August 13, 2018 Training Recap

Hello everyone!
It was a wonderful first day back! It was an information-packed morning so I hope I remember everything in this recap.

Today, I introduced our new docents and the new docent handbook (attached and Jill is working on adding it to the docent website). Kaci introduced the group to the new ArtWorks tour components (attached). There were many requests about including emails and mailing address to the docent contact sheet. With this in mind, I've created a Google form for you to fill out called Docent "Face Book". The staff recently created one of staff and board members so I thought this might work well for the docents. This "Face Book" is meant to help connect you to other docents and will be located in the Docent Lounge and sent out digitally to all docents.

Link to Google form: https://goo.gl/forms/0ZBGPsZIolzcrjEv2 

Announcements:

• Our new director, Angie Dodson, will begin on October 1! We are very excited for this new chapter for MMFA and look forward to Angie's arrival!
• Over the summer, the Museum and Huntingdon received library gifts from Amy and Mark Johnson. Selections from this gift are now part of the docent lounge library. If you'd like to see the full list, please let me know and we can share with you. Since we're talking about the docent lounge library, this summer, one of our interns, Aline, organize and catalogued all the books in the lounge. We've created a binder that will stay in the lounge with the complete catalogue and a sign-out/sign-in sheet.
• The Annual Membership Meeting is on September 25 at 4PM with the ribbon cutting of the new sculpture garden to follow.
• Artful Yoga is this Wednesday at noon in Lowder Gallery.
• Military Open House is on August 23rd and will end at 7:30.
• If you know any teens, who are interested in art and art history, have them contact Alice or myself about the AP Art History class and Muses Teen Council.
• Also, if you know of anyone who loves art and is looking to volunteer and you think they might like to be part of the docent program, let me know. We'll be taking applications through the end of the month. 
• The Artistic Literacy Consortium meeting will be on Tuesday, August 21 at 5 to 6:30PM. The purpose of the initial meeting will be to gather ideas from creatives, educators, community leaders, businesses, policy makers, families, and other stakeholders.  We assume that equitable access to the arts is essential for all students and innovators. We need your help to develop a plan to join efforts for our Montgomery students. The meeting will consist of a preliminary brainstorming session to initiate this plan of action.
• If you're interested in volunteering at the Welcome Desk, please contact Meg Hall.