1976-1977 yearbook

yearbook of UMFA's docent program

UMPA DOCENT HISTORY: Fall 1976-Spring 1977 The Utah Museum offine Arts Docent Group had its beginnings in a meeting held in the Fall.. 1976. Ann Day, Museum Educator, and Jean Mueller, Development Officer, met vith volunteers interested in serving the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. The need for docents had been announced in the Salt Lake Tribune Volunteer Corner. Ann Day was hired as Curator of Education in April 1976 vhen the need vas seen for a.museum educator "...to make the Museum and its programs, and also the University better knovn to the state at large." (see attached letter). At that time Ann Day was Director of Education at Waterloo, Iova Arts Center and Vicechairperson of Federal /State Partnership Program Panel of the National Endo~ent for the Arts. According to Ann Day, "It struck me that the greatest single aid to forming a corps of docents was the fact that the Museum was a part of an art department which could provide docents with1 the instruction necessary and the incentive of University credit." The art department agreed to providing this help, and the docent training program vas in operation by early 1977. The fit~st course vas Dr .Lennox Tieney·s "Survey of Art History" taught in the University Department of Art History. In addition docents met on Thursdays vith Ann Day for instructions on touring. l'irst Docents In Training: Marilyn Barker Elyse Hutton Patricia Johnson Mariaret McMain Peggy Nelson Ruth Roby Constance Theodore I ( ANNE. DAY 117 Cedar Road Ringwood, NJ 07456 Phone: [phone] Education: B.A. Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1 Professional Arts Administrative Experience: 1982-88: Art History Lecture Series, YMHA of Northern New Jersey 1987-88: Education Consultant, Center for African Art, 54 East 68th. St., New York, NY 10021 - creation of a Museum Kit for NYC schools 6th. grades consisting of objects, slides, teacher manual, exercises and games to prepare students for series of museum visits. Kit creation funded by grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. 1988: ( Consultancy with Beverly Arts Center, Chicago to determine new dirdirections for arts programming, funding sources, staffing etc. 1976-80: Curator of Educational Services, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah 1967-76: Education Director, Waterloo Recreation and Arts Center, Waterloo, IA 1962-67: Asst. to the Director, Advanced Studies Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado Services to the Field: 1986-88: Board Member, Summerfun Theatre, Montclair, NJ. 1988: Board Member, Hakoshima Mime Theatre, Montclair, NJ 1987-88: Board Member, Friends of Music, Ringwood, NJ 1985-86: Art Committee, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY 1980-85: Board Member, Orpheus Chamber Singers, Montclair, NJ 1972-77: Vice-Chairman, Federal/State Partnership Panel, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 1975-77: Executive Committee, National Assembly of Community Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C. 1977-79: Board Member, Salt Lake City Council for the Arts, UT 1978-79: Board Member, Salt Lake City Design Board(% for the Arts) UT 1978-79: Panel Member, Community Arts, Utah State Arts Council 1975-76: Panel Member, Community Arts, Iowa State Arts Council 1975-81: Program Design Consultant, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL RECENT PROFESSIONAL EIPERIENCE AS WATERCOLORIST First Prize ($500) Award, New Jersey Watercolor Society Annual 1987 Third Prize Award, New Jersey Watercolor Society Members Show 1987 THE MUSEUM'S PURPOSE4ND SERVICES ..·.,,· The Museum of Fine Arts serves two major publics: the students and faculty of ,, . · the University community and the diverse population of the . city and state. The Museum offer~ many education services, making it a gemiin~ resource to the community and state. These services are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Washins~n, D.C., the Utah Endowment for the Humanities, the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake Council for }~·.:_.:~_tile_Arts, and _priv~te individuals through ~~ dc~:~1~jf ociety of Museum :.:::'· · The imp<)rtant ·public services of the .. . ~,:-.:Museum's Depattment of Educatiop, ~J~t'utJd~r ~t~ _cu.r;a!_~r,,~ ~ Day, are: Road. A series · of 15 to 20 travelling exhibits from the collections of the. Museum are available, free of charge, to other university galleries, churches, libraries, schools, arts councils, and other organizations. The MUSEUM ON THE ROAD exhibits have been seen . :,- .in over 115 sites in the state and 12 sites ..;~ :~~p~~t?~, i~cl~1i?g new engagements ·/ ~~~{Jni&e_r$#y~tJorthero lpwa .A rt ;\;~ :{i~ller{:.arid Eastefo-Montana College in · ·· ~{Billing;. Each exhibit is accompanied by ... educational background material. I Teacher Resource Center. A ;;._~ _:::; ne": .pr~gram, the Teacher Resource Cenr~f,:?;:termakes 'available to teachers 100 ob!Z~"t,ecis :_from·, the Museum's collection for ".'"::'";~{f iife·tn the classroom. The objects available :",",:~ ~Jj'r(dfode prints,, drawings, p~intings: sculp-. · res textiles and ceramics, which are ·;.,,,.n;d on a short-term basis. -,: .'--::·, Museuiri''on :Hie :ff} . The Teacher Resource Center program will offer a summer course to help teachers develop the curriculum materials and techniques necessary for utilization of these resources in the classroom. Museum Experience For Senior Citizens. A new program of tours, lectures, and receptions for Senior Citizens has been organized with partial funding by the Salt Lake Arts Council and the cooperation of the Utah Division of Aging. Free bus service is provided to senior citizen homes, recreation centers, and apartment complexes to bring people to the Museum every second Monday evening of the month. In addition, slide lectures on the Museum's collections are given in nursing homes by the Museum staff, after which handicapped seniors are brought to the Museum by ambucar. Docent Training Course. A docent training program has been designed in cooperation with the Divi_sion of Continuing Education. Thirty voluriteers are currently enrolled in this University credit . art history offering, m_ost of whom assist Museum staff with tours of sc:tiool children and adults in the near future. will-:~ :_ Public Information. The Curator of Education gives many talks to a wide range of meetings in the community: PTA groups, social and ed_ucational groups, continuing adult education classes, and many church organizations. These talks include art history discussions s·u pport~ ~--_by slides of the Museum and its coll~ctions. Annually, the Museum staff guit s over 8,000 school children through ~1:e Museum's galleries and special temporary exhibits.