Readings for training on Touring Strategies and Aesthetic Development Stages

Attached are the readings for the training on Touring Strategies and Aesthetic Development Stages.  The articles are brief and interesting.  Please read all three prior to the September 10 workshop.

 

Though I included a description in my previous email, I wanted to give you a little more information about Visual Understanding in Education (VUE) and the presenters for this workshop.  VUE trains museum docents in touring visitors of all ages.  For this training the presenters will especially focus on the aesthetic development stages to help all of us identify the needs and interests of museum visitors.  This method of selecting artwork and touring is one of the tools we want you to have in your docenting toolbox, so that you can best judge and meet the needs of your audience.  For more information on VUE and the research behind VTS please visit their website, www.vue.org.

 

Also, I realized there’s an error in the required reading list.  Though the Mary Randlett catalogue is required reading, you obviously cannot read the book until it has been printed and delivered.  Heide and I are working with the curatorial department to get essays on Randlett’s landscapes for you in the meantime.  We will email these to you next week.  Please read the essays prior to the opening date of the exhibition (September 1).

 

I hope this provides you with a more information.  Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about the fall trainings.

 

See you soon,

 

 

Susan Burnham

Manager of School, Teacher, and Docent Programs

sburnham@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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Schedule on the Blog : http://tamdocents.blogspot.com/

Hello Fellow Docents

The (required) Fall/Winter 2007 schedule is posted at the top of the blog.

http://tamdocents.blogspot.com/

Any time you want to know, when the next required TAM Docents session
is ... just visit the blog.

http://tamdocents.blogspot.com/

((The ongoing conversation / posts begin after the first fixed post
called " Docents Training Schedule 2007".))

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Sanjeev

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Docent Training begins in the first week of September!

Dear Docents,

 

With three exhibitions opening in September, we are looking forward to a vibrant fall! Training will begin the first week of September with an overview of all three exhibitions and a walkthrough of Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett.  Please see the detailed docent training schedule below.  We hope you have also been studying the exhibition catalogues to prepare yourself for this busy season.

 

All docents are also asked to attend a special, required training on Monday, September 10 from 9 am-1 pm. This will be the first in a series of trainings on aesthetic development stages presented by the staff of Visual Understanding in Education (VUE). This research based touring method helps museum visitors find meaning in works of visual art through understanding and addressing the needs of each individual’s aesthetic development stage.

 

Attendance at certain public events is also a part of required docent training this fall. With so many incredible opportunities to attend lectures, meet curators and artists, and take part in hands-on workshops, we’ve reduced the number of exhibition trainings to make room for these special events. Dates and times vary each month; see the calendar below for details.

 

We are looking forward to an exciting fall and hope you are as well!  Please let Heide or myself know if you have any questions and we look forward to seeing you in September!

 

 

Susan Burnham

Manager of School, Teacher, and Docent Programs

sburnham@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM: Neddy booklets

If you have not yet picked up a copy of the Neddy booklet in the galleries or at the docent desk, please stop by my desk and get one now before they are all gone. This is a good resource since you will probably encounter these artists again!

The remaining copies will be sent to the Neddy Foundation.

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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This Thursday = 08/16 = Third Thursday = Docent Coffee + Artwalk

Hello Fellow Docents and Interesting People,

Come by, drink some coffee; see some art ... before Labor Day arrives!

TAM : Japanese Prints / William Post / Neddy Awards / Sparkle Then
Fade / Telling Stories

The Museum of Glass : Mining Glass / Contrasts: A Glass Primer

William Travers : 4th Annual World Glass Exhibition - New Glass from Italy

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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 : 08/16/06
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!

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Sanjeev

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