| 单词 | docent |
| 例句 | The docent giving the class a tour was elderly and thin and looked as if all the juice had been sucked out of him through a straw via his pursed mouth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even when the docent was taking us around the Fossil Lab and then on to the Observation Pit to see the real bones of a saber-toothed cat, Lily and Nathan were lukewarm in their enthusiasm. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The segment opened with a genteel docent standing before a Rembrandt painting and addressing a group of unshaven men dressed in ragged clothing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Pearl herself, though she tried to focus on the docent’s withered lecture, found her mind drifting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And indeed, the entire class was gathered outside, notebooks closed now, dutifully chaperoned by the docent, giggling and whispering as Moody and Pearl emerged. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the camera cut back to the docent, who explained that art appreciation was a form of therapy that would hopefully help get these men back on their feet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Smithsonian’s modern art museum was vilified last fall after it replaced its long-standing docent program with a new initiative based on a college internship model. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z But for those who, after a minute or two, just have to know what they're looking at, fully briefed docents will be on hand to explain how each piece was made. Isaac Layman's 'Paradise' transcends ordinary 2011-12-01T00:40:04Z The reception space features powerful video works and often-provocative sculptures, with desk staff employees acting as de facto docents, deftly answering interpretive questions. Come for the Guest Rooms. Stay for the Galleries. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In addition to the lectures and online assignments, the docents will be observed giving trial tours by the museum’s education staff members. 300 volunteers for African American museum: ‘We’re ready.’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z It later granted a license when the Philharmonic designated the patrons as docents for the educational concert, putting them in the realm of what United States sanctions permit for visitors to Cuba. ArtsBeat: New York Philharmonic Cancels Cuba Trip 2011-04-05T20:00:36Z There is also an almost teasing reluctance to supply details that a conversation with a curator or a look at the docent scripts readily reveals. Museum Review: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle 2012-12-29T01:25:41Z This came as a surprise, since our docent had encouraged us to wander through the field to the cemetery where the Olsons and Wyeth are buried. A Stroll Through Wyeth?s Giverny 2011-08-11T18:32:30Z “It’s a lot to take in,” said historian Noelle Trent, who helped train the museum’s docents. Painful but crucial: Why you’ll see Emmett Till’s casket at the African American museum 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A back stair, long blocked by wiring, has been opened, and docents there discuss Leighton’s carefully concealed personal life. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z When the docent Delores Heglar, 71, is giving a tour, she likes to spend a little extra time explaining the Louisiana Purchase and its devastating effect on the city’s free people of color. Descendants Tell Stories of Free People of Color 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z I was more moved by Ms. Ingvartsen’s own navigation of multiple selves: her swift, lucid transitions between docent and dancer, between clinically explaining and viscerally doing, as she both commented on and reincarnated the past. Review: ‘69 positions’ Explores the Sexual Politics in Performance 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Martin Gimenez, lead sound designer, was inspired by the audio tours by docents in museums and the "silent discos" where people gather and listen to music by headphones. What's that whisper? Wireless headphone opera in busy train station 2013-11-18T17:33:45Z He says he appreciates hearing details about the lives of artists that the “Picture This” docents share. At some museums, blind visitors can touch the art 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “Ben researched deeply to figure out a way to portray St. Paul with his own personal touch,” said Bill Hurd, the church docent. Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Several longtime friends of the museum have canceled their memberships in protest, and one docent resigned. Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI Made of Condoms Sparks Controversy in Milwaukee 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z She and several docents will provide tours to visitors, she said. | Long Island: Former Glen Cove Courthouse Reopening as a Museum 2013-01-12T01:34:18Z The museum, which is decidedly apolitical and nonpartisan, uses animated walk-through exhibits, question-focused interactive media and docents trained to lead difficult conversations to bring attention to oppression and injustice worldwide. At the Museum of Tolerance, Holding a Mirror to Visitors’ Biases 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z And two former docents are among the new Gallery Guides, Maruca said as proof that the plan is working. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed An informative docent enthusiastically answered my questions about the second-floor paintings, fireplace equipment and furniture. Medieval meets modern in charming Kilkenny, Ireland 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Attendees are encouraged to show up an hour early, as choral company docents will be on hand to discuss the concert program. 16 top entertainment picks for June 3-9, 2012 2012-05-30T22:16:05Z Ask the knowledgeable and gregarious docents to show you the Brito, a magnificent dictionary of theological words that was handwritten by scribes in the 1300s. 36 Hours in the Cotswolds 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Individual object labels were jettisoned, and docents were trained to encourage visitors to discuss the work. A California Museum Gives the People What They Want 2010-05-13T14:46:00Z The Hirshhorn disbanded its docent program in August and replaced it with a new Gallery Guides initiative that is similar to the internship program it also ran. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed The adjustments to the Gallery Guide program follow December’s docent appreciation lunch. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z At the Miami Seaquarium, audiences are assured by the trainers, docents and park officials that they are doing the right thing for Lolita. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z There will be docents to guide you, should you need to escape. Performance Art Review: Brian Rogers’s ‘Hot Box’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-09-20T21:32:33Z So might the ultra-mellow vibe, especially if you know that her initial concept for the party was an evening of what she called “adult sex education,” with a team of “sex docents” shepherding the guests. It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Her mother was a docent at the Brooklyn Museum. A U-Turn Leads to a Date for Longtime Friends 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z “Who knows what will happen?” says Deutsch, a docent at the Oakland Zoo. Perspective | How to solve common pandemic travel problems 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z But as the Van Gogh docent recommended, they will give it a try. ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Dutch Treat 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Always shadow a docent tour before joining one. How to view art: Be dead serious about it, but don’t expect too much “They couldn’t get the desks over the barrier,” said Stewart, another docent, who showed me around the kitchen and stone dining room. After the October wildfires, California Wine Country is ready to pop some corks 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z One of the most common sights at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a curator, docent or artist giving a gallery talk. At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Hear! Hear! 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Through once-seedy downtown passageways, we stroll as if through an open-air art gallery with our amiable, tattooed docent. Once-sleepy St. Petersburg, Fla., awakens with vibrant arts and nightlife scenes 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Wandering around in solitude, with only the docents for company, provided the most authentically royal experience. Outside Lisbon, a Verdant World of Castles and Palaces 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Many docents wore black to protest the demise of their beloved program, though museum officials didn’t seem to notice, several said. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z When I was in the “Music” galleries a week or so ago, with the installation still very much underway, a group of young women, possibly docents in training, came through on a tour. Review: The Smithsonian African American Museum Is Here at Last. And It Uplifts and Upsets. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Weekly walks highlight seasonal interest and docent guides’ favorite plants at 1 p.m. Seattle Japanese Garden First Viewing Saturday 2014-02-25T23:31:10Z The National Museum of American History offers weekday and weekend docent programs that require a year commitment and one 90-minute shift each week or two weekend shifts a month. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed We walked across the road to Hanover Courthouse and were greeted by Gary Stauffer, a docent for the Hanover County Historical Society. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The seven Gallery Guides volunteer 105 hours a week, compared to about 58 hours of volunteering from the docents and the four interpretive guides. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed They have invited formerly incarcerated women from Bayview to be docents and will lead a discussion on women’s rights and female incarceration in a public gathering on Nov. 16. Annie Leibovitz’s Work on ‘Women’ Is Never Done 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z They wanted to talk about what they saw but were reluctant to approach docents or ASK employees who were assigned to the galleries. Who’s in Charge at the Brooklyn Museum? It Could Be You 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Haseltine Pozzi — who is the founder, executive director, artistic director and lead artist — also travels to train venue staff and docents in curriculum designed in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When the Ocean Gives You Plastic, Make Animals 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z On a tour with a docent one evening in November, several people said they found “Tree of My Life,” overwhelming. An Urban Painter’s Fantastic Floral Visions 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Reading “Self-Made” can feel a little like wandering through a favorite museum with a new docent speaking into your padded headset: lots of “hmm!” moments but few surprises. Becoming ‘Self-Made’ Stars in a Secular Age 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “They thoroughly explain the art and the background; the docents really do their homework. They describe the work really specifically and you really get an idea of what it is,” Dan Ortner said. Seattle Art Museum program brings art to those with low or no vision 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z "I looked around and thought, `Well now all it's missing is a docent and a leaflet that says where the cafe is," he said. Balki's back! Bronson Pinchot has Pa.-based show 2012-02-21T10:16:04Z But he nonetheless ultimately gives it a shot, following which he heads out to the Van Gogh museum, where a docent provides Ted with what can only be described as a series of Lassoisms — i.e., ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Dutch Treat 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z A docent with visitors at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, which presents the history of the Mormon church. Critic's Notebook: In Salt Lake City, Museum Shows How Mormons See Themselves 2012-04-23T00:48:14Z Led by a chatty, seductive docent along semispooky hallways, patrons gather in imaginatively designed exhibit rooms that depict the historical quirks of Western gastronomy. Caf? Nordo's latest Seattle show takes diners through a 'Cabinet of Curiosities' 2012-05-17T20:00:09Z Some docents were serving as mentors to the interpretative guides, a job that required a bigger time commitment. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed This is no dis to Mr. Callow, a gracious and well-spoken docent in the eternal museum that is the life and works of William Shakespeare. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Shakespeare as Cover Boy 2011-07-19T14:30:50Z The museum announced it would reduce the new program’s weekly requirement of 15 hours to eight hours to accommodate the schedules of the mostly retired, older women in the docent corps. