Art Fair Weekend Volunteers Needed!

Job Description l Art Fair Volunteer

Organization: Maple Grove Arts Center

Time: From 2 hours to whole weekend as desired

Salary: Volunteer

Reporting to: Art Fair Director

The Maple Grove Arts Center is a 501c3 nonprofit arts center. Their mission is: To provide fine art, musical and theatrical exploration and appreciation opportunities.

The arts center’s vision: To become highly visible, vibrant, financially stable organization, offering quality art, education and art appreciation with extensive community participation, outreach and patron involvement.

We are looking for volunteers who can give a minimum of 2 hours to as much as they feel able, over the weekend of July 13th & 14th, 2024. We are presenting our annual art fair at The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes and need volunteers to help that happen.

It is an outdoor venue and we will be following COVID restrictions as they apply to our event at that time. We will need you to sign a disclaimer.

It’s a fun event during the summer and you will be able to chat to artists and see their work firsthand.

Tasks and Responsibilities include:

• Booth sitting - you do not have the responsibility to sell items, just watch over them whilst the artist takes a much-needed break. You are not responsible for loss or damage.
• Walking around handing out water, COVID supplies as required to artists.
• Directing the public and answering basic questions or directing them to someone else that can help.
• Assisting artists, if needed with booth set-up or take down, if you pick the first shift on Saturday or the last one on the Sunday.
• Ad-hoc duties as asked by Art Fair Director or other Maple Grove Arts Center staff.

If you are interested, please add yourself into our SignUp Genius form to log your details. Either

Gretch Mickelson or Lise Spence-Parsons will contact you nearer the event.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050444A9AB2BA4FF2-46483184-2024

Thank you for your help to promote and kick start the arts in Maple Grove!