TAM Docents: March/April Docent Needs

Hello Docents,

 

I am looking for 2 docents to help out with the following HIDE/SEEK tour on Sunday, March 18^th from 1:30 to 2:30 pm:

 

Tour Type:                  HIDE/SEEK

Tour Contact:              Dr. Alfred Buck 360.438.4488 Abuck17455@aol.com  

Organization:               St. Martin’s College

Date & Time:               Sunday, March 18, 2012, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Guest Count:               44 Japanese Exchange students

 

If you are available to stay after the tour time of 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm to answer any questions students may have that would be greatly appreciated.

I also still have the following docent shifts that need a docent:

 

March Open Shifts:

Third Thursday, March 15^th, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 17^th, from 11 am to 3 pm (HIDE/SEEK opening day)

Late Night Thursday, March 22^nd, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 31^st, from 11 am to 3 pm

 

April Open Shifts:

Saturday, April 7^th, from 11 am to 3 pm

Late Night Thursday, April 12^th, from 5 pm to 8 pm

Third Thursday, April 19^th, from 5 pm to 8 pm

Late Night Thursday, April 26^th, from 5 pm to 8 pm

Sunday, April 29^th, from 12 pm to 4 pm

 

Ongoing:

First Saturday, from 11 am to 3 pm

Third Thursday, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

 

Please let me know if any of the above opportunities are of interest to you.

 

Thank you for all that you do!

 

Warm regards,

Megan  

 

Megan Ristine | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Education Coordinator

 

T: 253.272.4258 x3026

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

 

THE SECRET IS OUT / AND YOU’RE INVITED

HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

March 17–June 10, 2012

 

TAM Docents: Biennial artists: Matika Wilbur; Allison Hyde

Hello Docents-

Sharon has shared some artist information with us below.

Thank you,

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

 

THE SECRET IS OUT / AND YOU'RE INVITED

HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

March 17–June 10, 2012

 

 

Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:48 PM
To: Jana Wennstrom
Subject: Biennial artists: Matika Wilbur; Allison Hyde

 

Hi Jana,
Thought I would send some additional info regarding the above artists to share with my fellow docents.

Matika Wilbur: studied photography at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Montana and the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. She is TulalipTribal member, raised on the Swinomish Indian Reservation.
Originally pursued a career in celebrity photography in Los Angeles, moving on to New York as a fashion photographer, then hiring on with NPR, moving to South America where she photographed indigenous people-it was during that first year that she had a dream involving her grandmother (who had passed on several years prior )  She asked me "What are you doinng photographing their Indians when you haven't even photographed your own?"
She returned home to Swinomish and began asking her Elders questions-"What does it mean to be an Indian?"
Her photography tends to examine stereotypical depictions of Native Peoples and their struggles with the constant cultural duality and defing self-identity.

After sharing a bit about Allison Hyde and her installation in the Biennial: "Mourning the Ephemeral", I received a reply from Allison in response to a few questions I had asked-so thought I would send them on to you.

This is the largest installation piece she has created-"It was quite an exciting and challenging undertaking to transform a much smaller sculptural piece into something large enough to have a presence in a space as large and dynamic as the Wave.  When making decisions regarding what pieces to add to the larger version, I decided to expand my idea of which furniture items interact with our bodies in intimate ways and which of those items are also kept and passed down within families and to seek out old pieces of furniture that could have histories aside from my own to contribute to the piece. Certain pieces of furniture really have stories that they tell, and human interaction and sense of physical history that is implied, and that is why I chose to include elements like the piano and large armoire.  Many of the items were collected from estate sales, implying the death and passing on of the owner, and also from thrift stores or street corners, abandoned and forgotten. The piece was very much about accumulation and desire to preserve our identities and history through the generations, but inevitably memories are lost and all we have left are traces of scratches on the edge of a chair or initials on a jewelry box that give hints of the past and stories that preceeded us."

The positioning of the items was mostly intuitive.  "I wanted to create a sense of movement and chaos within the piece while simultaneously giving the the piece a solidity and mass of black that the viewers eye could
 



become lost in, giving the opportunity for self reflection.  Objects like pianos are often at the heart of a family and act to recall specific people and events."

Printmaking is still a very big part of her practice-finding ways to integrate print work with the more sculptural or installation pieces.

She's recently been teaching drawing, an experimental printmaking class, and as acrylic mixed media class.  "I love sharing my enthusiasm for art and printmaking with my students." Instructs at University of Oregon.

Have a good day,
Sharon B.

TAM DOCENTS: Training Cancelled today

Hello Docents-

Courtney cannot make it in for training today due to a sick baby so the VTS Training is cancelled. Sorry for the short notice.

-Jana

 

Jana Wennstrom | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Manager of Public and Volunteer Programs

 

T: 253.272.4258 x3030

1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

THE SECRET IS OUT / AND YOU’RE INVITED

HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

March 17–June 10, 2012