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Sustaining Innovation Part 3: Interview With Sarah Schultz of the Walker Art Center

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Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. The Walker is also a place where everyone is committed to supporting artists and new work, so every time we bring in an artist, staff are enthusiastic about the idea of coming together to create something. It's inherent in what we do.

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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

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Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County. I''m open to any questions you want to share in the comments. In the meantime, here are some.

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Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes

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They were there for artist talks. Temple Contemporary’s mission is to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance. They live their mission, working in questions and projects rather than exhibitions and programs. The community drives the question.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

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One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? That's a more complicated question. It's a question of HOW we decide, not just WHO makes the decision. The program works because it is teen-centered, not museum-centered.

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

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Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. In painted wood and styrofoam, it was a masterful and whimsical refusal to answer that pesky question of whether games can be art. Questions and Discussion. here was a kind of proof that you don’t have to choose.&#

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How Do You Define "Community?"

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Or Santa Cruz County teens who want to make social change. If you are reading this via email and would like to share a comment or question, you can join the conversation here. But you might also feel part of a geographic community related to the place you grew up, or a place you used to live, or a place you often visit.

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ISO Understanding: Rethinking Art Museum Labels

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The collection is disaggregated, grouped by floor (Painting and Sculpture 1) rather than artist, movement, time period, or geography. Most featured Name of Artist, Name of Piece, Year of Execution, Materials. Labels that answer the stupid questions in our heads. How long did it take this artist to make this piece?

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