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Friday, January 27, 2006

Docent Needed: Tuesday, February 14 from 1-5

Can anyone do a docent shift (or trade a shift) on Tuesday, February 14 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm?

 

We don’t expect you to be in the galleries, on your feet, for the entire four hours! Please feel free to take a break whenever and wherever you need it – in the ARC, the Untitled Café, the Museum Store, or outside the museum. Just let Visitor Services know where you are, and they will find you if someone requests a docent.

And I will always contact you if there is a tour or other event for which you are needed at a specific time. Otherwise, it is completely up to you to decide when you are most needed and how long you can manage in the galleries.

 

Please reply only if you are available, and I will confirm whether or not you are needed.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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World Honors Mozart on 250th Birthday


Find your classical CD collection ...
Tune in to King FM ... (98.1)
Watch Amadeus on DVD ...

Today is the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Regards
Sanjeev

World Honors Mozart on 250th Birthday

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) -- It's a birthday bash being heard around the
world. The cobblestoned and turreted city of Mozart's birth was the
focal point for Friday's 250th anniversary celebrations -- but the
sound of the master's music was being heard around the globe.

Orchestras halls and opera houses worldwide planned performances of
his works. Piano students scheduled Mozart marathons and puppeteers
were planning jubilee performances as hundreds of cities across five
continents toasted the musical genius.

For mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, Mozart is ''a gift from
God'' and ''the light I orient my life around.''

Salzburg cabbie Andrea Gautsch put it more simply Friday: ''For us,
Mozart came with mother's milk.''

Too much hoopla? Consider this: Mozart wrote his first symphonies
before turning 10 and his first significant opera at 12. He was
instrumental in changing opera into the form we enjoy today.

He was prolific like few others, creating at least 626 musical works
despite living to only age 35. Other greats like Beethoven and Wagner
publicly recognized their debt to him.

But he had plenty of detractors in his day.

Some history books depict his tenure in Salzburg ending ingloriously
in 1781 with a kick in the bottom from a servant of a patron, the
city's imperious archbishop, after Mozart refused to follow orders on
how to compose.

Still, the town where he was born on Jan. 27, 1756, was Mozart Central
on Friday.

Always a trove for Mozart kitsch, Salzburg has outdone itself. Stores
are stocked with Mozart beer and wine, Mozart baby bottles, Mozart
milkshakes, Mozart knickers and Mozart jigsaw puzzles -- along with
the usual T-shirts, calendars and coffee mugs.

Salzburg was sprinkled with posters proclaiming ''Happy Birthday
Mozart'' on Friday and the daily Salzburger Nachrichten displayed a
full-page portrait of a serious-looking ''Wunderkind'' sitting at the
harpsichord, as it proclaimed: ''Salzburg celebrates its great son.''

On the Salzburg schedule were Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Vienna
Philharmonic with Mozart's Piano Concert No. 18. Later, Riccardo Muti
was to lead the orchestra -- and renowned singers -- through their
paces in a collage of his works. Many of the 12 main events, including
outdoor parties complete with mulled wine, were to start in the
evening.

Salzburg visitors were advised to watch the calories. One of the
attraction at an open-air event was a gargantuan birthday cake
weighing in at more than 300 pounds.

In Salzburg's ornate Neue Residenz museum, visitors eyed Mozart's
clothes brush and tobacco tins as they scurried through the ''Viva
Mozart'' exhibit. Others at the interactive presentation joined in a
minuet, under the watchful eyes of a dancemaster, dressed in 18th
century garb.

''Front step, back, step, now back to your places,'' she intoned, as a
group of Japanese tourists attempted to curtsy and pirouette in a
clumsy copy of the bewigged and corseted dance troupe going through
the movements in a live telecast behind them.

Vienna, which claims Mozart in his later years, was staging a new
production of his ''Idomeneo'' in one of the city's three opera houses
and reviving ''The Magic Flute'' in another.

Mozart ruled elsewhere as well.

Public broadcaster Swedish Radio set up an Internet radio station
broadcasting Mozart music for 24 hours. The station will be up for at
least five days, playing what Swedish Radio called ''Wolfie's hits &
misses.'' Public TV also honored Mozart with a 12-hour special.

Performances of his works were planned by orchestras or opera houses
in New York, Moscow, Washington, Prague, London, Paris, Tokyo,
Caracas, Quito, Havana, Mexico City, Taipei, Budapest and scores of
other cities worldwide.

