new docent training

Hi Everyone:

This won’t affect your active docent training but I wanted to let you know in case you were planning to come to any of the new docent training. The new docent class, which will be about 10 people, will be meeting on Mondays only, and not on Wednesday evenings. I was planning to offer both of them, but it just worked out that the people who joined the program either preferred Mondays or had a conflict with the Wednesdays altogether.

 

Please make that change on the calendars I gave you (i.e. delete the evening training for new docents on September 15, 29, October 13, 27, and November 10).

 

Thanks

Tara

 

Tara Young

Associate Curator of Education

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, WA 98402

253.272.4258 x 3016

 

 

Re: exhibition catalogues

I picked up both last shift and find them both very enjoyable reading. Penny

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Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One
253-851-0080
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>>> "Tara Young" 09/09/04 10:17AM >>>
Hi All,


I have purchased Hudson River and Kottler catalogues for both the
Resource Center and the volunteer desk. They are also both now available
in the museum store. I'm not sure if they are out on display yet, but if
they're not, feel free to ask the store staff and they can get it for
you.



Thanks

Tara





Tara Young

Associate Curator of Education



TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, WA 98402

253.272.4258 x 3016

exhibition catalogues

Hi All,

I have purchased Hudson River and Kottler catalogues for both the Resource Center and the volunteer desk. They are also both now available in the museum store. I’m not sure if they are out on display yet, but if they’re not, feel free to ask the store staff and they can get it for you.

 

Thanks

Tara

 

 

Tara Young

Associate Curator of Education

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, WA 98402

253.272.4258 x 3016

 

 

textbook

Hi All,

After much negotiation with the publisher I have a final price for the textbook Responding to Art by Robert Bersson. We were able to get the price down to $65, including tax and shipping. I will have the books by September 15, and you can pick them up then, with a $65 check made out to Tacoma Art Museum. Purchase of the book is optional, but I highly recommend it as I think it will be a very useful reference. It also comes with an excellent CD-ROM that includes a discussion of a number of art techniques and concepts.

 

Thanks

Tara

 

 

Tara Young

Associate Curator of Education

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, WA 98402

253.272.4258 x 3016

 

 

Howard Kottler Chronological Bio

Hello fellow docents,

I couldn't find a chronological Howard Kottler bio on the web; so, I
created one from reading "Howard Kottler : Face to Face" by Patricia
Failing - the most comprehensive book on the artist I could find.

(Any errors are mine!)

Regards
Sanjeev

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Howard Kottler

1905 - Wolffe Kottler (Howard's paternal Grandfather) emigrated from Germany to Cleveland OH. Worked as coppersmith in a shipbuilding yard. A few years later, opened his own coppersmith's shop.

1910 - Charlotte Kottler (Howard's paternal Grandmother) arrived with Paul and Clara.

1926 - Paul Kottler married Nellie Novick.

1929 - Wolffe Kottler died. Paul Kottler abandoned plans for law career and took over family business.

1930 - Howard William Kottler born on March 5.

1934 - Shirley Kottler (sister) born.

1948 - Graduated from Cleveland Heights High School.

1952 - Graduated from Ohio State University with BA in Biological Science. Took a ceramics course to complete the last elective course for his B.A.

1952 - Enrolled in Ohio State's Optometry School. Took a ceramics course every quarter. Dropped out of Optometry school. Inducted into armed forces; failed physical due to leaky heart valve. Enrolled in BFA program in ceramics.

1956 - Graduated with M.A. degree in ceramics. Master's Thesis: The Waisted Cylinder Form in the History of Ceramic Art.

1956 - Kottler's ceramic cat won second prize in Cleveland Museum annual May show. He mass produced the cat and sold 200 cats in the museum store.

1957 - Received MFA degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Studied with Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell.

1957 - Went to Central School of Arts and Crafts in Helsinki on a Fulbright scholarship. Worked at Arabia Ceramics Factory.

1958 - Went back to Ohio State University for his PhD.

1964 - Received his PhD from Ohio State University.

1965 - Joined University of Washington faculty. Began collecting Art Nouveau jewelry. Began collaborating with Warren Maruhashi (Egyptian paste, Raku series objects)

1966 - Began titling his work

1966 - Began Ceramic Decal plate series.

1967 - Created Porcelain baskets, Bright Color Pots, Barbie-doll trays, Alvar Aalto-style vases, Fur series.

1967 - Kottler's 60ies work shown in a touring exhibit at Henry Art Gallery, Cranbrook Academy, Musuem of Contemporary Crafts NY.

1968 - Created blown glass sculptures.

1970 - Deco-inspired pots with decals; Ceramic sculpture series with jell-o molds and lamp bases;

1973 - Ceramic Cup series

1975 - Full Professor at UW Seattle; bought a home in Seattle; began collecting Noritake porcelain.

1977 - Series of self-portraits and silhouette based objects.

1982 - Series of earthenware vessels with hard edges, balls, shafts, triangles and hard colors.

1984-85 Series of mixed media works

1985 - Nellie Kottler (mother) died.

1989 - Died of inoperable lung cancer.

--
Regards,
Sanjeev Narang

***

email: ask (at) eConsultant dot com
www.Sanjeev.net