Museum 2.0
JUNE 25, 2014
He shares a story. He creates a visual representation of his story. Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Some of the stories were quickies, but others were powerful and personal. A man walks into a museum.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Short story: we learned a lot. This project wove together many different participatory threads. The lessons I learned from Lost Childhoods are at the heart of the OF/BY/FOR ALL project we're building now. Through Lost Childhoods , we saw youth step into their power. We wrote a toolkit about our process. What did we learn?
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Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
They were off-site for the first time in years, holding a special study session sparked by an exhibition about foster youth, Lost Childhoods. Then, for an hour, former foster youth who helped design the exhibition shared their stories with supervisors. It happened because two of our Lost Childhood partners urged it into being.
Museum 2.0
JANUARY 18, 2012
The common museum knowledge on this issue is that adults are timid, that we have lost some of the wonder, impulsiveness, and active creativity of childhood days. There are many participatory experiences that appeal primarily to adults, and they are designed distinctly for adults. Share your story with other visitors.
Museum 2.0
JULY 11, 2012
And to cut to the end of the story first, yes, we are creating a project together, yes, you can participate, and yes to whatever other questions this brings up in your head. Ze Frank is a participatory artist who creates digital projects that are explicitly about creating and enhancing authentic interpersonal connections.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
They were ahead of the museum curve, using language like "participatory learning environment" (Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977) that is still thick in the mouths of contemporary museum directors in other fields. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning. I don't want a plastic tree.
Museum 2.0
JULY 18, 2017
This month, we opened a new exhibition at the MAH, Lost Childhoods: Voices of Santa Cruz County Foster Youth and Foster Youth Museum (brief video clip from opening night here ). it uses art, history, artifacts, and storytelling to illuminate a big human story and an urgent social issue. What's your take on this approach?
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