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Is it OK to Smash That? The Complications of Living Art Museums

Museum 2.0

blends sculpture, repetition, and ritual performance in a political statement about the genocide of animals in factory farms. While some in the art world are heralding Carminero''s act as expanding the role of art to disrupt and make political statements, I feel that this is a pretty straightforward issue of a criminal act.

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Color Theory: Emotion + Bias

Media Cause

Media Cause Art Director Rob Shaw and Senior Designer Ansley Luce recently gave an agency-wide (virtual) talk on Color Theory: Emotion + Bias. In Western history, pink has Christian connotations. Josef Albers said, “Color is the most relative medium in art.” In Western culture, purple signifies wealth and luxury.

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Six Museum-Related Blogs You Might Not Know About That Are Really Good

Museum 2.0

For a year now, Peter Linett and his friends at Slover-Linett Strategies have been blogging thoughtfully about connecting with arts audiences in new ways. This is a new blog written by Diane Ragsdale as part of the Arts Journal suite. The posts are infrequent, but where else are you going to learn about history vending machines ?

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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

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Art, however, does not come to museums pre-hardened. At the museum of art and history where I work, we are grappling with the question of how to help people enjoy themselves while keeping the art and artifacts safe. The level of touching, especially of art, has increased. How will we deal with this?

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Hack the Museum Camp Part 2: Making Magic, Reality TV, and Risk as a Red Herring

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As a forest-dwelling hippie, I know very little about reality TV, but it''s clear that the model of "do an ambitious, wacky project really fast" is now tied closely to a slew of shows about everything from cooking to art-making. Sure, they might have decided to present an art object in a confrontational and opinionated way.

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Think Like a (Real Estate) Developer: Introducing Abbott Square, Part 9

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This is the ninth in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. Studying engineering taught me to think like a designer: state the problem, brainstorm, test, iterate.

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Three Exhibition-Related Opportunities in 2013

Museum 2.0

We're looking for an Exhibitions Manager to join our team here at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This is a highly collaborative role, and we are looking for the perfect blend of strong design skills with a generous enthusiasm for amateur and professional co-creation. Come to Camp.

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