Docent Tours
Summary of preparation
We will train the docents about the Beijing "Future City" on Wednesday, October 28, at 3:30 pm. Please meet that day at the Portland Art Museum lobby.
To transform ourselves into "foreign experts" (neihang) on the "Future City:"
1. please select 3 objects that grab you visually and conceptually from the PDF file containing all of the Beijing-related objects and pictures in the show, and email your choices to Lisa by Sunday, September 20.
2. I will cull through everyone's preferences, and then assign each of you 1 structure/object to research, as well as bibliography to help you in the research process.
3. On Wednesday, October 14, we will circulate a document that has the "talking points" of each of the objects we want to address in the tour as well as a 1-page narrative description about what you think the best teaching plan would be. Keep in mind that tours in the gallery last about 45-50 minutes, and while our tour will be a relatively in-depth exploration of Beijing, the docents also will be teaching the public about Shenzhen and Shanghai. So we can't weigh them down with too much information. In preparation for drafting this document, please post your talking points to the blog by Tuesday, October 13, at noon.
4. On Monday, October 26, we will do a run-through of our gallery tour together, at 3:30. The Museum is closed on Mondays, so we will need to meet at the Sculpture Garden door to be admitted.