Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2018

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. The OFBYFOR ALL Communications Catalyst will be the online host and voice of the growing global OFBYFOR ALL movement. Both these people will lead innovative work to build community locally and globally.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 In this courageous guest post, Adrienne Berney, a Collections Care Trainer who works primarily with history museums, gives us an insider’s guide to these issues. Staff time : allowing access can be labor intensive for those in charge of collections.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. At the same time, our community relevance was limited. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 11, 2015

Think back to the last time you crossed a line. and his voice getting lost in the waves. We wanted to reflect this diversity of identities by inviting all kinds of artists and artworks into the gallery. But some visitors--especially some artists--hate it. But some visitors--especially some artists--hate it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Our archeology did not aim to uncover the hidden voice of my grandmother, but instead to begin an ongoing practice of recreation.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies. And pop culture icons, from basketball players to rock stars , are making highly visible commentary with their clothes and voices. But now is a great time to start being involved. Where do museums fit in?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 30, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Inclusive Fundraising: Taking Pride Month Support to New Heights In a world that yearns for inclusivity and acceptance, Pride Month stands tall as a beacon of hope and celebration for the LGBTQ+ community. Get ready to make a lasting impact and empower change like never before.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Candid

MAY 29, 2024

This is important because when we talk about identity-related issues, we often focus on one identity at a time (e.g., Imagine a librarian who has separate bookshelves dedicated to art history, women’s history, Latin American studies, and LGBTQ icons. At the same time, visibility isn’t always positive.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. Spend more time in the community to whom you wish to be relevant. There is a strong community of Oaxacan artists, dancers, and musicians in Live Oak. It's pretty simple.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. Rosalind Franklin. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

It incorporates work by local artists, old and new construction, and is completely gorgeous. Several times on the tour, Vi said, "I once had someone on a tour who told me." and then recounted some related fact or history. It was clear that Vi isn't just someone who talks about history. a "wedding worthy" community hall).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

From the perspective of our work, it really means that the more we amplify different voices, the more we are doing our job. Joan of the Stockyards", by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Lear DeBessonet, the founder and Artistic Director of Stillpoint Productions. That is not a story that gets told all that often.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Other times, the differences come down to social conventions. The Museum 2.0

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Read time: Kind of a while, tbh, but there’s a shortcut! Pay was lousy, and there was constant pressure from publishers to produce more work in less time. Striving to make storytelling work given the constraints of time, space, the boss’s demands, evolving trends, and how dang hard it is to draw horses. That’s okay.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

It requires trading a certain history for an uncertain future--a nerve-wracking prospect no matter the situation. I employ the parallel strategy all the time in my work. You can't just start with who you already have in the middle and build infinitely outward. This is incredibly scary.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

Without an explicit "I" voice, the museum's perspective on humanity is oblique to say the least. Welcome to Pine Point is a kind of virtual museum exhibition about the town, told from the perspective of Michael Simons, an artist who grew up in the nearby town of Yellowknife and visited Pine Point as a boy.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 18, 2017

This month, we opened a new exhibition at the MAH, Lost Childhoods: Voices of Santa Cruz County Foster Youth and Foster Youth Museum (brief video clip from opening night here ). it uses art, history, artifacts, and storytelling to illuminate a big human story and an urgent social issue.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. About 2/3 of user-submitted data entries are found to be inaccurate, which is either a good number (these users are amateurs) or lousy (the verification is incredibly time-consuming).

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

--Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Each week, I’ve been ceding the blog to others as a chance to hear many voices share their thoughts about our field, where we are, and where we are going. This field is varied, and each voice adds to our collective understanding of the situation. Across museums we censor, and we do it all the time. Which is a lie.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

Robine was born and raised in France but has spent significant time in the US, thus making her a perfect bridge for European clients establishing business in the US. I found many parallels between the history and development of the design museum and of the MIM.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

Robine was born and raised in France but has spent significant time in the US, thus making her a perfect bridge for European clients establishing business in the US. I found many parallels between the history and development of the design museum and of the MIM.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In the ancient times, pharaohs had scribes that shadowed them, recording what they said. There was once a time when people used to record their lives and thoughts in leather-bound diaries. At one time, I would have referred to this as being nomadic. And somewhere on the internet this information is quietly collecting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Lifting my arms and voices to say “I FAILED, NOW LETS MOVE ON.”Led Presentations should cover 5 areas: (a) General overview: goal, history, timing of the failure; (b) What went right? (c) ” They will ask is it time to order the flowers? They will give the technique a formal burial and eulogy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. FiftyCrows Foundation eschews these media politics and prioritizes social awareness by using arrestingly real, timely photographic images as a catalyst for education, cultural understanding and social action."

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We all have hundreds of ideas for content to post on social media… until it’s actually time for us to post something to social media. And as New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine once said, “ My muse must come to me on union time.” Amplify their voices on your platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

The level of joy and celebration was unforgettable because of what we were making happen, and the history we were making each day that we were there. AD: You know, for a lot of the women that came to the training, this was the first time they'd met women who lived in neighboring communities. From that point, my path shifted.

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Whole Whale

MAY 1, 2024

We all have hundreds of ideas for content to post on social media… until it’s actually time for us to post something to social media. And as New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine once said, “ My muse must come to me on union time.” Amplify their voices on your platform.

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Everyaction

JUNE 26, 2018

This month, our EveryAction hero is Jewish Voice for Peace. How did Jewish Voice for Peace get started? Jewish Voice for Peace has been around for 20 years, We’re a national organization with over 70 chapters and 15,000 members across the country. We also have an artists council, an academic council, and a student program.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Perhaps nonprofits have listened to my advice over the years to time their email campaigns when the most giving happens. One nonprofit sent me 21 emails during the month, which was slightly down from the all-time record of 23 last year. Now Is The Time. Just a Little Time Left. The year in photos: Time to be bold.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

So the direct voice got straight-jacketed into a frame of museum methods that did not exactly fit. When no one voice is regarded as authoritative or objective, how does the story get told? Most significantly, the story the museum finally chose to tell was not Jacki's story, which was one of history, not material culture.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

I thought, "What would happen if we began the process of aligning our heartfelt intentions, our energy, our time, and also our money to be able to benefit some particular causes?" But every time I would leave a workshop, I would leave with this haunting feeling of, "Now what?" I knew that the work that I was doing was effective.

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