Friday, February 23, 2007

TAM: April & May Chihuly Walking Tour Docents Needed (drop-in): Saturdays at 11 am

Is anyone available to do a drop-in Chihuly Walking Tour at 11 am on any of the following dates:

  • Saturday, March 17
  • Saturday, April 7
  • Saturday, April 21
  • Saturday, May 5
  • Saturday, May 19

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

 

Please try to arrive 15 minutes early to do some recruiting if there are visitors at the museum, and if there are no takers at 11 am, please stick around for another 15 minutes to see if someone shows up a little late. If there is no one interested in a Chihuly Walking Tour, then you are free to go home!

Visitor Services will be aware of these tours, and Kathy Cabusao, who schedules Chihuly Walking Tours, will also be trying to funnel visitors toward these tours.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

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TAM: 2 Docents Needed for Tour: Friday, March 9 at 1:30 pm

I am still looking for 2 docents to do a general museum tour on Friday, March 9 at 1:30 pm.

The tour is for a group of 45 seniors from Seattle Elderhostel.  

 

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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TAM URGENT: Docent Needed for Tour: Saturday, March 3 at 12:30 pm

I am still looking for a docent for Saturday, March 3, to help with a tour at 12:30 pm (ending at approximately 2:30). If you can also do a shift, that would be great – Sid Cloud and Roxanne Peterson will both be docenting on that day, but will be involved with private tours most of the day.

 

The 12:30 pm tour is for a group of 120 ESL students. This school brings a group to Tacoma Art Museum every year, and they split the 120 students into smaller groups that rotate through Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Glass and Washington State History Museum. There will be two other docents, Sid Cloud and Roxanne Peterson, with this group.

 

There is also a private tour for the Frida exhibition at 11 am tour for a group of 40 students from South Kitsap High School, World Languages Department.

 

Public tours are advertised for 11 am and 1 pm.

 

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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Thursday, February 22, 2007

TAM: Paul Strand reading recommendation

If you want to read more about Paul Strand, but are overwhelmed by the choices, here are two books on Paul Strand that are recommended by Rock Hushka:

 

  • “Paul Strand: Essays on his Life and Work” by Maren Stange (Editor), Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction)

From Library Journal
This contribution to the centennial celebration of the master American photographer/filmmaker Strand (1890-1976) is a tour de force. The 27 new essays by an impressive list of noted historians and writers, many of whom knew Strand, explore periods and photographs that have been less well studied as well as more familiar aspects of his life and art. As Alan Trachtenberg notes in his introduction, in treating the historical Strand--his politics, his relation to modernism, major phases in his 60 years in photography and film--the essays begin to restore "the figure to his cultural time and space," giving us a better sense of the person, allowing the living Strand "to be reclaimed from the classic legend." An important work for American art, photographic history, and American studies collections, it complements the current traveling exhibition mounted by the National Gallery and its accompanying publication Paul Strand ( LJ 1/91).
- Ann Copeland, Champaign, Ill.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

 

  • “Paul Strand: An American Vision” by Sarah Greenough

From Library Journal
This rich publication accompanying a major retrospective traveling exhibition commemorates the centennial of Strand's birth (1890). Undisputably one of America's most important photographers, Strand took his inspiration from everyday life, trying to reveal the spirit of individual objects and exploring the relationships between people, objects, and their environment. In addition to his memorable portraits and still-lifes from New York and scenes from Taos, Mexico, Italy, France, and New England, Strand made many important films, such as Manhattan (1920), The Plow That Broke the Plains (1935), and Native Land (1942). Distinguishing this book are highly faithful reproductions of 104 black-and-white photographs , accomplished by a new six-color printing process, and 40 more printed in duotone. Including a number of newly published images, a fine essay by Sarah Greenough chronicling Strand's life and work, and letters and published writings by him, this book is highly recommended despite the high price.
- Ann Copeland, Champaign, Ill.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

 

 

Please remember that the above books are recommendations, and are not required reading.

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

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

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