2 Docents needed Sunday, August 23rd, 3-5 pm

Hello Docents,

 

I will need 2 docents to lead a jewelry tour (in all applicable galleries so it will be brief for each exhibition) from 3 – 4 pm on Sunday, August 23 following the 4 Curator program. Please be available  - 1 in Drutt, the other in Worden – to answer questions until 5 pm.

 

Thank you for all you do for Tacoma Art Museum,

-Allison

 

 

Allison Baer
Education Assistant
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
T: 253.272.4258 x3018
F: 253.627.1898
www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

Docent needed for Chihuly Walking tour on Friday, August 21st at 3 pm

Hello Docents!

 

For those of you whom I have not yet met, my name is Allison Baer and I am the Education Assistant here at Tacoma Art Museum.  This is my first email to all of you and I wanted to let you know that I will be scheduling all group tours, Chihuly walking tours and school tours for the museum.  I look forward to meeting and working with all of you.  I am currently in need of a docent to lead a Chihuly Walking tour on Friday, August 21st at 3 pm for a group of 2 people, one of whom will be using a power wheelchair. Please let me know if you are interested and available.

 

Thank you,

Allison

 

Allison Baer
Education Assistant
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
T: 253.272.4258 x3018
F: 253.627.1898
www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TAM Docents: Speaking Parts has a Japanese print rotation

Hello Docents-

Please note that our Japanese prints in Speaking Parts have changed. I have attached that checklist and the changed out prints should be easy to find at the bottom of the list. For those of you who would prefer not to open an attachment, the changes are copied below.

 

Japanese print rotations:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Born Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1797

Died Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1861

Tawara Toda and the Dragon Maiden, mid 1840s

Woodblock print

Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. James W. Lyon, 1971.129.14

[on exhibition January—April 2009]

 

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Born Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1797

Died Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1861

Sakyô-no-dayû Akisuki, 1840-1842

[The poet, Sakyô-no-dayû Akisuki, on a palace veranda on a windy night viewing the moon]

From the series Hyaku-nin isshu [The Hundred Poets]

Woodblock print

[on exhibition January—April 2009]

 

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Born Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1797

Died Edo [Tokyo], Japan, 1861

Nakatsugawa (Station #46), 1852

From the series Sixty-nine stations of the Kiso Road [Kisokaido rokujuku tsugi no uchi]

Woodblock print

Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. James W. Lyon, 1971.129.2E

[on exhibition April 2009—July 2009]

 

Shunkosai Hokuei     

Flourished 1824–1837 

Pheasant, original circa 1825,

reprinted circa 1890

From the series Thirty-Six Birds

Woodblock print

Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Al and Betsy Buck in memory of Alfred Eliab Buck and Ellen Baker Buck, T2006-30-47

[on exhibition April 2009—July 2009]

 

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Born Japan, 1769

Died Japan, 1825

Untitled, circa 1810–1819

Woodblock print

Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. James W. Lyon, 1971.125.1

[on exhibition July 2009—]

 

Hiroshige II  

Born Japan, 1826

Died Japan, 1869

Kusatsu against the landscape of Lake Biwa, 1856

Woodblock print

Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Al and Betsy Buck in memory of Alfred Eliab Buck and Ellen Baker Buck, T2006-30-46

[on exhibition July 2009—]

 

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom
Manager of Education and Audience Development
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

 

 

From: Zoe Donnell
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:14 PM
To: All Employees; All Interns and Workstudies
Subject: Speaking Parts has a Japanese print rotation

 

Hello everyone,

An update from Curatorial on the Speaking Parts exhibition:

 

We have rotated out the two Japanese woodblock prints to minimize their exposure to light, and replaced them with two different Japanese prints. The checklist is updated to reflect the changes. To keep them easy to find, the Japanese print rotation is now a running list at the bottom of the checklist.

 

Just let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Zoe

 

 

 

 

Zoe Donnell

Curatorial Coordinator

 

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x 3032

F: 253.627.1898

 

TAM Docents: Feddersen Catalog Essay #1

Docents-

This is the largest of the Feddersen essays and I will follow with 2 smaller.

Thanks again,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom

Manager of Education and Audience Development

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

FW: TAM Docents: Fall Training Calendar & Feddersen Materials

Hello Docents-

Some of the emails I sent out earlier have bounced back as undeliverable because the attachments were too large. I am resending the original email message below with just the training calendar. I will attempt to resend the other attachments: 3 catalog essays from the Vital Signs catalog. If you do not receive the latter, please look for the essays in the Upcoming Exhibitions binder at the docent desk. The ARC also has a copy of the original catalog and catalogs will be available in the store before too long.

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom
Manager of Education and Audience Development
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

 

 

From: Jana Wennstrom
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:17 PM
To: Terry Dew (teeld4@hotmail.com)
Subject: FW: TAM Docents: Fall Training Calendar & Feddersen Materials

 

Hello Docents-

I hope that you are all having a lovely summer and managing to stay cool.

Attached you will find the Training Calendar for fall and all of the essays from the Joe Feddersen catalog Vital Signs. Our first official meeting of the fall is on September 2^nd and I will look forward to seeing you all then as we touch base and look at what the next year brings. Please feel free to come with questions, comments, concerns and any training requests you may have since I will start making plans for the winter schedule, as soon as I can, to give you as much notice as possible.

Finally, there is a program coming up on August 23 that I would encourage all of you to attend as it is a great lineup of NW Art Curators and will broaden your knowledge of craft in our area.

 

4 Curators: Contemporary Craft in Northwest Museums
Sunday, August 23
1–5 pm
What role does contemporary craft play in museums? Several regional museums have made a commitment to exhibiting and collecting works in glass, fiber, wood, clay and metals. Curators from those institutions, Stefano Catalani from Bellevue Arts Museum, Rock Hushka from Tacoma Art Museum, Kathleen Moles from the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, and Namita Wiggers from the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, come together to discuss the significance of contemporary craft. Sponsored by the Seattle Metals Guild.
Cost: $15; $10 for Tacoma Art Museum and Seattle Metals Guild members. Advance tickets are available by calling 253.722.2455 or emailing Education@TacomaArtMuseum.org. Includes museum admission. Space is limited.

 

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

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom

Manager of Education and Audience Development

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org