The Boston Center for the Arts accepts applications year-round for volunteer Gallery Attendants in the Mills Gallery. The Volunteer Program offers an opportunity to gain experience and knowledge of a non-profit arts organization and to gain insight into the Boston arts community. Gallery Attendants are the face of the BCA and an important link between our programs, gallery and our public. They oversee the safety of exhibited work while creating a welcoming environment for visitors. They are also required to attend mandatory gallery and visitor service training. Gallery Attendant responsibilities include: •Opening and closing gallery •Enforcing gallery rules in a polite but firm manner •Collecting visitor information •Becoming knowledgeable about the exhibit and artists on view as well as BCA-wide programs •Initiating and encouraging dialogue with and among visitors •Serving as a general resource for our public by providing information about BCA programs, exhibits, performances and events •Assisting in event/performance production in the gallery We offer Attendants: •Invitations to exclusive talks given by artists, performers, curators, etc •Valuable visitor service training including an introduction to educational theories and techniques •Professional gallery operations experience •Opportunities to work with BCA staff, as well as artists, curators, special guests •Opportunities to create new relationships and networks
Qualifications:
•Enthusiasm and interest in the arts •Desire and experience in engaging visitors
•Enthusiasm and interest in the arts •Desire and experience in engaging visitors
How To Apply:
Volunteer Gallery attendant applications are available to download on www.bcaonline.org. Please see the “Internships and Volunteering” tab under the “About the BCA” menu. For more information contact cwoo@bcaonline.org
Volunteer Gallery attendant applications are available to download on www.bcaonline.org. Please see the “Internships and Volunteering” tab under the “About the BCA” menu. For more information contact cwoo@bcaonline.org
Apply by:
April 23, 2015
April 23, 2015
About this Organization:
The Boston Center for the Arts is an historic nonprofit performing and visual arts complex that supports working artists to create, perform and exhibit new work; builds new audiences and connects art to community. It provides a welcoming and intimate environment that invites public participation, and conversation to bring audiences and artists together; and to create a resource for urban youth and neighborhoods; with family-free admissions and discounts and age-appropriate activities to complement performances and exhibitions.The BCA is located in Boston’s South End, the largest landmark district in the United States. The BCA is a four acre complex that includes: The Cyclorama, built in 1884 to display a panorama painting, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 23,000 square foot Cyclorama rotunda is now the site of exhibitions, performances and community events and houses the Community Music Center of Boston, the Art Connection, the Boston Ballet Costume Shop, three small theaters and a rehearsal studio. The Tremont Estates Building, originally an organ factory built in 1850, now houses over 50 artist studios, the Mills Gallery, two rehearsal spaces and Hamersley’s Bistro. Boston Ballet’s headquarters, a 1991 building designed by noted architect Graham Gund, houses rehearsal and administrative spaces, and a ballet school. For more information, please visit, www.bcaonline.org.
The Boston Center for the Arts is an historic nonprofit performing and visual arts complex that supports working artists to create, perform and exhibit new work; builds new audiences and connects art to community. It provides a welcoming and intimate environment that invites public participation, and conversation to bring audiences and artists together; and to create a resource for urban youth and neighborhoods; with family-free admissions and discounts and age-appropriate activities to complement performances and exhibitions.The BCA is located in Boston’s South End, the largest landmark district in the United States. The BCA is a four acre complex that includes: The Cyclorama, built in 1884 to display a panorama painting, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 23,000 square foot Cyclorama rotunda is now the site of exhibitions, performances and community events and houses the Community Music Center of Boston, the Art Connection, the Boston Ballet Costume Shop, three small theaters and a rehearsal studio. The Tremont Estates Building, originally an organ factory built in 1850, now houses over 50 artist studios, the Mills Gallery, two rehearsal spaces and Hamersley’s Bistro. Boston Ballet’s headquarters, a 1991 building designed by noted architect Graham Gund, houses rehearsal and administrative spaces, and a ballet school. For more information, please visit, www.bcaonline.org.
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