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36 people are interested
Love Art? Love Music? Volunteer for Warm up!
ORGANIZATION: MoMA PS1
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36 people are interested
MoMA PS1 seeks hard-working and energetic volunteers for its annual Warm Up summer music series. The ideal applicant is punctual, friendly, articulate, extremely outgoing, comfortable with large crowds and festive atmospheres, and possess physical stamina (as most of the shift will be spent outdoors). Volunteers assist with various aspects of the event, including line management, ID verification, and providing information about MoMA PS1 programs. Volunteers are scheduled for 4 Warm Up events during the summer, for a 4.5 hour shift each Warm Up.
Benefits for Warm Up Volunteers include:
- Food and drinks during shifts
- Limited Edition Warm Up t-shirt
- Free admission to MoMA PS1 during public hours
- Free admission to all Warm Ups, and up to one guest on selected dates
- 20% discount at Artbook
More opportunities with MoMA PS1
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About MoMA PS1
Location:
4601 21ST ST, LONG IS CITY, NY 11101, US
Mission Statement
MoMA PS1 is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United States. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world. A catalyst and an advocate for new ideas, discourses, and trends in contemporary art, MoMA PS1 actively pursues emerging artists, new genres, and adventurous new work by recognized artists in an effort to support innovation in contemporary art. MoMA PS1 achieves this mission by presenting its diverse program to a broad audience in a unique and welcoming environment in which visitors can discover and explore the work of contemporary artists. Exhibitions at MoMA PS1 include artists' retrospectives, site-specific installations, historical surveys, arts from across the United States and the world, and a full schedule of music and performance programming.
Description
MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces across New York City. In 1976, it opened the first major exhibition in its permanent location in Long Island City, Queens, with the seminalRooms exhibition. An invitation for artists to transform the building's unique spaces, Rooms established the MoMA PS1 tradition of transforming the building's spaces into site-specific art that continues today with long-term installations by James Turrell, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner, and others.
For the next twenty years, the building was used as studio, performance, and exhibition spaces, in support of artists from around the world. After a building-wide renovation, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1) reopened in 1997, confirming its position as the leading contemporary art center in New York. True to the building's history and form, the renovation preserved much of the original architecture as well as most of its unique classroom-sized galleries.
In 2000, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center became an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art to extend the reach of both institutions, and combine MoMA PS1's contemporary mission with MoMA's strength as one of the greatest collecting museums of modern art. 2010 marks the completed merger of the two institutions and celebrates P.S.1's new and exciting chapter as MoMA PS1.
A true artistic laboratory, MoMA PS1 aspires to maintain its diverse and innovative activities to continue to bring contemporary art to international audiences.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
MoMA PS122-25 Jackson AveLong Island City, NY 11101
DATE POSTED
June 12, 2019
SKILLS
- Hospitality
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 4 shifts on Saturdays for 4 hours each