Docent Programs and Resources
Fall 2006 Docent Continuing Education Meeting Schedule
Thursday, September 7, Docent Social and Fall Orientation, 5:00 p.m., activity room
6:00–8:00 p.m., Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald, auditorium
Exhibition lecture presented by Eleanor Lanahan, author and granddaughter of Zelda Fitzgerald.
Monday, September 18, 10:00 a.m.–noon, auditorium
Part I: Artist David Mascaro will speak and demonstrate the stages of oil painting, relating his talk to the Morris collection.
Monday, October 2, 10:00 a.m.–noon, auditorium
Part II: Artist David Mascaro will continue his seminar.
Sunday, October 8, 2:00 p.m.(optional), meet in second floor lobby
Explore the shared lives of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald through a performance and discussion by ASU professor Ted Atkinson and his students in the galleries.
Friday, October 13, noon, auditorium
Art at Lunch, in conjunction with a docent meeting immediately following the presentation. Join us as Bessie Nickens's daughter Barbara Cohens and sociologist Dr. Juanita Howard talk about the career and work by Ms. Nickens, as a self-taught artist whose work is in the museum's permanent collection and is included in the exhibition Our Neighbors Collect: African American Art. Buffet lunch by Donna Jannik Event Planning and Catering. $10 charge for lunch or bring your own.
Week of October 16
Educational road trip. More information will be announced soon.
Thursday, October 26, 5:00–8:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. Docent Meeting, activity room
6:00 p.m. Edward Rice, special lecture and reception.
Monday, November 6, 10:00 a.m.–noon, auditorium
Curator Jay Williams will speak about An Unbroken Circle: Selections from the Julia J. Norrell Collection, in preparation for the exhibition opening on November 16, 2006. The acquisition of more than 900 artworks will include work by Eldredge Bagley, William Tolliver, Deborah Luster, Walker Evans, Jonathan Green, Eudora Welty, and others.
Thursday, November 16, Docent Meeting, 5:00 p.m., activity room
6:00–8:00 p.m. Exhibition opening: An Unbroken Circle: Selections from the Julia J. Norrell Collection. Exhibition lecture presented by Julia Norrell.
Monday, November 27, 10:00 a.m.–noon, auditorium
Smithsonian intern Jacquetta Ransom will give a PowerPoint presentation and discuss her experience during Summer 2006 as an intern for the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The focus will be intergenerational learning in the art museum.
Monday, December 4, 10:00 a.m.–noon, auditorium
Holiday continental breakfast. Tom Nakashima will give a sneak preview of his Spring 2007 exhibition.
