Museum Music Teen Work 
Museum 2.0
JANUARY 15, 2014
This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh created a Summer Adventure program. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization.
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Museum 2.0
JULY 20, 2010
Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. During the ensuing discussion, one woman asked, "Which audiences are least interested in social participation in museums?" Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 15, 2016
I wrote this book because of a fundamental curiosity about what relevance is and how it works. Here's one of my favorite stories about the London Science Museum and their work to make their science shows relevant to families with deaf or hearing-impaired family members. A is working the door. B is shifting the room.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 19, 2015
One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. My answer: neither.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 27, 2009
This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. I happened to be at DAM for work and got to experience this amazing exhibit. It is an incredible museum experience.
Museum 2.0
JULY 26, 2010
From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. In 2003, writer George Scheer inherited his grandmother's thrift store and decided to turn it into an artists' center and museum.
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