Friday, February 08, 2008

re: Chihuly in the Hotshop

Hi, docents,
 
Thursday night I happened to see Chihuly in the Hotshop on Channel 9 (PBS) which was a new program.  This was a reunion of all of Dale's gaffers who worked with him through his career and established them as glass artists. They each went through the process of glassblowing with the different styles. It progressed to the present time.  It is an hour and a half with only intermission at the half hour. It will be repeated again on Saturday night, Feb. 9 at 8:00PM and again at 9:30PM on channel 9. I highly recommend it for all the Chihuly Walking Tour docents.
 
Ellen

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TAM: Presidential Portraiture lecture at the Washington State History Museum

The Washington State History Museum currently has an exhibition on Presidential Portraiture. The following lecture may be of interest to you, and can be used as independent study hours.

Also, the three museums are currently reviewing their policies on free admission for other Tacoma museums' volunteers. So, you won't necessarily get free admission with your docent ID, but it never hurts to try. I will let you know what the final decision is.

 

 

Faces of Leadership: Lecture & Gallery Talk on Presidential Portraiture

Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 11:30 AM      

 

Join curator Fred Poyner for an in-depth look at the exhibition Faces of Leadership: Presidential Portraiture. The program includes a 45-minute presentation during which Poyner talks about the presidential works of art on display and the artists who created them, including Seattle’s “first sculptor” James Wehn. A guided gallery tour of the exhibition follows. Registration is not required. FREE with paid admission.

 

Artists far and wide have created images of our presidents and displayed them for all to see. These creative works surpass mere physical representations, providing historical continuity and a visible legacy for our nation. Faces of Leadership: Presidential Portraiture features more than 30 artworks and images from the permanent collections of the Washington State Historical Society, including sculpture busts, coins and medallions, and snapshots of presidents on the move. This exhibit is on view now through October 5, 2008.

 

 

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TAM: available shifts in March and April

Happy Year of the Rat!

 

The following docent shifts are available in March:

Ÿ         Saturday, March 1, anytime surrounding 12 noon

Ÿ         Friday, March 7 from 11-3

Ÿ         Saturday, March 15, anytime surrounding 12 noon

Ÿ         Sunday, March 16 from 12-4

Ÿ         Friday, March 21, anytime surrounding 12 noon (this is Good Friday)

Ÿ         Saturday, March 29, anytime surrounding 12 noon

Ÿ         Sunday, March 30 from 12-4

 

The following docent shifts are available in April:

Ÿ         Sunday, April 13 from 12-4

Ÿ         Sunday, April 21 from 12-4

Ÿ         Wednesday, April 30 from 11-3                                                                   

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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TAM IMPORTANT: training schedule changes

Please confirm that you have read this email and noted the changes to training dates, to minimize the phone calls that I have to make. Thank You!

 

We have made some changes to the training dates coming up in February and March.

The reasons for these changes are to spread out the training dates, and condense the required and optional trainings into less trainings. We really want to respect your time.

 

Please read the following carefully, and update your personal calendars accordingly. If you have any doubts at all, don't hesitate to call or email me!

An updated docent training schedule is also attached.

 

February 8, 2008 UPDATE:

Ÿ         Training on February 11 and 13, and on March 10 and 12 are cancelled.

Ÿ         There is one new training on March 3 or 5. This will be a Chuck Close walk-through with Rock Hushka, in the galleries. More info below.

 

 

Know More Art lecture series: 

Docents are required to attend at least two out of the five Know More Art lectures this spring. However, it is highly recommended that you attend all of the Know More Art lectures, if possible.

The first Know More Art lecture—Renoir: The Man behind the Brush—will be different in content than what Margaret covered at our Renoir walk-through training. It will be a much more detailed look at Renoir's life and career.

For more information on the Know More Art lecture series: www.tacomaartmuseum.org/page.asp?view=6019

 

 

Second Tuesdays programming:

Second Tuesdays feature special programs every month: typically lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops followed by a docent-led tour of an exhibition related to the day's topic.

These programs are highly recommended for docents. You are welcome to come for all or part of the day's events.

For more information on Second Tuesdays: http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/page.asp?view=8757

 

 

For the Chuck Close A Couple of Ways of Doing Something exhibition, it is highly recommended that you attend the following programs as training:

Ÿ         Tuesday, February 12, 10:30-11:30 am – Techniques in Printmaking from Renoir to Today (Second Tuesday program)
Printmaker and retired University of Puget Sound Professor of Art History, Bill Colby, shares many of the ways prints are made and demonstrates some printmaking techniques.

Ÿ         Tuesday, March 11, 6-7 pm – Know More Art: Chuck Close: The Man behind the Camera
Rock Hushka will be giving this lecture, and it is highly recommended that you try to attend. I will be emailing some reading materials about Chuck Close's life and career for those of you who cannot make this lecture.

Ÿ         REQUIRED: Monday, March 3, 10:30 am-12:30 pm OR Wednesday, March 5, 5:30-7:30 pm – Chuck Close Exhibition Walk-Through with Rock Hushka
This training is for docents only, and Rock will be walking us through the exhibition. We changed the docent training schedule to add this walk-through instead of a lecture with Rock, because we felt a walk-through would be more useful to you.

Ÿ         March 11, 10:30-11:30 am – Beyond the Snapshot, Modern Photography Techniques (Second Tuesday program)
Steve Davis, photographer and Evergreen College faculty member (and in the Tacoma Art Museum permanent collection—see Telling Stories), presents some of the older and more contemporary techniques of art photography. For those of you who think you need more training on photography, please try to attend this program.

I will send a separate email with the readings for Chuck Close.

I also want to remind you that over the last few years, we have had several exhibitions with significant photography sections and docent training on photography: William B. Post and pictorialism, Frida Kahlo, Paul Strand (and the Stieglitz relationship), Great American Thing (Stieglitz again), Contemporary Photography and the Garden: Deceits and Fantasies (which included several contemporary photographers), and Margaret Bourke-White.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

 

Heide Fernandez-Llamazares

Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator

hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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