourself
GET THE ONLY GUIDE YOU’LL NEED TO ART IN CHICAGO COME SEPTEMBER 8
Finally! A gallery guide to all the important stuff going on that isn’t produced by the galleries! No commercial slant, no institutional spin. Just the Art or Idiocy? agenda: suggesting art you worth looking at.
And what better way to file away our wondrous list and carry it along to all the galleries than in our spiffy Deep Art Thoughts Journal?
I Laffed so Hard I Cremastered My Pants
This is the very first YouTube embedding ever to take place on Art or Idiocy? and who better to be number one than his highness Matthew Barney? Mat Gleason, over at the Coagula blog pointed this jewel out. It is hilarious for all you art geeks and Björk fans out there. We at Art or Idiocy? both enjoy the films of Matthew Barney (sorry, they're good). And we enjoy the mockery of them (he deserves it). So, sit back, grab your popcorn, or whatever serious connoisseurs of the film arts eat when they watch movies and enjoy the auteur discuss his work.
Note: it starts out with no picture, do not adjust your Youtube.
Björk can be heard in the background muttering, "There's a butterfly in the mayonnaise" and "Let's all lie on a dragon's breast."
Note: it starts out with no picture, do not adjust your Youtube.
Björk can be heard in the background muttering, "There's a butterfly in the mayonnaise" and "Let's all lie on a dragon's breast."
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Panel-House Back on the Scene, Sort of
From 2003 to about early 2005 a blog-like website dominated art criticism in Chicago. The website, Panel-House, was directed by artist, musician, organizer and writer Terence Hannum. Now it has been relaunched on blogspot as a loose archive:- Many of these articles were written by a variety of writers, artists, curators, critics, and other cultural multi-taskers that were once part of panel-house.com. I ran Panel-House.com from 2003-2005 when I took it offline. I'll be trying to update it as frequently as possible, lately there seems to be some sort of a demand to find these articles.
Included now are brief notations from Hannum filling you in on what has changed since the pieces were written. This is highly recommended reading, almost required. In fact, put down the photocopies of Walter Benjamin’s “Art in the Age of Mechanical [but not internet, digital or even color] Reproduction” and read what is on panel-house. Put down your Chicago Reader, put down your Newcity, and read these archives. They are that good, or at least valuable as a social/critical history of art in that two year slice of Chicago.
There has been talk of a relaunch, not involving Hannum, but including contributors of the past and a gang of new ones. Don’t hold your breath, though.
Gallery Obits
Art or Idiocy? has been remiss to not announce the passing of PartsUnknown Gallery in the Pilsen neighborhood. August 11 marked the closing of their final show, Nine Lives. Featuring nine artists, with graffiti backgrounds, and perhaps hinting at a future for the gallery in some incarnation. The beautiful, but seemingly cursed, space of 645 West 18th Street has seen two occupants pass before PartsUnknown. The details of which have gone down in the sordid lore of the neighborhood. So who’s up to the challenge of being number four?Nine Lives included the work of Michael Genovese, Jerry Inscoe, Thor, Dan Ezra Lang, Anthony Lewellen, Remi Morgan, Caleb Neelon, Chucho Rodriguez & Chris Silva
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Rearranging the Chess Pieces
Two more galleries are moving around, but remaining part of the West Town Gallery Network (suggestion, call it WTGN, not WGN. Especially since WGN the TV station has claim). West Town is the newest neighborhood for art in Chicago. It mixes the DIY alt sensibilities that make the art scene here so refreshing, with a mind towards business and an eye towards new, fresh or innovative art. It is more of an association (hence "network") than a neighborhood, since the spaces are a little bit spread apart.
Recently Britton Bertran’s 40000 made a move to the West Loop after losing their space to an Italian restaurant of all things. Now 40000 is in the nice position of being in the bustling neighborhood and still maintaining membership in WTGN. Imagine the map of West Town now looking a little like the way Missouri turned out after the famous Missouri Compromise.
This past Friday Lisa Boyle Gallery and Western Exhibitions formally announced in separate emails that both galleries have moved:
"1821 West Hubbard Street, 2nd Floor
(This is 1 block south of Grand, 3 blocks west of Ashland, only a few blocks from the current space. Parking aplenty!)"
