Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. That's all fabulous, but it's also all by design. And when I think back on the past year, some of the most magical things that have happened at the museum have NOT been designed by us. The magic isn't by design. Happening Couch.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

In September, the museum unveiled an adjoining plaza called Abbott Square, which includes an indoor public market and food hall with six restaurants and two bars (it’s managed by a partner/tenant, Abbott Square Market), along with an outdoor performance venue with live music, yoga and art events.

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Audience Washington Museum Intergenerational 49

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget. Direct questioning.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Museum 2.0

MAY 23, 2008

And now, the research group Forrester provides new insights about different kinds of participatory styles among users of social media sites. It can be enticing to design experiences that will encourage visitors to "level up" from spectator to creator, or in my terms, from lurker to contributor. design participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. Teenagers are often the target for participatory endeavors, and they definitely have high interest in creative expression, personalizing museum experiences, and using interactive or technological tools as part of their visit.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Kelvingrove in particular was impressive for embracing an eclectic, "we all belong here" approach to gallery design and display. We took a break from the galleries, had a drink, and listened to the music as we chatted about our experience. Sometimes we are enjoying the music and sometimes we are playing it.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Many fabulous participatory projects--like the Johnny Cash Project or the Art Gallery of Ontario's " In Your Face "--don't require language. You could even get creative with documentation--photos instead of text, music instead of words--but it's limiting. designate the difference between languages using design.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

Side Trip is an immersive environment full of interactive experiences that let visitors share their own stories of the 1960s, make their own rock posters, and explore the music and vibe of the time. It’s a thrilling challenge to the traditional form of art museum exhibit design, and better yet, visitors like it. First, the environment.

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Denver Museum Arts Remix 21

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Imagine bonfires, musical jam sessions, and iron chef exhibit design. The focus is on bringing in outside influencers--folks from the Burning Man festival to World Without Oil --to help museum experience designers recharge, connect, and explore new ways to do creative work in teams. Imagine making and playing together.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking. But it’s rare that museum exhibit designers or audio tour developers are willing to explicitly require certain kinds of actions by visitors.

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Instruction Instructional Nicaragua Experiment 21

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

For example, right now, Temple Contemporary's offices are packed floor to ceiling with broken musical instruments from classrooms across the city of Philadelphia. The cuts were so deep that school music rooms are full of unplayable instruments. One of TUPAC's current questions is about the state of art education.

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Process Share Philadelphia Arts 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

I'm gearing up for some conference talks next month, and one of these is part of a very cool session, Eye on Design, at the Western Museums Association conference. The coordinator asked several folks to pick a design trend from outside the museum world and discuss how they might be applied to museum design. the list goes on.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

have established viability in two ways—via designed experiences (exhibits, programs, courses) and access to assets (artifacts, books). We rarely offer alcoholic beverages, comfortable seating, background music, or free admission to go with the art, lectures, and interactive experiences now available in many hybrid retail spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Tate's Mobile Blog is collecting audience input on the new building design at the Tate - via mobile phones to blog - or mob blogging. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. We shrunk the exhibit design process (concept to floor) from 2 years to five months.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

But it skips some of the fundamental design and operational choices that separate community centers from the rest of the civic and cultural landscape. There were thousands of people in the park for plays, free music, and beautiful scenery. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. See the link to the left.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. South Carolina’s Nonprofit Summit is the state’s largest and most comprehensive conference designed specifically by and for leaders in the nonprofit sector. Leadership.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The irritating design? Imagine a music store where each CD lists the names of the last 20 people to pick it up, and what those people ultimately bought. Tags: participatory museum visitors. When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The bizarre obsession with "adding" friends? Or is it the stalkers?

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Museum Myspace Facilitation Social Network 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Is it appropriate to ask artists to be problem solvers in the same role as designers or consultants?

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

2 Participatory Chinatown In this game, you're transported to Boston's Chinatown to view the development of new areas through the perspective of the varied citizens that make up their corner of the city. Challenges were delivered weekly to players by the World Bank and visionary game designer, Jane McGonigal.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Xperience Design Project. Xperience Design Project.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

For a long time, I knew I cared deeply about designing from "me to we" --inviting visitors to form social connections through participatory experiences--but I couldn't express a clear reason why. I'm just glad it did--and I want to do whatever I can to make it happen more often. Social bridging is becoming my why.

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Community Teen Build Social 42

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

I hosted two sessions, one on design for participation and the other on mission-driven museum technology development. Design for Participation Is there any better ingredient for a successful conference session than a banjo? Kathleen showed lots of participatory elements in the redesigned Oakland Museum of California.

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