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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