The galleries shared space at their old location and will continue to do so now. Both spaces are autonomous- it's not as though Lisa has one corner, and Western has the other, of a large room. The galleries' cohabitation has been cited as an advantage rather than not. This makes sense in terms of getting people in the door. Two shows offer more to see, and two openings are more of a draw. Speaking of which, Saturday September 16th, 6-9pm marks the grand gala openings of Boyle and Western in their new digs. Wisely scheduled after the season openers of September 8th. (Art or Idiocy? is working on a fall preview so you know what to go see)
Finally, as we reported before, West Town is expanding and contracting. Booster and Seven is closed, but new recruits are Bill Gross’ 65GRAND and Kat Parker and Katie Rashid’s Duchess.
So what are you waiting for? VISIT WTGN
Recently Britton Bertran’s 40000 made a move to the West Loop after losing their space to an Italian restaurant of all things. Now 40000 is in the nice position of being in the bustling neighborhood and still maintaining membership in WTGN. Imagine the map of West Town now looking a little like the way Missouri turned out after the famous Missouri Compromise.
This past Friday Lisa Boyle Gallery and Western Exhibitions formally announced in separate emails that both galleries have moved:
"1821 West Hubbard Street, 2nd Floor
(This is 1 block south of Grand, 3 blocks west of Ashland, only a few blocks from the current space. Parking aplenty!)"
The galleries shared space at their old location and will continue to do so now. Both spaces are autonomous- it's not as though Lisa has one corner, and Western has the other, of a large room. The galleries' cohabitation has been cited as an advantage rather than not. This makes sense in terms of getting people in the door. Two shows offer more to see, and two openings are more of a draw. Speaking of which, Saturday September 16th, 6-9pm marks the grand gala openings of Boyle and Western in their new digs. Wisely scheduled after the season openers of September 8th. (Art or Idiocy? is working on a fall preview so you know what to go see)
Finally, as we reported before, West Town is expanding and contracting. Booster and Seven is closed, but new recruits are Bill Gross’ 65GRAND and Kat Parker and Katie Rashid’s Duchess.
So what are you waiting for? VISIT WTGN
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
The opening event of Direct Currency Exchange i-cabin (uk) at artLedge at A.T.C. is now up on our Flickr Photoset. Some of the best images yet. See the fancy slide show HERE.
It's Settled.
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Monday, August 14, 2006
Smurfing Treasures
Updates on the Russian art thievery reported here earlier:
Via Artforum.com, the NY Times’ Steven Lee Myers reports today of a fourth arrest in the Hermitage art theft ring. A curator there, Larisa Zavadskaya, was at the center of the operation, and died of a heart attack around the time the massive secretive thefts were being uncovered. Her husband Nikolai Zavadsky, and son, Nikolai Jr., were also involved. The fourth suspect is Ivan Sobolev, a college teacher. He was a colleague of the father.
In response to this incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide audit of art objects. A commission is to be set up by September 1st in order to inventory the nation’s treasures. This AP story by Henry Meyer is also via Artforum. So far only 13 of the 221 smurfed artworks have been recovered.
Oh, and also millions of dollars in drawings by Russian Constructivist artchitect Yakov Chernikhov were also recently stolen from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Rosokhrankultura is not sure how many drawings have been stolen but that 274 of them, worth $1.3M, have been recovered, beat that Hermitage! This is embarrassing no doubt. The assumption then is of course, if there still are cultural artifacts for the commission to inventory, that they will then have a list on hand so everyone will have a better idea of what is missing when things are stolen in the future. This last bit was from the LA Times, Henry Meyer reporting again, and brought to you yet again by Artforum. Yaaaay Arforum, a long list of links to other sites that have news about art.
Via Artforum.com, the NY Times’ Steven Lee Myers reports today of a fourth arrest in the Hermitage art theft ring. A curator there, Larisa Zavadskaya, was at the center of the operation, and died of a heart attack around the time the massive secretive thefts were being uncovered. Her husband Nikolai Zavadsky, and son, Nikolai Jr., were also involved. The fourth suspect is Ivan Sobolev, a college teacher. He was a colleague of the father.
In response to this incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide audit of art objects. A commission is to be set up by September 1st in order to inventory the nation’s treasures. This AP story by Henry Meyer is also via Artforum. So far only 13 of the 221 smurfed artworks have been recovered.
