Volunteering

What do Volunteers Do?

We have many volunteer opportunities at Green Hill and ArtQuest. The duties range from helping out in ArtQuest with tours and visits, to office and clerical support. We need volunteers for one day events like Collectors Choice or ongoing support in the Sales Gallery or the administrative offices. Please look over the below opportunities and feel free to call us at Green Hill to further discuss any options that you are interested in.

Volunteer Benefits

Invitations to Special Events
Tour of each exhibition by Director of Green Hill
Invitation to our Annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
10% discount on rentals of the Gallery, ArtQuest Birthday Parties, Workshops and Camps.

Volunteer Positions
  GROUP TOUR ORGANIZER
The Group Tour organizer would assist our curatorial and education departments with scheduling of group tours for adults. Our goal is to reach out into the community and bring new audiences into the gallery to experience the exhibitions. This job is great for someone who is organized and likes to work on his or her own. You should feel comfortable dealing with the public and different organizations. Our curatorial or education department will give the tours. This job does not include scheduling tours for children to ArtQuest.
   * Flexible hours, ability to work on his or her own
   * Involves research, scheduling and confirmation of tours
   * Involves contacting organizations like retirement homes, colleges, garden clubs, book clubs, etc

  PROGRAMS
The programming volunteer position will assist the staff in bringing a variety of arts programs to Green Hill visitors and the public at large. We are interested in showcasing other arts besides visual and expanding our collaboration with other arts organizations. This job has flexible hours and can be done at home. We are looking for someone comfortable planning events and who knows the arts community.
   * Program cultural events like musical recitals, dance performances, poetry readings for Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the gallery
   * Research, contacting, scheduling and helping promote programs

  SHORT TERM ASSIGNMENTS
We sometimes need help with jobs on an as-needed basis. We will send out a general “call” for help by mail/email/telephone and you can decide if the time, or job works for you.
   * Stuffing, labeling, sorting of mailings
   * Assist with distribution of materials and flyers around town
   * Taking a shift at our booth at fairs and festivals
   * Help in the gallery as a monitor during festivals and for special events

  RESEARCH/ARCHIVIST
Our research position will help us preserve our organization’s history and help us serve as a resource to artists, educators and collectors. Volunteer will maintain accurate archives of our exhibitions and programs with the use of scrapbooks, slide libraries and resource libraries. This position has flexible hours. We need someone who works well on his or her own and enjoys the organizational and creative skills of scrapbooking.
Maintain and update archival scrapbooks
Organize and arrange materials/articles/photos
Maintain and update the resource library
Maintain slide library

  PHOTOGRAPHY
Taking photographs with digital camera of special events, festivals, programs, and receptions. Green Hill will provide the digital camera. This would involve 8-10 events per year and can be shared with several volunteers. We need someone who is comfortable taking pictures at events and programs in a variety of settings.

  GALLERY INSTALLATION
If you like to get your hands dirty, this job is for you! The installation of each exhibition takes lots of hard work and is done in a relatively short time period. We need people who are interested and comfortable with this kind of work and whose schedule is flexible enough to handle our sporadic time commitments. The installation of an exhibition is exciting and good for people who like to work as part of a team.
  * Assist the curator with installation of work
  * Touch-up painting, and spackeling
  * Ready exhibition for opening

  SPECIAL EVENTS
Green Hill puts on two annual fund-raisers and many special events throughout the year. We always need help for these events. These positions are generally fun for the volunteers while at the same time helping Green Hill raise money. We will send out a general ‘call’ for help by mail/email/phone and you can decide if the time, or job works for you.
  * Some of those positions are: cashier, reservation table, art wrappers, red dot runners, auction monitors, name tag tables, etc.

   SALES GALLERY
Our Sales gallery is an important showcase for North Carolina artists as well as a great place to shop. People with art or retail experience would enjoy helping with arrangements and organization of the storage area.
  * Help shop manager with inventory, pricing, arrangement
  * Organizing of storage area
  * Special exhibitions

  ARTQUEST FACILITATOR
The volunteer will act as facilitator for the visitors (children and adults) experiencing the gallery. You will learn the philosophy and goals for each of the hands-on exhibits and how to interact with visitors to promote and foster creativity and learning. All positions require a background check. You will be:
  * Working with a varied client base
  * Helping with the maintenance of the ArtQuest work studio
  * Developing projects and themed activities for the exhibits if interested

  OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS

Outreach volunteers can have the choice of helping with events and festivals, or with regular afterschool programs. With our outreach programs busier than ever, this position will give ArtQuest staff greatly needed support.
  * Greeter - someone to greet families, pass out information, and answer questions about our organization
  * Assist staff with visitors and with set-up and clean-up


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