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Welcome to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Library Docent Wiki Site
A service of the //Mary and Edwin Meader Fine Arts Library// Our collection covers art history, information on artists, and materials focusing on art techniques.

Library hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Contact us at library@kiarts.org or call 269-349-7775, ext.3166

Research Tools and Resources
1. **Temporary** **Exhibition Information**
 * Current Exhibitions
 * Coming Exhibitions
 * Past Exhibitions


 * 2 . Docent Resources and Information**

**Recording Your Docent Hours**
>> >> === === > Click here to see the online version at Art in America website
 * Docent time sheet
 * To check your Docent Time Sheet entries
 * Click here
 * Find the date and your name (sorted by first name)
 * If you don't see your entry, your time has not been recorded
 * Try entering your time again in a couple of days
 * When you're done, close the Docent Time Sheet window
 * The Powerpoint file below explains Time Sheet and SignUp.com procedures
 * Collection/Object Information and Resources**
 * E-Museum- The KIA Collection Online: []
 * Summary descriptions of works from the KIA Permanent Collection
 * Docent papers: Short papers by candidate docents on works from the KIA Permanent Collection
 * [[file:2017 KIA Docent Handbook.pdf|Docent Resource Guide - aka Docent Handbook]]
 * [[file:Study object information.pdf|Touch Art Tour Study Object Information]]
 * Docent Training KIA Collection, February 2015
 * Inventing Pop Abstraction, article on Nicholas Krushenick, by Stephen Westfall, Art in America (print version available in KIA library), February 2015, p. 74-81.


 * National Docent Symposiums Information**
 * Materials from the National Docent Symposium 2015, including PowerPoints, documents, and lecture notes. Such titles as "Collaborative Process for Creating a Writing/Sketching School Program"; "Engaging Through Touch: Tours for the Visually Impaired," by Michelle Stempien, Tracy Klinesteker, and Frank Wolf; "Home School Tours: Formulating a New Approach"; and more.[[file:2017 Presentation.pdf]][[file:Creative_Explorers Manual.pdf]]


 * Working with students with autism-spectrum disorder** (ASD)


 * 3. Educational Materials from other museums**
 * Beverly Pepper: //[[file:bev.pepper.meijerg.pdf|Palingenesis, 1962-2012]]//, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park May 25-August 26, 2012
 * Picturing America (10/2012, National Endowment for Humanities) [[file:Picturing America Educator's packet-2.pdf|Teacher Packet]]


 * 4. Art-Related Web Resources**
 * How to use Metropolitan Museum of Art ebooks in KIA library's collection.
 * [|The Art Story:] Your Guide to Modern Art. "Art Movements, Artists, Theory and the Progression of Art at your Fingertips."
 * [|Artist Daily Blog]
 * [|MoMA Learning], a comprehensive art resource from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
 * [|Metropolitan Museum of Art: Looking to Connect with European Paintings: Visual Approaches for Teaching in the Galleries]
 * Moche Portraits From Ancient Peru,UCLA Faculty Research Lectures (video)
 * Artist biography resources from the Smithsonian. (Search artist by name in "Search the site" window).
 * The Docent Educator: The Quarterly Journal for Dedicated Educators


 * 5. KIA Library Resources**
 * Library catalog
 * List of Exhibits held at the KIA since 1960-2009
 * List of Current Periodicals available in the library
 * List of Artists with files in the KIA permanent collection
 * Library of Congress call numbers for art-related topic


 * 6. Research Guides**
 * Doing Research in the KIA Library
 * Using Electronic Resources in the KIA Library