Volunteer!

Would you like to be a part of the Three Rivers Art Festival? We're always looking for friendly faces to lend a hand during the festival. Call us at (985) 871-4141, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


Arts Alive! Stage Committee
These volunteers will monitor the Arts Alive! Stage, walk artists to the stage, and man artist booths for about an hour on Saturday and Sunday afternoons while the artists perform their demonstrations.

Barricade Set-up
These volunteers, needed late Friday afternoon, will be helping to set up street barricades.

Block Captains Committee
One block captain is assigned per block, and each has the responsibility of assisting artists with any special needs, including booth sitting for artists who need short breaks. Block captains are needed all day Saturday and Sunday, and shifts are 3-4 hours.

Children’s Area
Volunteers in the Children’s Area are responsible for coordinating the entire area. These volunteers are needed during the morning and afternoon on Saturday and Sunday.

Children’s Hands-On Activities
These volunteers are responsible for coordinating, setting-up, and monitoring the Children’s Area. Other responsibilities include assisting partner organizations that provide activities. These volunteers are needed Saturday and Sunday during the day.

Children’s Performing Stage
Volunteers in the area will be responsible for coordinating, setting-up, and monitoring the stage area. They will also assist performers and act as emcees, and are needed Saturday and Sunday in the afternoon.

Entertainment Committee
Music volunteers will book musical acts as well as planning and monitoring musical acts at Main Stage and non-acoustical music along the festival route.

First Aid/Security Committee
Volunteers on this committee will provide basic first aid to festival participants and coordinate security.

Food Court Committee
Food Court volunteers are responsible for coordinating, setting-up, and breaking down the food court area. They will also handle all vendor paperwork.

Friday Night Artists Welcome Reception
These volunteers will coordinate, set up, clean up, and monitor the outdoor reception area. They will also be responsible for manning the drinks area. They are needed in the early evening on Friday.

Grants
Volunteering in this area is ongoing, and the responsibilities include researching and applying for grants for the festival. These grants also include music grants.

Headquarters
These volunteers, needed all day Saturday and Sunday in 3 to 4 hour shifts, will man the festival headquarters and handle any special needs as they arise. This includes volunteers who will handle miscellaneous festival requests.

Hospitality
Hospitality volunteers will provide refreshments to artists, as well as stocking and pulling carts throughout the festival site. They will also man the hospitality suite at headquarters. Hospitality volunteers are needed to work 3 to 4 hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday.

Information Booths
Volunteers at these booths will provide information to festival visitors as well as selling festival merchandise, and need to be available for three to four hour shifts all day Saturday and Sunday.

Jurying/Judging
These volunteers will coordinate the jurying/judging  process for artist applicants.

Logistics
These volunteers will be responsible for managing the festival logistics, especially coordination with City of Covington.

Merchandise Committee
Volunteers on this committee will manage festival merchandise, inventory, order and sell products.

On-site Set-up and Dismantling
These volunteers will set up and break down stages, tents, and other areas before and after the festival. Some volunteers will also need to be available during the festival for special needs.

Photographer
These volunteers will take photographs during festival events.

Poster Signing Booth
A volunteer in this area is responsible for assisting the poster artist, who signs and sells posters throughout the festival.

Publicity
Publicity volunteers will write press releases and research media nationwide magazines and newspapers in which to list our event.

Purchase Awards
These volunteers will manage the purchase awards process as well as soliciting commitments from the community to purchase art during the festival.

Registration
These volunteers will be responsible for staffing artist registration tables at headquarters, and will be needed on Friday afternoon, Saturday morning, and Sunday afternoon.

Artist Awards Ceremony
Volunteers at the awards ceremony will coordinate, set up, clean up, and monitor the presentation area on Sunday morning before the festival opens. They will also be responsible for serving refreshments.

Sponsorship
Sponsorship volunteers will solicit sponsorships for the festival.

Student Art Exhibition
Volunteers in the Student Art Exhibition area will staff an area for art drop-off (usually held the week prior to festival week).  Volunteers will also staff the exhibit area during the festival and the art pick-up on Sunday afternoon. They will be responsible for sorting, setting-up and hanging artwork, as well as recruiting qualified art competition judges. These volunteers will coordinate with volunteers from Junior League of Greater Covington, and are needed the week before festival week as well as during festival hours on Saturday and Sunday. They will staff the Student Art Exhibit during the hours of the festival and will handle art pick-up at the close of the Student Art Exhibit.

VIP Tent
Volunteers at the VIP tent will be responsible for coordinating and staffing this area.

Volunteers
These volunteers will manage the volunteer database, assign volunteers to committees, and schedule volunteers for Block Captains, Information Booths, Headquarters, barricades, etc. They will plan the Volunteer Party, and should be available during the festival to handle volunteer scheduling needs.

5K Race Committee
Volunteers on this committee will coordinate and staff the Three Rivers Run, a 5K race that will take place early Saturday morning.