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The Docent Association, through the Docent Council, exists to provide quality volunteer services to the Board and staff of the Museum of Glass in pursuit of their mission statement, and to assure a quality volunteer experience to each docent. (Adopted January 14, 2005)
June Election Results:
The slate of four candidates for three-year terms on the Docent […]
Nominations to the Council
Would you like to expand your involvement as a docent? The mission of the Docent Council is to provide quality volunteer services to the staff and board of the Museum of Glass and to assure a quality experience for each docent. Spring is the time of year we recruit new members […]
Education Committee: Chaired by Annette Holzworth
The Education Committee met and discussed the following:
• Preschool Tours: The tour format has been based on the Czech Glass exhibition, which is no longer in the Museum. The new focus will be on the first section of the Joyce J. Scott exhibition featuring weaving and quilting, as this […]
The Education Committee met on January 6th and discussed the following iteam:
Preschool tour training has been set for January. Anyone who is interested in training for this specialized tour format but is unable to attend the meeting should contact Annette.
The art project for preschool tour will tie in with the Czech Glass. […]
Education Committee:
Chaired by Annette Holzworth
Meredith has offered to ask Curatorial staff about touring behind the scenes to see how items are stored when not on display. There is also interested in learning more about how pieces are packed for shipping. While it would not be feasible to see staff actually working on setting […]
Education Committee: Chaired by Annette Holzworth
The Education Committee met on October 7th and discussed the following agenda items:
1. Preschool tours will be publicized on the Museum’s website, in a future press release and flyers will be available at Back to School Night. Ideas for using the Morris exhibit with young children will be made available […]
Evaluation of the preschool tours during July and August:
The basic format for preschool tours has worked well and children were very responsive to each segment. Using images in Best in Show, especially the Jackson Pollock-inspired pictures by David Gihooly, led to a fun art project.
The issue of scheduling this more specialized tour package […]
The Docent Council met on July 21st at the home of outgoing Chair Elizabeth Breen. It was announced that Maureen Drucker and Annette Holzworth were unanimously elected to the Docent Council and that the proposed bylaw changes passed with one objection about the Docent of the Year election process. Elections for Docent Council […]
Field Trip:
A field trip to the new Bellevue Arts Museum is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26th. For information please contact Elizabeth Breen. Interested parties will meet at 9 am and carpool to the museum.
Reminders:
A semi-annual Communications Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 19th, at the Mandolin Restaurant at 10 am. […]
The Docent Council met on May 19th at 4:30 pm in the Museum Board Room. One of the first actions taken was the approval of a ballot for voting on proposed changed in the Docent Association Bylaws and for the slate of candidates running for the Docent Council, which is included in the June […]
1. Preschool Tour: An informal flyer will be ready to mail by the end of April. Two art projects have been chosen to sever primarily 4 – 5 year olds. Initially we will have scheduling limited to Wednesday and Friday.
2. The Family Guide for Best in Show should be available by mid-May. Please let […]
…Questions You May Have for the Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is up and running and soon will be contacting the Docent Association member to see who may be interested in running for the Docent Council. To help you decided whether or not this is something you would like to participate in, the Nominating […]
Chaired by Annette Holzworth
1. The Family Guide for Best in Show will be created after the exhibit opens. Anyone interested in contributing should contact Barb White.
2. The Preschool Tour letter is nearly ready to mail to let the community know that this will be available this spring. We hope for a gentle […]
By Elizabeth Breen
The Docent Council met on March 17th. Various changes to the By-laws were discussed. There will be printed in June edition of Bits of Frit so they can be voted on by Docent Association.
A nominating Committee was formed to nominate new members to the Docent Council, VickiKay Spalding, Dee […]
The Docent Council met on January 20th and the following items were discussed:
A nine-week new docent training session will begin on February 23rd. It will be held once a week at 5 pm in the Board Room. Any current docent is invited to attend any or all of the meetings.
There will be […]
