Volunteer

Join us in our culture of creativity, become an Arvada Center Volunteer!

WHY BECOME AN ARVADA CENTER VOLUNTEER?
Volunteers at the Arvada Center enjoy a wide variety of opportunities to share their time and talents. Commitment and professionalism make our volunteers an unparalleled workforce whose energy is the heart and soul behind this thriving arts organization. With 300 volunteers currently donating their service to the Center, we are still growing and welcoming new volunteers to this exciting venue! If you have an interest in performing arts, arts education, visual arts or historical arts, the Arvada Center is the perfect volunteer opportunity for you. Volunteers perform various services within each artistic arena, while enjoying a strong sense of community, as well as pride in personal achievement and in the Arvada Center.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Accessibility
Volunteers provide assisted listening devices and large print programs as audio/visual aides at theatrical performances.

Artist Sales
The primary duty of an Artist Sales volunteer is to sell the merchandise of the performers to our patrons during concerts and other events. Artist Sales volunteers must be willing to work with money.

Arts Day
Volunteers assist the Arts Day Coordinator by meeting school buses and escorting school groups to their scheduled workshops. Workshops vary in length and volunteers make sure that each attending group is moved to their scheduled sessions. Volunteers also assist instructors with any additional needs.

Backstage Mom/Dad
Volunteers attend to the needs of the cast and crew during theater performances, prepare snacks and beverages while working backstage, and assist with wardrobe and properties.

Clerical/Mailings/Data Entry
Volunteers organize, prepare and process packets for different divisions for bulk mailing. Volunteers with basic computer knowledge assist with data entry.

Docent
Docents are educators, tour guides and good-will ambassadors for the gallery/museum department at the Center.

Front Desk
Volunteers meet and greet patrons, direct patrons to Center activities, assist the Box Office by answering the telephone, and work on miscellaneous clerical projects as assigned.

Center Shop
Volunteers sell merchandise, track inventory, display shop items, learn about the artists and assist customers with questions.

Hospitality
Volunteers assist with refreshment service prior to curtain, during intermission, and at special parties for theater events.

Safety Monitor
Safety Monitors patrol and monitor activities during special events and concerts and, in addition, check coolers and bags during amphitheater events.

Special Events
Volunteers perform various tasks at the Center’s many special events.

Usher
Volunteers meet and greet patrons attending theater events and assist and direct attendees to their designated seats. Other duties include taking tickets, handing out programs, checking coolers, and chair rental. For Children's Theater, ushers help with traffic flow problems as up to 500 children and adults attend each performance. The requirements of all ushers are that they work at both inside and outside venues, dress according to the dress code, and are able to walk up and down stairs.

Interested in volunteering for the Arvada Center? Applications are continually being accepted and orientations are scheduled monthly. Please call 720-898-7211 for further information.