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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

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This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

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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. Written instructions were not enough to compel them to do otherwise.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

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Talk to the folks at Instructables. There are communities for everything online, and chances are you can find a group that offers a good blend of related interest and current non-visitation to your museum. Projects participatory museum. Reach out to the Stitch and Bitchers or the Ravelry crowd. marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0

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The World Beach Project: A Creative Contributory Project that Shines

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It features three parts: very clear instructions on how to participate, a map of all of the contributions to date , and photos of the contributions. As noted above, the display of the beach artwork is blended well with the ask, so visitors can easily transition from spectator to participant. design participatory museum usercontent.

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