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Introducing Abbott Square Part 3: Community Participation Builds a Community Plaza

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This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. Here are three significant ways community participation influenced our project. I love art and performances and family festivals.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. Want some waffles with your art? Skill-sharing free schools.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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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. Sheroes in the Arts. Thought Leaders. Revolutionaries. Game-Changers.

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Designing Talkback Platforms for Different Dialogic Goals

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Answers will differ depending on who's asking, but they are also influenced by the designed environment in which questions are asked. Rabinowitz commented that "as a 40-year veteran of history museum interpretation, I can say that I never learned so much from and about visitors." "Where were you last night?" A lone "What do you think?"

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Are the Arts Habit-Forming?

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Imagine this situation: You go to an arts event, one of a type you rarely or never take part in. There's been a lot of innovation in arts programming in the last few years. There's been a lot of innovation in arts programming in the last few years. How do you form an arts habit? You have a great time.

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