Page 8 April 2018
Arts Association
Charbonneau Arts Festival President
Eric Hoem
We all know the cliché about volunteering:“ Ask a busy person.” I know what that means, because we have several very busy individuals working on the Planning Committee for the Charbonneau Arts Festival.
However, I am not looking for more super-busy people. I am looking for several“ not so busy” folks who are interested in the arts and want to lend some time to organizing this year’ s event which comes up the first weekend in November.
There is a wide variety of activities you could be involved in:
• Helping with fund raising
• Publicity
• Recruiting event volunteers
• Helping hang the art show
• Assist with putting together our annual silent auction
The more people we have involved in any aspect of the event, the more the work is spread around. That way, it’ s easier on everyone, and it ' s a lot more fun.
Myth # 1: Art is for the artsyfartsy, not the regular folks. In reality, everyone has an interest in art: an attractive car, a beautiful garden, a gorgeous sunset. Art is not just for museums, professionals or cultural snobs. In my own case, I have trouble drawing a stick figure and, like my grandfather said of himself, I couldn’ t carry a tune if you gave me a bucket.
Because I enjoy self-expression and am always amazed by
creativity, I am involved with the Charbonneau Art Association.
Myth # 2: Volunteering gets you sucked into far more than you bargained for. We are a very flexible group. If you want to volunteer for just one aspect of the planning, that’ s fine. For example, we have one person who just wants to help create the labels for the Art Gallery portion of the Festival. He doesn’ t get pressured to get any more deeply involved than he wants to. And neither will you, if you decide to try it out.
Myth # 3: Volunteering is thankless work. In our case, that is easy to counter. As a non-profit 501( c)( 3) organization, all the proceeds from our Arts Festival support the art education programs at Canby and Wilsonville high schools. We present our funds directly to the teachers who are very appreciative to be able to add extra things to their programs.
We offer a full gallery of artwork from Wilsonville and Canby high school students at our Festival. A huge sense of satisfaction comes to us from seeing how the students interact with the folks who attend the Festival.
When asked why she volunteers with our Festival, one person said,“ I think ALL forms of art are a necessary contribution to our society. It’ s important that we endow our youth with the availability of learning‘ outside the box’ by supporting these programs.”
Anyone interested in finding our more about the possibilities of helping put together the annual Charbonneau Arts Festival should contact me at erichoem @ comcast. net or 503-694-6036.
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