The Soap Factory is proud to be supported by a team of over 400 volunteers and 20 interns each year. In 2011 volunteers completed over 14,000 hours of work, supporting programs like The Ten Second Film Festival, The Amazing Adventures of the Corporate Wizard in the Land of LARP, The Haunted Basement and all of our regular exhibitions and building improvements.
The dedication of volunteers over the past two and a half decades has built The Soap Factory into the region's premier laboratory for emerging contemporary art. Over 25,000 individuals visit the galleries each year for programs from visual arts to performance, video and much more. With the ideas, labor and passion from our volunteers, The Soap Factory has grown into a thriving community of artists. Volunteers help year-round with installation, administrative tasks, gallery sitting, photography, special events, landscaping and maintenance. In 2012 our volunteers will assist in manufacturing hundreds of terracotta bombs, install large-scale sculptural works, act in The Haunted Basement and plan our 2012 Volunteer Biennial.
Ready to get started?
All prospective year-round volunteers must attend a New Volunteer Orientation session. Our next orientation session is scheduled for July 14th, 12:00 - 3:00pm. If you're interested in attending New Volunteer Orientation please click here to register.
Interested in The Haunted Basement?
We accept project-specific volunteers for The Haunted Basement each year so you can jump right in! These volunteers help with set building, costumes, acting and front-of-house during the performance run in October. To express interest in volunteering for The Haunted Basement only, please click here.
All volunteers and interns must be at least 18 years old.
Please contact Dani Hans, Volunteer Manager, with questions about our volunteer or internship programs at
Dani@soapfactory.org.
Internships
Internships at The Soap Factory are a terrific way to explore working at a nonprofit art gallery. Every year we engage over 20 interns working closely with our staff, board members and exhibiting artists. All internships at The Soap Factory are unpaid.
We do not adhere to a traditional semester-based schedule for internships at The Soap Factory. Below is a listing of our 2012 internships. Details for each internship will be posted approximately one month before the application deadline.
Each internship requires a resume and cover letter from the applicant. A cover letter highlights your skills and experiences to emphasize why you are a good fit for a particular internship. If you plan to apply for multiple internships please submit a separate application for each position. No paper applications are accepted, all internship materials must be submitted via email.
THE SOAP FACTORY’S 2012 INTERNSHIPS
current postings listed below
Installation: Andy Ducett position closed
Ten Second Film Festival position closed
Installation: FLO(we){u}r position closed
Marketing Research position closed
Public Relations position closed
Development position closed
Installation: Hedge Magic position closed