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Few musicians are given such generous opportunities to be docent to their legacies. ‘The Day the Music Died’ Review: ‘American Pie,’ the Life of a Hit 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The program was started in 2008 by SAM docents as a partnership with the international collective Art Beyond Sight, which helped SAM develop its program and offered training. Seattle Art Museum program brings art to those with low or no vision 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Even as work continued on several of the pavilions, arrayed around two large ponds set into a leafy, green hillside, the first two galleries of the collection were open in September for docent training. From home of Wal-Mart, a world-class museum rises 2011-10-15T00:11:04Z “I’d like to see the archives,” she tells the church docent. The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z While making myself breakfast in the Ragdale kitchen during a residency there last summer, a docent suddenly appeared and said that she’d be leading 40 people through the historic house where we wrote all morning. Want to Get Into an Artists’ Retreat? Go as a Tourist 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The party he gave his life to will repudiate him by nominating a bombastic serial insulter who makes the famously brash former president look like a museum docent by comparison. Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Mathew Bees was still in high school when he saw Monticello for the first time, but he couldn't help correcting the docent when she misidentified several furnishings on her tour of Thomas Jefferson's masterpiece. Soulful Historic Home 2013-09-05T20:20:33.823Z She is also retired as a docent with the San Francisco Modern Museum of Art. Ashley Leathers, George Timbrell 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The docents, who lead the guided tours, are personable and knowledgeable. Photo tour: Glenstone, the decade-old private museum outside D.C. is bucolic — and very blue chip 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Museums and monuments are allowing small groups of tourists to experience their collections outside of regular admission hours, providing an intimacy and serenity once available only to docents and V.I.P.’s. The Getaway: Midnight at the Museum, Breakfast at the Vatican 2014-02-11T19:40:15Z Wiseman uses the art, and docent discussions of it, to put the artists and their paintings in perspective. 'National Gallery' a portrait of humanity on canvas and on-screen 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Free tours of the museum by enthusiastic docents further make up for the pricey entry fee, as does a quick drive to Salem Willows Park. North of Boston, a Mix of Harbor and History 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The last class of docents was accepted and trained in 2010. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed The hearse pulled up to the front of the building just before 3 p.m., and a trailing sedan delivered Simmons, Cobb and former longtime docent Judith Schomer to the Oak Hill Cemetery. ‘An empty tomb’: Former Corcoran staffers hold ‘funeral’ for museum Ms. Adlon launches into the story of how she acquired the painting “Wine Fine” like a punk docent riffing in her own museum. ‘Better Things’ Is Pamela Adlon’s Personal Gallery 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The Freer and Sackler Galleries just recruited a new docent class that will train from September until next June. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed Staying relevant can be accomplished in many ways, from tweaking parts of the permanent exhibition to mounting temporary exhibits to updating docent tours and education programs, Linenthal said. Museums for tragedies like 9/11 face a new challenge: Visitors too young to remember 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The docent tells us that the river’s canal was the country’s busiest until the Erie Canal opened. In Havre de Grace, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, a rich maritime history — and ducks, lots of ducks 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z We stopped over at the late Barragán’s residence, right next door, where Mr. Romero was a docent when he was younger, so the place is, for him, a home away from home. Seeing Mexico City, Guided by Architects 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z In a party that is now focused on affirmation and affection, the friendly supporting players are known as “super queero heart questers” or “Infinite Love docents.” It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z What makes these pictures look so modern has partly to do, as every art museum docent points out, with their lack of foreground and background and the obvious debt to Japan. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z He revisits Morpheus’s universe with warmth and renewed delight, thus serving as a still-tickled docent through his textured storytelling of the supernatural. Best graphic novels of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “You show up, you put on your shows, you do your sales,” said Halmos, who provides a docent from her staff to help. Foreland, an Art Complex With Big Ambitions, Grows in Catskill 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Presenting Graham as a forerunner to feminist theorists diminishes her, though the lecture-demonstration enlivens when the dancers assault the affable docent. Dance for the People (by the Pros) at the River to River Festival 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z “This was not taken lightly. The team took lots of advice,” said Duggal, who added that the docents were encouraged to apply for the new program, or to volunteer as desk assistants. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed But that leaves more than 20 docents without an opportunity to volunteer because they can’t commit to the arbitrary minimum of 15 hours a week. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed “Notable Encounters” was imagined as “a museum docent’s guide” to a particular piece of music — in this case, the trios of Brahms and their metaphorical relationship to his life. Perspective | ‘Now Hear This’ modeled itself after cooking shows. It found millions of viewers with an appetite for classical music. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The opening of the six anniversary exhibitions, on Sunday, is free, and will include will include art-making workshops, from 1 to 3 p.m., and docent tours between 2 and 4 p.m. ArtsBeat: Aldrich Art Museum Celebrates Anniversary With Six Exhibitions 2014-04-02T16:34:01Z He becomes her docent in scenes from their shared past and possible future. ‘Wander Darkly’ Review: After Death, a Fractured Life 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z On most cruises young docents provide the oral annotation, but every few weeks a guest expert takes the mike. An Architectural Cruise Around Manhattan 2012-09-13T22:17:26Z His Raymond is as neutrally genteel and well-spoken as a docent in a museum. Theater Review: ‘Far From Heaven,’ at Playwrights Horizons 2013-06-03T02:00:01Z He identified himself as a docent at the Library of Congress, retired from a successful career in engineering. Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Inside the gallery, a second actor plays a docent who talks with museumgoers, while engaging in a running dialogue with the three faces of Adam on video — not to mention the occasional on-screen guest. A Shattered Adam Statue Comes to Life at the Met 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z “I’m glad I got ‘The Lizards’ and ‘The Sloth,’” said the young docent I went with on Saturday night. Why Would You Go to a Phish Concert, Let Alone 13? I Found Out 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The letter, charging the museum with “irregularities and potential conflicts of interest in the sales,” was signed by almost 200 community members, including five former board chairs, former board members, donors and docents. A Baltimore museum tried to raise money by selling three pricey artworks. It backfired stupendously. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z After a few minutes, a young docent walked toward us, eager to see if she could do anything to accommodate Italy’s most famous living artist. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Trained docents guide regular tours of the temporary collection spread across the ground floor, garden and library upstairs, and Art in Embassies produced a catalog to accompany the exhibition. At U.S. Embassy in Paris, the Art of Welcome 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z A few recognized Feldman as the new director, including Tom Gilday of Chevy Chase, a docent for 30 years who introduced her to his wife and three daughters. Inside Kaywin Feldman’s first week as the National Gallery’s new director 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Outside tournament time, docent “storytellers” will take you on a free golf cart tour around the course. 36 Hours in St. Augustine 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In addition to the curator, lighting designer, registrar and communications manager, there are art handlers, docents, educational staff and much more. Hang It, Install It, Perform It — and Yes, Wear Your Art on Your Sleeve 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Here she’s an engaging, unpretentious and consistently frank docent of her own career, which she assures the viewer is still ongoing, despite the fact that she’s not making albums right now. ‘Sheryl’ Review: The High Highs and Low Lows of Pop Stardom 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “The crowds!” said Carol Goldman, a museum docent, appreciating curious visitors after explaining to a group how truly un-degenerate the art was and will always be. Editorial Notebook: The Regeneration of ‘Degenerate Art’ 2014-04-25T00:59:21Z Her mother, a docent at the Contemporary Austin, an art museum, retired from teaching kindergarten at Travis Heights Elementary School in Austin. Caroline Wright, Diego Garcia-Olano 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “The Institute was active a lot longer than most people think,” the docent says. The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z A docent sits reading a book while cookies and tea are offered. Glad scientist: Megan Amram’s unique brand of comedy One futuristic vision, put simply, is of a digital docent. The Met and Other Museums Adapt to the Digital Age 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z At most museums, the guides are either older volunteers called docents or part-time guards paid hourly. Meet the very wealthy, very private couple behind Washington’s most original museum 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z This spring’s hybrid program will include seven individuals who will work 15 hours a week and six former docents who will contribute eight hours. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z I was alone in the gallery, too, and the lack of other patrons, of a docent or guard, removed any felt imperative to move on to the next photograph. Fatherhood Apart 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Museum officials told the Hirshhorn’s 25 longtime volunteer docents that their services are no longer needed. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed When I was growing up, my mom was a docent at the Met. Peter Mendelsund on reading, cover design and his own new books 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z But, as the church docent tells Sarah Manning, the institute was shut down in the nineteen seventies, which is just about right, historically. The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Beary is a volunteer docent for the Gardens of Alcatraz, and hers is one of several tours and talks on offer. On Alcatraz, the island’s prison gardens are in full flower 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z As a result, many of the docents, who are retired, are for the most part being replaced with younger volunteers who are interested in museum careers. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed All docents are neighborhood residents who are enthusiastic about sharing Wan Chai’s heritage. Heritage Tours of Hip Hong Kong District 2010-03-25T14:53:00Z “It was a disaster for the staff and the docents.” Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed Weekly walk highlights docent guides’ favorite plants, 1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-02-24T18:13:19Z At the foot of the grand staircase, our tour group of three meets docent Michael Bellavia. Rochester, N.Y., blooming with appeal No evidence has publicly surfaced that Sage Hill participated in or was aware of Singer’s bribery of college coaches and test docents. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Harris consulted with William Jarmon, a docent who has volunteered at the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center for over a decade. Why these women just walked Harriet Tubman’s 116-mile journey from the Underground Railroad 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s rather as if they’re docents in a “Delicate Balance” museum, which makes the play easier than usual to understand but harder to embrace. ‘A Delicate Balance’ Revival Stars Lithgow and Close 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Her mother was a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Sarah Stapleton, Trevor Rees 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The National Air and Space Museum is recruiting for a docent class that will begin training in the fall of 2015. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed You can wander freely around the estate taking in its decorative glories, but the knowledgeable docents are worth sticking with for at least a room or two. The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z But Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, the viewer’s docent into the criminal world, injects a note of tenderness that’s all the more effective for coming out of the mouth of a slick sociopath. Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’: How the Right Actor Turned the Right Part Into a Classic 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z It’s shortly after the docent flashes an intramuscular syringe from 1910 — but well before he discusses the bloodletting instruments and leeches — that the woman faints. Bloodletting, voodoo and opium: New Orleans museum spotlights medical methods of the past 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z His original plan was to cover the domicile in leather, the docent tells me, but he couldn’t get enough of the material. A hometown girl goes looking for the quirky heart of Houston 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z It has an active program of lectures and panels as well as an education program and docents, and great food. Amid the Bloat at Frieze, Art Worth Seeking Out 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Digital renderings of 26 of the 28 major pieces from 2002 appear on-screen, a few at a time; audience members pick one, setting off a scripted, three-to-six-minute exchange between the avatar and the docent. A Shattered Adam Statue Comes to Life at the Met 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z To get an overview of Laura and her family’s life in the Dakota Territory, begin with the hourlong guided tour led by the knowledgeable docents at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z You half expect costumed docents to guide you through, illuminating life chez Churchill. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia Everyone from docents to security guards are ready to talk about this relatively unknown collection of work. O'Keeffe Museum transforms with abstract works 2010-06-12T16:16:00Z We walk next door for a tour, led by the woman we met on the sidewalk earlier, who happens to be a docent. Venturing beyond the beer and brats in Milwaukee 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z After passing a qualifying tour next summer, docents must commit to two years of at least 24 tours a year, as well as attending two-hour training sessions several times a month. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed Several docents said the new program is just a renaming of the interpretive guides, who Maruca preferred. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed The docent was careful to talk about Carr’s close relationship with “the First Nations,” the popular term in Canada for Indigenous people. A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Gift shop find: Leather journal in Cherokee red, his signature color, with a Burnham Block logo designed by a docent. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Audience members are divided into small groups, designated by colored wristbands, and each group is guided by docents to a series of stations where members of Dorrance Dance perform vignettes on a loop. Review: Jacob’s Pillow Is Back, With a Tapping Tour of the Grounds 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Both docents and the escorts who assist participants receive specialized and ongoing training. Seattle Art Museum program brings art to those with low or no vision 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Augmented reality, virtual survivor “docents” and video snippets will explain a time that becomes more remote for young people every year. U.S. Holocaust Museums Are Updating Content and Context 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s as if they were docents showing us through Loman House, now listed on the Literary Register of Historic Places. Theater Review: ?Death of a Salesman,? With Philip Seymour Hoffman 2012-03-16T02:11:33Z And podcasts thrive in part because of the appeal of a reliable narrator, the docent guiding listeners on the subway, in the car, at the gym – pretty much anywhere one can safely pop in earbuds. Listen closely: why Hollywood has become obsessed with podcasts 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z A gray-haired BMA docent says that she didn’t even know Waters was a fine artist until he got into the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious art shows, last year. We took John Waters to a John Waters art exhibit in Baltimore 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z There, the elderly docent spoke zero English but was thrilled to have visitors. Find history and personality in Mexican hilltowns near Puerto Vallarta 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In the late 1990s, because the historic Dunn Gardens was in her neighborhood, she volunteered as a docent. Northwest Garden Greats: Sue Nevler is a volunteer extraordinaire 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Over 45 minutes, docents take visitors inside Model B1, which measures 805 square feet, and Two Flat, Model C, which is under renovation. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The changes were made to ensure “that we’re leaving room for the continued participation of former docents,” according to an e-mail sent Jan. 16. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Visiting the park is free; volunteer docents are on hand the first Saturday morning of every month to answer questions. In Orlando or Anaheim for a Disney vacation? Explore the cities beyond the gates, too. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Hottle said many of the 20 docents who will conduct tours of the house have personal memories of Cline to share. Patsy Cline's restored house opening in Va 2011-07-26T19:35:13Z The docents, who averaged just a few hours a week, were hurt, saying they were being tossed aside in favor of younger volunteers. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The docent affected the garb of the 1860s. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z When the Warner Archive debuted in 2009 as a manufacture-on-demand DVD label, my sense was that its target audience was film nuts who liked to dig, not ones who wanted docents. FilmStruck and Warner Archive Instant Are Classic-Movie Troves 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “Amid the book reviews in the LRB by critics determined to sound sober and certain, as if they were museum docents, her reviews and essays admitted doubt,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Kristy Maruca, the museum’s manager of education, described the change as a merger of the docents and “interpretive guides,” a group of four younger volunteers who work 12 hours a week, some for college credit. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed “We preserve objects that people didn’t want but tell a different story about the culture and history of this city,” said docent Jacob Ford. Had your fill of the Met? Visit these six quirky New York City museums instead. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The air is a bit still in this book, as if one is walking behind the docent on a long museum tour. ‘Mott Street’ Chronicles 4 Generations of Chinese American Life 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z This was partly because its wares are mounted in vitrines on the wall like exhibits; and partly because of a cheery employee, Juliet Rotenberg, who behaved less like a saleswoman than a docent. Critical Shopper: Mother’s Day Shopping 2013-05-08T17:56:29Z Tour overview: For an hour, docents escort guests through the one-story Usonian-hemicycle home, even peering into the kitchen cabinets to admire the dinnerware Wright created for the Imperial Hotel in Japan. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Taking another approach, the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio plans to train more than a hundred volunteer docents on art therapy techniques that will help them greet visitors when it reopens this summer. Museums Embrace Art Therapy Techniques for Unsettled Times 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z At some point, the zoo had an elderly elephant named Gita that would take a walk with a docent through the zoo before the public arrived, as part of the enrichment of her life. Betty White adored animals, so shelters and zoos are celebrating her 100th birthday 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Maruca, however, said the average docent volunteers just a few hours a month. Hirshhorn ends docent program, telling volunteers that they are no longer needed Wiseman attends as docents and educators gamely model interpretations of paintings for groups of visitors, in a kind of institutional performance art. How We Look When We Look at a Painting 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Another 54 volunteers have signed up to be docents who will lead tours of the galleries. 300 volunteers for African American museum: ‘We’re ready.’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Museum putty or a gentle warning from one of the docents “brings them back to reality.” How show houses keep designing visitors on the straight and narrow 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z They selected about 360 volunteers, most of whom will work for free as visitor information ambassadors and docents. African American museum designed with emotions in mind 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Without knowing it, we’ve booked our stay on one of two Saturdays per month that volunteer docents from the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program lead tours through two of the FLW-designed spots. Venturing beyond the beer and brats in Milwaukee 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Hirshhorn officials said matching student interns with more experienced docents will benefit visitors. After dismissing docents, Hirshhorn starts new program to encourage their return 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Amid the book reviews in the LRB by critics determined to sound sober and certain, as if they were museum docents, her reviews and essays admitted doubt. Prime Cuts From Jenny Diski’s Catalog of Intimate, Witty Essays 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z “Let’s hear from God how great Eden was,” the docent says at one point. A Shattered Adam Statue Comes to Life at the Met 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But Nemo finds nightly escape in Slumberland, a world of dreams with its own rules and police force, neither of which are accorded any respect by her docent, Flip. ‘Slumberland’ Review: A Land of No Enchantment 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Ai's art has also helped first-time visitors discover a deeper Alcatraz, one that National Park Service rangers and volunteer docents urge them to explore. In Ai Weiwei show at Alcatraz, tourism and human rights go hand in hand 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Organizers have trained students from each of the schools to act as docents, setting up the exhibit and then guiding their classmates through it. War in Middle East adds resonance to new Anne Frank exhibit in Bellevue 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Ken Owen, executive director of Channel Islands Restoration, a nonprofit that provides stewardship for the preserve, said his team came up with the concept for the specialized docent. Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara's great outdoors. And sheep 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "The risk is still very small and the causality is unknown," says the study's last author Axel C. Carlsson, docent at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet. Study indicates possible link between chronic stress and Alzheimer's disease 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Michael Govan spoke to about 200 docents at a luncheon last week and gave sort of a rebuttal. Feedback: Readers remember Tina Turner and criticize LACMA 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z His time as a volunteer docent for the Los Angeles Conservancy helped alleviate the grind from his main job, such as the Union Station tours he led. Appreciation: Tony Valdez, trailblazing Latino news reporter with an encyclopedic knowledge of L.A. 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Army during the Vietnam War, was a docent for the Los Angeles Conservancy and played the saxophone. Tony Valdez, veteran Fox 11 News reporter, dies at 78 of kidney failure 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t know of any other sheep docents anywhere in the world,” he said. Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara's great outdoors. And sheep 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z About 125 miles later, King finds himself in a landscape that is the polar opposite of Lancaster County: climbing the “mighty Edgeboro Landfill” with two friendly Middlesex County Utilities Authority landfill docents. Review | A long walk from D.C. to New York traverses history, beauty and trash 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The museum also serves as a post-career opportunity for some, with many docents retired from military or civilian work on the base. Military, civilian life merge in Lexington Park, Md. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Briscoe dreams of a day when volunteers and social-media savvy teens head to the park to serve as docents or raise awareness about a need to fund the renovation of dilapidated structures. Allensworth, California's first freedman's town, looks to history to build better future 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z As a docent-driven museum, Amstein said almost every visitor gets the personal touch of a knowledgeable docent guiding them through the museum. What turns a passion or collection into a Seattle museum? 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The docents are volunteers who essentially hang out at the preserve to say hello and explain why there are hundreds of even-toed ungulates munching away on the grasses. Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara's great outdoors. And sheep 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z At nine years old, Mr. Jealous said he became the youngest-ever docent at his local natural history museum. The Sierra Club Tries to Move Past John Muir, George Floyd and #MeToo 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The hour-long tours include biographical lessons, including some haunted history, about the Queen Mary and access to select areas of its promenade deck, all led by a docent. Queen Mary is back in business after 2-plus years. Free tours fully booked 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Park docents offer guided walks starting on Dec. 15 and continuing every day until March 31, with the exception of Dec. 25. Five State Parks to Visit This Winter 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Even the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum docents didn’t know Thompson was Black; they found out only when the family visited before the museum rededicated the boat with a ceremony and concert this spring. A Black boating tradition on the Chesapeake ran into racism — then tragedy 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Saturday morning she woke up at 4 a.m. and sent herself a reminder to give volunteer docents their assignments and talking points. At the DC History Center, the public gets a new look at the city’s past 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z At the museum gate, a friendly docent greeted us with a bird on his gloved fist that Millet immediately identified as a kestrel. The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Unlike many factory museums, its story is made vivid by docents only one or two generations removed from its inescapable clutches. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z If you visit Live! at the Library most weeks, you’ll find exhibits open and docents available to talk about the building or special displays, a bar with wine and local craft beer, and live music. Museum after-hours events draw crowds with music, drinks and, yes, art 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Hollyhock recently reopened for self-guided tours, with docents on hand to answer questions. Fun things to do in the L.A. gem that is Barnsdall Art Park 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Instead of viewing a show from the comfort of a theater seat, audience members walk through the show with a docent and lie on the floor to watch the dancers from a perpendicular angle. Seattle-area dance performances to put on your calendar in fall 2022 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z She did not interrupt the docent as he told us facts about kestrels that it was clear she already knew. The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Its docents are excellent and its exhibits detailed and unsparing about the work once done by tens of thousands of Dundonians at dozens of mills. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Hofacker, 69, is a docent at the maritime museum on the Samoa Peninsula, the narrow spit of sand on the Humboldt Bay where he lives. In this part of California, it's downright chilly. But beware of "fogburn." 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z She and Davis shared stories about protesting exiled Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in Ireland, and disturbing a docent at the Alamo by revealing that Moctezuma’s ancestor killed Jim Bowie. Column: Mike Davis has terminal cancer. But his big worry is what is happening to our world 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z There, surrounded by imagery from the play, with colorful translucent leaves overhead, docents ask volunteers to read and discuss lines from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Immerse yourself in Shakespeare with tours, poetry and on-stage games 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “Visitors will have the opportunity to learn from docents at the reactor and to spend time on their own as they ponder the questions raised by the Manhattan Project and its profound impacts,” French said. Public tours resume at historic Central WA nuclear reactor, where the atomic age began 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Major now is a New York City-based docent and speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Holocaust survivor wants Elon Musk to keep Twitter free of hatred 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z She was a docent at Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop’s Garden and published a book in 1999 about key features of the garden. Community deaths 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z On a typical day, you can find Windana enjoying any Seattle sunshine, walking along the moat in his habitat with docents, or taking showers under the sprinklers or in the rain. Woodland Park Zoo celebrates birthday of one of the oldest known emus in North America 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z “I do see more and more younger generations of Chinese involved in the activities: dancing, working as park docents, trying to talk to other people and taking them around,” Wung said. How Tacoma’s small Chinese community reckoned with the city’s anti-Chinese history 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z He’s hoping to expand volunteer roles to include docents who greet visitors and answer questions. Volunteers at public gardens find satisfaction in hard work and gratification in growth 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Sometimes, we get so carried away that people think we’re docents. L.A. Affairs: Dim sum is meant to be shared. But I had no one 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Probably the most well-known California overwintering site is a grove at Pismo Beach, a town that’s all in on butterfly tourism, from T-shirts to lollipops to waiting docents. A flutter of magical hope on the Central Coast, as monarch butterflies return 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z A docent program offers training to volunteers, who in turn lead regular tours and host interpretive activities on weekends. Escape to the Volunteer Park Conservatory for a winter break of warmth and wonder 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z She also worked as a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, developing a particular interest in Japanese art and artifacts and building her own substantial collection of those treasures. Philanthropist Jacqueline Avant helped unite the worlds of Black politics and entertainment 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It was kept in the same family for almost two centuries, and during these candlelight tours of the house and gardens, docents discuss holiday traditions and how they changed over the years. Your favorite holiday events are back: A day-by-day guide to the most festive time of year 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Its docents lead several downtown Los Angeles walking tours on Saturdays. Gift your loved ones memories they won't forget with these 17 California experiences 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Museum officials decided that one area in need of an overhaul was its 60-year-old program of volunteer educators, known as docents, who greet school groups and lead tours. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "There is an army of very highly skilled docents that are willing and ready and able to continue with arts education." Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z “It’s marvelous. Every kid should get a chance to see it,” said Elizabeth Fuerte, a museum docent who watched one night while wearing one of the low-tech headdresses. Mexico's new culture war: Did a pyramid light show 'decolonize' or rewrite history? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z In retirement, she became an education docent with the Washington National Opera and later was a volunteer with the opera and with Friends of the Kennedy Center. Community deaths 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z UC Riverside’s master gardener docents will answer questions in the butterfly garden about the life cycle of butterflies and which plants are best for attracting butterflies. Hayrides, pumpkin carving: 12 things for plant lovers to do in L.A. right now 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z So last month the board overseeing the program sent a letter to the museum’s 82 active docents — most of whom were white older women — informing the volunteers that their program was being ended. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The fired docents were offered a two-year free pass to the museum as gratitude for their previous service. Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Asked to guide the “Come From Away” cast and crew on a Pentagon Memorial tour, the volunteer docent did so through gritted teeth. A 9/11 survivor wanted nothing to do with ‘Come From Away.’ Now she’s seen it a dozen times. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z But the transition is tough on nonprivileged White people; there is a need for levelheaded docents to moderate the conversation. Review | Mary Trump takes on America’s evils, beyond her famous uncle 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z He lives in London, you see, and works from his home as a virtual docent, speaking to visitors via a digital tablet mounted to a metal stand on wheels. Got a question in Canton? This Pro Football Hall of Fame docent will answer from London 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The docents — longtime, dedicated volunteers who know the Institute and its collections intimately — lamented the decision. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The institute is one of America’s oldest and largest museums, with its docent program launching in 1961 as part of an initiative of the Woman’s Board and the Junior League of Chicago. Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Now display stands sold snacks and souvenirs; at one table, docents were using a Geiger counter to show off mildly radioactive rocks. Touring Trinity, the Birthplace of Nuclear Dread 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The docents don’t read off a script; instead, they ask questions like, “What do you see? If you were in the work of art, what do you think you’d hear?” See Me program lets those with memory loss and their caregivers connect with art in the comfort of their own homes 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z SoftBank then pushed its friendly bot into all sorts of odd, if charming scenarios, like working as a Buddhist priest, playing docent at the Smithsonian, and staffing the company’s stores. SoftBank has reportedly halted production of its Pepper robot 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune denounced the move in an editorial headlined “Shame on the Art Institute for summarily canning its volunteer docents.” Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Klevorn was the only docent to speak on the record to WSJ, after the museum reportedly requested they not speak to the media. Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The docent's emphasis throughout his talk was on the tragedy of the deaths of so many good Southern boys. Donald Trump and the new Lost Cause 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z It helps to pursue an activity you like, whether that is cycling, birdwatching, swimming or being a docent at a local museum or historical society. A lonely retirement could shorten your life — so make friends 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z A few times Mom implied that her volunteer gig as a costumed docent at a Revolutionary War-era history museum took precedence over her babysitting duties. Opinion | Whale Mothers Need Their Moms. So Do I. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z James Rondeau, the Institute’s director, said in an interview that the docents program had long been viewed as logistically unsustainable, and that the Institute had stopped adding new volunteers 12 years ago. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune’s Editorial Board even hit back at the museum’s decision, calling Stein’s termination letter to the docents as "weaselly." Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The battle, as reenacted in a minor way outside and described by the docent inside, was tragic only in that the dastardly Hood had lost it. Donald Trump and the new Lost Cause 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z “I liken it now to opening the museum and taking away all the docents and security guards. Or just not hiring them there in the first place,” he said. Tourists and looters descend on Bears Ears as Biden mulls protections 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z There are also online tours with docents, musical performances and online meditations. Perspective | Seeing Washington’s cherry blossoms through the eyes of a Japanese artist 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The question of diversifying and training docents has come up a number of times in recent years. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The firings were apparently sparked by the fact that most of the docent staff was composed of older White, financially well-off women, the outlet reported. Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z During the tour of the house, I was stricken by the way the docent described the battle of Franklin. Donald Trump and the new Lost Cause 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z On March 20, watch a performance by Japanese drumming ensemble Nen Daiko, who will discuss how they design their own instruments, followed by docents leading workshops about nature and color. These Cherry Blossom Festival events let you safely explore the city or just watch from your couch 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z He served as a docent at the National Archives for nearly three decades. John D. Bowen, a Battle of the Bulge and genealogy enthusiast, dies of covid-19 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The docents at institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are all volunteers. