Last month, MAH curator Susan Hillhouse and I sat down and wrote an exhibition philosophy for our museum. We wanted to share with people,...

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the arti...

We've gotten a little more organized at The Museum of Art & History , and we've now released opportunities for summer intern...

Last week, I did something I hadn't done in ten years. I walked into a boxing gym. In college, I'd boxed a bit recreationally, and...

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking:...

A few weeks ago, the MAH Director of Community Programs, Stacey Garcia, came to me with an idea. Stacey has been collaborating with local a...

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adu...

For years, I'd give talks about community participation in museums and cultural institutions, and I'd always get the inevitable qu...

Last week, I finally watched  The Art of the Steal , an arresting documentary on the controversy around the evolution of the Barnes Foundat...

We've been offering a host of participatory and interactive experiences at The Museum of Art & History this season. All of them a...