.. • .,-e,, ·.• ,. ' ( UMFA DOCENT HISTORY, 1997-1998 Steering Committee meetings were held at 9:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of ·each month. Monthly docent meetings were held on the second Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Speakers for the docent meetings included the following: SEPTEMBER: Pat Faulkner gave a slide presentation on the docent visits to the New York City museums. OCTOBER: Aden Ross was the guest speaker. She discussed the paintings of Elizabeth Vigee LeBrun. NOVEMBER: This meeting was held at the Salt Lake Art Center where the docents were given a tour and a lecture by Will South on his recently opened exhibition on MAKING WAVES: CONTROVERSIAL ART IN UTAH. MARCH: Trish Clay, a teacher at East High and a former docent, spoke on working with high school students in the museum. MAY: Robert Nickelson, a teacher at Payson Middle School, spoke on "Discipline-Based Art Education, a method of teaching art pioneered and developed by the Getty Center For Art Education." No docents meetings were held in January and February due to the heavy schedule of seminars. In April docents visited Spring City. DOCENT COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE: CURATOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: Bernadette Brown ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: Virginia Catherall ASSISTANT CURATOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: Ann Parker STAFF ASSISTANT: Heather Riggs PAST CHAIR: Billie Rich CHAIR: Elaine Call CHAIR ELECT: Ruth Kerr MONDAY CHAIR: Anne Dolowitz, Harsha Acharya TUESDAY CHAIR: Elodie Payne WEDNESDAY CHAIR: Marge Wilson THURSDAY CHAIR: Leanne Mayo FRIDAY CHAIR: Kathryn Mill~r AFTERNOON CHAIR: Kathe Packard HOSPITALITY: Jean Bess HISTORIAN: Wilma Hooper UMVA REPRESENTATIVE: Anne Dolowitz, Virginia Kalantzes RECRUITING FOR DIVERSITY: Virginia Kalantzes, Pam Parrot t ACTIVE DOCENTS Harsha Acharya Leanne Mayo Ila Jane Aldrich Kathryn Miller Tara Anderson Jean Moseley Jean Bess Ettalue Nelson Vanamala Bidwai June Orme Pat Boyd Kathe Packard Mitzi Brady Ann Parker Barbara Braeden Pam Parrot Bernadette Brown Elodie Payne Karin Brown Carolyn Perry Elaine Call Marjorie Powis Virginia Catherall Billie Rich Jan Clute Sue Rothwell Alice Cozakos Glenda Shrader Anne Dolowitz Arita Sparks Elizabeth Drinkaus Lois Stevens Patricia Faulkner Ann K. Stewart Ruth Feeny Vivian Taylor Wayne Garrard Douglas Waters Jeri Holmes Judith Waters Elyse Hutton Pat Weidner Virginia Kalantzes Pamela Weilenmann Lorna Kennedy Arva Whitby Ruth Kerr Marge Wilson ASSOCIATE DOCENTS Helene Fairchild Madalyn Seaman Wilma Hooper Mary Tadje Virginia Johnson Cherry Wong Emmaruth Keyser Kathie Zumbro DOCENT TRAINEES Leslie Archer Elaine Miller Rita Bennett Jan Richards Miller Virginia Marsh Nancy Swanson Carol Medworth 2 EMERITUS DOCENTS Julie Anderson Virginia Johns Katherine D. Ashton Jayne Middleton Frances R. Beier Nona Miller Emily Chipman Bonnie Mooney Susan Christensen Larson Barbara C. Petersen Audrey Day Carolyn Price Frances Garrett Ruth Rampton Jean Grua Ruth Roby Rosemary Holt Sally Steele Ann Jackson Martha Stewart FRIENDS OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Evalyn Bennett Adrienne Silverstein Susan Fleming Kaye Terry Sue McCoy Josephine Theodore Betsy Quintan Lynn Welch Aden Ross Kris Widner MUSEUM TOURS As of June 30, 1998 docents provided 255 tours for 10,655 students and adults. There were 124 self-guided tours for 2,323 people. Complete statistics are found at the end of the Docent History. MUSEUM IN THE CLASSROOM DOCENTS Advisor: Ann Parker Karin Brown Marge Powis Elaine Call Billie Rich Anne Dolowitz Madalyn Seaman Elizabeth Drinkaus Ann Stewart June Orme Cherry Wong Kathe Packard Kathie Zumbro Museum in the Classroom docents took the Museum to 4,639 students who also visited the Museum twice as part of the Partners Program. Beginning this year, the :Sducation Department implemented more active learning in the Museum. Partners tours led the way with the incorporation of DRAWING into every tour. During the MIC presentation in the schools there was a short lesson on how to see shapes -- a simple 'drawing lesson'. When the students visited the Museum the 4th grade students were given 5 minutes (or more) for drawing or sketching the artwork in the Museum. The Fall objectives were on 'The Elements of Art', discussing how artists use these elements to create expression, interest, rhythm, and movement. The winter objective was 'Multiculturalism'. Students 3 studied the art of five cultures: African, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, and