Thursday, December 20, 2012

TAM Docents: Calendar & Reminders

Hello docents:

Here’s one last email before I depart for two weeks of holiday vacation. (The trusty Megan Ristine is here should you have any questions or concerns before my return on January 9.) First, a couple reminders; then, the upcoming shift schedule.

We now have a schedule of advertised public group tours for the Warhol exhibition. Thank you again for being willing to offer them during your shifts. As we know they may or may not get any takers, so please do your best not to get your hopes up too much, yet still to be prepared. Here are all the confirmed, upcoming ones. Please let me know as soon as possible if you spot anything amiss:

December

Gaard L                 Sat 12/22             2 pm

Sharon B              Sun 12/23            2 pm

Cathy W               Wed 12/26          1 pm

Judi K                    Thurs 12/27        1 pm

Sharon B              Fri 12/28               1 pm

 

January

Karin M                Thurs 1/3             1 pm

Kara B                   Sat 1/5                  2 pm

Sanjeev N           Sun 1/6                 2 pm

Cathy W               Wed 1/9               1 pm

Margaret U         Thurs 1/10           2 pm

Gaard L                 Sat 1/12                2 pm

Barbara B             Sun 1/13              2 pm

Barbara B             Wed 1/16            1 pm

Karin M                Thurs 1/17           2 pm

Randy H               Thurs 1/17           6 pm

Kara B                   Sat 1/19                2 pm

Sanjeev N           Sun 1/20              2 pm

Judi K/Marg U   Thurs 1/24           1 pm

Sharon B              Fri 1/25                 1 pm

Gaard L                 Sat 1/26                2 pm

 

February

Kara B                   Sat 2/2                  2 pm

Sanjeev N           Sun 2/3                 2 pm

Karin M                Thurs 2/7             1 pm

Randy H               Fri 2/8                   1 pm

Gaard L                 Sat 2/9                  2 pm

 

And here are some that I still haven’t gotten confirmation on, but if you can let me know ASAP that these are OK, we will add them in to the advertised list:

 

January

Randi K                 Wed 1/2               1 pm

Sue S                     Fri 1/4                   1 pm

Sue S/Nancy B   Fri 1/18                 1 pm

 

February

Sue S                     Fri 2/1                   1 pm

Randi K                 Wed 2/6               1 pm


I also wanted to remind you about the upcoming trainings for January:

Required Training

Wednesday,

January 9, 10:30 am

Curator Lecture: Best of the Northwest Revisited

Curator Margaret Bullock shares some of the finest examples of paintings by Northwest artists from Tacoma Art Museum’s collection in Best of the Northwest: Selected Paintings from the Collection. Come hear her discuss the exhibition, including a second rotation of works on view since November. Free for docents. (This is also a public program.)

Required Training

Saturday,

January 12, 2 pm

Artist Lecture and Book Signing: Michael Kenna

Saturday, January 12, 2 pm

As we unveil the second rotation of artwork in the exhibition, come hear from the artist as he presents an overview of his work and artistic approach, and shares stories about the works on view. This program is free for docents as a required training.

Required Training

Wednesday,

January 23, 10:30 am

Guiding visitors through Michael Kenna’s concentration camp photographs
Rabbi Bruce Kadden of Temple Beth El will join us to discuss some difficult, stark, emotional imagery in the new Kenna rotation, and to share his experience in recent travels with his wife to concentration camps in Poland (Auschwitz and Maidanek) and the Czech Republic (Terezin). We will also welcome you all to share any relevant experiences and/or any questions or thoughts on approaching this art with visitors.

 

And a curatorial heads-up: There will be several small artwork rotations early in the new year. First, Howard Kottler will leave the lobby cases to make way for glass artwork by various artists from our collection. Curatorial expects to do this in two rounds, one starting on January 15 and the next starting on January 22, to be fully completed and “open” on January 25. The week after that they will change out some of the jewelry in the Davis Gallery cases, to be complete on February 1. And the week after that they expect to rotate in a new round of prints in the Murray Event Space (new theme TBD). As soon as I have label text and/or checklists for any of these changes, I will pass them your way!

Finally, below is the calendar through the end of January. Please let me know if you can cover any of the open shifts. You’ll also notice that one of those shifts is this evening, for Third Thursday—if you’d like to cover that one, feel free to let me know or just come by! J

  

Docent Calendar Calendar
Thursday, December 20, 2012 – Saturday, February 02, 2013
Time zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
(Adjusted for Daylight Saving Time)

 2012

 

 

Kara Bonavia
Third Thursday

Thu, Dec 20

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

 

Karin Morris
docent

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

 

Judi Keyser
docent - 3rd Thurs

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

 

NEED
Third Thursday

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 

Sue Stibbe
docent - 3rd Fri.

Fri, Dec 21

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Nancy Bishop
Third Fridays

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Gaard Logan

Sat, Dec 22

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sharon Berens
docent - 4th Sun

Sun, Dec 23

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Cathy Wiggins
docent - 4th Wed

Wed, Dec 26

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Judi Keyser
4th Thursdays

Thu, Dec 27

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Margaret Upshaw

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

 

Cathy Wiggins

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 

Sharon Berens
docent - 4th Fri.

Fri, Dec 28

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

NEED

Sat, Dec 29

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

NEED

Sun, Dec 30

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 2013

 

Randi Kander
1st Wednesdays

Wed, Jan 02

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Karin Morris

Thu, Jan 03

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sue Stibbe
docent - 1st Fri.

Fri, Jan 04

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Kara Bonavia

Sat, Jan 05

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sanjeev Narang
docent - 1st Sun.

Sun, Jan 06

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Cathy Wiggins
docent - 2nd Wed

Wed, Jan 09

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

NEED
(2nd Thursdays)

Thu, Jan 10

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Margaret Upshaw

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

 

NEED

Fri, Jan 11

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Gaard Logan
docent - 2nd Sat.

Sat, Jan 12

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Barbara Beaver (Second Sundays)

Sun, Jan 13

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Barbara Beaver
docent - 3rd Wed

Wed, Jan 16

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Kara Bonavia
Third Thursday

Thu, Jan 17

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

 

Karin Morris
docent

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

 

Judi Keyser
docent - 3rd Thurs

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

 

Randy Hyde
Third Thursday

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 

Sue Stibbe
docent - 3rd Fri.

Fri, Jan 18

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Nancy Bishop
Third Fridays

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Kara Bonavia

Sat, Jan 19

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sanjeev Narang
docent - 3rd Sun.

Sun, Jan 20

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

NEED
docent - 4th Wed

Wed, Jan 23

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Judi Keyser
4th Thursdays

Thu, Jan 24

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Margaret Upshaw

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

 

Sharon Berens
docent - 4th Fri.

Fri, Jan 25

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Gaard Logan

Sat, Jan 26

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sharon Berens
docent - 4th Sun

Sun, Jan 27

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

NEED

Wed, Jan 30

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

NEED

Thu, Jan 31

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Sue Stibbe
docent - 1st Fri.

Fri, Feb 01

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Kara Bonavia

Sat, Feb 02

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

 

Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday and New Year! See you in 2013.

 

Take care,

Courtney

 

Courtney Vowels | TACOMA ART MUSEUM

Public and Docent Programs Manager

 

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1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402

www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

 

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