Would you like to be part of the Dragon*Con

Art Show Team?

The Dragon*Con 2007 Art Show was an enormous success. We have one of the largest Art Shows of these genres in the world by inventory counts. We are working very hard to make the 2008 Dragon*Con Art Show the largest of it's type in the world by all counts and measures.

All of this doesn't just happen; it takes dedicated volunteers. If you are an attending artist, you will see in the Art Show rules that the space you rent in the show does not include a membership to the convention. If you rent space in the art show and you want to attend the convention, you must still purchase a membership. However, for artist and attendee alike, if you have volunteered for Dragon*Con before and if you volunteer for a staff position and work 20 hours your membership to the convention is complimentary! (First time volunteers pay a one time charge of $20.) As a bonus, staff members who attend two of the three pre-con meetings receive a complimentary convention T-shirt. Out-of-town staff that are unable to attend the meetings can purchase a T-shirt at the con for half the retail price. This is a win-win situation for everybody as the art show can obtain the levels of staff it needs and you can attend the convention without spending a dime on a membership. You will be a part of making a historical event take place and you'll be a part of a growing family of Art Show volunteers that come back every year to make this show what it is.

To have a successful show as large as the 2007 Dragon*Con Art Show we now have department managers. This year we want each department manager to build a team for their department. These Art Show department managers are as follows:
 

Art Show Directors

John and Anne Parise

(DCArtDirectors@comcast.net)

 

Art Show Sales

Ingrid Eichelbaum

(ieichelbaum@yahoo.ca)

This department is responsible for the cashiers, artist check-in/check-out, inventory control, sub-departments (i.e., art gallery, print shop, Art on Demand, etc..) and bidder registration. This department is responsible for hanging/packing mail-in artwork. In order for artists to get paid accurately and quickly artist check-in/check-out is the most important to the artist. This is where all of the paperwork is reviewed, corrected if necessary, I's are dotted and the T's crossed. For the cashiers and bidder registration we use state of the art, user-friendly software on one big Art Show network. This makes taking care of customers quick and easy.

Volunteers for this department need patience's and are very determined to be 100% accurate in everything they do.

Art Show Operations

Sam Wallace

(guillaumedep@att.net)

The Art Show not only contains a lot of expensive artwork but many of the artists depend on the sales of their work for their livelihood. Unfortunately, there are people in this world that don't have a problem stealing artwork and hurting people. The regular convention security guards the doors to and from the Art Show but they don't work inside the Art Show. To protect the artists and the art inside the Art Show volunteers are needed to not only keep an eye on the art. These volunteers are also helpers to those attendees that need help understanding how the bid process works, how to read a bid sheet, and they run the artwork to and from the art auction.

Art Show Programming

Heidi Wallace

(miramah@att.net)

We are all fascinated by the artwork at each Art Show but people want to know "How did they do that?" Artists are always searching for new methods, and attendees can better appreciate the artwork when they know how it was created. The Art Show programming is the way this all happens. The Art Show programming has a huge variety of items for both the attendee and the artist. The programming is located only a few doors down from the Art Show. The Art Show programming doesn't just happen by itself. It needs dedicated people to run it.

Art Show Assembly and Disassembly

David King

(sevatan@comcast.net)

If it has to be built, moved, designed, and disassembled, this group is responsible for it. Under the Art Show Operations department, this includes design of the floor layout, design and assembly/disassembly of the hanging displays, and any special design and assembly/disassembly of unique items like the Art on Demand booth.

If you love to build stuff, if you like the feel of tools in your hand, if you love to design stuff and then build it, then volunteering for this section is for you.

The Dragon*Con Art Show

We are Looking for a Few Good Fans!

If you are interested in being a member of a particular team, please get in contact with that department's manager today. Remember, when you volunteer 20 hours you get a complimentary pass into the convention.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering for the Art Show, please check out the Dragon*Con Staff web page. Once you familiarize yourself with the basics of "what it is to be on staff", send the Art Show Directors an e-mail or call the Dragon*Con office at (770) 909-0115.

We hope you can become a part of our team!