Courtesy of Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University. Hillary Bober is the Archivist at the Dallas Museum of Art. Others include: Eloise Blondel, Dorothy Brake, Caroline Daniel, Ellen Dennis, Carolyn Dodson, Sybil Edwards, Patsy Eldridge, Ann Cushing Gantz, Estella Henkel, Wanda Hill, Margaret Hull, Frances Jenkins, Annelies Kahn, Dorothy Kay King, Rita Mallett, Virginia Oechsner, Martha Jane Reed, Coreen Spellman, Jane Stare, Ruth Tears, and Peggy Wilson. These are just three of the many women who taught at the Museum School from 1941 to its closure in 1970. Doyle had work selected for 10 juried exhibitions held at the DMFA, and two works in the permanent collection. She also taught art for the Dallas Independent School District from 1935-1972.
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Doyle taught children’s painting classes at the Museum School from the 1940s-1960s, later joining the museum full time as Education Director and Registrar. Mary Doyle (1904-2000) was a printmaker, painter and watercolorist, but her favorite mediums were serigraphy and silk screen.
In February however, the experience will be taken to another level, with three workshops taking place on Thursday 1st February, Friday 2nd February and Saturday 3rd February, hosted by Art of Aufguss Champion Lay Pang Ong himself.Right: Mary Doyle, Texas Oranges, 1953, serigraph, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the artist, 1954.3
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Experience the art of AufgussĪt Rudding Park they now offer free 10 minute sauna ceremonies whenever possible as part of the wider spa experience: “the most we have ever had is 35 people in the sauna at one time” says Matthew who has been struck by the popularity of the practice and the positive feedback. Circulating the aromatic air leaves the participants both mentally and physically revived. Much like any sauna experience, the benefits of the practice range from a meditative state of mind to improving cardiovascular strength, boosting the immune system, as well as alleviating stress and pain. Having bought flights for Pang to come to the UK and train three members of the Rudding Park team, as well as working with spa members and guests, the enthusiasm he engendered was palpable, so they decided to create regular performances from then on.
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It was like nothing I had experienced before and I thought we must have a saunameister when we open our new spa! After the trip I set about finding someone who could come and train our team to do the same thing, but after a year of asking I wasn’t getting anywhere, until I went to Professional Spa and Beauty and someone put me in touch with Sauna Meister, Lay Pang Ong, who is based in Copenhagen and is well-regarded as a pioneer of sauna reinvention.” Matthew says: “the first time I saw the art of Aufguss I was on a skiing holiday with my wife in Austria, and they had a sauna meister who lead the experience.
“Practitioners guide you through experiences such as ‘the Sahara’ for example” says Matthew, continuing: “in world championships for example, they have fancy dress versions - it’s a really interesting and an all round experience that encompasses all the senses.” Bringing the art of Aufguss to Rudding Park It includes a theatrical towel waving performance that encourages the flow of the heat towards the guests, which itself has therapeutic benefits, while other sensations are also introduced to the experience such as balls of ice scented with aromatherapy oils, and an array of temperatures over the course of the experience. Taking on a variety of different formats, the sauna ceremony Matthew experienced was an hour long and was accompanied. What is the art of Aufguss?Ī ritual originally derived from the Red Indians of North America but it was the Germans who introduced the concept into spas. Now brought to the UK by the innovative team at Rudding Park, Spa Director Matthew Mackaness describes it as ‘theatre meets sauna’, and it is his brainchild to bring the artform to UK spa goers.
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