Docents are committed to learning and to maintaining professional standards as museum educators. Training sessions expand our knowledge base and present us with new ideas and techniques for engaging Museum visitors.
2019 Docent Gallery Training
- Guo Pei: Couture Beyond – Carmela Spinelli, SCAD Sample Tour (Docent Training Video), March 2019
- Guo Pei: Couture Beyond – Carmela Spinelli, SCAD, Lecture (Docent Training Video), March 201
2018 Professional Development
- Navajo Style Weaving by Gwen Powell
- Ellen Sue Schneider (Juaneno) and Diania Caudell (Luiseno): Native California Basketweaving Demonstration
- Mark Nelson: Sacred Realms
2017 Docent Training Workshops
2016 Docent Training Workshops
- Alan Purvis, Even a Painter
- Anne Llewellyn, Think Like an Archaeologist
- Annette Barnes, Point of View
- Jean Drum and Meredith Wylie, Bowhotep Mummification
- Karen Rote, Children As Docents
- Marci Cortese, ART CART
- Martha Morrison, Refresh the Basics (Transitions)
- Pam Spindola, Good Questions West Mexico
- Rhonda Nalisnik, Fire Station M and R
- Rita Slayton, Earth, Sea and Sky
- Sylvia McWilliams, Approach Engage Transition
- Terry Fyne, Baskets of Memories
2015 Docent Training Workshops: Interactive Ideas Using Artifacts
- Becky McReynolds, China Calligraphy
- Marilee Nielsen, China Ceramics
- Jean Drum, China Guanyin Mudras
- Rhonda Nalisnik, China Silk
- Mary Conway, Spirits Feast Bowl
- Bill Trammell, Spirits Gable Mask
- Karen Rote, Spirits Kina Shell
- Christine Alderson, Spirits Child’s Slit Gong Drum
Workshop Videos
- Mummification of Pharaoh Bowhotep, Jean Drum & Meredith Wylie, April 2016
- Fire Station, Rhonda Nalisnik, April 2016
- Red Interactive Station, Christine Dickey, October 2015
- Asking Good Questions, Pam Spindola, April 2016
- Point of View, Annette Barnes, April 2016