America's oldest orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, got a jump on
the birthday by performing an all-Mozart program on Thursday night.
The program, being repeated Friday and Saturday, included the
orchestra's first ever performance of the uplifting ''Coronation
Mass,'' which Mozart wrote in 1779.

Even Nashville, more famous for country than classical, scheduled a
musical tip of the hat to Amadeus, with the city's symphony orchestra
performing his Piano Concerto No. 21.

Many classical radio outlets worldwide were reprogramming for the day
to play only Mozart. Hundreds of marionettes were to take to the stage
in excerpts of his operas in the German city of Augsburg, where his
father was born.

Back in Salzburg, not everyone was in all-Mozart-all-the-time mode.
Breakfast at the Hotel Auersperg was accompanied by the soft piped-in
sounds of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. But the seeming protest
against too much Mozart was short-lived.

''Oops, how did that happen?'' tittered waitress Anna Santiago, when
asked about the choice of music. Within minutes, a Mozart concerto was
wafting through the air.

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Regards,
Sanjeev Narang

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

URGENT: Docents Needed for GAT Members' Opening: Saturday, February 4 from 6-8 pm

I still need 3 ½ docents for The Great American Thing Member’s Opening on Saturday, February 4 from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Bev Bright will only be docent-ing from 6-7 pm, so maybe someone else only wants to do an hour of the opening?

 

Please reply only if you are available, and I will confirm whether or not you are needed.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

Gentle Reminder : Tomorrow = Final Friday = Feed Your Curry Needs


Hello Docents + Interesting People

Gentle Reminder :

Final Friday of the month ... is tomorrow = 1/27/06

Drop by and feed your once-a-month curry needs!

No RSVP ; just show up!

Final Fridays Lunch : Noon-1:00pm
India Mahal = 823 Pacific Ave (253)-272-5700

More dates:
Jan 27
Feb 24
Mar 31
Apr 28
May 26
Jun 30
Jul 28
Aug 25
Sep 29
Oct 27
Nov 24
Dec 29

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Sanjeev Narang

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Trading Spouses - remember?

This past summer, the Trading Spouses television show came to Tacoma’s museum district to film an episode, including footage right in TAM. Well, it looks like the show's about to air. (Apparently, the “rich” mom claimed to love art, but they filmed on a Third Thursday and she isn’t a member…)

Details below...   

 

Tacoma’s own featured on Fox Network’s Trading Spouses

A Tacoma family and the city itself will be featured in two upcoming episodes of Fox Network’s reality TV show, Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.

 

The episodes will air at 9 p.m., PST, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 on Fox (check local listings) where the North Tacoma Clark family, Silvana, Allan and daughter Sondra, will trade mothers with a family from Belgrade, Montana. The episodes will include scenes from north and downtown Tacoma.

 

For more information on Trading Spouses and the two families, visit www.fox.com/tradingspouses.

 

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carri Campbell
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:00 AM
To: Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
Subject: FW: Trading Spouses - remember?

 

Could you send this to the docentsJ

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristy Gledhill
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:41 AM
To: All Employees
Subject: Trading Spouses - remember?

 

Hi

Remember this summer when that Trading Spouses show came to the museum district to film? Well, it looks like the show's about to run. If anyone has the capability of recording this show, please do it and bring the tape in for us to watch.

Thanks, details below...                             

 

Tacoma’s own featured on Fox Network’s Trading Spouses

A Tacoma family and the city itself will be featured in two upcoming episodes of Fox Network’s reality TV show, Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.

 

The episodes will air at 9 p.m., PST, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 on Fox (check local listings) where the North Tacoma Clark family, Silvana, Allan and daughter Sondra, will trade mothers with a family from Belgrade, Montana. The episodes will include scenes from north and downtown Tacoma.

 

For more information on Trading Spouses and the two families, visit http://www.fox.com/tradingspouses/.

 

Kristy Gledhill
Director of Communications
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
T: 253.272.4258 x3017
F: 253.627.1898
www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

FW: UPDATE to February Training Schedule

Just to clear this up: the GAT artist presentations by docents IS the training for Feb. 15 and 22. There is no lecture or walk-through on those dates, but it is still an important training session.

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:07 PM
Subject: UPDATE to February Training Schedule

 

The Docent Training Schedule originally had a training session scheduled for Monday, February 20 which is President’s Day and TAM is closed. That training session is being changed to Wednesday, February 22 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.

