Friday, October 13, 2006

TAM: about Abubakari

This information is related to the Aminah Robinson exhibition.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abubakari_II

Abubakari II was a prince of the Mali Empire, the successor of his brother Mohammed ibn Gao and predecessor of Kankan Musa I. Abubakari II appears to have abdicated his throne in order to explore "the limits of the ocean"; however, his expedition never returned. Malian scholar Gaoussou Diawara has argued that he reached the Americas some time in the early 14th century, but these claims have not been widely accepted.

Ivan van Sertima, a Guyanan scholar teaching at Rutgers University in New Jersey, also makes the case that Abubakari II travelled to the New World in They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America.

 

 

Africa’s “greatest explorer”

Wednesday, 13 December, 2000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1068950.stm

 

 

Who Came Before Columbus? By Hisham Aidi

http://faculty.mdc.edu/jmcnair/Joe26pages/Who%20Came%20Before%20Columbus.htm

 

 

African Sailors and a Vanished Colony

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/publications/exploration/chapternine.htm

 

 

 

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TAM: Chihuly Museum of Glass in St. Petersburg

Chihuly exhibit will be museum, not just gallery
By LENNIE BENNETT, Times art critic
Published October 12, 2006

ST. PETERSBURG - Add one more name to the roster of art museums in the Tampa Bay area: Dale Chihuly.
The popular artist's world-famous glass sculptures will soon be housed in a not-for-profit museum bearing his name, with both collection and facility owned by the Arts Center.

The Chihuly museum will be part of the center's new $35-million, 136,000-square-foot facility on Central Avenue between Eighth and Ninth Streets. It will be the only museum in the world devoted to the work of Chihuly.

The shift to museum status means far greater prestige for the project and for St. Petersburg as an arts destination.
Philanthropist Beth Morean and developer Jimmy Aviram have agreed to donate a $6-million Chihuly collection outright, Evelyn Craft, executive director of the Arts Center said Wednesday.

The gift will be formally announced at an event today featuring Mayor Rick Baker.
The original plan was for a gallery of Chihuly's complex, colorful sculptures that would help promote sales of his glass, much like a high-end retail showroom and retail store. Aviram, who is building a high-rise condominium on that block, would have purchased the Chihuly collection along with Morean. When they recouped their investment, their intention was to turn the collection over to the Arts Center. But that could have taken years, and it was never a sure thing.

The Chihuly facility "takes on a different life when it is no longer a venue for selling glass," Craft said. "Jimmy and Beth giving us the collection on the front end enables us to create a museum that will be permanently and forever linked to St. Petersburg," Craft said.

"Taking it to museum status will raise its profile and the city's profile throughout the world."
The new Chihuly museum "could be as big a draw as the Dali, which attracts about 200,000 visitors annually," said Marshall Rousseau, director emeritus of the Dali Museum, who will lead the new glass museum.

Craft says that with its new status, the Chihuly component is being redesigned to be a more integral part of the Arts Center. Only conceptual drawings have been completed, but she said the space will be larger.

About one-third of the $35-million in construction costs has been raised, Craft said. Morean has pledged $10-million. Groundbreaking is planned for fall 2008.

Another aspect that distinguished the new Arts Center is its role as the centerpiece of a new condominium project, the Arts. Craft said that project is moving ahead, but that the museum's future is no longer linked to it.

"Fundraising is going very well with this new twist," Craft said. "The Arts Center is in a position to move forward independently in the project."

Having a permanent museum collection of the most famous glass artist in the world, "will give us a chance to work with him as his work evolves and to continue collecting," Craft said. "It's a unique opportunity."

Lennie Bennett can be reached at 727 893-8293 or "lennie@sptimes.com.
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Thursday, October 12, 2006

TAM: Docent Needed for Tour: Thursday, October 26 at 10:30 am

Can anyone do a tour on Thursday, October 26 at 10:30 am?

The tour is for a group of 28 seniors from Seattle Elderhostel. They would like the tour to focus 75% on Chihuly and 25% on the building architecture.

Please also let me know if you are comfortable touring a group of 28 seniors, or if you would prefer to split the group in half.

 

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

 

Thanks for your time!

 

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hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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FW: TAM: open docent shifts for October and November

Tacoma Art Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 23, 2006.