Oh, and also millions of dollars in drawings by Russian Constructivist artchitect Yakov Chernikhov were also recently stolen from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Rosokhrankultura is not sure how many drawings have been stolen but that 274 of them, worth $1.3M, have been recovered, beat that Hermitage! This is embarrassing no doubt. The assumption then is of course, if there still are cultural artifacts for the commission to inventory, that they will then have a list on hand so everyone will have a better idea of what is missing when things are stolen in the future. This last bit was from the LA Times, Henry Meyer reporting again, and brought to you yet again by Artforum. Yaaaay Arforum, a long list of links to other sites that have news about art.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
SUPPORT THE ARTS i.e. US
Yesterday the Art or Idiocy? store at cafepress was launched. So now you can stop by Galerie Art or Idiocy? Objets d’Art for all your art gear. We have a journal for your Deep Art Thoughts and an attention-getting tee for you to wear when courting galleries. All this and much more.
Order now and be ready for the September gallery season! ! Cafepress is even having a discount on shipping $$$
There is also a T-shirt sporting a painting by Carl Baratta, Wizard.
The details are below the Hermitage story, or HERE.
These items, art objects as they are, will be limited in their availability. So you can rest assure that they are honest to goodness editions. And since we are calling them art, they are in fact, art.
Profits go towards supporting the arts, which means paying for gas, telephone and electric and cat food for the studio assistant. And beer, you can’t be in the art scene without having a beer now and again.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Family Plot
The Independent reports of a theft from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. An elaborate plot which stretched over six years and involved the husband and sun of a dead curator.
The curator, Larisa Zavadskaya, died last October of a heart attack in her office around the time renovations of the museum began. Renovations that uncovered the theft. It was only until now that a connections between the theft and the parties involved have been made. The museum director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, is being quoted as feeling that the crime was a “stab in the back.”
Curators at the Hermitage only make 5,000 Rubles a month, or about $200. Which makes one wonder how much the son, Nicholai was making when he quite working there two years ago on account of poor wages. The art stolen, 221 objects in all, is estimated to be valued at between $5M - $100M (the low end is the “official estimate” the high, is from art historians) In any case, even the low end is still twenty-five thousand months’ salary.
Investigators found pawn shop tickets in the apartment of the father. Some objects have been found. One object was returned from an honest Moscow art dealer who also helped lead to the theives’ arrest.
In an open letter on the Hermitage website, the The World Wide Club of Petersburgers states:
In a statement, the Hermitage admitted to lagging behind current standard in security in just about every aspect. What is it with lax security in Europe? Munch Museum we’re looking in your direction. Apparently the next time you go to view real art treasures abroad, you might never see them again. Unless you help yourself to some.
The Hermitage website has a lot of news on the events that have unfolded HERE
The Independent article, which was the main source of information for our story, can be found HERE
And speaking of the Edvard Munch theft, nothing has ever come of it. Aside from some convictions this past May of men involved in providing and/or driving the getaway car, the gunmen are still at large. And so are the Scream and Madonna. Hopefully they have not been destroyed and will turn up 30 years from now. They are join Lucien Freud’s famed portrait of Francis Bacon in the big giant art loot bin in the sky.
The AP story on the Munch convictions is HERE
The curator, Larisa Zavadskaya, died last October of a heart attack in her office around the time renovations of the museum began. Renovations that uncovered the theft. It was only until now that a connections between the theft and the parties involved have been made. The museum director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, is being quoted as feeling that the crime was a “stab in the back.”
Curators at the Hermitage only make 5,000 Rubles a month, or about $200. Which makes one wonder how much the son, Nicholai was making when he quite working there two years ago on account of poor wages. The art stolen, 221 objects in all, is estimated to be valued at between $5M - $100M (the low end is the “official estimate” the high, is from art historians) In any case, even the low end is still twenty-five thousand months’ salary.
Investigators found pawn shop tickets in the apartment of the father. Some objects have been found. One object was returned from an honest Moscow art dealer who also helped lead to the theives’ arrest.
IMAGE: saint-petersburg.com
In an open letter on the Hermitage website, the The World Wide Club of Petersburgers states:
- Dear Petersburgers:
News about the theft of exhibits at the Hermitage shook the entire cultural world and evoked feelings of anger and protest against those who were a party to this act of vandalism. The misfortune inflicted especially acute pain on us, Petersburgers, for whom the Hermitage is one of the iconic symbols of a great city, its cultural and spiritual epicenter.
