- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Docent at the Seattle Asian Art Museum
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Art Museum
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Volunteer at the Seattle Art Museum! Docent applications for the Seattle Asian Art Museum are now open. Docents are in the galleries, leading tours, engaging with visitors and helping SAM in our mission to connect art to life.
To apply: Please visit http://visitsam.org/careers to submit an application and be prepared to upload a document with responses to the following short-answer questions. Respond to each prompt in 100-400 words.
- Why do you want to become a docent at a museum dedicated to Asian art?
- What relevant experience, education, or training would you like to share?
- One of the museum's core values is Equity: We are responsive to cultural communities and experiences, and we think critically about the role art plays in empowering social justice and structural change to promote equity in our society. We are dedicated to racial equity in all that we do.
- How do you foster an equitable and respectful space for people and their differences?
- What do you feel is the role of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in the community, particularly in a region with a significant Asian American history?
Deadline: May 19, 2019
Questions? Please reach out to Yaoyao Liu ( yaoyaol@seattleartmuseum.org or 206-654-1389).
More opportunities with Seattle Art Museum
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Seattle Art Museum
Location:
1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, US
Mission Statement
SAM provides a welcoming place for people to connect with art and to consider its relationship to their lives. SAM is one museum in three locations: Seattle Art Museum downtown, Seattle Asian Art Museum at Volunteer Park, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the downtown waterfront. SAM collects, preserves, and exhibits objects from across time and across cultures, exploring the dynamic connections between past and present.
Description
The Seattle Art Museum is an encyclopedic museum with collections housed in three locations: the newly expanded downtown building with galleries displaying a selection of the museum's holdings in Asian, African, Northwest Coast Native American, European, American, Modern and Contemporary Art; theSeattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, which focuses on the museum's significant holdings of Asian art; and the Olympic Sculpture Park which connects modern and contemporary sculpture and environment in a stunning urban waterfront setting.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1300 1st AveSeattle, WA 98101
DATE POSTED
April 16, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Training: 3 hours on first and third Thursdays from August 2019-December 2019. Touring: 1-2 hours every week with about 10 hours of additional preparation and training per month.
- Docents are expected to use email, word processing software, and search the internet. Most communications, readings, and assignments are done electronically.