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Show j '• DOCENT DIALOGUE ( 'he Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah Docent Spring Luncheon Thursday, May 21, 1992 12:00 noon Cottonwood Club $16.00 April, 1992 Begin with questions that do not put viewers on the spot; then after viewers are comfortable in the group in the Museum setting, ask more challenging questions. When you ask a question, give the group long enough to look and respond. If you set a pattern of answering your own questions without allowing time to respond, the viewers will not expend the effort to think about your following questions. Put new life in your tours with guidelines offered in The Good Guide. Questioning Strategies page 72. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE, 1992 WHY ASK QUESTIONS ??? Well phrased questions can be used in tours for a number of reasons: To attract the group's attention and direct their eyes toward an object To stimulate their imagination To encourage thinking, comparison and evaluation To build upon previous learning and observations in discussing a new object. Consider your questions carefully as you plan your tour. s·uild one question upon another. Put yourself in the shoes of the viewer. Are your questions clearly stated in easily understood terms? Are they precise? Do you ask "What's this?" a question which leaves the group totally in the dark as to what answer you anticipate. Or do you ask "Can you identify what medium the artist used for this portrait?" Do not ask general questions when you are expecting specific answers. Questions range from easy to difficult. They should never be so simple that they insult the intelligence of the viewer, nor so obvious that they are not worth answering. March 29-May 10, 1992 Intimate Views: Still Life Selections from the Glenn C. Janss Collection of American Realism. April 19-June 7, 1992 Museum Interns' Exhibitions May 10-June 21, 1992 Fabled Cloths of the Minangkabau: Gold and Silver Weavings from the Highlands of West Sumatra May 17-June 28, 1992 On the Road: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art THERE WILL BY NO DOCENT MEETING HELD IN APRIL Steering Committee Meeting Will be held THURSDAY, April 9, 11:30 Panorama Room |
