In order to continue offering gallery tours and other vital educational initiatives, the museum needs additional volunteers. We especially need docents to work with one of our most popular school programs. Focusing on a selection of objects in the museum's ancient collection, the program aims to help students understand how a Greek drinking vessel or an Egyptian funerary object can advance our understanding of cultures that existed many hundreds of years ago. But the museum also needs volunteers to help with tours for all age groups. The museum's education coordinator, Amy Dane, stresses that no particular expertise or background is necessary to participate in the program. Docents receive training for each major temporary exhibition, and experienced docents assist newcomers to learn about works in the permanent collection. Training also addresses teaching techniques in the gallery situation. Not everyone is interested in gallery teaching—the museum has a menu of other opportunities for involvement in our behind-the-scenes activities. We would welcome help with scheduling tours and other programs, researching funding sources, assisting with public relations or a variety of other outreach efforts. If you have some spare time, we would love to hear from you. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to Amy Dane for her energetic leadership and to the docents for their enthusiasm and dedication, Over the past three years, Amy and the docents have worked to expand and enhance the museum's outreach efforts, performing a vital function for the museum and the communities we serve. Last year, the museum received many more requests for tour than we were able to accommodate, a strong indication of the excellence of the program offered. Congratulations and thank you! —Marianne Doezema
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This
fall the museum is bustling with activities planned in conjunction
with the special exhibition, The Moon and the Stars: Afterlife
of a Roman Empress. Faculty and staff from across the campus,
as well as artists and specialists from across the country, represent-ing
a variety of disciplines, are helping the museum offer a range
of programs related to the theme of the semester, "Representing
Women & Power." More than 3,000 visitors will enjoy these
programs, ranging from gallery talks and lectures to artist demonstrations.
Equally important to the museum's efforts to serve its diverse
constituencies is the work of a corps of volunteer docents who
will provide dozens of introductory tours of The Moon and the
Stars as well as the museum's permanent collection galleries.
