In museum circles there’s much buzz over Ellen Gamermanʼs recent Wall Street Journal article, “Docents Gone Wild.” In her cautionary piece, Gamerman describes the occasional rogue docent whose performance in the galleries does not measure up to museum expectations—the greying, privileged volunteer who strays off script, misstates facts, or…
It’s rare when most of Joslyn’s education staff calendars align, but when they do we make the most of it. This year we traveled to the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) to meet with their education staff and view their collections and exhibitions. Meet Joslyn’s Education Department Front row,…
Thoughts on this unique display, on view through 2014, by two of its coordinators. What do you get when you ask the staff of an art museum to submit artwork for a staff show? Inter-department collaboration and a lot of artistic talent, apparently. After Hours: Work by Joslyn…