Friday, November 17, 2006

TAM: Docent URGENTLY Needed: Friday, November 24 from 10-2

Can anyone do a docent shift (or trade a shift) on Friday, November 24 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm?

We are expecting this to be a busy day!

 

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

If you are available, please contact Susan Burnham (272-4258 x3038 or sburnham@tacomaartmuseum.org) since I will be on vacation from November 20-24.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM: makeup training for Telling Stories on Wed. Dec. 6 from 6-8 pm

The make-up training for Telling Stories will be on Wednesday, December 6 from 6-8 pm. Please meet at the front desk or in the Telling Stories gallery.

We will finish presenting on the artists at this training session, and make up for the missed November 15 training.

 

If you have any notes, source articles, recommended readings, or other references to hand in, please do as they are helpful for docents who couldn’t attend both training sessions.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM: heide on vacation nov. 20-24

I will be on vacation from November 20-24 – visiting my sister and her family in Montreal.

 

If you have any problems or questions that you need to discuss, Susan is available at 272-4258 x3038 or by email at sburnham@tacomaartmuseum.org.

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

TAM: training cancelled tonight (Nov. 15)

We have decided to cancel tonight’s training (November 15 from 6-8 pm) due to weather conditions.

We will reschedule it – probably in early December, and I will let you know by email.

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

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Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3018

F: 253.627.1898

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Tomorrow = Third Thursday + Shannon Eakins at Icebox


Hello Fellow Docents and Interesting People,

Come by, drink some coffee; see some art ... before the gluttony and
shopping (madness) season of Thanksgiving takes over.

We can even go to the Icebox and ask Shannon some tough docent-y questions.

***

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 : 11/16/06
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!

***

As always: Too much email ?? Let me know if you want off this list.

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Overkill
An installation by Shannon Eakins

Ice Box Contemporary Art
301A Puyallup Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98421
206.856.7114
http://www.iceboxcontemporaryart.com
icebox@iceboxcontemporaryart.com

Overkill, an installation by Shannon Eakins, is an environment
designed to entice whitetail deer to come into icebox. Eakins is
hunting for viewers. Her prey is deer. Eakins' work hopes to engage
wild animals in genuine (if not strictly visual) ways. She is curious
if a wild animal could have a shared aesthetic experience with humans,
and attempts to meet them half way using known lures to get them
through the door. If the gallery smells like deer, it must be deer,
right? Like children leaving milk and cookies for Santa, Eakins is
interested in the longshot. Her hope is that the crowd (deer and
people, maybe) will find what they are looking for--perhaps a willing
mate, an appreciation of the objects, sounds, and smells, or maybe
just a quiet place to graze.

--
Regards,
Sanjeev

***

Sanjeev Narang
email: ask {*at*} eConsultant dot com
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

A Goya Going to Guggenheim is Gone!


Goya Painting Stolen on Way to Guggenheim

A painting by Goya was stolen on its way from the collection of the
Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio to a major exhibition that opens on
Friday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the two institutions
announced yesterday.

The museums said in a statement that the 1778 painting, "Children With
a Cart," was stolen in the vicinity of Scranton, Pa., while in the
care of a professional art transporter. They said the theft was
discovered last week but refused to provide additional details on the
crime. Officials at both museums said the F.B.I. was investigating the
case and had warned them that releasing additional information might
jeopardize the inquiry.

The painting was to be included in "Spanish Painting From El Greco to
Picasso: Time, Truth and History," a sprawling exhibition of some 135
paintings by Spanish masters.

The two museums said the painting would be "virtually impossible to
sell and therefore has no value on the open market." While art that
belongs to major museums is easily identified as stolen, the statement
seemed intended in part to discourage any attempt at a clandestine
sale.

The painting was insured for only $1 million, the museums said. The
insurer is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading
to the recovery of the painting, they added. Their statement urged
people with information about the theft to contact the Philadelphia
division of the F.B.I. at (215) 418-4000.

"We're hoping that we're going to get a number of tips," Jerri
Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia F.B.I. division, said.
"To vet the tips, we've decided to release as few details as possible.
If that doesn't provide fruitful information, of course, we'll provide
more details."

The work, an oil on canvas measuring nearly five feet high and three
feet wide, is a tapestry cartoon — an image that Goya painted for a
factory that manufactured tapestries for the Spanish royal court.

The catalog entry for "Children With a Cart" says that Goya conceived
the work for the bedroom of the Prince of Asturias. It depicts
children at play, two of them inside a cart and another dressed in
Dutch style, playing drums, while a fourth plays the trumpet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/nyregion/14goya.html?ex=1321160400&en=e213a80574b4749e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

--
Regards,
Sanjeev

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Sanjeev Narang
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Monday, November 13, 2006

TAM: how to clean a Chihuly chandelier

 

Cleaning Chihuly's Sculpture at Children's Museum No Easy Job

Oct 30, 2006 04:07 PM PST

By Steve Bray
News 8 @ 6:00

Have you seen the Fireworks of Glass sculpture at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis? It's 43 feet tall and contains 3,200 individually hand blown pieces of glass. And like all sculptures, it gets dusty. Cleaning it is a job that requires both physical strength and a delicate touch.

"Damaging one of the pieces, that's on your mind," said Scott Anderson of JRS International.

That is one concern of the man cleaning the sculpture designed by world renowned artist Dale  Chihuly.

"It's just a mental adjustment I think everyone's afraid of heights to a certain extent, but we clean 50 story towers in that chair," said Anderson.

He works four hour stints in a swing-like apparatus that he raises and lowers to move up and down the sculpture.

"Yeah, it gets a little tedious."

He works for JRS International, a company that cleans chandeliers and other works of art all over the world. Armed with duster and a repelling system, it's not just the fragile subject that makes this job tough.

"It's physically demanding on your body because you're constantly adjusting to try and pull yourself and keep yourself study," Anderson said.

Anderson says it will take about two days to get this project done and during that time period he'll get some funny looks and hear some interesting comments.

"The ladies will always say ‘hey that looks nice, can you come to my house?' And the guys will always say ‘hey, you missed a spot.'"

Anderson says he doesn't dust at home.

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5610394

 


 

Museum unveils art twice

 

The Children's Museum [of Indianapolis] showed off how grown-up it could be Saturday during the black-tie gala celebrating the second unveiling of "Fireworks of Glass."

 

Hey, when you spend $4.5 million on a nine-ton glass sculpture, you can have as many unveilings as you want. The first one took place earlier in the day.

 

Artist Dale Chihuly told the crowd this was the first time he'd seen the huge piece all put together.

 

VIPs and big donors got to head directly to a Detail & Design/Gene Huddleston-inspired lounge area that was set up early for drinks and snacks.

 

For their $10,000 donation, table sponsors received a limited-edition Chihuly work to take home. Sponsors also got special bow ties and evening bags painted by the artist

 

Last edited by Merlion : 03-20-2006 at 06:24 PM.

 


 

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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