Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. I've often been asked about examples of participatory practice in theater, dance, and classical music, and this report is a great starting point.

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Participatory Arts Report Case Study 50

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

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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Museum Arts Artist Participatory 50

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2017

Working with creative people taught me to think like an artist: observe, explore, dive in, look out. The “we” isn’t always staff; in most cases, our staff work with community partners in a participatory, co-creative model. One guy will only work in specific municipalities. We develop the ideas.

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Develop Artist Participatory Blended 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2012

And this works pretty well in science museums, where designers talk about "hardening" exhibits to withstand the more aggressive touchers among us. 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. This was amazing.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Arts Museum Artist Tucson 45

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

To successfully complete their goals, players are asked to use their creativity to solve problems and more importantly, to share their work with others online through blogs, photos and YouTube clips. Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners.

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