TAM Docents: Updated Docent Contact List

Hello Docents-

Attached is the most up-to-date docent contact list currently available. Use it wisely.

For those of you who attended training on Wednesday, I still haven’t heard of any design awards for Tacoma Art Museum so it looks like that is one claim to fame we just don’t get – take heart, we have many others. We have award winning docents like Sharon Berens, Volunteer of the Year. We also have our Docent of the Year, Terry Dew!

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

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

& Interim Director of Education

 

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

 

American Chronicles: The Art of

NORMAN ROCKWELL

February 26 – May 30, 2011

 

courage – family – innocence – freedom – history

 

Norman Rockwell Tours Needs YOU!

Hello Docents,

 

The Norman Rockwell tour rush has begun and we need your help! Below are tours I need your help with. Please let me know if you are available to docent one or more of the following tours:

 

·         Lynnwood Senior Center:  April 28^th, 2011 @ 10:30 am w/15 people

·         Whatcom County Council on Aging:  March 23^rd, 2011 @ 10:30 am w/ 45 people - I need one person to team up with Cathy Wiggins for this large group.

 

I also have a number of tours that have been scheduled during your shifts. I will be sending out these tours to your personal emails shortly. Please let me know you have received these emails.

 

Thank you for extra help during this exciting exhibition!

 

Warm regards,

Megan

 

 

Megan Ristine | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Education Assistant

 

T: 253.272.4258 x3026

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

 

American Chronicles: The Art of

NORMAN ROCKWELL

February 26 – May 30, 2011

 

courage – family – innocence – freedom – history

 

TAM Docents: Rockwell publication worth seeing

An excellent review by Elizabeth below. The store is carrying this book. We may have a copy in the ARC as well.

Thank you!

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

& Interim Director of Education

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

 

American Chronicles: The Art of

NORMAN ROCKWELL

February 26 – May 30, 2011

 

courage – family – innocence – freedom – history

 

 

 

From: abcdelizabeth@comcast.net [mailto:abcdelizabeth@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:22 PM
To: Jana Wennstrom
Subject: Rockwell publication worth seeing

 

Dear Jana:

 

I am forever at the Timberland Library in Olympia, and over the past few months have been checking books out on Norman Rockwell.

 

Norman Rockwell Behind the Camera by Ron Schick is an excellent one that I thought the other docents might like to know about. It has side-by-side illustrations and photographs of the subjects he drew throughout the book.

 

 

Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera is the first book to explore the meticulously composed and richly detailed photographs that Norman Rockwell used to create his famous artworks. Working alongside skilled photographers, Rockwell acted as director, carefully orchestrating models, selecting props, and choosing locations for the photographs--works of art in their own right--that served as the basis of his iconic images. Readers will be surprised to find that many of his most memorable characters-the girl at the mirror, the young couple on prom night, the family on vacation-were friends and neighbors who served as his amateur models. In this groundbreaking book, author and historian Ron Schick delves into the archive of nearly 20,000 photographs housed at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Featuring reproductions of Rockwell's black-and-white photographs and related full-color artworks, along with an incisive narrative and quotes from Rockwell models and family members, this book will intrigue anyone interested in photography, art, and Americana.

 

Enjoy!

Elizabeth Walsh

 

 

TAM Docents: Labels and such for NEW ART!

Hello Docents-

We have some new prints in the Event Space and some Shaun Peterson artwork in the lobby – all in anticipation of this Sunday’s Coastal Native Community Celebration from 10 am – 4 pm. I hope you can attend! Attached is the label copy for your review. There is also a canoe in the lobby that was delivered yesterday but label copy has not been made available yet. Here is more info from Josh on that:

 

Here is the label information that will be with the canoe -

Eagledancer is a 22-foot red cedar Northwest Coast style dugout canoe, was completed after six months of carving by Tribal carver Robert Harju in 2006. It was carved from half of an ancient cedar, and provided to the Cowlitz Tribe by United States Forest Service at Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The 600-plus year old cedar was a blow down from the Cispus River drainage south of Randle, Washington.

The canoe’s name, Eagledancer, was given at the Awakening Ceremony. At this sacred ceremony, the Spirit of the living cedar tree was awakened as a living canoe. Joe Kalama of The Nisqually Tribe performed this ceremony at the John Barnett Memorial Canoe Races before the canoe entered the water for the first time. Long time Tribal Chairman John Barnett was instrumental in starting this carving project, as well as recognizing the need for the formation of the Cowlitz Canoe Family.

Canoe and paddles are on loan from members of the Cowlitz Canoe Family.

Josh Proehl

 

 

Jana Wennstrom | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

& Interim Director of Education

 

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

 

American Chronicles: The Art of

NORMAN ROCKWELL

February 26 – May 30, 2011

 

courage – family – innocence – freedom – history