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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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” Then, in 2011, President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the whole of the LGBT community. The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history.

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Quick Hit: Upcoming Opportunities in Santa Cruz

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The weather is hopefully the least of the reasons you should want to come work with us here at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Participatory Performing Artist-in-Residence program. Museum of Art and History Quick Hits' It''s the typical temperature here all spring, summer, and fall. It''s pretty freaking beautiful.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history.

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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

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I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. I arrived in 2011 with the explicit directive to execute a turnaround. I''ve never worked in such a supportive, energized, active environment. institutional change Museum of Art and History' She is right.

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Dreaming of Perpetual Beta: Making Museums More Incremental

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From 2006-2011, I focused almost entirely on #1 and #2, playing with ways to invite visitors to actively participate with professionals to co-create powerful experiences around museum objects. We invited local artists and community groups to perform. We make room for interns and artists and people who walk in the door with crazy ideas.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

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I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. here was a kind of proof that you don't have to choose."

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. Their use of the web to connect independent artists all over the world was striking and very surprising. being as transparent as possible about the selection and production process.

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