...
However, we must also note with sadness that some journalists in the mass media reporting on this deplorable event have betrayed all sense of measure and the cultural traditions of our city which developed over the course of three centuries to become one of the great national legacies.
Safeguarding museum collections is a worldwide problem. For the Russian community, it is an especially topical issue given that our museums are so rich in works of art and so poor in technical means of safeguarding them.
...
We believe in the heartfelt tenderness and sensitivity of Petersburgers and we ask that they provide all possible assistance in tracking down the stolen treasures. We appeal to the conscience of everyone who, either knowingly or out of ignorance, may have been involved in this shameful crime which outrages our countrymen and all those who love Petersburg and who esteem the Hermitage's unique collection.
We ask everyone who willingly or unwillingly came to own the stolen objects to demonstrate civic honesty and bravery, and to return the exhibits to the museum collections, where they belong.
In a statement, the Hermitage admitted to lagging behind current standard in security in just about every aspect. What is it with lax security in Europe? Munch Museum we’re looking in your direction. Apparently the next time you go to view real art treasures abroad, you might never see them again. Unless you help yourself to some.
The Hermitage website has a lot of news on the events that have unfolded HERE
The Independent article, which was the main source of information for our story, can be found HERE
And speaking of the Edvard Munch theft, nothing has ever come of it. Aside from some convictions this past May of men involved in providing and/or driving the getaway car, the gunmen are still at large. And so are the Scream and Madonna. Hopefully they have not been destroyed and will turn up 30 years from now. They are join Lucien Freud’s famed portrait of Francis Bacon in the big giant art loot bin in the sky.
The AP story on the Munch convictions is HERE
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Art or Idiocy? would like to announce the opening of its Goodes & Whares Depot. Our humble General Store specializes in art objects (Tee Shirts, mostly) that are of the sarcastic, humorous and social commentary-ous variety. The concept for the store was born out of the popularity of an edition of home-made Tees by one Erik Wenzel. But many items are available for your immediate consumption:
Now you can get your very own
- “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For the Terrorists” T-shirt.
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JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL, BACK TO SCHOOL or BACK TO THE GALLERIES:
DEEP ART THOUGHTS Journal
Be your own art critic! Take this handy dandy book whenever you go to the galleries, museums or coffee shops. Write down what you really think about art but are too polite to say. Or jot down the phone numbers of curators, gallerists, dealers or just cute people you meet.
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Just in time for the fall gallery openings! There's no better way to let the gallerists and power brokers know your intentions effectively than with this Tee!! Wear this shirt and get results. (results not guaranteed, void where prohibited)
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Either say "I Love You!" or "Not Tonight" depending on your sense of humor. And it’s American Apparel, could you get any more drrty?
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Gallery Walk-Through
You’ll notice that Folding Chair has disappeared from the Art or Idiocy? links. This is because it has disappeared from the internet. This happened once before, but now it seems certain that the auction themed art blog is gone. Visiting the URL leads one to a place-holder website created by a robot.
Feel free to check out the other nice features added into the template, such as a direct link to the Art or Idiocy? Art Openings Flickr Slideshow. We’ve added a whole bunch of new images from various events today. The comments are getting more thorough and the tags more descriptive. So visit the slideshow and walk through Hector Arce-Espasas at new space chicago, the Dirty Found power point at Corbett vs. Dempsey and Jo Hormuth at the very last artLedge.
Folding Chair fans, don’t despair, there are related links at the old URL, so all is not lost. You can find:
Feel free to check out the other nice features added into the template, such as a direct link to the Art or Idiocy? Art Openings Flickr Slideshow. We’ve added a whole bunch of new images from various events today. The comments are getting more thorough and the tags more descriptive. So visit the slideshow and walk through Hector Arce-Espasas at new space chicago, the Dirty Found power point at Corbett vs. Dempsey and Jo Hormuth at the very last artLedge.
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Friday, August 04, 2006
Taking A Tuna to Mecca
NEW: Leave it to Coagula to say what people have been thinking about the circumstances of death, and calling out those quick to say they were chummy with the deceased: Editor's Life Unedited
Some specialists consider to Rhoades like one of the most influential artists of the moment. /ANTONIO ROOMS (You have to love the Google translation of this page)
More on Rhoades passing, but still no official word on cause of death.
