URGENT: Docent Needed: Saturday, August 12

Can anyone do a docent shift (or trade a shift) anytime on Saturday, August 12?

There is no other docent scheduled on this day, and it is Chihuly Week so there will be special activities at the museum, and all around downtown, and we think it will be busy!

This shift does include tours at 11 am and 1 pm, as advertised.

 

CHIHULY WEEKEND EVENTS:

·         Hilltop Artists in Residence – Glass created by students in the Hilltop Artist-in-Residence program will be on view in the Tacoma Art Museum atrium for the month of August.

·         August 8-13 – Ma Chihuly’s Floats video in the Murray Family Event Space. Times will vary.

·         August 12-13 – Chihuly Weekend Activities, 12 – 5 pm:

o        Chalk artist Brian Major will beautify the Tacoma Art Museum plaza with an original chalk art masterpiece. Other chalk art by local artists and students will be created on the Bridge of Glass and along Pacific Avenue.

o        Magician and balloonist Magic Mike will create Chihuly-inspired balloon sculptures on the Tacoma Art Museum plaza. 

o        Experiment with plastics that can be molded and shaped using hot water. On the upstairs balcony, visitors can work with molding plastic and markers to create their own wearable art inspired by Chihuly’s Sea Form shapes. 

 

It is important that we try to have docents available for all shifts.

 

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

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Starry Night LEGO Mosaic

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Dish Up Literacy = Thursday Aug 3rd lunch / dinner.

Dish Up Literacy is like "Dine Out for Life" ... it helps PageAhead
promote literacy in the WA state .... Here are the 4 places in the
Tacoma / Pierce county ...

* Cafe by the Bay
229 St Helens Ave., Tacoma, 98402-2519 // 253.274.8833 (all day)

* Galanga Thai Cuisine
1129 Broadway, Tacoma, 98402 // 253.272.3393 (all day)

* India Mahal
823 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 98404 // 253.272.5700 (all day)

* Pastrami's New York Eatery Espresso
950 Broadway, Suite 100, Tacoma, 98402 // 253.779.0645 (lunch)

When you are go out to these places for Lunch/Dinner tomorrow, please
let them know that you appreciate their participation.

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Dish Up Literacy is a delicious community event that brings
neighborhoods together to celebrate and boost children's literacy!

http://www.DishUpLiteracy.org/

Since 1990 Page Ahead has placed over 1.25 million new books into the
hands of 450,000 at-risk children through collaborations with schools,
social service agencies, preschools, and early childhood centers
across Washington State.

http://www.PageAhead.org/

I serve on the board of PageAhead which runs Dish Up Literacy.

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Today=Third Thursday=Coffee+Artwalk

Hello Fellow Docents and Interesting People,

It's going to be 86 degrees later in the day and the sun will set at
8:57 pm ... if you have the time and the inclination, come by for some
coffee and art and conversation.

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A gentle reminder that this month's Docent Coffee / Third Thursday
coffee will be at Cutters Point Coffee, 5:00pm + with the same "No
Agenda" and same "No RSVP Required" policy as always!

Day: Third Thursday
Date : 07/20/06
Place : ** Cutters Point Coffee **
Time: 5:00pm +

The museums will be open free and late; the galleries will be open; we
can take the train to the theater district. No agenda is good freedom.

No RSVP; Just show up!

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do you own "Northwest Mythologies"?

Tacoma Art Museum has some extra copies of the book Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson.

If you would like a free copy, please let me know!

 

Thanks for your time!

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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Shift coverage needed

Hi folks:
I am hoping to find a sub to cover my shift on Saturday, August 19th, as I will be out of town.

Penny Grellier

How to Lose the 'ums' and 'ahs' from Your Speech

Hope all your docent speeches are without ums, ahs and hey-dont-touch-that!

Mother Tongue Annoyances » How to Lose the 'ums' and 'ahs' from Your Speech

http://www.mtannoyances.com/?p=417

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the floats are here to stay

Here is the official press release announcing that Dale Chihuly has gifted the Nijima floats that are currently on view to Tacoma Art Museum.

Heide.

 

 

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402

 

NEWS RELEASE

July 31, 2006

Media Contact: Alyssa Rosso, Public Relations Coordinator, 253.272.4258 x3002, arosso@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

Dale Chihuly Gifts Ma Chihuly’s Floats to Tacoma Art Museum

 

(Tacoma, WA) – Tacoma Art Museum has added Ma Chihuly’s Floats to the museum’s permanent collection. Dale Chihuly’s gift is the newest work to be added to the museum’s premier collection of Chihuly glass art.

 

The floats were originally installed on January 4, 2006. Soon after, Chihuly dedicated the work to his mother, Viola, who had recently passed. Ma Chihuly’s Floats features thirty-nine of his Niijima floats resting on Richard Rhodes’ Untitled – the stone wavelike sculpture in the museum’s inner courtyard.

 

“We’re honored that Dale has chosen to give these beautiful floats to the museum in memory of his mother,” said Director Stephanie Stebich. “From the day they were installed, they’ve enthralled our visitors. This gift significantly strengthens our collection of Dale’s work.” 

 

As a native of Tacoma, Chihuly generously supports the arts in the region. In 1990 Chihuly presented the museum with a gift of more than thirty sculptures and drawings in honor of his father and brother. He added several more pieces in 2003 in conjunction with the new building’s opening. Today, Tacoma Art Museum features them as the premier collection of Chihuly glass on long-term public display. The collection dates back to 1977 and features examples from many of the artist’s major series including Baskets, Sea Forms, Cylinders, Macchia, Persians, and Venetians.

 

“I am pleased to be able to gift Ma Chihuly’s Floats to the Tacoma Art Museum in honor of my mother, Viola,” said Chihuly. “She would have really liked this installation and I’m glad that it will now join the collections at the museum that honor both my father and brother here in my hometown.”      

 

Chihuly was inspired to create the Niijima floats after visiting friends in Niijima, an island in Tokyo Bay. These floats are reminiscent of traditional Japanese fishing floats and are among the largest free-blown forms ever created. He began the series in 1991, experimenting by using glass made from Niijima’s beach sand.

 

Tacoma Art Museum’s mission is to connect people through art. The museum serves the diverse communities of the region through its collection, exhibitions, and learning programs, emphasizing art and artists from the Northwest. The museum’s five galleries display an array of top national shows, the best of Northwest art, creatively themed exhibitions, and historical retrospectives. In addition, there is an Education Wing for children, adults, and seniors with an art resource center, classroom, and studio for art making. Tacoma Art Museum is located near the Museum of Glass, the Washington State History Museum, and historic Union Station.

 

 

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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