Muscarelle Museum of Art Docent Training Schedule

Docent Schedule
1999/2000
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September 9
Welcome and Business
Exhibition Orientation: Imagining the World Through Naive Painting

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September 16
*Provisional Docents
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September 23
Museum Policy
Lecture: “Themes and Context of Reinstallation of Permanent Collection”
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September 30
Business
Exhibition Orientation: For Posterity: Selections from the National Academy of Design
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October 7
*Provisional Docents -Orientation and Campus Tour
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October 14
Business
*Workshop: “Style and Presentation”
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October 21
*Provisional Docents -5 minute presentations
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October 28
Docent Trip – Hampton University Museum
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November 4
Business
Sample Tours: Faith, Spirit, and Tradition
History, Identity and a Sense of Place
Cross Currents in Modern and Contemporary Art
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November 11
*Provisional Docents – Library Tour and talk
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November 18
Business
*Lecture: “Point of View: A New Tour Offered by the National Gallery of Art”
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December 2
Business
Brainstorming Session
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December 9
Business
Docent Brunch
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January 20
Business
Exhibition Orientation: Rose Colored Glasses: Three Social Realists
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January 27
Provisional Docents – First Tours
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February 3
Business
Lecture: “Concrete to Abstract: How People Learn”
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February 11
Provisional Docents – First Tours
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February 17
Business
Resource Tours
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February 24
Provisional Docents – First Tours
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March 2
Business
Lecture: “Get Them Involved: Using the Inquiry Method and Tour Aids”
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March 9
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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March 16
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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March 23
Business
Exhibition Orientation: “Crossed Purposes: Joyce and Max Kozloff”
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April 6
Business
Lecture: “Special Audiences: Teens”
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April 13
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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April 20
Business
Resource Tours
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April 27
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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May 4
Docent Trip – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – “How to Talk about Contemporary Art”
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May 11
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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May 18
Business
Resource Tours
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May 25
Provisional Docents – Graduation Presentations
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June 1
Business
Exhibition Orientation: Drawing Biennial 7
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June 8
Docent Brunch – Awards
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