The LA Weekly has the best, most thorough piece on the artist’s passing, his body of work and life in general.
First a quote describing the super-secret “Black Pussy Soiree Cabaret Macramé” that sounds pretty funny, awesome:
And addressing that in the LA Weekly, is an excellent quote from Paul McCarthy:
There is also more info on the planned event in Portland on the Willamette Week site.
Some specialists consider to Rhoades like one of the most influential artists of the moment. /ANTONIO ROOMS (You have to love the Google translation of this page)
More on Rhoades passing, but still no official word on cause of death.
The LA Weekly has the best, most thorough piece on the artist’s passing, his body of work and life in general.
First a quote describing the super-secret “Black Pussy Soiree Cabaret Macramé” that sounds pretty funny, awesome:
- “There were all kinds of people coming through there,” recalls art-world photographer and longtime Rhoades accomplice Josh White. “It was basically a 7,000-square-foot dream catcher that was supposed to capture the vibes of all the people that passed through. It was packed with these towering industrial-shelving units with thousands of dream catchers, and camel saddles, and something like 1,800 black-light neon signs spelling out different words for “pussy.” There was a bar in the front called the Johnny Cash Gallery, and food and a wall of macramé that everyone added to, and bands like the Chapin Sisters and Ariel Pink would play. Then he’d make you drink vegan yogurt from your shoe. He was at the top of his game. Where it would have gone from here we can only imagine.”
...
“Black Pussy” was the culmination of a series of controversial Islam-flavored works that included an attempt to take a live tuna on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
And addressing that in the LA Weekly, is an excellent quote from Paul McCarthy:
- “A lot of his enormous, really important pieces were never shown here,” observes McCarthy, who, along with cranky painter/rocket scientist Richard Jackson, mentored Rhoades at UCLA. “You’re making work in L.A., you live in L.A., you consider your fellow artists in L.A. as important, and yet you’re not showing here and there’s this vacant part. People would tell me what Jason’s work was and it would be all based on some photograph or an impression they had without ever seeing these installations that were done usually in Europe. I think the way he made work was misunderstood and not easy to get at. Did Europe understand it better? I don’t know — they were more willing to show it.”
There is also more info on the planned event in Portland on the Willamette Week site.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Jason Rhoades 1965-2006
image: Hauser & Wirth website
We learned on Modern Art Notes of the untimely death of the California artist at the age of 41. And then in the LA Times and on Artnet via a Google news search.
“We are deeply saddened by the apparent passing of Jason Rhoades, an incredibly talented artist. Organism's thoughts and condolences go out to his family and loved ones. He was to have put on a special event, organized by Organism on August 12." (SOURCE: Organism via MAN)
Is the message from venue in Portland, OR where Rhoades was to stage an event that would, “feature a wrestling match involving homeless teenagers wallowing in a plastic pool filled with bath soaps, lotions and sexual lubricants,” with curator Marjorie Myers. (SOURCE: LA Times)
Rhoades had the extremely well bred pedigree of an MFA from UCLA (1993) and studies at Skowhegan among other art schools. (SOURCE: LAT)
He was also a protégé of and later collaborator with Paul McCarthy. (Artnet)
Various reports cite heart failure, although autopsy results are not yet available.
• LA Times Obituary
• Artnet’s report is all the way at the bottom
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
There’s Big Money in Non-Profits
This authentic piece of junk mail is just too good to not share.
This system helps the admissions staff at your museum, be it art or natural history, immediately identify and target major donors to your institution. Here are some key features to Blackbaud’s Arts & Cultural Solution TM:
…Giving everyone at your organization the power to cultivate relationships and provide the highest level of service to each visitor. (Helps you identify rich patrons, so you don’t spend time sucking up to poor people who only look rich.)
Give admissions staff instant access to member records, so they can immediately identify and welcome patrons, with a special instant pop-up that identifies major donors, board members, or other VIPs. As you can see illustrated, this looks your average white middle class museum going family with a son, Porter, age 9, and daughter, Ryan, age 7 (oh Carter and Gillian are so lucky!) But NO, these aren’t some run of the mill guests. Oh, no, as you notice on the console, these are Major Donors, and they need the VIP treatment. You see that older couple in line? Thought they were lifetime patrons of the museum? No way, they are on a fixed income and will expect a senior discount.
