TCAMGC Events

TCAMGC tour at WAM, May 4

Twin Cities Art Museum Guide Collaborative (TCAMGC) and the Weisman Art Museum invite you to join us to tour

Vanishing Ice

Friday, May 4, 2018, 11:00am

Showcasing the beauty, significance, and vulnerability of Earth’s frozen lands, Vanishing Ice visualizes the environmental and social impact that climate change has had on alpine and polar regions. A world without ice holds profound consequences for plant and animal habitats as well as human culture. One quarter of Earth’s population (1.9 billion people) relies on glacier-fed rivers for life-sustaining water.

Vanishing Ice offers a glimpse into the rich cultural legacy of the planet’s frozen frontiers. International in scope, the exhibition traces the impact of glaciers, icebergs, and fields of ice on artists’ imaginations – giving another perspective on why ice matters.

RSVP: https://tcamgcvanishingicetourwam.eventbrite.com

Tour limited to 30 people

Meet at WAM’s front desk

This tour is free and open to museum guides and their guests. If you’re bringing a guest(s), please provide their names.

Please remember that by signing up for outreach tours you are making a commitment to your colleagues. If you need to change your plans, please cancel your reservation on the web site so that your spot can be given to someone on the waiting list.

TCAMGC Outreach tour at NCC

From Alison Beech, Community Engagement Manager at Northern Clay Center:

The Twin Cities Art Museum Guide Collaborative and Northern Clay Center invite you to tour:

Expatriate Ceramics, NCC Residential, and the Northern Clay Center facility.

Wednesday April 18^th, 2018: 10:00 – 11:00 am
Meet in the Sales Gallery at Northern Clay Center: 2424 Franklin Ave East MPLS
Parking is available on the West side of the building and there is ample street parking as well. NCC is easily accessed by bus and just a short walk from the Franklin light rail station (METRO Blue Line).
Register yourself and a guest: https://store.northernclaycenter.org/tour-for-tour-guides-from-metro-area-art-museums.html
This tour is free for you and your guest, but space is limited to 45 participants. If you are unable to attend the tour after you have registered, please contact Mackenzie Catton mackenziecatton@northernclaycenter.org or 612.339.8007 x319.

TCAMGC tour at the Walker on January 26

The Walker Art Center invites the Twin Cities Art Museum Guides to tour

Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950.

Guides and Docents, because of the popularity of Adios Utopia, the Walker has added another tour date for Twin CIties Museum guides.

The second tour date is January 26 at 11am and the capacity is 45 people.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR 1/26 TOUR

Meet the tour guides in the main lobby of the Walker (just inside the entrance at 725 Vineland Place), near the information desk.

Please note that guides who were on the waitlist for the first tour who I will be adding to the RSVP list for this second tour.

This tour is free and each guide is invited to bring one guest. Space is limited.

If you are unable to attend the tour after you have registered, please cancel your reservation so that we may open your spot up to someone else.

TCAMGC Outreach Tour at ASI

From Robert Nicholl, American Swedish Institute:

The American Swedish Institute invites the Twin Cities Art Museum Guides to tour:

Fest! Merry Mansion – Nordic Holidays

Friday December 8, 10:00am-11:30am

Meet the tour facilitators in Paulson Hall on the lower level of the historic Turnblad Mansion.

Coffee at 10:00am, tour starts at 10:30am

Fest! is a demonstration in detail of the dramatic ways in which to celebrate the holiday season. Experience one of the region’s most talked about seasonal destinations with Fest! Merry Mansion, the American Swedish Institute’s 2017-18 exhibition of Nordic Holiday Rooms. Explore the unique displays of customs and traditions from the five Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, all set under one elaborately decorated roof, the historic Turnblad Mansion! ASI annually invites a special community guest to participate in the holiday exhibits in the Turnblad Mansion. This year we celebrate the holiday traditions of Romanian origin in an installation produced by the Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans.

This tour is free for you and you are invited to bring a guest with you. Register through the link above. Space is limited. If you are unable to attend the tour after you have registered, please contact Robert Nicholl at robertn@asimn.org or 612-870-3344.

TCAMGC Outreach at Mia: Eyewitness Views

Eyewitness Views

Friday, November 17, 2017

12:30-1:30 PM, at Mia

Gather at the second-floor entry to meet your docents, adjacent to Doryphoros in the Rotunda.

This tour is free and open to museum guides + one guest. If you’re bringing a guest, please register for two people and provide his/her name.

RSVP to Michael Bennes by Thursday, November 16, mbennes@artsmia.org

Note: Michael will be away from the office Nov. 2-8. Leave a message and he will confirm your reservation when returns.

Please remember that by signing up for outreach tours you are making a commitment to your colleagues. If you need to change your plans, please cancel your reservation so that your spot can be given to someone on the waiting list.

WAM Tour – Jizi: Journey of the Spirit 10/20

The Weisman Art Museum invites the Twin Cities Art Museum Guides (TCAMGC) to tour:

Jizi:Journey of the Spirit

Friday, October 20, 11:00am-12:00pm

Meet the tour guides at the front desk on the gallery level 1.

TO REGISTER: https://tcamgcjiziwamtour.eventbrite.com

Jizi: Journey of the Spirit, a memorial retrospective curated with the artist’s son, Chunchen Wang, presents a selection of Jizi’s large scale ink paintings and a monumentally-sized rarely-seen, scroll. For more info visit: http://wam.umn.edu/calendar/jizi-journey-of-the-spirit/

This tour is free and open to museum guides + one guest. If you’re bringing a guest, please register for two people and provide his/her name. Space is limited. Please remember that by signing up for outreach tours you are making a commitment to your colleagues. If you need to change your plans, please cancel your reservation so your spot can be given to someone on the waiting list.

Artist installation and lecture at the Weisman

From Jamee Yung, Director of Education, Weisman Art Museum:

This is a fun opportunity to see an artist install a new commission and attend the lecture. Please forward to your guides.

Artist Talk with Beth Lipman
Wednesday, September 27 | 7:00 p.m.

Lipman will be speaking about her newly commissioned piece at the Weisman, One Portrait of One Man, inspired by WAM’s collection of Marsden Hartley’s art, and how she uses glass compositions to capture a moment in time.

Lipman’s work explores aspects of material culture through still lives, site-specific installations.

You can also see her at work in the galleries installing One Portrait of One Man during museum hours from September 26 – 29.

October event from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

From Courtney Gerber, Minnesota Museum of American Art:

I would like to pass along an event coming up in October that may be of interest to museum staffer and volunteers. Deana Haggag, CEO and President of United States Artists, will be in conversation with Venessa Fuentes (Poet/Jerome Foundation) and Tricia Heuring (Public Functionary/MRAC/St. Mary’s) on October 18^th at 7 p.m. They’ll be speaking about vulnerability, power, and equity related to arts funding, specifically the support of individual artists. Ananya Dance Theater will kick-off the evening with a brief performance. This gathering is being co-presented with the Ordway and will take place there. It’s part of the M’s programming for the exhibition We the People. Please have a look: http://mmaa.org/deanahaggag/

Courtney Gerber|Curator of Learning and Engagement