TAM Docents: Biennial participants websites & Presenation Instructions

Hello Docents-

Below is some wonderful information compiled by our ARC Volunteer, Wendy. I thought you might find this helpful in your research of Biennial artists. Many of these sites will end up on the Tacoma Art Museum website for additional exhibition information. I also have volunteers at work in the ARC making notebooks on all of the Biennial artists that you will also be able to use for your research. We are targeting January 20 as the date to have that project completed and displayed in the ARC.

 

For your Biennial Artist presentations, please choose 2 Biennial artists from the following list:

Rick Araluce, Seattle

Gala Bent, Seattle

Michael Brophy, Portland

Jack Daws, Seattle

Eric Elliott, Seattle

Tannaz Farsi, Eugene

Sarah Hood, Seattle

Denzil Hurley, Seattle

Linda Hutchins, Portland

Robert Jones, Seattle

Michael Kenna, Seattle

Doug Keyes, Seattle

Isaac Layman, Seattle

Zhi Lin, Sammamish

Micki Lippe, Seattle

Margie Livingston, Seattle

Victor Maldonado, Portland

Debora Moore, Seattle

Susan Robb, Seattle

Stephanie Robison, Portland

Ross Sawyers, Seattle

Susan Seubert, Portland

Chang-Ae Song, Eugene

Scott Trimble, Seattle

 

Give a brief biography of each (the kind of tidbits that would be interesting and useful in a tour) then briefly compare and contrast the 2, explaining why you chose to pair them, wrapping up with your take on why this artwork would be considered “Northwest Art”. You will have 5 minutes to give your presentation with up to another 2 minutes following your presentation for questions and responses from fellow docents (this will help us practice discussing this body of work within the context of the exhibition). I only want to spend one hour standing in the gallery (no stools please – to help us remain mindful of what we ask of our visitors but also to keep timing on track) so we will only do 8 presentations per training period before we move on to something else. This means that 3 different trainings will be needed. Please email me with you’re a) artist preferences and  b) the date you want to do your presentation. I will be asking for variety here so first come will be first served. I may need to ask you to choose other artists if I don’t get everyone represented and, again,  I can only take 8 presentations per date: Monday, February 23; Monday, March 9; or Monday, March 23.

 

Thank you!

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom
Volunteer Programs Coordinator
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

Below are some websites for the biennial artists. I have noted the ones for which we have an artist file in the ARC with an (AF) behind their name

Wendy


Rick Araluce (AF)
http://web.mac.com/rickaraluce/Site/Rick_Araluce.html
http://www.travergallery.com/gallery_artist_details/Rick-Araluce.aspx?&da=resume&upcoming=0

Gala Bent
http://www.zackandgalabent.com/?gala
http://www.galabent.com/blog/

Michael Brophy(AF)
http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/26/michael-brophy
http://www.clearcutpress.com/books_brophy.html
http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/page.aspx?cid=503

Jack Daws(AF)
http://www.gregkucera.com/daws.htm
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/archives/115470.asp

Eric Elliott
http://www.elliotteric.com/
http://www.gageacademy.org/artists/?i_id=134&page=instructors
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com/Exhibitions/Eric%20Elliott%20and%20Carlos%20Vega/ericelliott732008.htm

Tannaz Farsi
http://www.sculpturecenter.org/farsiMI.htm
http://art-uo.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=gallery&page=sculpture

Sarah Hood(AF)
http://sarahhoodjewelry.com/
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/14/sarah-hood-organic-jewelry/

Denzil Hurley(AF)
http://mcclain.johnson.googlepages.com/denzil.hurley.html
http://www.sedersgallery.com/Artists/094/HurleyRESf.htm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/258966_visual10.html

Linda Hutchins(AF)
http://www.lindahutchins.com/
http://www.pulliamdeffenbaugh.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=207
http://oregonartsblog.typepad.com/photos/_hutchins/index.html

Robert C. Jones (AF) (there are multiple Robert Jones's who are artists -- I assume Robert C. Jones is the one who will be in the Biennial)
http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/RobertJones/
http://www.sedersgallery.com/Artists/004/JonesRESf.html

Michael Kenna
http://www.michaelkenna.net/
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-12-17/calendar/michael-kenna-new-york-city-and-beyond/

Doug Keyes(AF)
http://www.ggibsongallery.com/artists/keyes/index.html

Isaac Layman
http://www.lawrimoreproject.com/lp/Exhibitions/Entries/2008/7/17_Isaac_layman__%E2%80%A2__Photographs_From_Inside_a_Whale.html
http://www.lawrimoreproject.com/lp/Artists/Pages/Isaac_Layman.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008531025_zart17layman.html

Zhi Lin
http://www.howardhouse.net/artists/index2.html?lin
http://www.koplindelrio.com/lin/lin.html
http://www.gageacademy.org/artists/?page=instructors&i_id=72

Micki Lippe(AF)
http://www.looselyhinged.com/
http://www.danacadesign.com/index.php?p=instructors