pre-Columbian art. Using model magic students made a relief sculpture. AFTERNOON TEAM Advisor: Bernadette Brown Chair: Kathe Packard Pat Boyd Ruth Kerr Karin Brown Jean Moseley Elaine Call June Orme Jan Clute Pam Parrott Anne Dolowitz Elodie Payne Elizabeth Drinkaus Marge Powis Helene Fairchild Billie Rich Pat Faulkner Cherry Wong Virginia Kalantzes Kathie Zumbro This year the Afternoon Team, formerly the College Team, conducted all the afternoon tours, including the young visitors who came in the afternoons. ( DOCENT WORKSHOPS Team meetiings were held on October 14, 15, 21,22, 28 and 29. The topic of the team meetings was HOW PEOPLE LEARN. On October 14 and 15 Berna_dette Brown spoke on "How The Brain Works". On October 21 and 22 Ann Parker spoke on "The Implications of Research on How to Structure Tours". On October 28 and 29 Virginia Catherall led a discussion on the art in the different galleries in the Museum. DOCENT SEMINARS The focus of the Docent Seminars was on Multi-Culturalism. Docents explored the culture and arts of Asia, North America, South America, the Pacific Islands, and Africa. The keynote speakers addressed the issues of ethnicity in Salt Lake from their own perspectives. There were hands-on workshops at two of the sessions. The seminars were held on the following dates: January 15: Speaker - Eileen Stone, author. Mary Lou Romney, a local artist, spoke on Asian brush Painting and Art Traditions. She conducted a workshop for the docents. January 22: Speaker - Edith Bird of the African American Task Force. Sister Maryam, a teacher, artist, and storyteller, demonstrated telling stories to children in the Museum. 4 January 29: Speaker - Maria Peterson, Visual Arts Specialist in the ( Salt Lake School District. Brief team meeting discussions were held after the speaker. February 5: Two videos on Native American Art were shown "Verlarde" and "Maria Martinez". February 12: Edwin Napia, a graduate student and artist, spoke on the general background of Oceanic art. He showed some of his art work. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS The IMAGES AND WORDS program was in its 5th year and involved more than 1,000 high school students. This year seven schools participated in the program: Highland High, East High, Skyline High, Horizon te School, Salt Lake Lutheran High School, Grace Baptist School, and Churchill Junior High. This program integrates the visual and literary arts by utilizing creative writing in the Museum. The program begins with a classroom presentation by a Museum docent. It introduces the student to exploriing and writing about art. This is followed by a visit to the Museum where the student looks at the art and takes notes on those pieces which inspire them. The students return to the classroom where they write a piece of creative writing inspired by a work from the Museum. The class selects 3 works from their classroom. The works chosen are C displayed in the Museum and published in a booklet. An open house for the students and their families was held in the Museum on May 13. The UTAH HIGH SCHOOL JEWELRY AND SMALL METALS EXHIBIT was a program held for the small metal classes of Brighton High, Highland High, Park City High, Wasatch High (Heber City), and Weber High (Ogden). Seventy-three pieces were entered; fifty-six pieces were accepted for exhibition. The pieces were juried by Michael Hullet, Kristie Krumbach, and Vonnie Wildfoerster. The exhibition of works was held from April 28 to May 24, 1998. A Museum Open House for the show was held on May 6, 1998. A professional jeweler and student jewelers demonstrated their artwork. There were also activities for children. PAINTS, PRINTS and POTTERY, a children's workshop given through DCE in August 1997, was a five day morning course that involved 20 participants. The workshop focused on exploring the use of different mediums. Instructor was Ann Parker. Anne Dolowi tz assisted her. SUMMER DOCENT ENRICHMENT: Anne Dolowitz was in charge of a series of Docent Enrichment programs held every other Tuesday morning in July and August 1997. At each meeting Ann Parker gave a lesson on drawing. A video on different "Religions of the World" was shown 5 at each session. They included Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism. The first two videos from the "American Visions" television series were shown at the last two sessions. Twenty-nine docents participated. EVENING FOR EDUCATORS is a program providing educators with practical approaches to incorporating art into their classroom curriculum. Fifty educators attended