Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Adventures in Evaluating Participatory Exhibits: An In-Depth Look at the Memory Jar Project

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A man walks into a museum. He shares a story. He creates a visual representation of his story. He puts it on the wall. How do you measur...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Building a Pipeline to the Arts, World Cup Style

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It's World Cup time. And for the first time in my adult life as an American, that seems significant. People at work with the games run...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Guest Post by Nora Grant: Lessons from A Year of Pop Up Museums

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This post was written by my colleague Nora Grant, Community Programs Coordinator at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.  “Pop Up...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Disinterested or Excluded? Two Very Different Forms of Non-Participation

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"I hate museums." Imagine two people saying this. For one of them, the statement is grounded in disinterest. She's visit...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

How False Conviction Could Help Science Centers Be More Human

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It’s not every day that a science center releases an ebook about wrongful conviction in rape and murder cases. Then again, the New York Ha...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Year Three as a Museum Director... Thrived.

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LinkedIn has a new feature where people can congratulate each other on work anniversaries. It has some of the same feel as the disconnecte...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Coming to AAM? Want to Meet People for Real Conversations on Issues that Matter Most to You?

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Everyone always says that the best part of conferences happens outside the sessions, in the hallway conversations and one-on-one meetings...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Guest Post by Porchia Moore: Performing Blackness--Museums, Mammies, and Me

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Kara Walker, The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 18) This guest post was written by Porchia Moore, a third year doctoral candidate in...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Want to Work at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History? Now's Your Chance.

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This week, I'm celebrating three years on the job as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History . This sprin...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Quick Hit: Five Great Links

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This week, a kitchen sink of inspiring bits. Museums, Politics, and Power is a new blog that lives up to its name. It presents global p...