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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. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki.

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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

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The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities. This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory. We had some money.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and managed by IIE.

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Three Exhibition-Related Opportunities in 2013

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In this full-time role, you will be responsible for interactive exhibition development, project management of all our site-specific work, and you will lead the redevelopment of our permanent History Gallery into a more dynamic, participatory, and flexible space. Registration will be $150 and by application only. Join the conversation.

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

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If you care about how participatory art experiences can shape civic processes, read Bedoya's post. He said museums were too spineless to project their own voices and so were misguidedly searching for direction from audiences. Adam and I wrote papers that split dramatically on either side the lead/follow line.

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Mixing Digital and Physical: The Holocaust Museum's Handwritten Pledge Wall

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The USHMM pledge wall is notable for its blending of digital and analog technologies. The paper "remembers" the location of pen marks on the pledge section, so visitors' handwritten promises are quickly and magically projected on a digital projection wall in front of the pledge kiosks.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

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But the thousands of people who view the resultant reviews and videos will form an impression of your institution based on them--so as much as possible, make sure that impression reflects messages you'd like to share about your institution. Projects participatory museum. Talk to the folks at Instructables.

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