VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Sitting the Gallery
The following are listings of the many wonderful opportunities to GIVE BACK to the Escondido Art Association community.
1. SIGN UP TO SIT THE GALLERY FOR A THREE HOUR SHIFT
Check out the Sitters Calendar below and find a shift
Wed.-Sat. Morning Shift is 11am-2pm
Wed.-Sat. Afternoon Shift is 2-5pm
EAA Gallery is located at 121 W. Grand Avenue, Escondido CA 92025
TO SIGN IN TO THE CALENDAR:
OPEN "Google Calendar" button
(or search Google Calendar" in any search field).
FEEL FREE TO MAKE ART AT THE DESK WHILE YOU SIT THE GALLERY!
Sign in with this email:
[email protected]
Use PASSWORD: Art4usisgood
MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
SEEKING SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM MEMBERS
Do you know how to use Canva to work with social media templates creating posts and videos, taking photos and videos and creating content? Work with our Social Media Director to create weekly content for EAA's socials. This is a fun way to get creative and stay informed about all the programs EAA offers and help us to promote them!
Contact Kat Furrow by clicking the button below
NORTH COUNTY VETERANS STAND DOWN
EVENT HELPER
Join our small team of volunteers helping introduce an art activity to veterans in need at the annual NCVSD event held in Vista. EAA has always supported veterans and military service men and women in our region by participating in this 3 day event. Four hour shifts.
Find out more by emailing Kat Furrow.
OCTOBER 20TH ART IN THE GARDEN VOLUNTEER
@ the Grand Avenue Festival 9am-5pm.
You will teach art to passersby, mostly kids and families, at our EAA Booth. This is a really fun way to share the joy of art with kids. We provide all supplies and the tent, you just show up and help us put it all together. Location: Heritage Park. Three hour shifts.
Contact person: Jennifer Wallace
EAA STREET TEAM!
We put out flyers monthly on Grand Avenue downtown. This is a really fun and easy way to get involved, and it's just one hour per month. We need Street Team members to come to the gallery and pick up flyers for each show monthly, walk them down Grand Avenue and put them up in windows, developing relationships with local business owners by getting their permission to post.
Contact: Gail Eason (Gallery Co-Director)
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
CHAIRPERSON
EAA is in need of a Chairperson for this year's High School Senior Scholarship Program. The position is an annual one with activity starting to ramp up as early as November when you will reach out to schools (list and contacts provided). You will ask to reserve a date to visit each school and tell them about the program, invite students to participate with artwork and their essay and teacher recommendation letters, and then you will host (with other helpers) the Take in the first Saturday in March 2025 for the program, (alongside the Kids Kaleidoscope Take In the same day for this "Art Education Month"). This is a big job but a rewarding one. Interested in making a BIG difference?
Contact Person: Tim Cline
ESCO ALLEY ART MURAL PROJECT
EAA going to paint the walls behind the gallery (tentatively date set at Sunday September 15) and is in need of a little help. Please join us for a paint party. Paint and sprayer supplied. We will paint the back walls white in anticipation of new murals being hung after that.
Come ready to work and let's get this done! Suzanne Nicolaisen is spearheading the effort, please email her with interest.
