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Show Docent Dialogue he Utah Museum of Fine Arts University of Utah A Message from the Curator As I look at the calendar it seems incredible that another year of school tours are upon us. I hope that you all have had an opportunity to relax in spite of the summer being a busy one for tours. The Utah Arts Festival and the July Family Event kept all of us hopping. A personal thank-you to all the docents who helped us to make these two occasions a success. "Kudos" to Heather for taking on the Family Event after Ann left and doing an excellent job of organization. If you weren't there you missed a "source of innocent merriment." (with thanks to Gilbert and Sullivan) You have until August 22 to see the exhibition on chitecture that Virginia put together for the Family vent. The selection of pieces is outstanding and the labels an educational model in being informative and entertaining. SO ..... don't miss it! August 1999 • ; The PA fil1rners Post I~ I September 22 OR 23 AND 29 OR 30 I I from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 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~ • [!] [!] Training for the Fall PARTners program will be on You can come either on the 22 or 23 and on the 29 or 30 but you must come one of the days in each week. Mark the days in your calendar. More information will be in your September Docent Dialogue. As is usual with our Fall PAllUners tours the theme will be the Elements of Art. Virginia and the Docent Exhibition Committee will be mounting works of art having to do with a Harvest Theme for our Fall PARTners Tours as well as for our Harvest Festival Event. (see article on our Harvest Festival for more information) Tours for the Fall PAR'rners program begin on October 4 and end on November 19. [!] Harvest Festival Event On October 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the UMFA will be collaborating with the Children's Museum of Utah and Red Butte Garden on a H¥Vest Festival event. All three institutions will focus on harvest traditions -- the Children's Museum on Native American and Polynesian harvest customs while UMFA will do activities connected with PreColumbian and Jewish traditions. In addition members of the Children's Dance Theater are scheduled to perform an original Harvest Dance at ed Butte Garden. If you can help us with any of the programs at UMFA please let Bernadette, Heather or Virginia know. I!) DCE Art Classes August 2 to 6 • • e 10:00 a.m. to noon This year's theme for our annual summer art workshops for children is an Asian Art Trek. From August 2 to 6 we expect about 20 young artists, ages 7 to 12, to join us in a journey on the silk route via our Asian Art Exhibition. Some of the activities they will experience could include designing a Tibetan mandala, creating a folding screen or the challenging adventure of using sumi-e ink to paint their own Asian-inspired art work. If you would like to assist on one or more days please call Bernadette. |
