Volunteer and Internship Opportunities with Burlington City Arts
Volunteers are an integral part of Burlington City Arts and there are opportunities for internships and volunteering in many capacities. Below are some of the opportunities that exist within the organization in which you can become involved.
If you are interested in volunteering with Burlington City Arts in any capacity, or applying for an internship opportunity, please contact Melissa Stiebert.
Click here to download the Volunteer and Intern Application Form.
Marketing and Public Relations
Our Marketing and Public Relations department is very open to volunteers assisting with daily administrative tasks. This may include working on independent marketing related projects, and helping to distribute informational materials, like posters for Burlington City Arts events, or Burlington City Arts Member mailings.
Arts Mentoring
A mentor is a caring adult friend who devotes time to a young person. Mentors are not teachers, they aren’t substitute parents, nor are they disciplinarians or a decision makers for a child. A mentor’s main purpose is to help a young person define individual goals and find ways to achieve them. At Foster Arts, those goals often (but not always) have an artistic dimension. In addition to making art together, matches spend there time in a variety of ways. Recent examples include re-potting plants, swimming at the YMCA, getting a milkshake, walking along the lake, inventing games and then playing them.
Firehouse Gallery
In the Firehouse Gallery, volunteers cover the gallery, interact with the public, assist with installations, lead tours for First Friday Art Walk, and provide general support to gallery staff. A limited number of unpaid internships are available. Interns work closely with staff to complete independent projects in curatorial studies, development, and arts administration and can receive academic credit.
BCA Education
Volunteer opportunities vary throughout the year in the BCA Education Program. They range from education internships to teaching assistant positions for our classes and summer camps.
Print + Clay Studio
The Print + Clay Studio seeks those interested in volunteering four hours each week assisting in studio operations in exchange for access to space, use of facilities, discounted materials, sale opportunities and print or clay class. Previous print or clay experience is helpful but not required.
Art from the Heart
Do you have an hour and a half a week to give? Love Art? Then Art from the Heart needs you! Art from the Heart is a program that provides hospitalized children with the means to create art. Our goal with this program is to facilitate self-expression with recovering children. We're looking for volunteers who have compassion, creativity, and love working with children. Artistic interest is important, but experience is not necessary.