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About the Role
Docents are specially trained to support the educational mission of Storm King, facilitating public and adult group tours and assisting with public programs and events.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate public and adult group tours.
- Assist with public programs and events.
- Lead hour-long outdoor tours in variable weather conditions on Storm King’s hills, grass and pathways.
- Commit to at least one year of volunteer service.
- Attend regular Tuesday morning meetings (about ten per year).
- Lead a minimum of eight tours per season (typically scheduled during both weekday and weekend afternoons during our open season).
Requirements
- Must be enthusiastic, curious, and eager to learn.
- Must be able to lead hour-long outdoor tours in variable weather conditions on Storm King’s hills, grass and pathways.
- Requires an affable disposition and impeccable reliability.
- Must successfully lead an observed test tour to join the corps.
- Must commit to at least one year of volunteer service.
Skills
- Fluency in other languages, especially Spanish, is a bonus.
- Working with the public requires an affable disposition and impeccable reliability.
- A love for Storm King is essential.
- Background or interest in modern and contemporary art and/or landscape design is preferable.
Location
- New York’s Hudson Valley
Work Type
- Volunteer
- Outdoor
Experience Level
- New docent candidates will take part in an intensive training course.
Benefits
- Complimentary admission to Storm King for themselves and guests.
- Reciprocal admission to other institutions.
- Discounts at our Museum Store and Outdoor Cafe.
- Vibrant social learning community of more than 20 volunteers.
- Special behind-the-scenes tours, talks, and workshops at Storm King.
- Trips to fabricators’ and artists’ studios.
- Expeditions to other museums.
About the Company
- Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York’s Hudson Valley, where visitors experience large-scale sculpture, site-specific commissions, and groundbreaking temporary exhibitions under open sky.
- Storm King’s unique landscape offers opportunities for the public to experience time outdoors and engage with art in an open and accessible environment, while artists create some of their most ambitious works in conversation with the natural world.
- The Department of Learning and Engagement offers opportunities and experiences for a wide-ranging community of visitors.
- Primarily presented during Storm King’s open months of April through November, programs include concerts and performances, lectures and artist talks, family programs, school and adult tours, moonlit walks, and much, much more.
- Learning and Engagement reflect Storm King’s ongoing dialogue with art, landscape, and nature.
- Programming aims to spark immersion, inspiration, investigation, and innovation for an ever-expanding audience.