Arts Audience Denver Participatory 
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more? Here are three of my favorites.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. Collaborative programs with diverse groups bring in a variety of visitors causing new audiences to interact and connect.
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Museum 2.0
MARCH 21, 2012
Art, however, does not come to museums pre-hardened. At the museum of art and history where I work, we are grappling with the question of how to help people enjoy themselves while keeping the art and artifacts safe. The level of touching, especially of art, has increased. Focus on family audiences.
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JULY 3, 2009
On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. The most reliable question I'm using works in art museums. That's why I asked.
Museum 2.0
MAY 9, 2012
Our curator writes labels about licking the art. It was terrific to have a packed room and a long, open conversation (we split the session into half presenting, half audience discussion) about these issues. Merilee Mostov and the Columbus Museum of Art. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 28, 2009
On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. The most reliable question I'm using works in art museums. That's why I asked.
Museum 2.0
MAY 5, 2009
Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.
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