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Museum 2.0
APRIL 14, 2011
Dear Museum 2.0 As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). I am closing down my consulting business at the end of April, but the Museum 2.0 readers, I have some exciting news. commitment to one post per week.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 2, 2013
George Scheer is the director and co-founder of Elsewhere Collective, a fascinating "living museum" in a former thrift store in Greensboro, NC. In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it.
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Museum 2.0
AUGUST 1, 2012
That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. I can't believe that an art museum can be front page news in LA for days." He was mandated to turn the ship around financially and to expand the reach of the museum in the community. The discussion then shifted to the overall direction of the museum.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 12, 2013
TCG is the industry association for non-profit theaters, the way AAM is for museums. Given TCG''s multi-year Audience (R)evolution initiative, I took the opportunity to write a new talk about what revolution has looked like at our small museum in Santa Cruz. We heard again and again that the museum was cold and uncomfortable.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 29, 2012
Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming. As one Detroit Free Press commenter wrote: "You are not getting it. Several commenters in the Detroit Free Press in support of the millage tried their best.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 10, 2015
Last week, the international press lit up with a story from Paris : the city is removing the "love locks" from the Pont des Arts bridge. The "love locks" are not a project with an institutional or artistic director. We often say at our museum that "make and share is better than make and take." Nor are they historic.
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