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5 people are interested
Volunteer at the Mattress Factory on Family Day
ORGANIZATION: Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum
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5 people are interested
COMMUNITY EVENT | Friday, November 25th
Make, explore + play! The annual Family Day allows families of all ages to visit the Mattress Factory, participate in collaborative activity, and more.
The Mattress Factory is seeking event help during our annual Family Day! We invite families to come to the museum, try their hand at drop-in activities and explore the installations on view. Volunteers will monitor galleries, help with activity stations, or assist with basic event needs. For more information contact volunteer@mattress.org.
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About Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum
Location:
500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, US
Mission Statement
The Mattress Factory is a research and development lab for artists. As a museum of contemporary art, it commissions new site-specific works, presents them to the widest possible audience, and maintains selected individual installations in a growing-and distinctive-permanent collection. The Mattress Factory's physical and organizational environments have grown out of and in response to a central focus on the process of creativity.
Description
The Mattress Factory is an internationally renowned museum of site-specific installation art. Artists are selected to live at the Mattress Factory for 4-6 weeks, and receive complete support, including a stipend, payment for all materials, help with the labor involved in building an installation, etc. Artists create environments based around the characteristics of the space they are given, the history of the city, or whatever occurs to them. Installations are site-specific.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
500 Sampsonia WayPittsburgh, PA 15212
DATE POSTED
October 25, 2016
SKILLS
- Exhibition Arts
- General Education
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18