Volunteer Jobs & Responsibilities

Ongoing Gallery Operations

• Receptionists greet visitors to the gallery, manage phone calls, handle gift and art sales and help with other duties as needed. Weekdays during regular hours; minimum one day per week.
• Office assistants may either come in on a regular basis or help out as requested to collate and prepare mailers, enter data into the computer, prepare exhibit labels, etc.
• Gallery Docents are trained to lead visitors through the gallery, introducing them to the venue, its history and generally about its programs and events.
• Art Docents are trained to lead small groups, usually elementary school students, through the exhibits. The Education Committee prepares scripts and does the training. Weekdays during gallery hours.
• 3rd Saturday hosts help at regular 3rd Saturday receptions. This may include greeting, counting visitors, helping in the kitchen, etc.  during opening receptions on the 3rd Saturdays of the month, 6-9pm.
• Exhibit installation team helps the curator prepare the gallery for exhibitions—including painting, preparing display forms and hanging and placing artwork. Generally weekdays during regular hours, the week before 3rd Saturdays.
• Helpers for children’s art activities for Saturday children’s activities lead young visitors through simple and defined hands-on art activities. Saturdays, 1-4pm. From time to time, during other scheduled events, on and off-site.

Annual Events

• Serving on an event planning committee involves meeting regularly with a committee leading up to the scheduled event and carrying out responsibilities as determined in those meetings, including helping out the day of the event.  Meetings are generally on weekdays but can be customized according to the availability of the committee.
• Volunteers are also need to help just on the day of the event.

Committees

• Generally board and staff will invite volunteers to serve on standing committees as they become acquainted with the volunteers and their special abilities.

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Sam Leaden, Gallery Intern, Summer 2010

Volunteer, Annie Rolls serving as receptionist