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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. This can be accomplished through a variety of feedback methods conducted both inside and outside the museum. All of our events require some level of participation.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media. That’s why we partner with fire sculptors, knitters, graffiti artists, and bonsai growers. They are artists whose experience deserves a home in our institution alongside painters, photographers, and sculptors.

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