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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program. We scaffold levels of participatory experiences at events that are intergenerational, multidisciplinary and appeal to different types of learners.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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Even if you consider some of these counting strategies to be egregious, the basic question is still relevant: who counts? Probe too deeply and the question gets absurd. The more important question is not WHO counts but WHAT counts. That''s a huge question. What is meaningful in the context of achieving our mission?