Arts Blended Museum Participatory 
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Every day for the past two months, a man has entered the largest gallery in my museum. blends sculpture, repetition, and ritual performance in a political statement about the genocide of animals in factory farms. It also complicates the question of what is acceptable in a museum. But art museums are coming back from the dead.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 3, 2011
In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This year, we took a different approach. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki.
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Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. We had some money.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more? Here are three of my favorites.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 21, 2012
How do you help visitors know what they can and cannot do in your museum? Most museums have this figured out: they have signs, they have guards, they have cases over the objects. And this works pretty well in science museums, where designers talk about "hardening" exhibits to withstand the more aggressive touchers among us.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 19, 2012
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. You Can't Do That in Museums Camp is filling up.
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