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PRESCOTT ART DOCENTS — Serving the Community by Providing Art Education to Children and Adults

Who
Prescott Art Docents (PAD) is a non-profit volunteer service organization located in Prescott, Arizona and enjoys an affiliation with the Phoenix Art Museum.

What
Offering a wide variety of art outreach programs, Prescott Art Docents is a group of men and women who are invited into the schools and community in the Tri-City area (Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley).

Why
Prescott Art Docents provides this service because we value art, enjoy working with young people and adults, and are dedicated to furthering art education and appreciation in our local schools and community.

Luncheon of the Boating Party — Pierre Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)

How
To become a docent in Prescott Art Docents, you join, pay a membership fee, and begin the art-training program, which prepares members to go into the classroom and community equipped with the language of art, an art history education, and public speaking experience.

Where
Prescott Art Docents meets every Monday for enrichment lectures on art at the Prescott Fine Arts Association (PFAA) building. Hospitality begins at 10:00 A.M. in the Art Gallery followed by the program in the theater from 10:30 – 11:45 A.M.

FIND OUT MORE!

Community Outreach

Docent Training

Other Opportunities

Monday Speakers

Our guest speakers come from many areas
and include artists of all media, art critics, curators, photographers, professors, docents from Phoenix Art Museum and many other art experts.

There is a clear link between arts participation and community health. Put simply, Americans who read books, attend theater, and engage in other arts are more active in community life than those who do not.

Healthy communities depend on active citizens. The arts play an irreplaceable role in producing both those citizens and communities. — Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts

"I sometimes feel run down and very discouraged about the state of the world and even of my country, but then I take an art presentation into a classroom full of bright and enthusiastic children and my battery is recharged." — Doris, PAD Docent

Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh — Dutch, 1853-1890