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.
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 JUNE VOLUNTEERS!
Mike Dannel, Janet Martin, Rusty Patterson, Alan Payne, Dave Siklosi, Karen Siklosi,
Kay Simmons, Terry Stansell
ORGANIZATION
Josh Bragg, Matthew Crabtree, Savannah Guffey, Ethan León, Traci McKenzie, Michael Webb
PERFORMERS & CREW
VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: KAREN SIKLOSI
As volunteers go, Karen Siklosi represents the gold standard.
From her ACT debut as Julie Farnsworth in the 1983 production of Heaven Can Wait; to the uptight cheerleader in Vanities, 1987; to the ditsy mother in Dearly Departed, 2001 (quite possibly the funniest play to grace our stage); to a pregnant nun in Dixie Swim Club, 2011; to a Jewish nun in Meshuggah Nuns 2008; to another nun in Nunsense, 2000. Karen has not only cornered the market on nun-roles, she has made us laugh until we cried.
As a stage manager—not so much. Her no-nonsense, school teacher approach to managing a play is the stuff of legend in the annals of ACT history. "Don't touch those props!"
And there's so much more. Need costumes? Call Karen. Need help with the Gala? Call Karen. Need some banana-nut muffins? Definitely call Karen.
Most recently, she has distinguished herself as the project manager of perhaps the most difficult and thankless volunteer job in Arts Center history—Basement Clean-Up. Wait until you see it!
To say "we couldn't have done it" without Karen is an absolute understatement.
She has been an integral part of the work and play with AACA from the first five years of its existence to the present.
As current secretary of the AACA Board of Directors, she brings all of that experience and more in leading the organization in governance and planning.
We’re so happy to recognize her as Volunteer of the Month!