Volunteer Opportunities
SF Camerawork could not function without the help of our dedicated volunteer team. Learn about the gallery world, meet other photography enthusiasts, and join the Camerawork community!
Learn more about our volunteer opportunities through Volunteer Match
Current volunteer needs:
Gallery assistants for ongoing events
First Exposures mentors
Internship Program
SF Camerawork employs the assistance of undergraduate and graduate-level interns year-round. Possible areas of specialization include art handling, finance, library management, event planning, website design, and marketing. Administrative Interns learn about nonprofit arts administration, gallery operations, exhibition installation, and more, all while developing important connections within the Bay Area photographic community.
Commitment: One day per week, Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm.
This is an unpaid internship. We can, however, arrange for course credit.
Fall session: September 1 - December 19 (application deadline: August 1, 2009)
Spring session: January 5 - May 29, 2010 (application deadline: December 1, 2009)
Summer session: June 1 - August 28, 2010 (application deadline: May 1, 2010)
Fall session: August 31 - December 18, 2010 (application deadline: August 1, 2010)
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to info@sfcamerawork.org with the subject heading Internships.
Please include in your cover letter why an internship at SF Camerawork interests you, what skills you would bring to the position, and what days of the week you have available. Exhibition history is NOT necessary. SF Camerawork is an equal-opportunity employer.
Opportunities for Artists
CALL FOR ARTWORK
Roll Call
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS APRIL 17, 2010!
Above, top: Self-Portrait by Gerald Slota; Above, bottom: Becoming an Image #1 by Maggie Preston
WHAT
1. Roll Call, SF Camerawork’s 2010 Members’ Exhibition, on view Thursday, May 6 – Saturday, August 7, 2010.
2. In keeping with the egalitarian organizational principles introduced through last year's members’ exhibition, we are interested in seeing new works by members that reveal a personal philosophy or understanding of self-portraiture broadly conceived. Roll Call seeks to bring together a who's who of SF Camerawork.
3. Flat, 2-D lens-based works no larger than 9 x 6 inches (vertical and horizontal orientation of works is the sole decision of the artist). Send just the print (unframed and unmatted).
4. Include your name, email address, website URL, and mailing address.
5. Send work to: Roll Call, SF Camerawork, 657 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
6. All submissions will be exhibited.
7. Your work will not be returned to you. However, you will receive work from another participant. At the close of the exhibition, works will be randomly redistributed to participants alongside SF Camerawork Publications’ fall mailing.
WHEN
Deadline for all work is Saturday, April 17, 2010.
WHERE
San Francisco Camerawork, organized by Tanner Borskey.
WHY
1. All submissions will be included in the exhibition.
2. Exhibition opens: Thursday, May 6, 2010.
3. An exhibition catalogue will be produced (available mid-summer 2010 via blurb.com) and will include a reproduction of your work as well as your name and personal website URL. The catalogue will use the high school yearbook as a framing device.
4. Berkeley Art Museum Matrix Curator Liz Thomas and guest curator Tanner Borskey will tour the exhibition and assign superlatives and honorable mentions (e.g.: "Most Likely To Succeed") to some of the works in the exhibition. These will be included in the catalogue.
5. Artists' personal website URLs will be included on our artists’ links page as a resource for curators and arts professionals.
WHO
SF Camerawork members with membership good through August—please visit this link for more information on membership benefits and becoming a member.