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Volunteer for FotoFest ? Fine Print Auction Welcome to FotoFest?s Spring 2014 season! FotoFest is an international non-profit arts and education organization looking for interested and reliable people 18 years of age and older to participate in our 2014 Biennial Fine Print Auction. The FotoFest Fine Print Auction takes place during the Biennial and is the major fundraising event for FotoFest. Fredrick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, Co-Founders of FotoFest, select and contact photographers, whose work is of interest to the collecting community. In addition to the Auction itself, which will be held on Monday, March 24th, there will be a preview exhibit and an opening reception. Volunteers are needed for duties such as: loading/unloading, wrapping/unwrapping of the prints; set-up and clean-up for the opening reception; catalogue sales; gallery hosting; silent auction set-up, volunteer check-in, general check-in and greeting duties; auction spotters, runners and art handlers. It is not necessary to have an art or photography background ? all we ask for is your enthusiasm, support, generosity, and willingness to learn new things. By volunteering, you will have the opportunity to learn about photography and meet others with similar interests. Please contact Dina Shekhter at info@fotofest.org or 713-223-5522 x19 if you are interested in any of the following volunteer positions for the Fine Print Auction (please specify which position/date you are interested in): Preview at Gremillion Gallery: February 28 ? March 19/20, 2014: 1. Transfer of prints on 2/28/14, noon - 5:00pm (packing, loading, unloading and unwrapping) ? 2 volunteers needed. 2. Layout of photos on 3/1/14, 9:00am - 6:00pm - 2 volunteers needed. 3. Opening Preview (setting up the opening reception, selling auction catalogues, etc.) on 3/5/14, 4:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed. 4. Breakdown (take photos down from the walls, wrap and load & unload) on 3/20/14, 9:00am ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed. Auction Preview at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown: March 21-24, 2014 1. Set up (set up tables, get easels ready, move prints, unwrap, layout) on 3/21/14, 9:00am ? 5:00pm ? 6 volunteers needed. 2. Gallery sitters on 3/21/14, 5:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 3. Gallery sitters on 3/22/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 4. Gallery sitters on 3/22/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 5. Gallery sitters on 3/23/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 6. Gallery sitters on 3/23/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 7. Gallery sitters on 3/24/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 8. Gallery sitters on 3/24/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed Auction Day at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown: 3/24/14 1. Silent Auction set up, 9:00am ? noon ? 4 volunteers needed 2. Volunteer check-in, 4:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 3 volunteers needed 3. Guest Check-in desk, 4:00pm ? 8:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 4. Auction Preview Room, 4:00pm ? 7:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 5. Spotters (to help the auctioneer to not miss any of the bidders), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed 6. Runners (helping out during the auction process), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 4 volunteers needed 7. Art Handlers (carry auction prints into the auction room during the auctioning), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 8. Silent Auction Assistance (watch and guide people while they are bidding for the silent auction), 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed 9. Wrap and Pack photos, 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 15 volunteers needed 10. Check-out artwork (making sure the buyers have paid for and picked up the correct piece), 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 4 volunteers needed 11. Check out Payment, 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 3 volunteers needed Also, please join us on February 6th from 5PM-7PM at the Boheme Café & Wine Bar for Cultured Cocktails! You will have the chance to find out more about our programs while meeting staff members and other volunteers. Benefits of becoming a volunteer at FotoFest: ? Learn more about photography and art ? Private gatherings to meet and socialize with other volunteers ? Opportunity to join FotoFest's First Look Collectors Program at a discount rate (available after 8 volunteer shifts)
