Volunteering
Art Power’s Casa de la Creatividad in Cozumel, Mexico is an organization that works with kids. We change the lives of kids and young people by building skills, enforcing good habits, nurturing expression and inspiring self confidence in people facing difficult circumstances and planting the seeds of positive change that improves their lives and communities. We are always working for the best interest of the children who come to our studio.
There is always a lot of activity in the studio. We are a choice based studio so there are no assignments, or lessons (with the exception of special but informal workshops). The kids work independently on a project of their choice, and the kids, no matter how old they are, are responsible for getting their own materials out, maintaining their workspace, and cleaning up—to the best of their abilities. Help and assistance is always needed with getting monitored materials, technique for improving quality and construction and execution of their design, and of course, lots of reminders about cleaning up.
We love and appreciate our volunteers and want them to have the best experience at Casa de la Creatividad as possible. But most importantly we want the kids to feel comfortable and at ease with the volunteers who come to the studio. We have structured our Volunteer Policy to maximize the potential for volunteers to have meaningful interactions with the kids.
Long Term Studio Assistant Volunteer—8 weeks or longer.
Spanish is not necessary, but a regular schedule is.
We request volunteers sign up to be in the studio for the kids at least 1 shift (2 hours) per week, and the minimum duration of the volunteering lasts 8 weeks.
Short Term Studio Assistant Volunteer — 2 to 8 weeks.
Spanish is not necessary, but it is very helpful to improve your interactions with the kids.
Volunteers sign up to be in the studio for the kids at least 2-2 hour shifts per week.
Short Term Special Skills Volunteers - 1-2-3 weeks
Spanish is not necessary but it is very helpful.
These volunteers bring a special skill to work with the kids (art teachers, art workshops, fluent Spanish speakers). Volunteers run special workshops for the kids or adults.
Volunteers sign up for 3-5 shifts per week in the studio; think of it as “immersion volunteering”.
Support Volunteers
We also have opportunities for volunteering behind the scenes.
Volunteers help organize and sort donated materials, prepare materials for the studio, and clean in the studio.
The times are arranged around the studio open hours and on studio cleaning day.
There are no restrictions on how many or few times you sign up for this.
**Sign ups are done online through the SignUp Genius website. Here there volunteers can see the entire schedule and see what shifts are available. Volunteers can also exchange shifts easily with each other. Volunteers are given access to the website after meeting and talking with the Director at Casa de la Creatividad.
There is always a lot of activity in the studio. We are a choice based studio so there are no assignments, or lessons (with the exception of special but informal workshops). The kids work independently on a project of their choice, and the kids, no matter how old they are, are responsible for getting their own materials out, maintaining their workspace, and cleaning up—to the best of their abilities. Help and assistance is always needed with getting monitored materials, technique for improving quality and construction and execution of their design, and of course, lots of reminders about cleaning up.
We love and appreciate our volunteers and want them to have the best experience at Casa de la Creatividad as possible. But most importantly we want the kids to feel comfortable and at ease with the volunteers who come to the studio. We have structured our Volunteer Policy to maximize the potential for volunteers to have meaningful interactions with the kids.
Long Term Studio Assistant Volunteer—8 weeks or longer.
Spanish is not necessary, but a regular schedule is.
We request volunteers sign up to be in the studio for the kids at least 1 shift (2 hours) per week, and the minimum duration of the volunteering lasts 8 weeks.
Short Term Studio Assistant Volunteer — 2 to 8 weeks.
Spanish is not necessary, but it is very helpful to improve your interactions with the kids.
Volunteers sign up to be in the studio for the kids at least 2-2 hour shifts per week.
Short Term Special Skills Volunteers - 1-2-3 weeks
Spanish is not necessary but it is very helpful.
These volunteers bring a special skill to work with the kids (art teachers, art workshops, fluent Spanish speakers). Volunteers run special workshops for the kids or adults.
Volunteers sign up for 3-5 shifts per week in the studio; think of it as “immersion volunteering”.
Support Volunteers
We also have opportunities for volunteering behind the scenes.
Volunteers help organize and sort donated materials, prepare materials for the studio, and clean in the studio.
The times are arranged around the studio open hours and on studio cleaning day.
There are no restrictions on how many or few times you sign up for this.
**Sign ups are done online through the SignUp Genius website. Here there volunteers can see the entire schedule and see what shifts are available. Volunteers can also exchange shifts easily with each other. Volunteers are given access to the website after meeting and talking with the Director at Casa de la Creatividad.