Blackbaud also gives development an executive staff instant access to ticketing information, so they can immediately greet a major donor who is onsite. If you have good development and executive staff, with good relationships with donors, you don’t need a computer to alert you. Also, back our days at the MCA, the museum relied on the eyes and ears of their savvy workers in coat check and the front desk to spot and alert “upstairs” when someone famous came in. Case in point: Target darling Todd Oldham and co. roll into the MCA. Staff is on top of it and Mr. Oldham plus severe European heiress looking companion et al are presented with “FEAR NO ART” messenger bags containing catalogues of every show on view and given a tour. When Ilya Kabakov and his German dealer showed up, no one was quite sure if it was him or not. And not much interest in an artist. And so there were no messenger bags, no catalogues and no tours. And besides, you can’t call all the gossip rags when some Russian dude shows up with a stern Teutonic companion.
Finally, Blackbaud can give staff the ability to quickly identify cross- and up- sell opportunities. This doesn’t sound like a “solution” an art and cultural institution would want. But then again, looking at the new MoMA, and shows like King Tut, you’d probably be stupid not to treat your visitors as target demographics to seek out and solicit donations from with extreme prejudice.
If you think this is bad, non-profits are also targeted for spam, such as this one, personally addressed to the Art Institute’s retired director:
James,
DonorPak TM enables you to easily micro-target your message and communicate with your donors the way that they prefer.
Another frequent nonprofit spammer always notes they are owned by FIREFIGHTERS. “You know, the guys who risk their lives everyday in 9/11-like conditions? So if a crappy spam email isn’t enough to get you to commit your institution to us, then out being firefighters sure will.”
This system helps the admissions staff at your museum, be it art or natural history, immediately identify and target major donors to your institution. Here are some key features to Blackbaud’s Arts & Cultural Solution TM:
…Giving everyone at your organization the power to cultivate relationships and provide the highest level of service to each visitor. (Helps you identify rich patrons, so you don’t spend time sucking up to poor people who only look rich.)
Give admissions staff instant access to member records, so they can immediately identify and welcome patrons, with a special instant pop-up that identifies major donors, board members, or other VIPs. As you can see illustrated, this looks your average white middle class museum going family with a son, Porter, age 9, and daughter, Ryan, age 7 (oh Carter and Gillian are so lucky!) But NO, these aren’t some run of the mill guests. Oh, no, as you notice on the console, these are Major Donors, and they need the VIP treatment. You see that older couple in line? Thought they were lifetime patrons of the museum? No way, they are on a fixed income and will expect a senior discount.
Blackbaud also gives development an executive staff instant access to ticketing information, so they can immediately greet a major donor who is onsite. If you have good development and executive staff, with good relationships with donors, you don’t need a computer to alert you. Also, back our days at the MCA, the museum relied on the eyes and ears of their savvy workers in coat check and the front desk to spot and alert “upstairs” when someone famous came in. Case in point: Target darling Todd Oldham and co. roll into the MCA. Staff is on top of it and Mr. Oldham plus severe European heiress looking companion et al are presented with “FEAR NO ART” messenger bags containing catalogues of every show on view and given a tour. When Ilya Kabakov and his German dealer showed up, no one was quite sure if it was him or not. And not much interest in an artist. And so there were no messenger bags, no catalogues and no tours. And besides, you can’t call all the gossip rags when some Russian dude shows up with a stern Teutonic companion.
Finally, Blackbaud can give staff the ability to quickly identify cross- and up- sell opportunities. This doesn’t sound like a “solution” an art and cultural institution would want. But then again, looking at the new MoMA, and shows like King Tut, you’d probably be stupid not to treat your visitors as target demographics to seek out and solicit donations from with extreme prejudice.
If you think this is bad, non-profits are also targeted for spam, such as this one, personally addressed to the Art Institute’s retired director:
James,
DonorPak TM enables you to easily micro-target your message and communicate with your donors the way that they prefer.
Another frequent nonprofit spammer always notes they are owned by FIREFIGHTERS. “You know, the guys who risk their lives everyday in 9/11-like conditions? So if a crappy spam email isn’t enough to get you to commit your institution to us, then out being firefighters sure will.”
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