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Show The Utah Museum of Fine Arts University of Utah February, 1998 l ! l . l!l ·~ A Message from the Curator A new wind is sweeping over our educational activities. The introduction of a drawing activity for our Fall 1997 P AJR.'fners program was just the beginning of changes coming to the way we teach in the Museum. In preparation for the new museum we need to explore methods that involve our students in looking at art and in being able to articulate what they see and feel as a result of that looking. With the possibility of two floors of galleries and as much as 50% more space we need to ensure that we obtain and retain our students attention and continued interest in the Museum. ",nee the 1970's Museum Educators have been aware ) e didactic value of interactive teaching methods he medium of conveying information in a manner that is more effective than lecturing. Given the culture of the 1990's it is more important than ever that we use a variety of interactive teaching methods to involve our students. Not only do they learn more, but behavioral problems occur with less frequency. I know that I can rely on our docents to give it the "old college try." TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT!!! To paraphrase an old adage, our new motto should be: Talk and you forget Demonstrate and you learn Do and you understand • • · DOCENT MEETING Due to our Seminar schedule there wi l1 not be a ocent Meeting this month. The remaining dates or our seminar sessions are January 29 and February 5 and 12. • i i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i I&: l!l The PA IR?.Tners Post The evaluations from the classroom teachers have been trickling in and without exception have been positive. Kids are saying: they really like drawing in the Museum (and teachers too), they loved making the sketch book and seeing the real paintings (the docents brought posters of our art to the classroom). And, we will continue letting the kids draw in our Winter tours. Wait 'til you hear the rave reviews about making the relief sculpture with Model Magic! If you missed the January 8th training, please talk with your daily team chairperson about specifics. The Educational exhibition wasn't open for our Partners training so Virginia graciously offered to do a 15 minute talk about the Hansen exhibition "Everybody's Art: Exploring Multiculturalism" prior to each day's tour the first week of PARTners: January 26-30. Totes: I hate to nag .... but I'm not your Mother! Please clean up after yourselves!! In each tote there are: 16 drawing boards, pencils and white drawing paper. If everyone would remember to return the totes neatly (trash, brochures and personal items removed) and with the correct number of pencils and boards, it would be greatly appreciated. By taking a few extra seconds at the end of your tour to tidy, it will · enable us to have a few extra seconds BEFORE the tours!! Thanks ..... my humble apologies to those who already return your totes clean and tidy. And lastly, please tell those Museum in the Classroom docents what a FANTASTIC job they've been doing!! I've heard from many people how well prepared the kids were for their tours this fall. These 14 women are due the rave reviews!! Ann • i i i i i i i i I i i i I I I i i i i i I i i i i i i i i i i i I I~ l!l |
