Friday, July 27, 2007

TAM Chihuly Docent Needed: Friday, August 3 for 13 people

Is anyone available to do a Chihuly Walking Tour on Friday, August 3 for approximately 13 people?

They are not yet sure at what time they would like their tour – probably in the morning.

  

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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Thursday, July 26, 2007

REMINDER: fall 2007 required readings

August is almost here, and then comes September and new exhibitions! Please make sure that you complete all the required readings (see below) before the exhibition's training dates.  

Heide.

 


2007-08 Exhibitions

Required Readings for Docent Training

 

Fall 2007:

Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett, September 1, 2007 – January 27, 2008

·        Mary Randlett: Landscapes  (Seattle; University of Washington Press, 2007)

 

Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, September 22 – December 9, 2007

·        Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt  (Atlanta; Tinwood Books, 2006)

 

Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter, September 29 – January 6, 2008

·        Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter, Sylvia Yount et. Al

(Atlanta; High Museum of Art and University of California Press, 2007)

 

Winter 2007-08:

Threads that Bind: Works by Pacific Northwest African American Quilters

December 18, 2007 – February 17, 2008

Reading to be assigned

 

Spring 2008:

Renoir as Printmaker: The Complete Works, 1878-1919

Reading to be assigned

 

The Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum, February 9 – May 18, 2008

Reading to be assigned

 

A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman

March 1 – June 15, 2008

·        A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman  (New York; Aperture, 2006)


 

If you would like a copy of the draft checklist (not including label text) for any of the fall exhibitions, please let me know and I will email it to you individually. The final copy of the checklists will be emailed to all docents.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

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Tacoma, Washington 98402

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Monday, July 23, 2007

TAM: using the stanchion signage

I would like to encourage all of you to use the stanchion signage to advertise tours!

Several docents have told me that they feel that using the stanchion signage, either by the front desk or by a gallery entrance, does encourage visitors to join a docent-led tour.

 

Stanchions are usually found in the coat check area by the first floor bathrooms. If they aren't there, ask Visitor Services where to find them.

Signage can be found in a folder at the Front Desk. The signage has the following information on red cardstock (there are different signs for different times):

 

FREE GUIDED TOUR

AT 1:00 PM

 

Join a Tacoma Art Museum docent

for a lively tour and discussion.

 

Please meet here to join the tour.

 

Please consider using the signage – all you need to do is:

  1. Decide when you want to offer a tour
  2. Put up your signage well in advance:

·        pick the appropriate sign from the signage folder at the Front Desk (ask Visitor Services – they are your friends!)

·        round up a stanchion – stanchions are usually in storage and they are quite heavy, so please ask Visitor Services to help you

·        place the stanchion by the Front Desk or at a gallery entrance (the stanchions are quite heavy – ask Visitor Services for help if you need it)

  1. Tell Visitor Services when and where you plan on offering your tour so that they can help you recruit visitors
  2. Be at the stanchion at the designated time to offer your tour!
  3. After the tour, please make sure the stanchion and signage are put away. Visitor Services can probably help you with this.
    If Visitor Services cannot help, please at least return the paper signage to the Front Desk, and put away the sign frame which sits atop the stanchion. The stanchion itself can be left close to a wall where it is out of the way.

 

Thanks for your time and let me know the results!

 

 

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

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TAM: Docents Needed: Aug. 10, 11 & 12

Can anyone do a docent shift (or trade a shift) on August 10, 11 or 12 as follows:

-          Friday, August 10 from 10-2

-          Friday, August 10 from 1-5

-          Saturday, August 11 from 1-5

-          Sunday, August 12 from 12-4

 

This is the finale weekend for Showcase Tacoma, and we would like to ensure that we have docents at all times on these three days.

 

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: New Curator Named for Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum has hired a new curator.

The press release is below – she comes to us from the Harwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico in Taos, and I think that some of you may have already seen her work there! She will be doing some docent training and you will all get to meet her as soon as possible in September.

 


 

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NEWS RELEASE

July 17, 2007

Media Contact: Kristy Gledhill, Director of Communications, 253.272.4258 x3017, KGledhill@TacomaArtMuseum.org


Tacoma Art Museum Hires Curator of Collections and Special Exhibitions

(Tacoma, WA) – Tacoma Art Museum Director Stephanie A. Stebich has named Margaret Bullock Curator of Collections and Special Exhibitions.  She will begin her work at the museum this September.

Most recently, Bullock was curator and collections manager at the Harwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico in Taos, which preserves, collects, and exhibits historic and contemporary art and culture of the Taos region. Previously she worked at the Portland Art Museum, first as Curatorial Assistant in 1998, then Assistant Curator of American Art, and finally as Associate Curator of American Art in 2001.

Bullock holds degrees from University of Colorado, Boulder (B.A. in Art History/English Literature, 1986); Washington State University (M.A. in Anthropology, 1992); and University of Oregon (M.A. in Art History, 1996).

“Margaret’s background and expertise are an excellent match for this newly created position,” said Stebich. “Her arrival will mark the completion of the museum’s newly restructured curatorial department. Working with Rock Hushka, our Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art, Margaret will build on the museum’s tradition of presenting important exhibitions of historic American and European art and will focus on new research of the museum’s core collections. Margaret also will play a key role in the museum’s development of major special exhibitions with accompanying scholarly publications.”

Bullock is enthused about her new post. “This is a wonderful opportunity to work with a dynamic and creative group of people,” she said. “Stephanie's commitment to making the museum an integral part of the community, coupled with Rock's curatorial focus on the art of the Northwest, has created a unique environment that offers endless possibilities for exploring the museum's collections in new ways. I look forward to working at Tacoma Art Museum and once again being a part of the Northwest art community.”

At the Harwood Museum of Art, Bullock focused on curating exhibitions on northern New Mexico artists, most notably John Suazo: 30 Year Retrospective. At Portland Art Museum, she spearheaded reinstallations of the American and Northwest permanent collection galleries. Other notable exhibitions she organized include Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West; Morris Graves, A Language of Symbols; Laverne Krause: Prints from the Permanent Collection; and 19th Century American Silver. While at PAM, she also coordinated major traveling exhibitions of Russian and American decorative arts, as well as exhibitions of the works of John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, and Grandma Moses, among others.

Since 1963, Tacoma Art Museum has built a collection that includes works from world-renown artists such as Mary Cassatt, Jean Baptiste, Camille Corot, Dale Chihuly, Edgar Degas, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg, Pierre August Renoir, John Singer Sargent, Everett Shinn, and Andrew Wyeth. Nearly seventy percent of the collection consists of works from Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, Jacob Lawrence, Joseph Park, Barbara Earl Thomas, and Patti Warashina.

Tacoma Art Museum connects people and builds community 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 major 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 in Tacoma’s Museum District, near the Museum of Glass, the Washington State History Museum, and historic Union Station.

 

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Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM: A Conversation with Artist Marc Swanson at MOG

 

A Conversation with Artist Marc Swanson

Sunday, August 5
2 pm

Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street

Marc Swanson, whose crystal-encrusted deer sculpture is featured in Sparkle Then Fade, will be the Summer Series Visiting Artist in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop August 1 through 5. On the final day of his residency, Swanson will discuss his work with the public. Attend for free with Museum of Glass admission. Visit www.museumofglass.org for more information.

 

 

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

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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