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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At This is both an issue of practice and of media coverage.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

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