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z An excited docent told us that a one-month-old wild sea otter pup had just been rescued and brought to the aquarium after her mother was accidentally killed by a fishing boat in Southeastern Alaska. Remembering Lootas, the orphaned sea otter 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z For more than an hour, he paced along the fence, shouting back and forth with the docents. How the Black Lives Matter memorial wall was resurrected after Trump supporters tore it down 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z They’ve included a scenic hike leading to a waterfall while listening to flute music, and a museum tour with a docent for a broader insight one might not experience on a self-guided tour. Enrichment program brings community together | Provided by Wesley Homes 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z By May, the museum board decided it was unsafe to open the museum for the summer because most of the docents are members of the high-risk group. Donors, others, step up to help Cheyenne cowgirl museum 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z “For many years we have worked concertedly to attract a diverse corps of docents,” said Gary Tinterow, the Houston museum’s director, “and we look forward to continued diversification of staff and volunteers.” Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z My son and I were thrilled when the docent offered to take us behind the scenes to meet marine biologist C.J. Remembering Lootas, the orphaned sea otter 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The regulars at the memorial fence like to say that if Seiler is its unofficial curator, then the revolving door of strangers who have found comfort there are its de facto docents. How the Black Lives Matter memorial wall was resurrected after Trump supporters tore it down 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z She was a docent at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria and the Hillwood Estate and Gardens in Washington. Community deaths 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z She was a former docent at the Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters in Washington and a member of the P.E.O. Community deaths 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z At the Met, 400 of the museum’s 1,000 volunteers are docents, whose program “brings great value to our institution” and “will continue to evolve,” said Daniel H. Weiss, the president and chief executive. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The mansion is closed, but the garden is open three days per week for self-guided tours, while docents lead themed tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Museums and gardens are reopening across the region. Here’s what you can visit now. 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z She was a docent for 20 years at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington and an educational tutor to inner-city youths. Martha Priddy Patterson, who wrote about retirement planning for women, dies at 71 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z When he retired in 1994, Lackowski became one of the original docents on the Midway, which is docked in San Diego. 'You’re one of the lucky ones': A nurse and her father say their goodbyes 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z And it was there that Norris began to hone her interest in art and design, serving as a patron and docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Merry Norris, a founder of MOCA and patron of Los Angeles arts, is dead at 80 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The Art Institute’s docents council has urged the museum to revisit its decision and consider alternatives. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z At each location, you’ll meet garden owners, designers, knowledgeable docents and fellow gardeners. Get inspired by gorgeous gardens at these 2020 spring garden tours 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Their owners are their protectors, docents and, when the occasion calls, their caretakers. Who Was Carlo Scarpa? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Seventy part-time visitor service associates who worked as docents, ticket takers and the like were paid L.A.’s minimum wage, currently $14.25 an hour. Inside the Marciano Art Foundation's spectacular shutdown 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z “No, no,” said Bill Boggie, a museum docent who gave his opinion. Some players will always be 49ers. What about Colin Kaepernick? 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z An advisory council that will guide the museum through the process will include docents, she added. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z On the sixth floor, a docent points us up a tight, winding staircase that leads to the outdoor observation deck, where we take in views all across the isthmus. You’re going where? Madison, Wis. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The museum docent was happy to hand it over and suggested that Larry make a donation to the club, which he did. Perspective | How do you lose a bridge? It’s easy when it’s only 36 inches long. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The tomb I’d explored, based on thousands of screen captures, is a promotional model built by High Fidelity to sell teachers and docents on the idea of virtual tours. Taking Virtual Reality for a Test Drive 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z When the tour ended, Sanders thanked the docent. Killer Mike Still Believes Bernie Sanders Can Start a Revolution 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z But Gigi Vaffis, the docent council president, said she and her colleagues “were surprised, disappointed and dismayed” by Ms. Stein’s letter. Art Institute of Chicago Ends a Docent Program, and Sets Off a Backlash 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z There, the same docent points to a mural above us, explaining that the women in the painting are holding objects related to Wisconsin. You’re going where? Madison, Wis. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z There is a Jane Austen Book Club, a combination knitting and reading group, and a 15-year-old book club focused on art history for docents of the Long Beach Museum of Art. How Long Beach became a book club superhub, with 130 and counting 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Zoo docent training program, which begins in October. Want to get close to gibbons or pythons? Volunteer at one of these L.A. places 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Visitors may tour the gardens with a docent or opt for a self-guided tour. Rare puya blooms happening now at Rancho Los Alamitos 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The mini-lectures by the rangers or docents every half-hour helped us learn more about the birds and animals, from the shrieking crane, to the “conspiracy of lemurs” to the darling wallabies. Rant & Rave: Extremely long airport screening wait 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z In retirement, he spent 37 years as a docent at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s insect zoo. Community deaths 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z The center is offering training for volunteer docents on May 20. West Virginia Folklife Center looking for volunteer docents 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The main job of zoo volunteer docents is to lead educational tours for thousands of schoolchildren who visit the zoo on field trips. Want to get close to gibbons or pythons? Volunteer at one of these L.A. places 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z “First I heard a loud sound like thunder, but with a high pitch. … A tree came down. Then a power pole came down,” Bob Alexander, a docent at the museum, said Monday. Third party will investigate sudden collapse of wooden Seattle City Light power poles 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z At the event, kids act as docents, telling attendees about the history of a piece, the artist who created it, or the period in which it was created. Seattle event gives kids a taste of art, music — and cupcakes 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Trained docents often lead tours of the Executive Mansion, which was built with slave labor in 1813 and is the oldest active governor’s residence in the country. Virginia first lady under fire for handing cotton to African American students on mansion tour 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Dell’Osso and his colleagues plan to reopen the road to Drake’s Beach this weekend, with volunteer docents and rangers bringing visitors in groups to see the rebellious occupiers. Elephant seals take over beach left vacant by US shutdown 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z “Current docents will give zoo tours after the meeting,” Riggin said. Want to get close to gibbons or pythons? Volunteer at one of these L.A. places 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z They occasionally discussed the pieces of art together or asked the docent questions. Finding female friends over 50 can be hard. These women figured it out | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The museum is popular with school groups; beat the crowds by booking a private tour, led by a museum docent. Two Strategic Days in Singapore: Where to Splurge, Where to Save 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In addition to swoon-worthy style, the tour will offer food trucks, exhibit booths, vendors, volunteer docents and strolling entertainment. Celebrating history, homes and neighbors: Here comes the Garfield Heights Home Tour 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z One of the museum’s docents died in the Nov. 8 disaster. California fire: Mourners gather at Chico church to pray for Camp fire victims 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z “I was just showing a group of visitors from Russia Tarzan’s rock pool,” said Tim Johnston, 83, a retired Los Angeles firefighter and park docent who was astonished by the damage he saw Saturday. Woolsey fire destroys historic ranches, movie sets and open spaces in Santa Monica Mountains - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z He leads a tour of the back storage area, much like a docent at his own private museum. Antiques dealer focuses on all things Nevada, the Wild West 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He even hired his own docents to lead the tours. 1836 map created for Houston city founders goes on display 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He chaired the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Potomac chapter, played clarinet in the Capital Wind Symphony and, in retirement, became a docent at the National Air and Space Museum. Notable deaths in the Washington area 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Ron calls Gary “the greatest docent of Mets history,” but encyclopedic knowledge isn’t necessarily a virtue. Gary Keith and Ron, the Magi of Mets Nation 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z David is a former graphics designer and both he and Corey are docents at the International Printing Museum in Carson. See chocolate bars be made from scratch at LetterPress Chocolate's new Culver City store 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The writer is a docent at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Opinion | The Smithsonian’s brilliant method for recycling jeans 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z She was a colored-pencil artist and a docent at the Supreme Court, where she gave lectures and conducted tours. Mary Ellen Abrecht, early female beat cop who became a D.C. Superior Court judge, dies at 72 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z With the help of docents, visitors tour three buildings and a medicinal herb garden, learning the stories of physicians and nurses and how they cared for their patients. Country doctors once did it all: pulling teeth, delivering babies 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “It’s probably the most scientific small town in America,” said retired Apollo program worker Billy Neal, a volunteer docent who shed his white lab coat for that night’s Biergarten. Rocket City, Alabama: Space history and an eye on the future 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “The hard work of our natural resource management team and volunteer docents is paying off.” Threatened snowy plover chicks successfully nested, fledged in Huntington Beach 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z He was a docent at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Community deaths 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z If Lenny’s performances were a collaboration between his live audience and his live musicians, when he recorded he became Lenny the rabbi - the docent who wanted to illuminate the ancient texts. 'He was high-brow, low-brow, every-brow!' – the genius of Leonard Bernstein 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z A lookout is found in each park quadrant, sometimes staffed by volunteer docents. For a new spin on Mount Rainier — and sweeping views — give fire lookouts a try 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Nearly always, my companions and I were the only visitors; the staff, who combined the roles of receptionist, curator, docent and locker-up-at-night, appeared faintly shellshocked that anyone had stopped by at all. Letter of Recommendation: Tiny Museums 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In retirement, he volunteered as a docent at the National Air and Space Museum and became a board member, treasurer and instructor at what is now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z At the National Air and Space Museum, she trained other docents and conducted special tours for guests ranging from schoolchildren to high-ranking government officials and foreign dignitaries. