Volunteer!

Be a part of the Anacortes' largest community event of the year, the 2010 Anacortes Arts Festival. Volunteers are the ambassadors of the Festival.

Each year over 80,000 visitors come to the Festival and our Volunteers field their many questions and special needs.

Mary Leone (staff) oversees the Volunteer function with help from experienced volunteer team leaders. Please consider experiencing the Festival through the eyes of a volunteer.

 

Benefits to Volunteers

  • A wonderful sense of community
  • A free Festival T-shirt for those who complete the orientation and 4 hours of service
  • A volunteers-only Orientation and Reception
  • Special training in your area of volunteering
  • Special recognition for 5 and 10 years of service

 

Four Hour Shifts

  • Booth Sitter: Relieve Booth Vendors allowing them to take a break.
  • Information Booth: Provide directions and program information about the Festival (3+ years general Festival experience required).
  • Docent/Art Cashier: Secure artwork in Port Warehouse, answers questions regarding artwork and write up art work sales.  Must have an arts background or a demonstrated interest in art.
  • Distribution/Publicity: Pre-festival poster distribution, hang sponsor banners, help with Publicity.
  • Exhibition Team: Art show set-up, take down.  Must have exhibition production or art handling experience.
  • Booth Artisan Services: Help with Booth Artisan lunch preparation and maintain our Hospitality Room for those wishing to take a quiet break.
  • Production: Provide physical set-up and take down of the Festival.  Some jobs require manual labor and construction knowledge.
  • Office: Help with phones, mail outs, Booth Artisan Check-In and Check-Out (banking or accounting experience needed).
  • Youth Activities: Help participating groups with youth area arts activities

Update from Mary

The 2010 Anacortes Arts Festival is fast approaching! With 250 booths artisans, 3 full days of entertainment, a first class regional Fine Art show and five exciting concerts, it's Anacortes' largest annual celebration. It just couldn't happen without our family of volunteers!

Join us as we prepare for the August 6-8 Festivities. You can work alone, with a friend, or with a group - the rewards are many!

We love you!
And we all thank you for all you do.

Mary Leone, Volunteer Coordinator

Download the Volunteer Profile Form and mail to our office at 505 O Ave, Anacortes, WA 98221 or call our office at 360-293-6211 or send us an email: volunteer@anacortesartsfestival.com.

 

2010 Volunteer(s) of the Year

Congratulations Lil and Terry Green who share the Volunteer of the Year of Award for this year! These two outstanding long time volunteers were selected for our first duo award because they both have made exceptional contributions to the Festival.

Lil Green, a lifetime nurse who still works part time for Island Hospital has helped the Festival for six years serving as a docent, booth sitter, lunch room assistant and Sunday night checkout. Lil gained celebrity status last year with Booth Artisans as she sped through the entire Festival delivering lunches and friendly smiles to our 250 vendors.

Terry Green, a former engineer and marketing executive has a nine-year history volunteering for the Anacortes Arts Festival. He helped shape the Festival as we know it today while serving on the AAF Board for five years. Although busy with other endeavors throughout the year, Terry can be found almost anywhere during the Festival helping with production, signage, marking streets, and fixing so many of the things the rest of us overlook. Of the Festival, they said, "We both love Anacortes, the like-minded people here, the community spirit embodied by the Arts Festival, and volunteering for projects that put Anacortes on 'center stage.'" Lil and Terry are both avid hikers.

Our sincerest gratitude to Terry and Lil Green, 2010 Volunteers of the Year.

Volunteers of the Year

  • Lil and Terry Green 2010
    Don Bergner 2009
  • Laura Hamilton 2008
  • Kerry Allen 2007
  • Stew Sterling 2006
  • Geralyn Curtis 2005
  • Shirley Smith 2004
  • Claire Ingstad 2003
  • Diane Light 2002

10 or more consecutive years

  • Richard Bergner
  • Geralyn Curtis
  • Sharon Klint
  • Billie Schooler
  • Shirley Smith

5 or more consecutive years
(completed in 2009)

  • Judi Acker
  • Barbara Bear
  • Shirley Forsman
  • Phyllis Guy
  • Robert Hoffman
  • Don Lee
  • Ed Mazur
  • Ruth Mazur
  • Donna Smith
  • Tim Vogel