Margie Livingston(AF)
http://margie.net/
http://www.gageacademy.org/artists/?i_id=24&page=instructors
http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/MargieLivingston/

Victor Maldonado
http://victormaldonado.net/splash.html
http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=225

Debora Moore
http://deboramoore.com/
http://www.nancyhoffmangallery.com/moore/2006.html

Susan Robb(AF)
http://www.susanrobb.com/sr_resume.asp
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/359967_earthart22.html
http://leonardo.info/gallery/burningman/robb.html

Stephanie Robison
http://www.stephanierobison.com/

Ross Sawyers(AF)
http://www.rossawyers.com/
http://www.asthmatickitty.com/sidebar.php?sidebarID=103
http://www.art.ucr.edu/people/faculty/Sawyers/index.html

Susan Seubert(AF)
http://www.sseubert.com/
http://www.seubertfineart.com/
http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/24/susan-seubert

Chang-Ae Song
http://www.wlotus.com/ChangAeSong/default.htm
http://www.caladangallery.com/v2/thumbnails.php?album=355

Scott Trimble
http://wstrimble.homestead.com/
http://www.gregkucera.com/trimble.htm





--
Wendelyn Shore
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma WA 98447

TAM Docents: Macaulay object labels FINAL

Hello Docents-

Attached are the object labels for David Macaulay.

During Monday’s training, Paula mentioned a couple of links that might be useful for your Macaulay research and here they are:

http://www.davidmacaulay.com/

http://www.scls.info/arbuthnot08/

Happy learning!

-Jana

 

 

Jana Wennstrom

Volunteer Programs Coordinator

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TAM Docents: From the Galleries (post-Oasis pre Macaulay mini edition)

Hello Docents-
I have forwarded some fun information from Ellen Ito. I thought you might particularly enjoy the attached map – it sounds like a fun field trip to me!
-Jana

Jana Wennstrom
Volunteer Programs Coordinator
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

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From: Google Documents [mailto:noreply@google.com] On Behalf Of ellenito@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:21 PM
To: Ellen Ito
Subject: Untitled

 

So long, Performing Monkey- It's been real!
Sunday was the final day of Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire, and I thought I'd pass along a little more information about sculptor Charles Cordier, just for kicks:
(Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago)

"Bust of Said Abdallah of the Darfour People was Cordiers first and greatest success. Using as a model a Sudanese man who, the sculptor claimed, simply turned up at his studio, he created a plaster version of Said Abdallah for exhibition at the Salon of 1848. Most ethnographic sculpture was created by making a plaster mold from a live model, which would then be cast in bronze, but Cordier insisted on following the traditional sculpting method of building his form up in clay using his hands and sculptors tools. His emphasis on the subjects dignity and pride set Cordier apart from his contemporaries. Said Abdallahs costume and hairstyle are depicted in great detail, down to the individual strands of tassels and hair. His raised eyes gaze majestically into the distance. His firm features express the dignity and nobility of a leader. Although Cordier was later appointed sculptor to the Museum of Natural History in Paris and went on several government-sponsored missions to Africa in that capacity, this bust and its pendant* remain his most acclaimed work."

Here they are!


Bust of Said Abdallah of the Darfour People,1848,Bronze

Bust of an African Woman, 1851,Bronze

Here is a link to a very informative review of a Cordier exhibit from 2004:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/24/arts/design/24john.html

*Pendant is a term sometimes used to describe one of a pair of interdependent artworks.

..For those visitors (or staff)who yearn for more offerings from the Dahesh, please inform them of a recently announced collaboration between the Dahesh and Syracuse University Art Galleries. From the Dahesh press release:
"The Dahesh Museum of Art and Syracuse University Art Galleries today announced the formation of a partnership, which will include the Museum's organizing several exhibitions annually from its own collection of 19th-century art in the academic tradition, complemented by works in the University's rich collection, for presentation at the SU Art Galleries in Syracuse, as well as The Palitz Gallery/ Lubin House, located on 11 East 61st Street, off Fifth Avenue...The launch of this collaboration is scheduled for New York City this spring. From March 24 through April 30, 2009, a focused selection of the Museum's finest works will be featured in the exhibition, In Pursuit of the Exotic: Artists Abroad in 19th Century Egypt and the Holy Land." Please find more details here:
http://www.daheshmuseum.org/about/partnership.php

From Ambrose Patterson to Viola Patterson to Guy Anderson...

I am an admirer of Australian painter Ambrose Patterson (currently on view in Speaking Parts)

The Pewter Bar, St Leger en Yvelines,circa 1904,oil on canvas

 

Did you know that Ambrose Patterson came to Seattle and was one of the founders of the University of Washington School of Art and Design? He and his wife, Viola, lived in a house near Husky stadium that was the first home in the Seattle area built using the International style of architecture. Viola was a very gifted painter in her own right. Here is what Viola once had to say about her friend (and Speaking Parts artist) Guy Anderson:

"Oh,(he was) always terribly interesting: serious, and already very, very knowledgeable about Eastern religion. And not in any way frightening; it was just perfectly fascinating talking with him.