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The self-guided walk will offer Craftsman lovers a chance to experience the neighborhood as it once was and is today as docents provide commentary on each home's architecture and history. Experience Arts & Crafts architecture first-hand at Bungalow Heaven Home Tour 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z I took up painting at the local museum, became an art docent at the same museum, and took young children on art tours. Many Americans Try Retirement, Then Change Their Minds 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z She volunteered as a docent, which she still does. Nebraska family sticks together and works at zoo 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z At the slightest prompting, he would begin unfolding the stories behind each item with the effortless fluency of a docent. The Evolution of One of Fiction’s Gay Liberators 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z She left the world of finance and volunteered for two years as a docent at the 9/11 tribute museum to share her experiences. Finding Resilience, 25 Years After 1993 World Trade Center Bombing 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The docent spoke to a crowd of a couple dozen visitors who had gathered on neatly arranged folding stools to hear the dutiful explanations. It takes a striptease to enliven 'Stories of Almost Everyone' at the Hammer Museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z My husband tutors a new refuge couple, docents at a museum, works on trail reclamation at a local park, etc. Many Americans Try Retirement, Then Change Their Minds 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Rome is visited by around 14 million tourists each year, and the feedback they share online has a considerable effect on tourism, as Guendalina Iafrate, a tourism expert and program docent, emphasized to the class. For Rome’s Taxi Drivers, Lessons in Courtesy and Cultural Savvy 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Chemical victims of the Iran-Iraq War volunteer as docents. Seeking answers for Iran’s chemical weapons victims—before time runs out 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z She would also like to be a museum docent. Perspective | Three women from N Street Village’s homeless shelter share their stories 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Wall labels, catalog essays, audio guides, critical reviews, gallery docents, press releases — the interpretive apparatus that grows up around Conceptually-based art in a museum exhibition can be dreadful. It takes a striptease to enliven 'Stories of Almost Everyone' at the Hammer Museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z SAT Tour four decorated 19th Century buildings and homes with historically costumed docents, seasonal music, holiday treats, 1-4 p.m. Community calendar: holiday markets, Art under $100, and more events 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z There’s also an interactive exhibit wherein you can basically put together an old Model T with the assistance of docents. TRAVEL: Detroit history, automobile museums, baseball and music abide in Michigan city 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Readers rave about Museum of Flight docent, rant about broken rental bikes. Rant & Rave: Docent, thanks for excellent Museum of Flight tour 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The new owners are instituting a few changes, including the hiring of a full-time docent who will conduct guided tours. Trio buys boyhood home of ‘Waltons’ creator to keep it open 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Visitors then ride a bus to the historic B Reactor, where former Hanford workers, acting as docents, detail the construction, tense startup and early operations that yielded the first plutonium. Under the mushroom cloud: Will Nagasaki’s story be told at Hanford’s new national park? 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The library says tours will be led by docents who will use “vivid language to describe the building to participants.” Library of Congress offering new tour for visually impaired 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z As we exit the bus, a docent ushers us into the ground-level exhibits, which offer a look back through a timeline of some of Ford’s famous vehicles. TRAVEL: Detroit history, automobile museums, baseball and music abide in Michigan city 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z She was a volunteer education docent at the National Portrait Gallery from 1972 until 1982, when she became a professional staff member. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Washington National Cathedral, docent station at the rear nave, Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues NW. 202-537-8993, www.allhallowsguild.org or misbister@cathedral.org. Religion events from around the Washington area 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Argo calls the set-up a “build your own adventure,” with docents stationed at various stops to provide as much information as guests would like. In Kentucky, farming is a way of life, tourist attraction 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Washington National Cathedral, docent station at the rear nave, Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues NW. 202-537-8993. allhallowsguild.org or misbister@cathedral.org. Religion events from around the Washington area 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “Is this your first visit to the Museum of Sex?” a docent asked Griffin Dunne. A Star of “I Love Dick” Goes to the Museum of Sex 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Snelling had completed three previous research projects at the Grand Canyon and served as a geological docent on more than 30 river trips through the national park. Andrew Snelling, geologist, claims Grand Canyon religious discrimination 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The garden will be in its spring glory, and there will be plenty of docents on hand to identify the incredibly cool plants with unpronounceable names from far corners of the world. Heronswood is better than ever 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The phone rang on a Friday afternoon last December when Nuhn was in Pooler working his volunteer shift as a docent at the National Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force. More than 70 years later, WWII ace finds rest in Beaufort 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Learn how to design your own native garden from fellow homeowners, landscape designers and docents at Los Angeles’ premier garden tour — the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour — on April 1 and 2. Prepare to have garden envy at L.A.'s premier native plant tour 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The society has three full-time employees, 10 part-time employees and 55 active volunteers who act as docents, walking tour guides, board members and event producers. Historical societies fight to stay relevant, draw interest 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Guests will drive themselves to each location, where docents will offer tours and discuss the home’s architectural features and history. Look inside this one-of-a-kind home during the Pasadena Heritage Spring Home Tour 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z She was a docent at the Corcoran Gallery and the National Gallery of Art. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Another docent, Barbara, who belongs to a Methodist church near Emanuel, said that she’d been deeply moved by the victims’ families: “I was blown away by their faith. It was completely unshakable.” Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z A docent guides us through many of the particulars of the senator’s life and achievements and tells of how it was the late senator’s wishes that this place be used to educate America’s future leaders. TRAVEL: Boston boasts amazing restaurants in addition to its history 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z She is also a docent at the Brooklyn Museum, participates in a cooperative art gallery and assists her husband’s business by entertaining customers. Exercise Can Be a Boon to People With Parkinson’s Disease 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Within the museum, Barnes and the performer Anna Bass serve as our athletic docents. Working Out — in a Museum 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The docent, who lives just three miles outside the park, estimates he’s walked past the Pioneer Cabin Tree hundreds of times. An iconic California tree becomes a casualty of this week's storm 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z These days, he gets his tank time as a docent, he said. Detroit aquarium adds piranhas from the Amazon River 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z One day a week, St. Louis Zoo docents Ellen Miller and Donna Mills get in their cars, drive to the menagerie in Forest Park and quietly set about their work: St. Louis Zoo’s ‘Snail Ladies’ crucial to saving species 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Tour two museums under one roof Explore two art collections in one place by joining docents from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery for a joint highlights tour. D.C. community calendar, Dec. 1-8, 2016 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z She marched her children around English stately homes and told us the history of these places, in loud, confident tones; we sometimes feared that she might be mistaken for a docent. Lessons from My Mother 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z In retirement, she was a docent at Washington National Cathedral and the National Gallery of Art. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z As a docent at the Japanese American National Museum, Yasuda sees reminders of prejudice and its consequences every time she climbs the stairs to the museum’s core exhibit. In tough talk on Muslims, Japanese internment survivors feel a dark deja vu 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z As docents, they also talk to youth groups and school classes, which have different outlooks than adults. St. Louis Zoo’s ‘Snail Ladies’ crucial to saving species 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Retiree volunteers provide many valuable services ranging from museum docents to hospital volunteers. 7 Tips for Visiting Disney World With Your Grandchildren 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I used to be a docent at the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and gave historical tours of Chinatown to diverse children. Confronting Racism Against Asian-Americans 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z As a cardiologist, she found high-pressure release in knitting, weaving, pottery and docent work — then she retired, and the Frosts decided to remodel and add on to that dark, dank 1970s house. A Maury Island home elegantly changes its perspective, thanks to a boatload of contributors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z There will be docent tours in Spanish, upon request, as well as an opportunity to learn about the observatory in Puerto Rico. 15 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of October 7-9 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z She was a former docent at the National Gallery of Art and also founded an association dedicated to the appreciation of Japanese culture, called Wa No Kai. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z She was a volunteer reading tutor at the old Syphax Elementary School in Washington, a docent at Washington National Cathedral and a member of the Sulgrave Club in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The Associated Press reported that the museum has been training over 250 docents to help visitors take in and process the artifacts, documents and material depicting the slavery experience. Museum of African American History opens this weekend 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z I am a docent at the National Portrait Gallery. The White House and the arts 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z When I was in the “Music” galleries a week or so ago, with the installation still going on, a group of young women, possibly docents in training, came through on a tour. Review: The Smithsonian African American Museum uplifts, upsets 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The center is considering cutaways covered with Plexiglas on key components such as engines and has applied for a grant to buy period uniforms for docents who conduct tours. Toil, donations restore rusting hulks into WWII museums 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z For perspective, Jim Jones, a docent, stood next to the mural; he looked like a lowercase i. The perfect Route 66 road trip for the Main Street of America’s 90th birthday 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Museum community day Visit “Alison Saar in Print” and the museum’s collection, a docent leads a tour exploring surprising connections across the collection at 1 p.m. - The Washington Post 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z On the way, I am overtaken by one of the garden’s docents. Eight Days of the Corpse Flower: A Diary 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Museum docent Ted Van Buren said collection days will be scheduled for other sites, including the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Detroit museum to collect stories of 1967 riots 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Gov. Maggie Hassan signed into law this week a bill that paves the way for the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce pay the security costs and provide docents to lead tours. New Hampshire Statehouse to soon offer Saturday tours 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z A docent on a Southern plantation recently wrote of white visitors asking if slaves got paid for their work, signed up for jobs they wanted or “appreciated” how well cared-for they were. History not obliged to make you feel good 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Is she going to become a docent at the Natural Museum of History? Megan Fox tackles string theory, the truth behind the pyramids and the 'brainwashed' public 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The docent is really excited; she heard about the bloom at four o’clock and rushed over from Bronxville. Eight Days of the Corpse Flower: A Diary 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z There are no ushers with programs, only docents with a cryptic information sheet about the gallery. At Seattle Public Theater, ‘Caught’ catches audiences off-guard 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z After a tour with a Japanese docent, I wrote my parents, “All I wanted to keep saying was, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry.’ What the Pope Saw at Hiroshima 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, in wars bad things happen,” explained a passing docent to a party of young schoolchildren. Enola Gay is a museum piece unlike the nuclear arms Obama hoped to eradicate 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z A docent will lead a tour of the creatures, flowers and other items made by master smiths using iron. Religion events from around the Washington area 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Cathedral close-up tour: “Forged in Fire: Cathedral Ironwork” For age 10 and older, docents discuss and show unusual uses and designs in the building’s ironwork. D.C. community calendar, April 28-May 5, 2016 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The self-guided walking tour provides entrance to several bungalows in the landmark district, with docents on hand to offer historical background. Tour some of Pasadena's most charming Arts & Crafts-era homes 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Just picture it: a docent leads prospective students on a guided tour of the majestic ASSLaw facilities. ASSLaw is the butt of jokes. So what? | Dave Schilling 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Participants will drive themselves to the houses, where docents will provide guided tours. Architects' own homes the highlight of Pasadena Heritage's spring tour 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z To Wendy Armstrong, a volunteer docent at the Reagan library, the late first lady's legacy was much clearer. Nancy Reagan funeral is Friday; public viewing is Wednesday and Thursday 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Private garden owners — many of whom designed and installed their own landscapes — will be on site to share secrets, as will Theodore Payne docents. Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour showcases 40 landscapes around L.A. 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z He was elected chief of the gallery’s foreign language docents and later of the docent council. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The docent is in on the joke, of course. ASSLaw is the butt of jokes. So what? | Dave Schilling 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z As a volunteer docent, I recently met a group of Chinese scientists visiting the National Air and Space Museum. America and China should team up on deep space exploration 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Roberta Sprague, 84, a former volunteer docent at Lyon Arboretum, no longer climbs up the hillside, but enjoys surveying their yard every morning. Newly landscaped backyard features native plants 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z They were ‘‘worn as a form of protection in the grave, since it was thought you would be confronted by evil spirits,’’ explains Nicole Coverelli, one of the museum’s full-time docents. A Quiet Swiss Town’s Unlikely Treasure: Shoes 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In retirement, he was a docent at the National Gallery of Art, leading tours in Spanish and English. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Upon retirement, she worked as a docent at the National Museum of American History and the National Gallery of Art. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Valenti goes a step further by calling Ghostly a “docent” — a kindly guide to walk a visitor through the gallery, and exit through the gift shop. Ghostly Transcends Its Record Label Roots to Sell an Ethos 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Oh, most docents are decent, but when showing visitors around a historic property, they sometimes let a good yarn get in the way of actual history. The sights (and sounds) of St. John’s, a very historic D.C. church 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z “I distinctly remember one of the docents saying to me, ‘Don’t worry, someday that will change in your church, too.’ Dissatisfied liberal Mormons find refuge in the Community of Christ 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “These should be very familiar to you,” the docent in a skirt that billowed at the hips told one of the wide-eyed visitors, taking a dinner plate from a corner cupboard in the dining room. Actresses in ‘Hamilton’ Take a Trip to a Family Home for a History Lesson 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Cathedral ironwork tour; docents will show the magic of wrought iron in fantastic creatures, flowers and other creations. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z In high school, she was a docent at the library, a long-distance runner and a class valedictorian. Changing the discussion on sexual assault: UCLA grad went from survivor to activist 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The tour is self-guided, and docents will be available at each home to answer questions about the home’s history and restoration, features, designer and past owners. Notable Pasadena homes open to the public for Historic Highlands tour 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z At his urging, Mississippi teenagers work as docents, not only at the center but also at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. ‘Blues can never die’: B.B. King reigned but music lives on 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z A docent shows slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques, followed by an outdoor tour; binoculars and cameras welcome. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z American Gothic Cathedral tour A docent leads a tour of the Gothic artisanship of carvers, weavers, stained-glass artists and others; learn about the building’s Gothic style, its characteristics, purposes and building methods. D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z A docent will lead a tour of the Gothic artisanship of carvers, weavers, stained-glass artists and others and learn about the cathedral’s style, its characteristics, purposes and building methods. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A docent will lead a tour of the cathedral, explaining its history, architecture and art, followed by traditional English tea and a scenic view of the city from the cathedral tower. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z His docent, Rosa Anna Romano, is the widow of an amateur speleologist who helped discover the Grotto of Cervi, a cave on the coastline near Lecce that is decorated in Neolithic pictographs. Centuries of Italian History Are Unearthed in Quest to Fix Toilet 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “Former accountant Derek Bradley,” a would-be docent intones, while leading his tour group toward a clay statue of a scrawny man wearing glasses. When Fantasy Sports Beat Real Ones 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Tanya Traykovski, who has a son in the third grade and degrees in art history, had volunteered to prep the student docents. Going Once, Going Twice 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z A few years later, when she started as a docent, she become more familiar with the impressionists, and noticed the influences from the Japanese prints. ‘Wonderful’ Japanese prints donated to Clark Art Institute 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z They also relish the change of seasons, as well as the area’s rich history: Mr. Tate enjoys volunteering as a docent at the Yorktown Victory Center, as well as visiting Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. The Rub: Remodel or Move? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Like the other plantations along River Road, the Whitney can be seen only through a guided tour — the cost is $22 — and a number of the docents struggled to find the proper tone. Building the First Slavery Museum in America 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Denise M. Fantone, 63, retired director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office and a former docent at the Folger Shakespeare Library, died Jan. 8 at her home in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Denise M. Fantone, 63, retired director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office and a former docent at the Folger Shakespeare Library, died Jan. 8 at his home in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Neaman is among volunteers who work as docents for the museum on Saturdays. Western Pennsylvania library a haven for Civil War history 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Visitors must make reservations in advance and be accompanied by docents. Art Collectors Gain Tax Benefits From Private Museums 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Winter Family Festival Museum docents lead family-friendly crafts, including a printmaking workshop, in connection with the exhibition “The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art.” Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Jan. 8-14 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Cathedral tour “Jewels of Light” For age 10 and older, docents discuss symbols and iconography in the building’s stained glass and tell how to decode the art works’ meanings. D.C. community calendar, Jan. 1-8, 2015 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z By the time Joey was in third grade, he was accepted as a docent on the condition that his dad volunteered with him. Vancouver boy trains for his dream in Portland 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z A docent will lead a tour of the cathedral and explain its history, architecture and art — plus a traditional English tea and a scenic view of the city from the cathedral tower. Religion events from around the Washington area 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z In retirement, she was a docent at the National Building Museum and volunteered with the Friends of Forest Haven and the Maryland Westie Rescue League. Washington-area obituaries of note Gray, 77, is the corresponding secretary of the chapter, and he’s also a docent at the Museum of Flight, where he noticed a display about Bruce that lists him as missing in action. Saluting a Seattle WWII Tuskegee Airman 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Arlo Johnson, a museum docent, said he was told the women would wear bikinis, "but that it would be no worse than a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition." Pinup video on military base raises eyebrows in Utah 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The fourth-grader at Eisenhower Elementary School in Vancouver is the youngest docent at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland. Vancouver boy trains for his dream in Portland 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Close-up tour: needlepoint A docent leads a tour of some of the 1,500 pieces and explains how the exquisite treasures convey messages throughout the building. D.C. community calendar, Nov. 6 to Nov. 13, 2014 It’s the museum’s obligation and reward to keep docents educated and their information current, so the argument that fresh blood is needed is spurious. Hirshhorn docents are not replaceable One of the most vigorous residents at The Sequoias, who hikes regularly and leads museum tours as a docent, recently “went down right on his face,” Ms. Dapper said. Bracing for the Falls of an Aging Nation 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Close-up tour — needlepoint treasures with American heroes, animals, flowers and more, led by cathedral docents who explain how these exquisite arts convey messages throughout the building. Religion events from around the Washington area If you ask to see a particular grave site or are interested in African American history or Victorian-era headstones, the docents will gear that tour accordingly. Congressional Cemetery: A place for all souls No previous experience is required to be a docent. NC State Capitol seeks more volunteer docents 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z I would be hard-pressed to find individuals more dedicated to a museum than its docents. Hirshhorn docents are not replaceable Close-up cathedral tour: 20th century American gothic, a docent leads a tour and discusses the building’s unique characteristics, purposes and building methods and tells why