Artist Participatory Project Proposal 
Museum 2.0
JUNE 19, 2013
He casts the whole idea of a great jazz jam in the context of the tragedy of the commons--like a poetry open mic, the jazz club is a community whose experience is fabulous or awful depending on the extent to the culture cultivates and enforces a healthy participatory process. Exhibition proposals. Only the extremists remain.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 2, 2013
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. Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence.
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Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 1, 2014
It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. So what did you do next?
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 13, 2010
Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. I wish I had time to watch all the videos and code them for their content and style, but I don't (graduate research project, anyone?). In general, I liked videos made by artists, but some got overly poetic.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape? And the projects themselves are brilliant.
Museum 2.0
MAY 3, 2011
Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
It’s not unusual for us to meet with an environmental activist, a balloon artist, a farmer, and the Mayor of Santa Cruz all in one day. C3 topics have ranged from exhibition development, community needs, outreach programs, our Loyalty Lab project, and family programs. Large and small (or no) followings. Make time for them.
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