Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") ...

It's the end of the summer, which means we are sadly bidding farewell to our fabulous summer interns, getting lonely and scared about ...

Reader, I was wrong. In 2008, I wrote a post arguing that museums should focus on the pre-visit, not the post-visit, if they want to ca...

A woman walks into your museum. She's visited a few times before, and you vaguely recognize her as the lady who loved bubble painting,...

Last week, my mom called. "That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. "It's more abo...

When we talk about making museums or performing arts organizations more participatory and dynamic, those changes are often seen as threat...

I promise--after this post, I'll stop writing about this. But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the S...

I get excited about a lot of things in my work at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History . But every once in awhile, something extra...

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When...

A year ago, I wrote a post speculating about whether events (institutionally-produced programs) might be a primary driver for people to a...