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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

Museum 2.0

When I look back at some recent projects that I''m most excited about (like this teen program ), I realize that I had very little to do with their conception or execution. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. Right now, we have a double life online. In the meantime, here are some.

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

We''ve seen surprising and powerful results--visitors from different backgrounds getting to know each other, homeless people and museum volunteers working together, artists from different worlds building new collaborative projects. Programs that emphasize bringing diverse people together are more popular than those that serve intact groups.

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