Get Involved: Volunteer Opportunities

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

If you want to explore and share your passion for art, or gain valuable experience in museum management, contact us at the Newport Art Museum. Our volunteers and interns help us bring art to the community and the community to art in many ways. You can...

• Learn to lead tours
• Be a museum ambassador during special events
• Share your clerical, administrative or computer expertise
• Help with one-time projects like yard work or closet-cleaning
• Help with marketing, curatorial or education projects
• And more! What's your special talent?


Call volunteer coordinator Larry Bacon: 401-848-8200 x 7989 or lbacon@newportartmuseum.org

Special Events

Volunteer to help us at our Summer Gala/Soiree, Wet Paint, exhibit openings and other events throughout the year by greeting visitors, or manning our membership table.

Education

Docents

Volunteer docents to give museum tours to adults and children on the permanent collection, museum history and current exhibitions.

Winter Lecture Series

Volunteers needed to help serve tea to the attendees after the lectures.

PM Musical Picnics

Volunteers greet visitors.

Administration

Volunteers are needed to help with day to day operations of the art museum such as mailings, filing, and general office work.

Interns

College or high school aged students with an interest in art museums, non-profit organizations, art administration, curatorial projects or art education can apply for a semester, academic year or summer internship at the museum.

2009 Summer Interns Amy Hayball, Colleen Hanrahan, Sarah Hardin-White, Suzanne Hauerstein (Volunteer Coordinator), Kathryn Boland, Kylie Waltz, Andrea Orchard

Youth Volunteers (12-17 years old)

Teacher's assistants are needed for our summer camps to help with our budding artists from June - August.

Griffies!

Staff the Griffon Shop, our antiques and collectibles store.