Engage with art and visitors!
Teaching in the Galleries at the Kemper Art Museum is a student docent program that enables Washington University students, both undergraduate and graduate, to learn about 19th, 20th, and 21st century works of art, and to share this knowledge with Museum visitors.
The Kemper Art Museum offers a stimulating and supportive semester-long training program that encourages personal interaction with the works and presents strategies on how to discuss these works with Museum visitors. Docents also take excursions with members of the education staff to other St. Louis area museums, and are invited to participate in numerous public events. It is also possible for participants to earn two academic credits.
The docent program is a great way for students to broaden their knowledge of art history, share this knowledge with members of the community, build on communication and public speaking skills, and become involved in a professional museum environment. In recent years, student docents have led tours for university classes, K-12 student groups, and Parents Weekend, among others. Past docents have moved on to internships and professional positions at museums and arts organizations across the country, building on their Teaching in the Gallery experiences.
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The spring 2012 semester of the docent program is full. Applications for the fall 2012 semester of the program will be accepted in August.
Contact Stephanie Ruse, School & Community Programs Assistant at ruse@wustl.edu with any questions.