And he was a student, a real student. Of course, he had such sensitivity. For me, I was able to appreciate his sensitivity in the realm of the gardens he created... They weren't gardens such as a city garden, in any sense of the word. They were often just a little garden laid out on a bit of pavement, or a small little terrace or something. But he'd gather bits of driftwood or stones and a plant here and something else there. It wasn't bonsai, and yet it had all the wonderful quality of Eastern composition of these natural forms...For a while he built beautiful little containers for plants. For a long time I had one of those, built out of, I think, driftwood he picked up on the beach."

 

Let's go look at some art at the..Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering?

 

As I was looking for an Ambrose Patterson image to use in this email, I came across this webpage full of great, succinct artist bios with loads of links for artists that are included in our permanent collection here at TAM. The Allen Center is located on the museum campus, and the building is full of great work from all the artists listed. Why not check it out after swinging by the Henry Art Gallery?

 

http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/

 

Attached to this email you will find a pdf map to all the outdoor public artwork that is on the UW campus- since you're already there, it's a great opportunity to check out the supercool Chris Bruch sculpture, and the reinstalled Robert Irwin.

 

-Ellen

 














 

TAM Docents: Docents needed for tours on Sat., Feb 7

Hello Docents-

It looks like tours are picking up in the New Year! Please let me know if you are available for a tour (I need 2 docents) of Speaking Parts and the Biennial on Saturday, February 7 from 6:10 – 6:40 pm.

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom

Volunteer Programs Coordinator

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org

TAM Docents: Docents needed for tours on Feb 28 and March 14

Hello-

I need 2 additional docents for the Saturday, February 28 from 12:30 – 2 pm and Saturday, March 14 from 12:30 – 2 pm. Please let me know if you can support Gaard on these tours.

 

Tour Type: Museum Highlights    

Tour Contact: Harla Jean Biever, Tour Manager   

Organization: Group Coordinators (These are Japanese University Students)

Date & Time:

Saturday, February 28  12:45-1:45pm  group of 75 people

                        2:00-2:50pm  group of 75 people

Saturday, March 14     12:45-1:45pm  group of 75 people

                        2:00-2:50pm  group of 75 people           

Guest Count: 300 (total for all 4 tours)

 

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom

Volunteer Programs Coordinator

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org

TAM Docents: David Macaulay notes from 1-5

Hello Docents-

Thanks to all of you who attended yesterday’s training and offered your valuable feedback regarding several questions brought up by myself and Paula. We really appreciate your insights! Attached are the meeting notes from the training (Thanks Gaard!). Out next required all docent training is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4 at 10:30 am when we will be doing a walk-through of the Biennial exhibition and, thanks to Karin’s inquiry, a walk-through of the Macaulay exhibition as well. Between now and then we still have the following:

Required if you missed Seattle Lecture	Tuesday, January 13, 7 pm   Tacoma Public Library Downtown Branch	Book Discussion & Signing with David Macaulay Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, Olympic Room David Macaulay discusses his newest release, The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body. Books will be available for sale and signing at the library.  This program is free and no registration is required. Visit www.tacomapubliclibrary.org for directions and parking.
Required training for docents who weren’t here for Fife’s exhibition in 2004	Thursday, January 15, 6:30 - 7:30 pm	Scott Fife Third Thursday Lecture: Leroy and Beyond: Cardboard Constructions by Scott Fife Scott Fife, the artist who created the twelve-foot-tall cardboard dog Leroy, the Big Pup, has also created the more macabre tableau Dresser with Drapes and Landscape currently on view in The Surrealist Impulse. Fife will discuss his use of cardboard as a material, the ideas behind his sculptures, and his most recent projects. Interested in coming to Happy Hour in the café before the lecture? Happy Hour starts at 5:30 – Please RSVP to Jana by January 13 and I will get us the necessary table space.
For Fun!!	Friday, January 16, 1: 30 pm – 2:15 pm	Behind the Scenes of Tacoma Art Museum - tour with Registrar Michelle Kinney. Space is limited to 20 participants but I will try to offer this again in the Spring when Michelle returns from her maternity leave. Please RSVP. I will need RSVPs by January 1 (after that, I will open up any available slots to all volunteers)
Suggested	Saturday, January 31 6:30 pm	Jurying the Biennial What is the process for jurying an exhibition? How are decisions made when there is more than one juror? What happens if the jurors disagree? Prior to the opening celebration for The 9th Northwest Biennial, join jurors Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum’s Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art, for a discussion about the process for selecting Biennial participants. Get an insider’s view on how their different backgrounds and approaches complemented each other, where they disagreed, and how they reached a consensus. Cost is $10 and includes admission to the Members’ Opening. Free for members, but RSVP requested.

 

Thank you for all that you do for Tacoma Art Museum!

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom
Volunteer Programs Coordinator
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030