General Day to Day—

Front Desk & Greet Visitors:

• Be a presence at Front Desk to welcome visitors, monitor;

• Answer Phone

• Computer work: internet research, database entry, editing, etc.;

• Other special task—(see below)

• Docent Guide (below)

Docent Guide to Visitors:

• Become knowledgeable about the artist(s) and artwork on display;

• Lead tour groups and/or drop-in visitors, in guided tours of the artwork on display; Welcome them, provide info and context, answer questions.

Social Media for CW:

• Get familiar with our brand and online ‘personality';

• Keep ClearWater social media posts appearing, making them engaging and interesting, maintaining an active presence online that helps ClearWater show what’s going on and engages more people to participate. (Posting during your volunteer shift).

Some of our Fabulous Volunteers...

Events—

Ahead of the Event:

• Place Posters / event announcements in the area;

• Help share on social media;

• Help design signage that can announce the Event;

• Translate Signage into other languages

At the Event:

• Help set up;

• Serve cake or other refreshments, and/or drinks (anyone serving alcohol must have ABC training and a background check);

• Monitor areas near exits;

• Help sell Raffle tickets, take donations, and/or sell T-Shirts or other items;

• Greet guests by the door, and count attendees with clicker;

• Help clean up.

Volunteers may work in 2-hour shifts so they will be able to relax and enjoy the festivities too; or, you can choose to work throughout!

Types of events ClearWater may hold:

• Annual Sun Drop Pound Cake Portrait Paint-Off(Every February, or March; originated Feb. 7, 2015. Usually attracts ~200 attendees.

• Opening Receptions

• Artist Talks / Slideshow or Video Presentations

• Panel Discussions & Presentations

• Intensive Art Workshops

• Music performances or other Performing Arts events

Volunteer Coordinator; We could use someone really good with organization (and with people) to handle organizing our Volunteers! Please call if you’re interested in helping with this.

Graphic Design/ layout for graphics & publications

Video Projects; Camerawork, interviewing, editing and/or music selection for quick features of our artists and/or events.

Editing/ Proofreading/ Layout for help on major documents, such as our Operations Manual, or E-newsletters. For anyone with a major or background in English, editing, and/or graphic design.

Photography—we rarely have enough time during an event to properly photograph or video; site shots or other photography would be welcomed, too.

Translation!  With a heavy percentage of Hispanic residents in the area, we need our posters, flyers and signage translated into Spanish, on an ongoing basis. Other languages, also welcomed.

Posting Posters & Flyers in the Physical Realm; i.e., footwork!  Take our printed paper posters to as many doorways in Downtown Concord and other commercial areas as are willing to post them.  Usually timed 2-6 weeks ahead of an event; If needed, we give a volunteer ‘Postering Orientation’ beforehand.  1-2 hours per person per event.

Crowd Work during events; directing incoming traffic to parking lots, answering questions/ directing people within buildings, etc.

Input / Strategic Planning— As of January, 2023 we were inducted into the Parks & Recreation Dept of the City of Concord and as of Spring, 2023 are hard at work merging our operations with the Parks & Rec team, policies/ procedures, and mission! Additionally there are several Parks Master Plans underway, one of which - the Academy-Gibson master plan- includes our site, and sites which bookend ClearWater in the Gibson Village neighborhood. As concepts and designs are honed, we’ll form and re-form various stakeholder groups to enlist for input. Please contact the Coordinator if you’d like to serve. Currently, ClearWater Artist Studios is owned and operated by the City of Concord, with limited staffing. As part of this new development, it is hoped that Parks will be able to facilitate increased staffing; but volunteers are still / will be needed, in order to realize the vision and desired activities of ClearWater. We welcome your input!