Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Went on to do what put them in the history books. Fortunately, history shows, and Nailing It reveals, inspiring examples of successful people who experienced delayed progress in their 20s, forced to take circuitous paths to their life callings, even overcoming tragic starts. The COVID pandemic turned young adulthood upside-down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Went on to do what put them in the history books. Fortunately, history shows, and Nailing It reveals, inspiring examples of successful people who experienced delayed progress in their 20s, forced to take circuitous paths to their life callings, even overcoming tragic starts. The pandemic has turned young adulthood upside-down.

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History Profile France Arts 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH), we've started experimenting with a "community first" approach to program development. We had about thirty participants ranging from MAH trustees to artists, educators to architects, moms to grandfathers. We also had interns recording during the honeycomb exercise.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about. A revolution is not an exercise in concentric circles.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

We've been trying to actively combat this at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) in Santa Cruz. We're showing an installation by artist Shelby Graham which features beautiful photographs of butterflies juxtaposed with images of the bombing of Japan in World War II. This interactive was developed by intern Lucinda Shawcross.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. Similarly, for International Women's Month.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective. Typically, if you’re starting a pilot program and you do not have your own history of success. “Well, thanks to this $20,000, there are 12 local artists who have a place to hang their artwork.”

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