Would you like help make history as a part of Atlanta’s biggest temporary art project and one of the largest transportation projects in the country? Art on the BeltLine would love your help in a variety of ways! Below are crucial calendar dates where we need as many volunteers as possible to help out – so tell your friends! Below that, we also have specific, on-going opportunities to get involved. Please RSVP to all events by emailing Jenny at volunteerart@beltline.org!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Volunteers meet on the west side to help clear and prepare artists’ pre-determined sites for visual and performance works, to pick-up trash along the corridor, and to assist as needed in preparations.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Volunteers meet on the northeast side to help clear and prepare artists’ pre-determined sites for visual and performance works, to pick-up trash along the corridor, and to assist as needed in preparations.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Make-up day for the northeast side for volunteers to finish any preparations that still need to be done in order for artists’ installations to begin.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Make-up day for the west side for volunteers to help finish any preparations that still need to be done in order for artists’ installations to begin.
Week of May 10, 2010
Volunteers needed to hang posters and distribute maps in your neighborhoods and around town (see “Map / Program / Poster Distributors” below)
Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16, 2010
Volunteers needed to assist artists in individual artists’ installations (see “Artist Support / Installation Crews” below)
Volunteers needed to install history signage along the corridor (see “History Signage” below)
Saturday & Sunday, May 22 & 23, 2010
Volunteers needed to assist artists in individual artists’ installations (see “Artist Support / Installation Crews” below)
Volunteers needed to install history signage along the corridor (see “History Signage” below)
Every Saturday and Sunday in May and June, we will host regularly scheduled BeltLine walks on both sides of town with the option to grab a trash bag and help pick-up trash during the walk to help keep the trail clean as we welcome everyone into the corridor (see BeltLine Walks” below).
Month of June
All artists’ works are installed and performance and musical events will take place – keep reading below for ways to get involved with our talented artists!
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We also have special volunteer positions that offer our artists direct and on-going support. These are outlined below. In order to effectively support our artists and the project, we have divided the trail into eight sections and encourage you and your neighbors to get involved along the BeltLine where it runs through your community (in one or multiple adjoining sections!). Please email Jenny at volunteerart@beltline.org for more details.
The eight sections are as follows:
* Lena Street south to I-20 on the west side
* I-20 to Gordon White Park on the west side
* Gordon White Park to Lee Street on the west side
* 10th / Monroe south to the Ponce de Leon Avenue bridge on the east side
* Ponce de Leon Avenue bridge south to the Freedom Park bridge on the east side
* Freedom Park bridge south to Lake Avenue / Irwin Street on the east side
* Lake Avenue / Irwin Street south to DeKalb Avenue on the east side
* Wylie Street to Memorial Drive on the east side
On-going volunteer support is needed for the following positions:
- Artists’ Liaisons:
- We are looking for one Artists’ Liaisons per segment who will serve as team leaders responsible for being the point of contact for volunteers within that segment, to include clean-ups and installation support.
- Artists’ Liaisons will help communicate information from our Installation Manager to artists and volunteers, as well as relay any issues within their section to the Installation Manager for support.
- Artists’ Liaisons will be needed on an on-going basis from mid-April through the last weekend in June; intermittently throughout the summer; again in October for deinstallation.
- We have filled our Artists’ Liaisons positions with the exception of one section on the west side – please email volunteerart@beltline.org for more details!
- Artists Support / Installation Crews:
- Once the master schedule of artists’ installations is established, we will determine the specific times and locations where volunteers will be needed to be on-hand to help install works of art.
- Installation volunteers will be needed in May and again in October for de-installation.
- Installation volunteers could also participate in site clearing during preparations and security walks throughout the event.
- Performance support:
- Volunteers dedicated to stage construction and tear-down / clean-up; would bring necessities to performers and musicians who remain in one location for an extended period of time
- Security / check-ups:
- A small group of volunteers who walk sections of the corridor once every week or two in order to check for damage, vandalism, trash dumping, etc.
- Volunteers would also check the status of the temporary history signs to see if any need to be replaced.
- Volunteers needed from the end of May through the end of October.
- Stage Manager:
- One volunteer dedicated to the performance and musical acts happening on one stage; keep performers informed of audience coming in; liaison between performers and technical crew; possibly run between performers to keep things in sequence (in the case that there are performers along a path where timing is a factor).
- We anticipate having a few stages.
- Stage events will take place during weekends in June.
- Map / Program / Poster Distributors:
- A group of volunteers who can hang up posters in (willing) local businesses as well as distribute the maps and programs for the event
- Volunteers would check back periodically to make sure there are still enough maps and that the poster is still hanging up
- Volunteers needed in May for the big push to get information out and then throughout June to October to replenish maps and programs.
- History signage:
- Volunteers would be needed on May 15th and 22nd to help install numerous temporary history signs along the path
- Information tables / ushers:
- We will potentially have information tables manned by one or two “ushers” at significant access point during peak hours on weekends in June, when performances are going on. These volunteers would have a table and chair with the Art on the BeltLine maps and programs and can help answer visitors’ questions, can direct people to performance events, help coordinate parking, assist with communication between audience and performers, etc.
- BeltLine walks:
- We would love to have several volunteers willing to be trained to conduct regular BeltLine walks.
- A schedule would be determined so volunteers would rotate the weekends they hosted walks.
Please email Jenny at volunteerart@beltline.org for more details about any position or date.