each session during the year. Docents were invited to attend the workshops, and to help with teacher registration. The first Evening for Educators was held on November 19, 1997. The theme was "Paging Through Medieval Lives". The keynote speaker was Dr. Elizabeth A. Peterson, guest curator of the "Illuminated Manuscript" exhibit at the Museum. There were three workshops on book arts. The workshops were presented by the following: Pamela Barrios, the Rare Book Conservator at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Jody England Hansen, Book artist. Christopher McAfee, Book Conservator, at the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. A packet containing information on Medieval Art and Civilization and six slides of medieval manuscripts were provided to the participants. Docents Elizabeth Drinkaus, Pat Faulkner, June Orme, Marge Wilson, and Kathie Zumbro helped with the registration. ) Fifty people attended the workshops. A second Evening for Educators was held On February 4, 1998. The theme was African Art. The keynote speaker was David Mickelsen, Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Utah. There were hands-on workshops. A packet containing information on African Art and 12 slides of African art from the UMFA collection were provided to the participants. Docents who assisted in helping to assemble the Teacher's Packet were Harsha Acharya, Pat Falkner, Ruth Kerr, Kathryn Miller, and Jean Moseley. Elaine Call, Elizabeth Drinkaus, Kathryn Miller, and Kathe Packard helped with teacher registration. Fifty people attended the workshops. SPECIAL TRAINING SESSIONS \\\ere held on March 26, 1998. Speakers were Charles Loving amd Steven Chiaramonte. Charles Loving is the Associate Director, the Snite Museum of Art, .University of Notre Dame, and guest curator of "Dancing in the Face of Power: Masks from the Owen D. Mort Collection of African Art, UMFA." He spoke on the background of African Art and on the current exhibit of African Masks. Steven Chiaramonte was guest curator of "Renaissance at the Jungles Edge: Genesis, Prohibition and Rebirth of the Art of the Asmat", an exhibit on the art of the Asmat, a people living in the southwest of New Guinea. He was among the 6 first unofficial Westerners to visit the Asmat area on the island ( of New Guinea. Mr. Chiaramonte made several important gifts of Asmat art to the UMFA following his visits to New Guinea. PUBLICATIONS The Docent Dialogue is mailed monthly to all docents. It contains information on docent activities, exhibitions, and the tour calendar for each month. Spotlight on Objects, Artists, and/or Styles features a different topic each month. The newspaper Collection Connections is edited by Virginia Catherall. It is mailed to Museums, Galleries and schools throughout the state. Fall 1997, 1400 issues printed; 1120 mailed around the state. Winter 1998, 1400 issues printed; 1140 mailed. Spring 1998, 1400 issues printed; 1155 mailed. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND TRIPS On November 13 docents visited the Salt Lake Art Center. Refreshments were served in the Art Center library. Bernadette Brown and Allison South spoke to the docents. Following this docents were given a tour and lecture by Will South on his recently opened exhibit on "Making Waves: Controversial Art in Utah". On December 11 docents visited the LDS Church Museum of Art and History. Tours of the Museum were presented by three docents from the Church Museum. The annual holiday luncheon was held at the Lion House. Elaine Call provided chocolates following the luncheon. The Utah Museum Volunteers Association held their annual meeting at the Hansen Planetarium on March 19. Anne Dolowitz was one of four museum volunteers on a panel which discussed "Nudity in the Museum". This year the docents took their annual spring outing to Spring City, Utah on April 23. Spring City is the home base for many artists and is the only historic designated city in the US. Docents were free to wander through the town where they enjoyed a walk in the countryside or sightseeing historic homes in the area. They were free to visit the studios of Joe Bennion (potter), Lee Bennion (painter), Susan Gallacher (watercolorist), and Michael Workman (painter). The resident host for the visit was the artist Randall Lake. His studio served as home base for the visit. He cooked lunch for the docents. The entree was Poulet Gratine (chicken baked with mushrooms and cheese). Salad, beverage, bread, and dessert were provided by UMFA docents. ART IN BLOOM, a benefit for the Museum of Fine Arts Educational 7