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Is it OK to Smash That? The Complications of Living Art Museums

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The man is artist Rocky Lewycky , whose work is part of a group show of visual artists who have won a prestigious regional fellowship. blends sculpture, repetition, and ritual performance in a political statement about the genocide of animals in factory farms. He takes a crowbar out of a Swiss Army backpack. Definitely.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

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” For nonprofits, this shows the value of thoroughly researching your donors’ demographics, history, and motivations before crafting appeals. The ads were hailed as beautiful, artistic, and innovative. Blend time-tested principles with bold new applications. Progress lies not in imitation, but in imagination.

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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

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At the museum of art and history where I work, we are grappling with the question of how to help people enjoy themselves while keeping the art and artifacts safe. In the history gallery, we have some blended props and artifacts, and it's rarely clear what is and is not ok to touch. Engagement with local artists.

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Think Like a (Real Estate) Developer: Introducing Abbott Square, Part 9

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This is the ninth 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. Working with creative people taught me to think like an artist: observe, explore, dive in, look out.

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Hack the Museum Camp Part 2: Making Magic, Reality TV, and Risk as a Red Herring

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Then, when we put together teams, we again tried to break people up such that every team would have a blend of individuals across several axes. Or they might have chosen to make up a fictitious narrative around history artifacts. Museum of Art and History risk design professional development' Thanks for all the memories.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

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At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we''re approaching this challenge through a different lens: social bridging. I don''t have the answer to how we can incorporate bridging across the various ways we work with intact and blended communities. Museum of Art and History programs social bridging'

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

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Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. A DIY wedding!