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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Rock and Roll Family Edition

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Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. Here's that chapter. No museum puts up a label that says: “Our last curator thought this painting was lousy and kept it in storage. I loved the piece. We’re working on a smaller scale, with specific content or programs.

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Book Club Part 6: Getting People in the Door

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This week, thoughts on Chapter 12 of Elaine Gurian’s book Civilizing the Museum , "Threshold Fear: Architecture program planning." In this essay, Elaine discusses the various barriers to entry for non-traditional visitors to museums, that is, the threshold fear that keeps such potential visitors from walking in our doors.

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Book Club Part 2: Timeliness

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A local fire has devastated 200 local homes. What does your museum have to say about it? What do visitors expect of museums, and what do museums expect of themselves, when it comes to timeliness? In the public eye, museums aren't compared to timeless entities like the ocean. Pluto just got demoted.

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Juneteenth Resources

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Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. The Black Youth Project examines the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics. .