Ceramics Volunteer

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Department Description:
The Fine Arts Department, specializing in visual art, gives students the chance to showcase their talents. Visual Art’s students participate in an annual student art show where they can exhibit in a local gallery.

Volunteer Opportunity:
Volunteers are an extension of the art staff and are assigned responsibilities to help A-B Tech grow and maintain its art studios. Volunteer opportunities are available throughout the year, and specific volunteer opportunities will vary depending on the needs of the art studios. Volunteers are assigned as needed in the art studios, and the number of volunteer positions is limited. Volunteers are not allowed to use products or machines to create items for themselves. The only people allowed to create and take out of the studio are students who are enrolled. Students can only create what is required for the class in which they are enrolled.

Volunteer Responsibilities:
* General studio organization and clean-up
* Equipment maintenance
* Open Studio supervision
* Ceramic-specific materials work
* Supervision and equipment check for light studio

Requirements:
* An application, background check and orientation/brief training are required before starting this position.
* Must be able to commute to A-B Tech in Asheville NC. This position is in-person.
* Must have a social security number, be over the age of 18. This position is not eligible for community service.

Skills Required:
* Significant experience and interest in pottery and ceramics
* Volunteers should be prompt, reliable, and disciplined.
* We value the insights and efforts of all volunteers and rely on the vitality and fresh perspectives they infuse into the art studios.

Specific Competencies:
Experience with any of the following at varying degrees of experience.
* Glaze mixing/chemistry
* Kiln usage and maintenance
* Wheel use and maintenance
* Studio supervision and student assistance
* Print equipment and maintenance
* Cleaning of studio spaces, such as mopping, sewing, wiping down of work surfaces, etc.

Times:
* Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday 7am to 9am
* Friday 7am to 5pm (broken into two shifts)

Attire:
* Comfortable and appropriate attire is required.
* Room temperatures are variable (especially around the kiln) - please dress accordingly.

Location:
Ceramics Lab - Colman Student Activity Building, A-B Tech, 10 Fernihurst Drive (off Victoria Rd.), Asheville NC 28801

All Volunteers are required to maintain a professional relationship with students, staff, and peers, modeling professional interaction and adhere to academic integrity, and privacy guidelines. Volunteers are to model behavior that respects the rights of all people and protects others from abuse by assisting in the creation of an environment free from fear, harassment, gender and racism discrimination or exploitation.

About A-B Tech:
Founded in 1959 in the heart of Asheville, A-B Tech is the largest higher education institution in Western North Carolina, serving approximately 23,000 students a year in Buncombe and Madison counties. One of 58 community colleges in the NC Community College System, A-B Tech offers 190 degrees, diplomas, and certificates, as well as a wide range of workforce training and continuing education programs. A-B Tech includes the main Asheville campus, A-B Tech Enka (home of the A-B Tech Small Business Center and Business Incubation Program, Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast and N.C. BioNetwork), A-B Tech Madison, A-B Tech Woodfin, the Goodwill Center and the ABCCM Transformation Village in West Asheville, and a future location at Biltmore Park West. Learn more at abtech.edu. To learn more about our volunteering program visit