Thursday, June 20

5 -- 6:30 pm at the AMoA Cafe

Meet and socialize with AMoA staff and volunteers to learn more about volunteer opportunities during this special open house for prospective volunteers. Free and open to the public!

What's your volunteer flavor?

Special Events

Make our events a success as a Special Events Volunteer! Help to plan, set-up, decorate, staff, and breakdown special events and fundraisers at the museum; tasks include coordinating logistics, soliciting silent auction items, serving food or drink, and interacting with guests.

Fundraising/Fund Development

Support the staff in raising the necessary funds for exhibitions and educational programs! You can assist with mailings, data entry, grant research, and calling museum members to thank them for their financial support (no direct solicitation necessary).

Community Programs & Events

Be the friendly face that greets and welcomes visitors to our special events! You can be the helpful source who provides information about the museum and its many outstanding programs. By manning our booths and tables and interacting with the public, you will be able spread AMoA’s image and cultural awareness in the community.

Marketing

Help AMoA connect with the local community by reaching out to different audiences! You can represent the museum at various local events like the City’s Summer Splash, The Rapides Parish Fair, The Celebration of Philanthropy, and other great events that promote Central Louisiana’s attractions and economy. By spreading  the word about our upcoming exhibitions, programs and events via flyers and posters, you will be helping draw a more diverse crowd to AMoA. You can also help keep the public informed of all the museum has to offer by assisting with our calendar listings and database of contacts.

Studio/Classroom Assistant

Come help our art educators inspire artists of the future. If you love kids and art, you are the perfect fit to assist our educators with Family Classes, Second Saturday Art Activities, Summer Art Camp and other art making events.

Teen Mentor or Chaperone

Have a blast while helping to mold the next generation of artists and thinkers, by sharing your skills with our teen club, The Muse, as a mentor. You can also simply come and lend a hand as a chaperone for workshops and events. You’ll get to join in the fun and make sure everyone has a safe, enjoyable time.

Gallery Guide

Bring art to life for museum visitors by being a gallery guide. You will learn to conduct tours, using a variety of fun and engaging methods. Training for museum tours will be provided, throughout the year.

Administrative Assistant:  Lend a hand by helping with clerical tasks such as filing, data entry, preparing mail outs or other similar tasks.

Visitor Services:  Be our visitors’ first welcome to our museum experience!  Introduce visitors to the current exhibitions and share information and publications about our current and upcoming classes, events and programs.  Enjoy the interaction with current members and introduce non-members to our membership programs.  You may want to use your experience to assist our front desk operations by manning the desk, answering phones, recording gift shop purchases and running the cash register and credit card machine while employees are busy with other tasks or out of the office. 

Art Handling

Be the first one to see the art in the new exhibitions – unpacking crates and unwrapping artwork is like opening a gift for the community!  Learn various techniques and get new ideas for hanging and displaying art, help spackle and paint the galleries to prepare for the next exhibitions, hang labels for each artwork, and receive training on how to handle and care for art.

Gardens & Grounds

Outside the Museum is just as important as inside the Museum! Outdoor lovers and gardeners are welcome to help with pruning, weeding, and watering of gardens and shrubs; cleaning windows; and maintenance of our outdoor sculptures. 

Bi-lingual Interpretation

Translate labels and signs into audio guides and other multimedia educational materials to help the Museum serve the needs of visitors with physical or mental difficulties as well as diverse cultures or ages within our community. Whether you are interested in translating written or verbal materials, we could use your help to continuously improve Museum accessibility and expand outreach to various audiences.  Those of you with technological experience or interest in researching and learning could also be a great asset in helping us discover new ways to create multimedia and interactive experiences for our visitors!

Gallery Attendant

Safeguard the artwork on display by maintaining a presence in the galleries when the Museum is open to the public. Ensure visitors adhere to Museum rules regarding photography, food and beverages, and staying a safe distance away from the artworks, and help educate visitors on the reasons behind our policies. Learn safety and risk management procedures to be prepared and get a behind-the-scenes perspective at the daily operations of the Museum!

26th Annual September Competition

Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2013

See PDF Version HERE (September Competition Call for Artists 2013) for Entry FORM.

The 26th Annual September Competition presented by the Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) is a national juried exhibition highlighting contemporary art practices in all media from around the country. Artworks selected by this year’s artist-juror, Stewart Nachmias, will be featured in an exhibition at Alexandria Museum of Art, located along the scenic Red River in the heart of central Louisiana, September 6–November 23, 2013, and included in a full-color print catalogue. Total cash awards of $2,000 will be allocated to juror-designated award winners.

Eligibility & Fees

Visual artists over age 18 working in all media, including but not limited to painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, video, textile art, and printmaking are invited to submit. All artworks MUST be original, created by the person who enters the competition, and completed in the last two years (2011 or later). Artists working in experimental media are encouraged to submit entries for judging. Non-refundable $35 entry fee for 2 entries, $20 per additional entry.

