Museum Gallery Attendant - "50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity"

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The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is currently recruiting weekly volunteer Gallery Attendants for our new exhibit 50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity. Gallery Attendants:

• Provide a welcoming presence in the exhibit and interact with all audiences
• Enhance the visitor experience by answering questions, encouraging conversations, and facilitating guest’s engagement with art
• Lead simple activities and demonstrations at the "Hands on History" cart
• Monitor the gallery space and protect the art
• Collect visitor data and share observations with Museum staff

SHIFTS

Tuesday through Saturday, 10am-1:30pm and 1:30-5pm. Volunteers will be asked to commit to an ongoing weekly shift for a minimum of 4 months.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has dreamed up a bold new exhibit: 50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity. Our vision alongside project partners Abby Kreuser and Gundy Stevens is to create a gallery FILLED with various forms of women’s creative expression; to produce something truly beautiful when we put women from the past and present in conversation together; to challenge the notion of museums as gatekeepers and tastemakers; and to demonstrate how across time women have always told their stories through art and creativity.

The CSPM is a museum of history and culture where we center people and stories in our exhibits. The 50% gallery will be FILLED with amazing contemporary artists, historic works of art, and artifacts from the CSPM collection. With objects both old and new - we will demonstrate how women have always been creative - even when the doors to formal training and gallery representation were closed to them. And remember, unless we are telling/sharing/collecting the stories of women - we are missing 50% of our community’s rich history.