Call for Volunteers in April - Ballroom Marfa
Production collaborative FIFTY by US (www.fiftybyus.blogspot.com ) seeks creative volunteers to help with the production and installation of a Texas environment at Center 548 in Chelsea. The artistic and eco-driven environment will house Ballroom Marfa’s first NYC-based Benefit Auction. Ballroom Marfa (www.ballroommarfa.org) is a nonprofit cultural arts space that presents visual arts, film and music, and is based in Marfa, Texas. The Benefit Auction and After-Party will be held on Tuesday, April 12th and is sponsored by W Magazine and Akris, among other supporters. We are looking for 10 volunteers all day Monday, April 11th and Tuesday, April 12th; as well as 1-2 particularly interested volunteers the weeks before the event to work closely with FIFTY by US partners Jonathan Mergele and Sean Daly with the production of a hanging neon-colored sculpture, silk-screening newspaper table runners, among other innovative projects. All volunteers are invited as guests to the Ballroom Marfa Benefit After-Party on April 12th, 10:00pm-1:00am, featuring a live performance by Andrew Wyatt and Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, as well as music by DJ JD Samson. Please send inquires via email only to Emily Ottman, emily@mfproductions.com, and use “Ballroom Marfa Volunteer” in the subject line of your email.
