The Palm Springs Art Museum’s docent council is made up of generous volunteers who love art and love sharing the treasures of the art world with our guests! Council members receive extensive training in art tours and talks and are rewarded with camaraderie, lectures, special art workshops, yearly trips and the smiles of visitors!
Docent Training
Lecture Hall
If you’ve ever wanted to help open the eyes and mind of a child to the wonders of art, now is your chance. Intensive training for docents to conduct school tours for all age levels begins with a three-day orientation, October 8-10 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm, and continues twice each month on Monday mornings through April 2008. You will learn age-level appropriateness, discover how to make a tour happen using questions, and explore the Art Museum’s wonderful collections and much more. Spanish-speaking applicants are especially desired! Candidates should be outgoing, interested in art and anxious to learn new things.
For more information, please call Glenn Wilhite at 760.325.7186 x 117 or email .
Docent Reward Trip
With sufficient funding in place to provide transportation for any and all Coachella Valley school children to the Art Museum, things are jumping for the Docent Council. Every day busses pull up and let out dozens of children for two-hour Writing in the Museum and Eyes On Hands On tours and the Docents are happy to oblige!
As a reward for their hard work, an enrichment trip is planned to Disney Hall in Los Angeles for a Sunday afternoon philharmonic concert in March.
For more information, please call Education Coordinator Glenn Wilhite at 760.325.7186 x117.
The Museum's permanent collection of more than 55,000 objects features art of the Americas and 20th-century California art. The collection includes modernist and contemporary painting and sculpture, Western American art, Native American and Mesoamerican art and artifacts, contemporary studio glass art, photography, modern architecture and design, and graphics/works on paper.
