The Doctor is In
As the daughter of a therapist and an ever curious observer of human behavior, I’ve always gotten sort of a kick out of The Peanuts Lucy’s 5 cent “Psychiatric Help” booth. Lucy’s…
Let’s Get Real About Climate Change
This time last year we were lucky enough to be working with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, six of Boston's cultural organizations, and a group of amazing artists to get people thinking…
Popping the Pop Culture Museum Bubble
Well, that’s a wrap on this year’s Oscar season! After you review your scorecard to see if your favorite films, actors, and directors came away with golden statues, head on over to…
Listen Up! What Live Music Can Teach Us About Designing Extraordinary Experiences
Long before The Experience Alchemists, there was music. Folk, punk, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, rock, and classical… On the radio, tape deck, CD player, and streaming service… In the car, on headphones, in…
Ed Rodley Inks Top 10 of 2022 AAM Blog Post!
We are thrilled to report that our own Ed Rodley landed on the American Alliance of Museums list of top 10 blog posts of 2022! He takes the plunge into immersion and…
Action Pact 2022: Silvia López Chavez
Art is a powerful thing, and experiencing it can fill us with a range of emotions. Art can incite joy or sorrow. Art can be funny or deeply disturbing. Art induces self-reflection,…
On residual (institutional) self image
There is a great scene in The Matrix that occurs after our gormless hero Neo has been exposed to the lie that he has been living and introduced to the terrifying reality…
Action Pact 2022: Ethan Murrow
It is sometimes easy to forget that a place like the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University is a collection. The 281 acre preserve, designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted and opened in 1872, is the oldest arboretum in North America and is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Located in Jamaica Plain and Roslindale, the park is known by Bostonians as one of the most beautiful places to take a stroll in the entire city. However, as they state on their website, the Arnold Arboretum…
Action Pact 2022: Felipe Ortiz
Little faces watched eagerly all afternoon as Felipe Ortiz worked. Children’s voices called out questions (”What is that?”) and offered words of encouragement (“Good job!”). Some watched silently, trying to puzzle out the image Felipe was slowly teasing out from the sidewalk with chalk and charcoal. Others walked past only to double back for a closer look. As bird skeletons, often mistaken for dinosaur bones by the youngest observers, turned into the bodies of endangered Piping Plovers,…