Twin Cities Art Museum Guide Collaborative


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 18th, 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 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.


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.

Register to attend

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.