Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunities
Welcome to the volunteer sign-up page. Sign up yourself, your family and friends to help at the 2008 Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in downtown Tampa the first weekend in March. Meet and assist artists from around the country and the world while enjoying the atmosphere of beautiful downtown Tampa.
As a token of thanks, each volunteer receives a festival t-shirt.
Before or after a tour of volunteer duty, you will be able to visit the artists’ booths, try festival food or stop near the stage to hear the day's musicians.
There are many ways you can help … and have fun!
- Artist Hospitality/Booth Sitting – Cover booths while artists take breaks and/or help out at the Hospitality booth.
- Artist Party – Set up, serve and clean up at the Artist Party on Friday night.
- Artist Check-In – Check in the artists and hand out information packets.
- Children’s Activities – Help out with creative activities at the Children’s Tent.
- Festival Greeters – Stroll festival grounds and assist artists and patrons as needed. Alert off-duty police and festival personnel of any issues.
- Festival Liaison Assistance – Assist liaison with various needs including monitoring festival headquarters.
- Information/Poster/T-shirt Booth - Hand out festival programs, direct visitors, sell t-shirts, posters and various other items to festival visitors.
- Signage – Set up and hang signs at various festival booths on Friday night or take them down on Sunday.
- Site Amenities:
- Friday, February 29 (4 p.m. until 6 p.m.) Distribute and setup clean cardboard trash boxes with liners throughout the festival site. You will have the use of a golf cart and get a free dinner!
- Sunday, March 8 (4:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.) Help close the show – fold tables, chairs, remove signs from tents.
- Site Planning – These volunteers will help mark the artists’ booth locations throughout the festival grounds
- Traffic Assistance – Assist in street closures and assist TPD to maintain traffic barriers and regulate access to festival grounds. (Friday only).
- VIP Tent – Act as hostess for festival sponsors
- Young Artist Showcase – Volunteers will work to provide students from the Bay area's nine Art Magnet Public Schools (K-12) the opportunity to display their work during the Festival.
Thank you for your interest!
If you have any questions regarding volunteering for the 2009 Festival, please contact Emily Burts.
