Remembering a colleague & making visitors feel welcome

By Nancy Pfau, Museum Docent

There are so many "perks" to being a Docent at Fenimore Art Museum -- lunch on the terrace on beautiful days with the lake and the incredibly beautiful plantings as background! This year our staff room, "The Rusty Roland Room," has a computer plus snazzy new chairs in an animal print -- we feel very special. What a great way to memorialize a former docent!

But best of all are the chances to meet fascinating visitors. Joyce and Mike Stern from Philadelphia requested a tour -- I know I learned as much from them as they did from me! Since retiring, their vacations are spent traveling around to regional art museums. They were very impressed with both special exhibits [Edward Hopper and Prendergast to Pollack] and wondered how the Fenimore was lucky enough to get such treasures. I remarked that we have excellent curators and Mike said he thought the State Department should look to museums for our Diplomatic Corps!

Head Start Day

By Nancy Pfau, Museum Teacher

On top of all the other special reasons to visit the Fenimore Art Museum, the magnificent floral arrangements are a constant delight, changing dramatically as the seasons ripen from Spring to Summer to Fall!

May 10th was Head Start Day at the museum, a day when local Head Start students are invited to bring a parent or guardian with them to tour the collection. A rare treat for the docents, as well, to see the museum through the eyes of 3 and 4 year old children!