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Volunteer Opportunities

Below is a list of many ways you can volunteer your time with VSA arts of Minnesota.
The time commitments vary. Please call our office with any questions you may have.

Our address:

VSA arts of Minnesota
528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 305
Minneapolis, MN 55403.
Phone: 612-332-3888 voice/tty or statewide 800-801-3883
Fax 612-305-0132.
E-mail: jon@vsaartsmn.org.

List of Opportunities

  • Serve on a VSA arts committee: Program, Publicity/Marketing, Access, Development - bimonthly meeting, some interim project work possible.
  • Help with news compilation, editing and dissemination - can be done via e-mail or in our office at a computer (finding calendar & news items for Artists' Pipeline, Arts Access newsletter, etc.).
  • Hang artwork - quarterly at Vision Loss Resources and occasionally at other exhibits.
  • Transport art between artists' studios and VSA's office or galleries - quarterly at Vision Loss Resources and occasionally at other exhibits.
  • Audio describe onto audiotape your descriptions of art in various exhibits - this would be a new venture and could include just Vision Loss Resources or advocating to other galleries, too.
  • Drive people with disabilities to and from arts events, conferences, plays, gallery openings - a new venture to be discussed depending on your availability, geographic location, etc.
  • Update our databases of media, arts & disability organizations - as you are available.
  • Assist with periodic mailings at the office - quarterly two-hour labeling with a group.
  • Develop list of deaf-blind interpreters, and expand list of ASL interpreters - calling from your home or our office.
  • Develop a program of group outings to accessible arts activities (in the Twin Cities or other areas of Minnesota) - explore how to incorporate transportation, sell an accessible season ticket for a group of interested small theatres, tie into already-functioning social groups, arrange tactile tours, ticket discounts, make sure facilities are accessible, budget expenses, etc.
  • Serve as a resource on an access review committee (evaluating accessibility, Access Plan, etc.) - requires some access law research, expertise, outings.
  • Help build lists of potential ASL-interpreted and/or Audio Described performance patrons - calling or e-mail from your home or our office, or advocacy & greeting people at arts events.
  • Research opportunities for collaborations and funders to provide and pay for services (in-kind printing of flyers, Access to Theatre brochures, an arts journal, etc.) - preliminary meeting with staff and then on your own as you are able.
  • Build and coordinate groups of writers or artists or performers with disabilities - a new venture for someone to take ownership and develop.
  • Find more artists with disabilities and more galleries to show their work - making contacts individually or through galleries, arts schools, disability organizations.
  • Develop a list (statewide) of services for artists with disabilities (to help in framing artwork, marketing, writing grants, building portfolios and resumes, etc.) - a new project.
  • Develop an advocacy program to promote use of modern technology to make movies and TV programs accessible to more people with disabilities (e.g., Block E cinemas) - research via e-mail, libraries, service organizations, promotion as able.
  • Help update VSA arts of Minnesota website (www.vsaartsmn.org) - work with staff and webmaster to make occasional updates on the site.
  • Offer graphics expertise for special projects - graphic design, illustration, photography, etc.
  • Provide computer consulting - technical aid largely on Microsoft products.
  • Design a part of our database to enter Access to Theatre schedules more efficiently.
  • Call a local telephone tree of consumers about upcoming events (for people not on e-mail).
  • Assist patrons at audio described or ASL-interpreted events, hand out brochures, etc. - as you are able on a weekly or monthly basis.
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