Volunteer Positions | San Pedro River Arts Council

EXHIBITION CURATOR

Identify, negotiate and sell businesses on the benefits of exhibiting art work of our local artists. We currently exhibit at Benson City Hall, Cochise College (Benson Campus), Turquoise Hills Country Club and National Bank of Arizona.
Recruit local artists to exhibit in businesses.
Keep a rolling three month calendar of artists and businesses so we know when to change an exhibit and who is participating in the program.
Keep the Assistant Curator advised of scheduled exhibition changes.
Submit the calendar to the Board monthly.
Time required is approximately 10 hours per month

Using the schedule provided by the Exhibition Curator, schedule and coordinate with the business and the two artists (one coming down and one going up) to change an exhibition.
Considering the space available at each business, work with the artist on the size and number of pieces to be exhibited.
Work with the business to identify the hanging methodology and requirements for artwork to be hung (e.g. framed with wire, matted with push pins) or otherwise displayed.
Time required is approximately 20 hours per month.

Keep our mail list up to date..
Using mail merge, send mailings via email.
Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word are needed as is a home computer.
Be able to sort the mail list by categories so we can mail to specific groupings of people.
Remove people from the list promptly when requested.
Time required is approximately 5 hours per month.