Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

Build 20

Build Community Museum Artist 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: US.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 81

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

As one African-American artist on a prominent museum board told me, "I felt even more tokenized than if I had been part of some kind of Artists'' Council or African-American Council." So here''s the story of how we are trying to take another approach at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, through a group called C3.

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Community Story Museum Map 39

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I feel lucky to be a small part of that change. That said, there are a couple big things I got wrong in the book - or at least, that I''ve changed my perspective on since writing it. Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. Empowerment? and "why?" to "how?".

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Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: US.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 104

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Subjects to Change was born.

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Teen Museum Voice Collaboration 20

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

We were starting to build small circles within the local communities that are all doing really magnificent work in order to create change. CCF's intention is to help this evolving culture by helping to create the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists and poets. My history is one of sexual molestation.

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