So we wouldn’t expect you to docent on that day. Sorry! J

 

 

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From: Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:01 PM
Subject: TAM: open docent shifts for October and November

 

Long overdue, but here is a list of many upcoming docent shifts that need an actual docent:

 

OCTOBER:

  • Wednesday, October 11 from 10-2
  • Thursday, October 12 from 10-2
  • Thursday, October 12 from 1-5
  • Friday, October 13 from 1-5
  • Saturday, October 14 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, October 18 from 10-2
  • Third Thursday, October 19 from 1-4
  • Third Thursday, October 19 from 4-8
  • Friday, October 20 from 1-5
  • Saturday, October 21 from 1-5
  • Tuesday, October 24 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, October 25 from 10-2
  • Thursday, October 26 from 10-2
  • Thursday, October 26 from 1-5
  • Friday, October 27 from 1-5

 

NOVEMBER:

  • Wednesday, November 1 from 10-2
  • Friday, November 3 from 1-5
  • Saturday, November 4 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, November 8 from 10-2
  • Thursday, November 9 from 10-2
  • Thursday, November 9 from 1-5
  • Friday, November 10 from 1-5
  • Saturday, November 11 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, November 15 from 10-2
  • Third Thursday, November 16 – could probably use extra docents
  • Friday, November 17 from 1-5
  • Saturday, November 18 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, November 22 from 10-2
  • Thursday, November 23 from 10-2
  • Thursday, November 23 from 1-5
  • Friday, November 24 from 1-5
  • Wednesday, November 29 from 10-2
  • Thursday, November 30 from 10-2

 

Also, the following once-every-two-week docent shifts are currently available if you want to trade (or pick up an extra regular shift J):

  • Wednesdays from 10-2 (week A or B) (or until Barbara Abegg returns)
  • Thursdays from 10-2 (2nd and 4th of every month)
  • Thursdays from 1-5 (week A – Oct. 12, 26, Nov. 9, etc)
  • Fridays from 1-5 (week A or B)
  • Saturdays from 1-5 (week A or B or you could pick up a once-a-month Saturday shift)

 

We expect weekends and Third Thursdays to be especially busy during Eric Carle, and we might need extra docents on those days if you are available, even once a month. Also, we have school tours booked twice a day, starting at 10 am and 12 noon, on almost every day during Eric Carle. And self-guided tours are also starting to get busy, so you will be seeing lots of children!

 

Thanks for your time!

 

 

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hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM: please read

Every week, I send out a reminder to those of you who are scheduled to do a docent shift or lead a tour in the upcoming week. As part of that email, I automatically include information about upcoming training dates for the next two weeks (until my next reminder), TAM exhibition openings and closings, TAM classes, lectures and anything else that I think should be of interest to docents, including other local exhibitions that are relevant to the Tacoma Art Museum permanent collection.

 

Please take the time to read my emails. I only email you information which should interest you, as a docent, and I will never ever bother to send you chain letters, jokes, funny photos, recipes or any other of the usual garbage your friends probably do email you. I simply do not have time to make individual calls to all the docents, or even a few, and email is the most effective way for me to send you information.

 

THANK YOU!

 

 

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN


Here's a site which has tracked down all the comics that Roy
Lichtenstein used to create his art.

See the comic images + lichtenstein's work together.

http://davidbarsalou.homestead.com/LICHTENSTEINPROJECT.html

From the site:

The idea and concept for "deconstructing roy lichtenstein" began in
the fall of 1979. It started as a research project I presented on roy
lichtenstein, mel ramos, and andy warhol while a student at hartford
art school. Each artist in the early 1960's was using comic book
imagery in their work. I Began searching for the individual comics
which contained the original images. Since then, I have located over
90% of the originals. In 1979 there were only three published
lichtenstein sources " girl with ball", " the whole room ", and "image
duplicator ". With none for ramos, and warhol. The very first image I
found was "good morning darling" in 1978. Since then I have examined
over 25,000 comic books... And the search goes on.

--
Regards,
Sanjeev

***

Sanjeev Narang
email: ask {*at*} eConsultant dot com
<a href="http://www.eConsultant.com">www.eConsultant.com</a>

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Monday, October 09, 2006

RE: TAM: eric carle posters

The Eric Carle posters are all gone.

 

 

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From: Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: TAM: eric carle posters

 

I have four butterfly-and-caterpillar Eric Carle posters available to the first four people who tell me that they want them.

 

 

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