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FRIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS CALL FOR DOCENTS
Release Date: 5/18/2007
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NASHVILLE, TENN.—(May 18, 2007)— The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is currently recruiting volunteers to serve as Weekday Docents, who give exhibition tours primarily to school groups, pre-school through grade 12. Docent candidates need to be available weekdays, most often in the morning. Applications for these volunteer positions will be accepted through July 27, 2007.
Docents are volunteer teachers, or tour guides, who are specially trained to educate and interact with museum visitors about art through the Frist Center’s exhibitions.
The Frist Center strives to stimulate and nourish visitors’ appreciation, understanding, and creativity in the visual arts through a wide-range of educational and entertaining programs for all ages. An integral part of this mission is the Frist Center’s active docent program.
Docents will be selected after a review of applications and brief interviews with members of the Frist Center education department and several active docents. Following general volunteer training in September, docent-specific training will begin the week of Oct. 8, 2007 and continues through March 2008. Docents will receive training in art history and art education practices, in addition to specific touring strategies. All training will take place at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Frist Center docents have access to all exhibitions, special volunteer events, continuing education training, and exhibition-specific training, which includes curatorial lectures and previews. All volunteers at the Frist Center receive a discount of 25 percent in the café and 10 percent in the Frist Center gift shop.
For additional information and to download an application, visit the Volunteer section of the Frist Center’s website, http://fristcenter.org/site/volunteer/docent.aspx or contact Anne Taylor, curator of interpretation at the Frist Center at 615-744-3350 or by email at ataylor@fristcenter.org. Applicants should also include a brief statement of their interest in the docent program and any background in art. Interviews for qualified applicants will occur by appointment in August 2007.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is an art exhibition center dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, regional, U.S. and international sources in a program of changing exhibitions. The Frist Center’s Martin ArtQuest Gallery features over 30 interactive stations relating to Frist Center exhibitions. Gallery admission to the Frist Center is free for visitors 18 and under and to Frist Center members. Frist Center admission is $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and military, and $6.50 for college students with ID. Thursday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., admission is free for college students with a valid college ID. Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling (615) 744-3246. The Frist Center is open seven days a week: Mondays through Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., with the Café opening at noon. Additional information is available by calling (615) 244-3340 or by visiting our Web site at www.fristcenter.org.
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