TAM Docents: Scheduled Tours

Hello Docents-

I sat down with our Director of Marketing, Melissa Traver, today and we plotted out a plan for those scheduled tours I’d emailed you about last week. Sorry I couldn’t ask your preferences on this one, though you do have some time to prepare, but I did assign tour days and times below which are all during your regularly scheduled shifts. We tried to make sure that everyone got a shot to do a tour (tell me if I managed to miss you!). You might notice that many are right around lunch time in hopes that we can entice people to come, or stay, for lunch along with their tour experience, a “package”, if you will. We have gone out three months to test this all out before Rockwell. Your feedback along the way will be very important. I will also want to know if any visitors take you up on the tour, how many attend it, and any other information you are willing to give me. I will ask that you either drop by my desk or send an email with your feedback on the day of the tour, if possible, so that I can record attendance numbers. We will want to determine how successful this targeted approach is and how we might make it better. Thank you all for your willingness to give this a try! New docents -  we will make sure you get some action during Rockwell, as promised at sign-up, and you can always volunteer for other guided tours as they come your way. Also, feel free to attend any of the scheduled tours to see how it is done.

 

Wednesday, December 1, 1 pm tour of Chihuly (in-house only) – Judi Keyser

Thursday, December 9, 1 pm tour of Mighty Tacoma – Linda Flatley

Friday, December 17, 1 pm tour of Museum Highlights – Sue Stibbe

Wednesday, December 22, 3 pm tour of Edo to Tacoma – Margaret Upshaw

Sunday, December 26, 2 pm tour of Impressionism – Sharon Berens

Thursday, January 6, 12:30 pm tour of Mighty Tacoma – Karin Morris

Friday, January 14, 11 am tour of Chihuly (in-house only) – Randi Kander

Saturday, January 22, 2 pm tour of Edo to Tacoma – Gaard Logan

Thursday, January 27, 1 pm tour of Impressionism – Debora Kernan / Katrina Frank

Sunday, February 6, 1 pm tour of Impressionism – Sanjeev Narang

Thursday, February 10, 1 pm tour of Chihuly (in-house only) – Linda Flatley / Katrina Frank

Sunday, February 13, 1 pm tour of Edo to Tacoma – Barbara Beaver

Friday, February 18, 11 am tour of Museum Highlights – Sue Stibbe

Wednesday, February 23, 2 pm tour of Chihuly (in-house only) – Margaret Upshaw

Thursday, February 24, 1 pm tour of Mighty Tacoma – Debora Kernan

Friday, February 25, 11 am tour of Museum Highlights – Sharon Berens

 

Thanks again for all that you do for Tacoma Art Museum!

-Jana

 

 

 

Jana Wennstrom

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

& Interim Director of Education

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

Docent needed for evening tours on December 2nd.

Dear Docents,

 

Hope you all had a great weekend and have not blown away in this crazy weather we are having! I still need some help with these special evening tours coming up on December 2^nd. These tours would be around a half an hour in length, one starting at 7:00pm and the other starting at 8:15 pm. The galleries requested are Edo to Tacoma and Impressionism.

 

Anyone interested?

 

I also have the following shifts open if you are available:

 

Saturday, November 20^th, from 11 am - 3 pm

Saturday, December 4^th, from 11 am - 3 pm

Saturday, December 18^th, from 11 am - 3 pm

Friday, December 31^st, from 11 am - 3 pm

 

Thank you!

 

Warm Regards,

Megan

 

 

Megan Ristine

Education Assistant

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3026

F: 253.627.1898

MRistine@TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

TAM Docents: Need Third Thursday Docent from 5 - 8 pm

Hello Docents-

We have had the Third Thursday slot from 5 – 8 pm recently open up and I am hoping that at least one of you will be willing to fill it. This is a very good slot for one of the new docents too – don’t be shy. Third Thursday evenings are generally VERY busy in the museum but we don’t schedule tours at that time because of the fact that it is so busy. It is more about giving “spotlight” tours and answering questions. If you are game, let me know. We could use 1 to 2 docents during that timeslot.

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

& Interim Director of Education

TACOMA ART MUSEUM

1701 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

F: 253.627.1898

JWennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org