BECOME AN ARTS AMBASSADOR TODAY!

Volunteer at The Arts Center

Volunteers are the backbone of AACA. Arts supporters can participate in a variety of means with different degrees of time commitment.

BECOME AN ARTS AMBASSADOR

We call our volunteers Arts Ambassadors. These ambassadors can:

  • Help with administrative tasks

  • Support "front of house" during events (pass out programs, sell concessions)

  • Host receptions and decorate for events

  • Build and paint set pieces

  • Lift heavy things

  • Join committees and offer strategic insight and help execute programs and events like our concert series and the Gala

  • Learn about and consider board service

THANK YOU TO OUR APRIL VOLUNTEERS!

ADMINISTRATION

Fred Seals, Mary Seals, Michael Webb, Laurel Wood

EVENTS

Holland Borwick, Tallulah Borwick, Melonie Carideo,
Art Kimball

G. David Brown, Lauren Brown, Jan Burleson,
Frank Clark , Daisy Cranfill, Tracie Hansom,
Art Kimball, Zyan Kirkland, Louise Pallew,
Kelly Prince, Sloane Shepherd, Kay Simmons,
Lauren Trew, Christen Webb

PERFORMERS & CREW

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

G. DAVID BROWN

There are many terms you could apply to G. David Brown's role with Athens Area Council for the Arts + The Arts Center: huckleberry friend and utility tool come to mind.

While G. David, or "G" as he's referred to around here, has an official title as [Volunteer] Technical Director, over the last four decades he has been board member, producer, director, performer, fundraiser, handyman, IT support, plumber, maintenance man, advisor - the list goes on.

Having served on the building committees for both the original Arts Center campaign and our recent expansion, G. David is one of the handful of people who can claim credit for making The Arts Center the institution it is today (though he never would).

G. David's impact on our organization isn't new news, in fact our Executive Director Emerita, Ellen Kimball, named an award for him in the early 2000s.

Given the facts that he has his own award AND he happens to be my father, I was hesitant to name him volunteer of the month. However, in April he directed Steel Magnolias for the third time in ACT history and built the set, clocking WEEKS of volunteer service.

Upon receipt of his director's gift, he said something along the lines of "I don't ever expect thanks or a present because the true gift is being able to create art together."

That's the heart of a servant leader - I hope you'll join me in giving "G" a hearty thank you for decades of devoted service.