Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" FoodWhat empowers teens to change their lives through farming and food justice.

Teen 25

Teen Arts Classroom Student 25

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

That's a more complicated question. It's a question of HOW we decide, not just WHO makes the decision. Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. But there was no such program focused on the arts. It's pretty simple.

Teen 20

Teen Museum Voice Collaboration 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

Across the museum field, the questions about visitor participation have gone from "what?" Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. Empowerment? Over 150,000 people have accessed the free online version. I''ve given talks and workshops about it all over the world.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. Frontiers may have better success if it were made specifically for those in migration policy work or the arts community.

Game 81

Game Change Classroom Machinima 81