Opportunities

The volunteers can assist with numerous projects, including but not restricted to:

Stewarding

• Supervising the gallery, engaging with visitors
• Selling the art and processing payment
• Becoming familiar with the artist and their work

Office Documentation

• Sorting through the office and filing papers
• Creating a call list
• Checking the exhibitions list is accurate and distributed

Trustee Minutes

• Attending trustee meetings to take minutes
• Typing up the minutes AND an action points list
• Distributing to all the trustees

Exhibition Set Up

• Involvement with artists in set-up
• Recording artworks
• Labelling and gallery documentation

Events

• Helping with Previews
• Helping with refreshments

Recording Events

• Photography and recording of exhibition set-ups
• Photography and recording of Preview evenings
• Photography and recording of workshops, school visits,
• Photography and recording of tenant activities, shop, café, other activities around the building

Social Media

• Maintaining the twitter and Facebook pages,
• Researching and populating with appropriate and regular content
• Expanding reach
• Photography

Press Cuttings and Press List

• Look out for all press, radio and other media coverage
• Keep a copy of all press coverage and put into a folder
• Keep a copy of all PRESS RELEASES in a folder, with copies of images

Data Inputter

• Maintenance of databases including
• General enquiries
• Schools
• Artists – priority
• Cross-referencing with Newsletter database

Marketing

Producing marketing materials – Leaflet / brochures / posters

• Writing and designing leaflets including images, etc.
• Print and production
• Posters and flyers distribution around BSA and Frome

Specific projects

1000 Postcards

• Sorting out what is to be done
• Logging all the cards still left
• Thanking all the artists who took part
• Accounting for the money

Art Car Boot

• Art Car Boot – assisting
• Artisan Market – assisting

Researching and writing reports and documents

Volunteer Documentation

• Volunteer recruitment leaflet, with explanation, job opportunities
• Volunteer registration forms and referencing sheets
• Volunteer guidelines –
• Writing the document
• Designing document, including photographs, illustrations
• Print and production

Talks and Workshop Developments

• Involvement in deciding topics
• Researching content
• Working with talk giver – will it be a normal delivery., or Q&A, or slides, ….
• Education programme development, e.g.
• Education packs
• Exhibitions (on-site & travelling)
• Education packs

Running the Round Tower

• VERY IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT TASK – needs thought and a clear plan
• Identifying artists to exhibit in the Round Tower
• Schedule 18 months hence and inform artists

Other

• Involved in occasional ‘building’ tidy-ups
• Recruiting more volunteers