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Materials for Volunteer Docents

Files are provided in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Generally, you should be able to just click on a file and have it appear on your computer (on a Mac you will need to download them); however, if you do not have MS Word or the free Adobe Acrobat reader, contact Diana Bolander with questions.  Click here to go directly to Tours below.

Phone: 231.995.1029
E-mail: dbolander@nmc.edu

General Information

• Dennos Museum Center Volunteer Manual (PDF)
• Dennos Museum Center Docent Handbook (PDF)
• Docent Contact List (Fall 2011 version)  (PDF)
• Touring Procedures (Word) (PDF)

Meeting Documents

• Top Touring Tips from Dennos Museum Center Docents (Word ) (PDF)
• Art Institute of Chicago Videos
• Museum of Inuit Art
• Early Printmaking Presentation
• Inuit Beginings Presenation

Forms

• Tour Registration Form (Word) (PDF)
• Pre-Visit Docent Tour Outline (PDF)
• Tour Evaluation - Teacher (PDF)
• Tour Evaluation - Group (PDF)
• Tour Evaluation - Docent (PDF)
• Volunteer Activity Report Instructions (Word) (PDF)

Tour Planning Documents

• Tour Planning Worksheets (including blank tour outline and writing exercises) (Word) (PDF)
• Multiple Intelligence Activities (Word) (PDF)

Inuit Cultural Tours Documents

• Inuit Cultural Tours Docent Handbook (Word) (PDF)
• Forms for Teachers (Word) (PDF)

Online Resources

• Elements of Art on artsconnected: artsconnected.org/toolkit
• Building a Visual Arts Lesson Plan from the Getty: getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/guide.html
• Walker Art Center Tours – walkerart.org/visit/tours (Highly Recommended)
• Museum Educator Community – museum-ed.org
• Harvard Project Zero Artful Thinking Project (TCAPS is involved with this project) – pz.harvard.edu/Research/ArtThink.htm
• Visual Understanding in Art – vue.org
• Americans with Disabilities Act – usdoj.gov/crt/ada
• Arts Journal Website and Blogs – artsjournal.com
• American Association of Museums – http://aam-us.org
• Association of Midwest Museums – midwestmuseums.org
• Michigan Museums Association – michiganmuseums.org

Eric Daigh Resources

Portraitist Eric Daigh presents a collection of works spanning his career to date. Claiming to be a photographer sometimes and a painter at others, Daigh is probably best placed in the category of mosaic. His works often include an arrangement of small pixels, most notably pushpins that form a larger picture. 

• Information for Educators
• Eric Daigh's Website
• Happiness is a Target Installation at the Dennos video by the Record-Eagle 
• Eric Daigh featured on CBS Sunday Morning
• Eric Daigh featured on mynorth.com

 

Artists in the Museum Collection

• Sam Kerson's website
• Howard Ben Tre's website
• Mary Shaffer's website
• Louis Teicher's Website
• Article on Louis Teicher
• Michael Davis' website
• Diane Carr's website
• Article on Bill Bollinger (PDF)
• Agapito Miniucchi youtube video with other works
• Harold Olejarz's website
• Bernard Verhaeghe's website
• William Allen's website
• Joan Livingstone's website
• Julius Schmidt Article
• Carter Ratcliff Article
• Charles McGee Article

Fun Stuff for Rainy/Snowy Days

• Make your own Jackson Pollock painting – jacksonpollock.org
• Mr. Picassohead – mrpicassohead.com
• Walker Art Museum Visual Art blog – http://blogs.walkerart.org/visualarts
• Readymech – http://readymech.com

Tours

Contact Diana at (231) 995-1029 or dbolander@nmc.edu to sign up.  Thank you for all of your hard work!

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