Juror

Stewart Nachmias is a visual artist based in New York City known for his cast paper woodcuts celebrating urban life drawn from his own experiences as a musician, performer, and artist. Born and raised in New York, Nachmias earned a B.F.A in printmaking at State University of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz, and studied printmaking at New York University and Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop in New York City. He co-established Studio 827, a printmaking atelier in New York City, and worked printing the etchings, engravings, woodcuts and serigraphs of artists including Keith Haring, Peter Max, Krishna Reddy, Dorothy Dehner and Raphael Soyer. Nachmias; work has been exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions at Longview Museum of Fine Arts, TX; Alexandria Museum of Art, LA; Long Island University, Brooklyn; and Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY. His work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; SUNY Art Archives; New School Collection, New York; Printmaking Workshop, New York; and Estate of Dorothy Dehner.

About Alexandria Museum of Art

The mission of the Alexandria Museum of Art is to preserve, exhibit and promote visual art through Central Louisiana in a way that contributes to the quality of life in Central Louisiana and includes collecting and displaying Southern art and art influenced by Southern art, together with promoting art education. Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) serves over 12,000 people each year in our museum galleries, store and off-site programs. AMoA entices visitors of diverse tastes with over 5,000 square feet of exhibition space featuring rotating exhibitions of art from our permanent collection, traveling exhibitions from around the world, and exceptional contemporary artists. More info: www.themuseum.org or 318-443-3458

Calendar

• May 31: Postmark deadline for mail submissions and deadline for hand delivered entries and receipt of digital images.
• July 20: Jury notification by mail or email. No phone calls please!
• August 20: Deadline for receipt of juried works
• September 6: Opening Reception and Artists’ Talk
• November 23: Exhibition closes
• December 10: Shipping of artwork with pre-paid return label provided by the artist begins; Deadline to pick up hand delivered work

Rules

Submissions must be postmarked, emailed, or delivered by midnight on Friday, May 31, 2013, to be eligible for consideration (see September Competition Call for Artists 2013 PDF Version for Entry form). Please note:

• Video entries must be submitted in DVD format not to exceed 30 minutes
• No work should exceed seven feet (84”) in any direction or 200 lbs. Entries exceeding these limitations will be automatically disqualified.
• Entries will be juried only by digital images emailed or sent on CDs mailed to AMoA
• Artist statements must be in digital format and should not exceed 100 words (for catalog use only, not available to juror before selected)
• Artists are responsible for paying for shipping of artwork both ways
• Submitted artworks must be available for the duration of the exhibition
• Substitutions for selected artworks will not be accepted
• If digital entries on CDs or DVDs are not correctly representative of work chosen, AMoA has the right to exclude them from the exhibition.

Exhibitor Obligations

Artist is responsible for paying for shipping of artwork both ways. Selected work must be display ready. All 2-D work should be framed, wired for hanging, and where appropriate glazed with Plexiglas®. Any work notably different from the work originally submitted on CD or DVD will be disqualified. CDs and DVDs will not be returned. Selected artworks must be available for the duration of the exhibition; substitutions will not be accepted. If digital images chosen on CDs or DVDs are not correctly representative of work chosen, AMoA has the right to exclude from the exhibition.

Sales and Liability

A 30% commission will be charged on all sales. Every reasonable precaution will be taken to assure protection of entries, but the Alexandria Museum of Art assumes no responsibility for loss or damage from any cause during transit. Works will be insured for the duration of the exhibition while on AMoA premises. Any entries delivered without statement of insurance value will be assigned a maximum value of $500.

In the AMoA Gift Shop all items are handmade, unique and hand selected by Tommy and Karen Faulk, managers of the shop.  Come in and browse, take your time and look at the variety of new works and just enjoy. Reward yourself and the artist by selecting just the perfect gift for the Holidays or treat yourself and your home to something special.

Master Art Class for Adults

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 12:30pm

Free for Household Members and above,

$10 for Individual Members, 

$20 for non-members

Register now, space is limited. Call or email Jenny Gallent at jenny@themuseum.org or 318-443-3458

LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series presented by Alexandria Museum of Art

Thursday, November 15, 6:00pm, 2012, 3^rd Floor Gallery,

 FREE and open to the public!

Alexandria Museum of Art proudly welcomes Julie Kane, the 2011-2013 Louisiana Poet Laureate, reading from her collections of poetry! Julie is Professor of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, and her poetry collections include Jazz Funeral (2009, Story Line Press, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize); Rhythm & Booze(2003, University of Illinois Press, winner of the National Poetry Series and finalist for the Poets’ Prize); and Body and Soul (1987, Pirogue). With Kiem Do, she co-authored the Vietnam memoir Counterpart: A South Vietnamese Naval Officer’s War (1998, Naval Institute Press), which became a History Book Club Featured Alternate Selection. Julie’s poems are found in more than 30 anthologies including Poetry: A Penguin Pocket Anthology and The Book of Irish American Poets from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. They have also been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. A former George Bennett Fellow in Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy, New Orleans Writer in Residence at Tulane University, and Fulbright Scholar to Vilnius Pedagogical University in Lithuania. LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series is supported by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

2013 Louisiana Dragon Boat Promo!  Click here.

The Alexandria Museum of Art is proud to bring the 3rd Annual Louisiana Dragon Boat Races™ back to Rapides Parish.  This exciting family event makes for a great day of good, spirited racing, and a great time on and off the water!