DOCENT COUNCIL

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

Intensive training for docents to conduct school tours for all age levels begins with a three-day orientation, November 17th – 19th , 2008 from 9:00 am-1:30 pm, and continues twice each month on Monday mornings through April 2009. You 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 Docent Program Manager Glenn Wilhite at 760.322.4817 or email gwilhite@psmuseum.org

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, enrichment trips are planned throughout the year.

For more information, please call Glenn Wilhite at 760.322.4817.