Your Docent Meeting Resources
Cohort III
Cohort III Master Schedule updated September 28, 2023
ZMA Docent Pocket Checklist Compressed
Elements of a Tour Power Point
Friday, January 26, 2024, 10am to 12pm, in the Linn Auditorium
Meeting Topic: Field Day!
Have fun practicing with all the tools in your docent tool bag!
Agenda
Friday, January 12, 2024, 9am to 11am, in the American Art Pottery Gallery
Meeting Topic: American Art Pottery
Agenda
Friday, December 1, 2023, 10am to 12pm, in the Yan Sun Gallery
Meeting Topic: Yan Sun Gallery
Session PowerPoint Slides
Thursday, November 30, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the Shirley Gorsuch Gallery
Meeting Topic: Shirley Gorsuch Gallery
Session PowerPoint Slides
Friday, October 20, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the 2nd Floor Linn Auditorium and Ayers Gallery
Meeting Topic: Information Session: Ayers Gallery
Friday, October 6, 2023, 10am to 12pm, in the 3rd Floor Arts of Ohio Galleries
Meeting Topic: Information Session: Arts of Ohio Galleries
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the Linn Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Meeting Topic: Information Session: Sculpture
Friday, September 15, 2023, 10am to 12pm, in the Linn Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Meeting Topic: What is in the ZMA Galleries?/Sculpture
Agenda
Session PowerPoint Slides
Additional Resources:
Friday, August 25, 2023, 10am to 12pm, in the Linn Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Meeting Topic: Understanding Audiences
In Your Face: Reading Non-Verbal Communication Handout
Session PowerPoint Slides
Additional Resources:
Friday, July 21, 2023, 10am to 12pm, in the Gorsuch Gallery, 1st Floor
Meeting Topic: ZMA Exhibitions
Updated Master Schedule updated July 18, 2023
Additional Resources:
Making an Exhibition, Episode 1
Making an Exhibition, Episode 2
Making an Exhibition, Episode 3
Making an Exhibition, Episode 4
Thursday, June 29, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the Library, 1st Floor
Meeting Topic: The Heart of a Tour
Thursday, June 8, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the Linn Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Meeting Topic: Elements of a Tour/Prompt Questions and Pivoting
Prompt Questions Handout
Pivot Statements Handout
Prompt/Pivot Worksheet
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 3pm to 5pm, in the Linn Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Meeting Topic: Tour Welcome and Tour Closing
Friday, May 5, 2023, 10:00am to 12:00pm, in the Works on Paper Gallery, 2nd Floor.
Meeting Topic: Modernism
Docent Training Questions to Consider as You Develop Your Tours
19th Century, Modernism, Contemporary
Friday, March 17, 2023, 10:00am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in the Linn Auditorium
Meeting Topic: ZMA to Go
Cohorts I and II will give ZMA to Go presentations to Cohort III.
Friday, March 10, 2023, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in the Linn Auditorium
Meeting Topic: Renaissance Art
Agenda
How Art Can Help You Analyze
Tools of Visual Analysis
Recognizing Renaissance and Baroque Art
PowerPoint Slide Deck
ZMA Object Research
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 6:00 pm—7:00 pm, at the ZMA, in the Great Gallery
Cohorts I and II*
(*Cohort III, this is a free, public event. Please feel free to come, but this is not considered a required meeting for you.)
Meeting Topic: Observations in Oil: Paintings by Frederick Fochtman.
This is Fred’s Gallery Talk. Please come prepared with questions about the exhibition.
Friday, February 17, 2023, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, Library
Cohort III
Meeting Topic: Ancient Art at the ZMA
Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in Linn Auditorium
Cohort III
Meeting Topic: Understanding Art Part II and Next Steps of the Docent Program
Meeting Materials:
Saturday, December 3, 2022, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in the Education Classrooms
Cohort III
Meeting Topic: Principles of Design
Meeting Materials:
Additional Resources
Friday, December 2, 2022, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in the Education Classrooms
Cohort III
Meeting Topic: Elements of Art
Meeting Materials:
Additional Resources
Friday, September 23, 2022, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in Linn Auditorium
Meeting Topic: Understanding Art: Beauty and Representation
Meeting Materials:
Agenda
PowerPoint
What are Museum Didactics?
Sample of ZMA Museum Didactics
Additional Resources
Friday, September 9, 2022, 10:00 am—12:00 pm, at the ZMA, in Linn Auditorium
Meeting Topic: ZMA History and Policies, Museum Didactics, The Docent Portal
Meeting Materials:
PowerPoint
Additional Resource Articles:
ZMA History
Privacy Policy
Museum Information
Staff Information
What are Museum Didactics?
Sample of ZMA Museum Didactics