Arts Design Homeless Teen 
Museum 2.0
MARCH 21, 2017
This is the second installation 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. Whose vision of downtown are we designing for? Businesspeople asked how we would keep out homeless people, drug addicts, and deviant behavior.
ASU Lodestar Center
JULY 26, 2011
It demands that we remember, as individuals, that what we do on a daily basis, on the regular — planning that Halloween carnival or participating in a homeless count across the city — matters. Analisa Xavier implemented Native American Connections ' first ever teen after-school programs. The work that we do matters.
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Museum 2.0
MAY 21, 2014
I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. When I look back at some recent projects that I''m most excited about (like this teen program ), I realize that I had very little to do with their conception or execution. In the meantime, here are some.
EveryAction
MARCH 16, 2017
Sheroes in the Arts. Gentileschi is remembered, however, as an accomplished Baroque artist whose trials did not define her art. Are you inspired by women in the arts? French fashion designer and business woman Coco Chanel did much more than make clothing. Thought Leaders. Revolutionaries. Game-Changers. Future Sheroes.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 3, 2009
We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The article references connecting with young people via social media, at-risk youth via exhibit co-creation, and urban creatives via public art installations. The homeless community? Which community?
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
This post is even more relevant today to the broader conversation about audience diversity in the arts than when it was published three years ago. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. YES is carefully designed to support opportunities for disadvantaged kids to get involved with science.
Museum 2.0
MAY 8, 2013
We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we''re approaching this challenge through a different lens: social bridging. How do you reconcile inclusion and targeting in program design? And rarely the twain shall meet.
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