 

GAT Artist Presentations:

On Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 6-8 pm and Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm we will be doing the Great American Thing Artist Presentations. This involves each docent selecting and researching a Great American Thing artist, and doing a 5-minute presentation to the other docents. (more info to follow in another email)

Feel free to show up for both sessions if you want!

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

UPDATE to February Training Schedule

The Docent Training Schedule originally had a training session scheduled for Monday, February 20 which is President’s Day and TAM is closed. That training session is being changed to Wednesday, February 22 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.

 

GAT Artist Presentations:

On Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 6-8 pm and Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm we will be doing the Great American Thing Artist Presentations. This involves each docent selecting and researching a Great American Thing artist, and doing a 5-minute presentation to the other docents. (more info to follow in another email)

Feel free to show up for both sessions if you want!

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

URGENT: Anecdotes and Personal Opinions wanted

I would like to hear some of your personal opinions, as well as any interesting, funny, etc. anecdotes you may have, relating to the Michael Brophy and Margaret Bourke-White exhibitions. Jana has requested this to include with the exhibition synopses that she is writing for documentation purposes.

 

For example:

  • Why you liked or didn’t like the exhibition.
  • Maybe you have a personal connection to something in the exhibition, such as that you visited the Centennial Cabin in Portland before it burned down in the 1960s. Or you know someone who worked at a factory where Margaret Bourke-White photographed and they met her.
  • Anecdotes that visitors may have told you that were exceptionally interesting. (I know you hear a lot of anecdotes from visitors!)
  • Whether you felt it was easy or difficult to tour the exhibition, and why.
  • What age groups, types of visitors, etc. were most attracted to or repelled by the exhibitions.

 

A few short tidbits is what we’re looking for. Write us about the things you feel most strongly about.

 

The catch is that Jana needs this by 1:00 pm on Thursday, January 26 (tomorrow).

                                                    

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

 

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Docent Needed for GAT Members' Opening: Saturday, February 4 from 6-8 pm

Can anyone do a docent shift on Saturday, February 4 from 6:00-8:00 pm?

This is for The Great American Thing Members’ Opening.

 

Please reply only if you are available, and I will confirm whether or not you are needed.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

Monday, January 23, 2006

do you speak French?

Do any of you speak French fluently?

And would you feel comfortable giving tours in French?

 

For the up-coming exhibition The Essence of Line: French Drawing from Ingres to Degas, we are considering the possibility of offering tours in French. Essence of Line will run from June 10 to September 17, 2006.

 

More info:

This exhibition comprises 100 nineteenth-century French drawings by more than 75 artists from the collections of The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art. Both collections were formed chiefly during the nineteenth century by private collectors of contemporary drawings. These collectors had a wide range of interests, including Orientalism, history, genre, landscape, and portraiture. Often the works were acquired directly from the artists. The remarkable breadth of the two collections offer a comprehensive survey of drawing during the nineteenth century: neoclassical landscapes through symbolist fantasies; sketches through highly finished narrative scenes; poignant views of peasant life through bawdy caricatures and social satire. These works illuminate the range of French art over the course of a century of innovation. Artists in the exhibition include Cézanne, Daumier, Degas, Delacroix, Ingres, Millet, Prud’hon, Redon, Seurat, and Toulouse-Lautrec, among others.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!

 

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Charles Willson Peale’s George Washington portrait sells for $21.3M

George Washington portrait sells for $21.3M
1779 likeness fetches record price for an American portrait
The Associated Press
Updated: 11:23 p.m. ET Jan. 21, 2006

NEW YORK - Charles Willson Peale's full-length portrait of George
Washington on the American Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3
million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an
American portrait, Christie's auction house said.

"George Washington at Princeton," signed and dated 1779 by the
Revolutionary period's premier portrait artist, was one of eight
full-length portraits of Washington painted by Peale between 1779 and
1781. It was the only one known to be in private hands.

Christie's did not disclose the buyer Saturday. The auction house had
said earlier the painting was expected to fetch $10 million to $15
million.

It was offered as part of a collection of American furniture and arts
from Natalie Knowlton Blair, who with banker husband J. Insley Blair
bought the painting in 1919. Knowlton Blair died in 1951.

The entire collection, which includes a 1729 chest of drawers by
Robert Crosman and an 18th-century Queen Anne mahogany card table,
sold for $32.3 million, setting a record for an Americana collection,
Christie's said.

The sale price of the portrait more than doubled the previous record
for an American portrait sold at auction — Sotheby's sold a
half-length portrait of Washington in November for $8.1 million.

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