Six wild ideas for visitor engagement in Balboa Park, to be explored and developed at the 2011 sPARKs workshop.

1. s PARK s Wild Idea Pitches

2. Peter Dance and movement In cultural institutions Peter G. Kalivas The pgk project

3. Sheri Reinventing the Children’s zoo Sheri sherman San diego zoo

6. Did you know that the San Diego Zoo is an accredited museum? We’re different than most museums in that the main features of our exhibits eat, breathe, and poop!

7. Like all museums we want to engage the guests, teach them, and motivate them to action. We believe that ALL audiences want to have fun, but FUN is critical when kids are your target audience.

10. Our goal is to make our exhibits even better. To make them fun, interactive, creatively diverse and accessible to all. Your fresh eyes and unique ideas about what makes learning fun, what inspires children, and what motivates them to take action can help us do that.

11. Like most museums, we wish to create an ambiance, we have displays, models, signage, viewing / seating areas, multi-media and interactive elements.

21. Nancy Interactive outdoor sculptures Nancy renner San diego natural history museum

22. Inter ACTIVE Sculpture

23. Wave-form dance rail

37. Fibonacci labyrinth

43. Inspiration…

61. Tara self-identity and Participatory exhibit experiences Tara smith California center for the arts, escondido museum

62. YOU an Exhibition YOU will focus on unraveling the daunting question of self identity. This exhibition will showcase works driven by the exploration of self and the human state that not only tackle likenesses of individuals but also the formation of their character and their different societies and cultures.

63. Interactive Component #1: YOUTalk Intention: YOUTalk [A video recording booth] will serve as a site for conversation with museum guests on the subject of identity.

64. Bad Good Bad Good

65. Q: What’s in the booth? Guests will be encouraged to enter the booth individually and record a short video clip. Q: What is the prompt(s)? And what is the method of presentation?

66. The Question/Prompt Our hope is that this question will inspire each guest to share about themselves.

67. Q: What about people who don’t want to be on camera? For those who want to participate, but remain anonymous, masks will be available inside the confessional booth. Q: What will these masks look like….. We don’t know?

68. Not Local? But Still Want to Join the Fun!

73. Secret Letters Month Postcards from YOU Over the course of a month, the Museum will collect postcards from all over the country by posting a simple question on our blog and Dear Meat’s blog . Q: What will make people want to do this? How can we encourage them to be excited about sending in their postcard?

74. Q: What is Dear Meat ? http://dearmeat.me/ A: A blog where people write in to post random letters. Example: Dear Cough Syrup, You are a liar. You do not taste like cherries or any other fruit. be yourself. -H

75. Q: So they have sent us post cards….Now what? The postcards will be hung in our galleries. ( Q: How? )

76. Q: How can I participate if I come to the Museum on a visit? A large stack of San Diego postcards will be available for visiting museum guests so they can participate. Q: What will the hanging system look like…. Hmmm not sure yet?

78. Thank YOU for listening!

79. Michael Human arkive Michael wall San diego natural history museum

80. Collecting, the tendency to acquire and retain objects, even when they are not of immediate utility, is commonly seen among both children and adults, in modern as well as primitive societies. - Anderson et al. 2004

82. * Please note that only selections of the permanent collection are on view.

83. WHY?

85. Source: dannyisamazing http://www.etsy.com/listing/29984588/ufopbrbrb

88. Source: http://www.dailygarnish.com/2011/03/afternoon-at-the-museum.html

95. Roman Ondák’s “ Measuring The Universe”

99. Denise 365 Days of Music in Balboa Park Denise Montgomery San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

127. Choose your two Favorite pitches...