it was built in the Gothic style. D.C. community calendar, Oct. 2-9, 2014 Close-up cathedral tour: 20th century American gothic, a docent leads a tour and discusses the building’s unique characteristics, purposes and building methods, and tells why it was built in the Gothic style. D.C. community calendar, Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2014 They’re not formally trained, but the docents share a core knowledge and “We read, read, read!” as our leader, Lynne Boyle, put it. Congressional Cemetery: A place for all souls He got started as a docent at the Museum of Flight’s main facility in Seattle, then found his way north to the restoration center. Volunteers spend golden years restoring planes 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z This dedication is a large and lasting element of what docents impart to an audience. Hirshhorn docents are not replaceable After the race, docents will offer tours of War of 1812-related graves in the historic cemetery throughout the morning. Reliving the second fight for independence As a past docent of the museum and student at the college, I learned a great deal about the museum’s art collection and history, and I benefited from its many cultural and educational offerings. What would W.W. Corcoran do with his art gallery? As Demarest talked about his work, a docent stopped to join him. Setting Times stories to music: From Radiohead to Frank Sinatra 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z In “Forged in Fire,” a tour of the cathedral’s ironwork, a docent will explain the wrought-iron creatures, flowers and other creations throughout the building. Religion events from around the Washington area Was the Hirshhorn’s rationale a suspicion that the pool of docents gets stale and loses its ability to inspire over time? Hirshhorn docents are not replaceable Cathedral gargoyle tour,a docent shows slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques, followed by an outdoor tour; binoculars and cameras welcome. D.C. community calendar, July 31-Aug. 7, 2014 Apply for a volunteer position as a museum docent, hospital volunteer or tutor. 10 Retirement Lifestyles to Explore 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z After the program, walking tours of Boyle Heights will be led by docents from the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California. Events: Boyle Heights Heroes, Golden Gopher turns 10, bread baking at Grist & Toll 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Shelton, 66, has returned to the factory for the first time since it closed a decade ago, volunteering as a docent for Creative Time, the New York arts organization that commissioned the installation. Recalling Sticky, Hot Job Before Old Domino Sugar Factory Falls 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z If guided tours are no longer popular, allow docents to rove the galleries, clearly identified as available to answer questions. Hirshhorn docents are not replaceable Forged in fire: Cathedral ironwork tour, a docent shows the magic of wrought iron in fantastic creatures, flowers and other unique creations. D.C. community calendar, July 31-Aug. 7, 2014 Cathedral tour, “Jewels of Light,” for age 10 and older, docents discuss symbols and iconography in the building’s stained glass and tells how to decode the artworks’ meanings. D.C. community calendar, July 3-10, 2014 A docent will show slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques, then lead an outdoor tour. Religion events “Over the years we moved to other locations and nearly all returned to work outside the home. We were public school teachers, museum docents, nurse, librarian, editor, administrator.” D.C.’s Historical Society celebrates its birthday as clock ticks down on renovation of Mount Vernon Square All 600 of the Tribute Center’s docents are survivors, victims’ family members, first responders, volunteers who helped in the aftermath or people who lived in the area. 9/11 Memorial Museum opens to the public in New York A docent will show slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques then continue with an outdoor tour of them. Religion events from around the Washington area Shapiro plans to be a docent at the museum, which sought input from curators, educators, architects, preservationists, family members, survivors, first responders, local residents, business owners and others. New York's September 11 Memorial Museum readies for its close-up 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z A docent will lead a tour of the building’s varied styles of stained glass and tell how to read the stories, from creation to U.S. history, contained in them. Religion events It is also suffused with the kind of family history that keeps the docents who lead the monthly tours on their toes. | Long Island: Nature Is All Around, but an Ornate House Is a Draw in Islip 2014-04-26T23:15:58Z In the first proper room of the exhibit, a docent lectured the audience loudly: “The portraits’ backgrounds don’t mean anything. Portrait of a failed president: Inside the art of George W. Bush 2014-04-07T16:32:00Z A docent leads a tour to view the Gothic artisanship of carvers, weavers, stained-glass artists and others and learn about the building’s Gothic style, its characteristics, purposes and building methods. Religion events from around the Washington area 2014-03-28T04:13:04Z A docent leads visitors, age 10 and older, on an in-depth tour of the depictions of women carved in stone and represented on glass. Washington area religion events 2014-03-01T02:48:37Z A docent leads a “spirituality reflections” tour that highlights stories of faithful action and devotion depicted in the building’s glass and stone. Washington area religion events 2013-12-14T04:05:59Z Cathedral tour: “Angels High and Low,” for age 10 and older, docents examine the angel statuary, tapestries, wood carvings and other mediums. Washington area religion events 2013-11-29T23:58:43Z That’s why the exhibit designers and docents use Pentagon-esque “perception management” on the audience, like campaign communications staff or information warfare operators. Portrait of a failed president: Inside the art of George W. Bush 2014-04-07T16:32:00Z A docent leads a “spiritual reflections” tour depicting stories of faithful action and devotion highlighted in the building’s glass and stone. Religion events from around the Washington area 2014-03-28T04:13:04Z Ellis Richard, the founder of Park Rangers for Our Lands, which is a voice for former National Park docents, said that he was impressed with Jewell's conservation message. Obama will use executive powers to conserve lands: Interior secretary 2013-10-31T20:57:18Z Perhaps the most moving part is interacting with docents—former inmates, many of whom served time with Mr. Mandela. Nelson Mandela Tour of Cape Town 2013-10-11T17:13:09Z Cathedral gargoyle tour features a docent showing slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques, followed by an outdoor tour. Washington area religion events 2013-08-23T20:23:44Z Last month, it was closed for the weekend after July 4th, and the following weekend it shut because of a scheduling conflict for the docent, who sits on a chair outside. Museum, All 60 Square Feet of It, Celebrates the Eccentric 2013-08-09T23:13:47Z A docent leads a cathedral tour of creatures, flowers and other items made by master smiths. Washington area religion events 2013-08-03T01:33:50Z Cathedral docents lead an in-depth tour of the building for ages 10 and older to view windows and carvings that recall the American Civil War and its influence on the nation. Washington area religion events 2013-07-06T02:47:41Z Cathedral docents lead an in-depth tour for ages 10 and older to view windows and carvings that recall the American Civil War and its influence on the nation. Washington area religion events 2013-06-30T05:14:30Z A docent will show slides of the building’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques, followed by an outdoor tour. Religion events from around the Washington area 2013-06-22T03:39:04Z This summer, it will offer a camp program and begin training teenage docents. New York Aquarium to Reopen Saturday With Half the Fish 2013-05-24T01:58:37Z The event is based on a book about Stonestreet by Clarence Hickey, an interpretive docent at the Montgomery County Historical Society, who will lead the presentation. Medical museum talk describes the life of a doctor from the Civil War era 2012-09-17T17:29:00Z So do the museum docents and students who come to see firsthand how aesthetics and chemistry rub shoulders. | Astoria: At Modern Art Foundry in Queens, Sculpture Comes to Life 2012-09-08T05:12:02Z Before delving into that cryptic description, let’s focus for a moment on the docents. In Olympic Park, a Deluge From the Sponsors 2012-08-11T17:42:54Z He’s become a docent of decay, the cicerone of Newtown Creek. Mitch Waxman, Tour Guide to Decay 2012-06-16T18:26:51Z Many of them will be on hand during the science festival to discuss their productions with visitors, with docents filling in to engage the public as needed. Green Blog: 'Hidden' Water: Where Does It All Go? 2012-05-30T17:54:55Z He came home delighted with the treasures which he had seen, worked laboriously for a higher examination and passed as “docent” in aesthetics and art history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z His wife, a volunteer docent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, stays in their Birmingham, Michigan, home. Super Commuters Surge as Stuck Homeowners Fly ‘Greyhound’ Routes 2012-02-23T09:50:57Z A volunteer docent leads a wildflower walk through Edgewood Park in Northern California. Green Blog: A Stalwart Park Makes Do With Less 2012-01-31T12:35:38Z James Ulrich, who volunteers as a docent at the Eastman House, thinks back with pride on the greatest summer job ever, traveling the country in a Kodak company car taking pictures of tourists taking pictures. Despite Long Slide by Kodak, Rochester Avoids Decay 2012-01-17T03:51:26Z “There is no single set of plans that design a single machine.” said Tim Robinson, a docent at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. “It was constantly in a state of flux.” Computer Experts Building 1830s Babbage Analytical Engine 2011-11-07T22:34:10Z In general, however, the theological docents at the German universities give a scientific character to their researches and lectures in respect of form and also of matter, so far as the Tridentine limits will allow. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z At the Nixon library, the Watergate exhibition has stirred such tensions that a docent resigned with a blistering attack on Timothy J. Naftali, the director of the library and curator of the Watergate exhibition. What?s a Presidential Library to Do? 2011-09-13T03:56:24Z But if you counted the subterranean Tafts and their neighbors, there were also more than 560,000 “permanent residents,” as a docent cheerfully called the dead. Nocturnalist: Of Birds, Bivalves and Beautiful Views and an Island Gala 2011-06-23T00:08:40Z There, guests smoked mint-flavored tobacco from hookahs and drank Zacapa rum cocktails, while Mr. Leonard, who says he is a classically trained butler, played docent with his collar rakishly unbuttoned. Nocturnalist: Hobnobbing From the Ground Floor Up 2011-04-23T01:49:39Z Visitors wishing docent service, or guidance through the galleries, should make application at the Information Desk. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z She was a past docent at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Dorothy Betz, Linda Green, Judith Heit, Virginia von Fremd, Margaret Shupe, J. Barry Oakes, Ira Norfolk, Fern ????Pat' Snyder die 2010-05-09T04:00:00Z They did not attend the opening ceremony this year and provided it no financial support, and last week, one museum docent resigned his post in protest. What?s a Presidential Library to Do? 2011-09-13T03:56:24Z One mother, a docent at the Metropolitan Museum, organized a special tour there; another, a yoga instructor, led her troop in a yoga class. Private School Girls Stampede to Scouting 2010-04-17T00:53:00Z On bad-knee days like this one, she is the downstairs docent while grandchildren act as tour guides of the upper floors. Gallagher is the Real Estate Queen of Ditmas Park 2010-04-10T00:27:00Z The first room also contains a picture of Charlotte Gillman, 76, of Westbury, who often gives talks and acts as a docent at the center, guiding visitors or answering questions. 2010-02-13T00:47:00Z He became docent or reader in Belles Lettres at the university of Copenhagen, where his lectures were the sensation of the hour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" He was however refused the privilege of becoming a university docent, although he had regularly taken his degree of Dr. Juris. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Freytag's early work as a university docent had particularly fitted him for this sort of writing, and some of his best is contained in these books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 In the University of Leipzig, Dr. E. Schmidt is docent in Anthropology; and the same position is held in Berlin by Dr. Von Luschan. Anthropology As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States In my first year as docent in a German university twenty years ago, I gave throughout the winter semester before several hundred students a course in hypnotism and its medical application. Psychotherapy Instead of that he was appointed docent in æsthetics, Secretary to the Faculty of Philosophy, and Assistant University Librarian. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Later they will bring their fathers and mothers on Sunday and you might hear them explaining the pictures upstairs as if they were the docents of the museum. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers |
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