Friday, May 25, 2007

TAM: 2 Docents Needed: Monday, June 4

I am looking for 2 docents for a mini docent shift on Monday, June 4 from 7:00-9:30 pm?

This is for the Tacoma School of the Arts graduation.

 

Please reply to Susan Burnham (sburnham@tacomaartmuseum.org or 761-1094 x3038) only if you are available, and she 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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Tacoma, Washington 98402

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

TAM: ask me about art badges

I have had several buttons made up to announce that you are a docent who wants to interact with Tacoma Art Museum visitors, and they are at the Docent Desk on the Admin level.

You can choose from DOCENT, ASK ME or ASK ME ABOUT ART, and they come in wonderful combinations of red, black and silver. J

 

Please use the buttons while you are at Tacoma Art Museum, but don't take them home just yet. Let me know which buttons you like the best or which are most effective. And also let me know if there is something else you would like on your button.

We can eventually make take-home buttons for those of you that want them.

 

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

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

TAM: Antoine Predock awarded...

Antoine Predock has received the 2007 Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards for Lifetime Achievement.

 

http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/10264/

 

Lifetime Achievement, Antoine Predock
The Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing the work of an individual who has made a long-term contribution to the practice of design, is awarded to Antoine Predock, principal of Antoine Predock Architect since 1967. Based in Albuquerque, N.M., Predock maintains studios in Los Angeles and Taiwan and lectures and exhibits his work worldwide. Living for 53 years in the landscape of the American West, Predock designs expansive spaces that seamlessly weave the present with the past. He has been recognized for his unique ability to design highly contextual works that respond to their environment. Major projects have included the San Diego Padres Ballpark; Austin City Hall in Texas; Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Wash.; Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg; the Las Vegas Central Library and Discovery Museum; the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Fla.; the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University in Tempe; the National Palace Museum in Taiwan; and buildings for Stanford University (California) and Rice University (Texas). Predock was a 2005 National Design Award finalist in the architecture design category.

 

 

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

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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TAM: 2007 Neddy Artist Fellows Announced

 

NEWS RELEASE

May 18, 2007

 

2007 Neddy Artist Fellows Announced

Award Ceremony Saturday, June 9; 6 – 9 pm at Tacoma Art Museum

 

(Tacoma, WA) –Tacoma Art Museum presents the works of the eight 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship Finalists this summer. The Behnke Family and Behnke Foundation recently announced this year’s two fellowship recipients. Whiting Tennis was selected for painting. Buddy Bunting and Victoria Haven were also nominated. Charles Krafft was chosen for ceramics. Yuki Nakamura, Eric Nelsen, Alex Schweder, and Tip Toland were his fellow nominees. The exhibition of work by these eight artists will be on view June 2 through August 19, 2007, at Tacoma Art Museum. The two Fellows will be publicly honored at an award ceremony Saturday, June 9 starting at 6 pm. Admission is free for members and $10 for non-members.

This is the third year Tacoma Art Museum has collaborated with the Behnke Family and Behnke Foundation  to host the exhibition of finalists for this prestigious award. The 2007 nominees represent the diversity of artistic production in the Northwest, ranging from the site-specific wall paintings of Victoria Haven, to the ceramic work of “Disasterware” creator Charles Krafft, to the stark large-scale paintings of California prisons by Buddy Bunting.

“Our partnership with the Behnke Family and Behnke Foundation is so important to us because we share the common goal of highlighting exemplary artists in the Northwest,” said Tacoma Art Museum Director Stephanie Stebich. “The Neddy Fellowship is one of only a handful of prestigious regional awards and we are honored to be a part of their efforts to celebrate the region’s talents.”

The Neddy Artist Fellowship is one of the few large awards granted to visual artists in the Northwest. It was established in 1995 as a memorial to Robert E. (Ned) Behnke (1948-1989) by the Behnke family and the Behnke Foundation, who sought to honor Ned’s contributions to the Northwest artistic community. The Fellowship is an unrestricted cash award to a Northwest artist who demonstrates artistic excellence, innovation, unique vision, and a passionate commitment to his or her art and community. Originally conceived as an award for painters, the Neddy was soon expanded to recognize work by artists in other mediums. This is the first year that ceramic artists will be a focus.

“The Neddy Fellowship showcases some of the region’s most intriguing artists,” said Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum’s Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art. “This year’s nominees cover a great deal of conceptual territory. Work by Tip Toland and Buddy Bunting offer profound examinations of the human condition. Artists like Victoria Haven, Yuki Nakamura, and Eric Nelsen explore more formalist concerns, such as the illusion of space, or push the boundaries of traditional ceramics. All of the artists have made important contributions to the artistic dialogue of the Northwest.”

The exhibition will include works by each of the finalists, and will be selected primarily from the artists’ studios, private collections, and Tacoma Art Museum’s permanent collection.

The 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship is generously supported by The Behnke Foundation and The Behnke Family.

 

 

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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TAM: Neddy essays

Attached are the two essays that will be in the Neddy gallery guide.

One is by an independent curator, Jess van Nostrand, and another is Rock’s introduction to the gallery guide.  

 

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

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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Monday, May 21, 2007

TAM: Art Resource Center temporarily closed

Beginning Monday, May 21st the Art Resource Center will be closed to the public AND to staff for at least five days. 

The cataloguing project of transferring the collection from Dewey to Library of Congress is completed and now all the books need to be removed from the shelves and completely reorganized.

 

Thanks for your patience!

 

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

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

Become a Member Today!