Accompany people with disabilities interested in art at the ART CRU Berlin gallery
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
Mitte, Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Project-based
Direct contact
- Disabled People
- Arts, Music & Culture
- Design
About the volunteering opportunity
The ART CRU Berlin gallery in the Kunsthof at Oranienburgerstraße 27, 10117 Berlin is the first Berlin gallery to focus on art by people with disabilities and exceptional psychological experiences. The aim of the gallery is to promote and present these artists, most of whom are self-taught and outside the established art scene. These people often find it difficult or impossible to develop a professional career as an artist. That is why ART CRU focuses on reducing the distance between the established art world and the original and unadulterated works of these artists.
Your Tasks
- Accompany people with disabilities/mental impairments in their commitment and support them
- including looking after the art exhibitions (Mitte), archiving works of art (near Südkreuz), maintaining the website (Wedding) and at university events on the topic
- Help organize the vernissages and finissages
- Contribute your ideas on how the art of people with disabilities/disorders can be further developed
- Participate in the commemoration of the mass murder of people with disabilities during the Nazi era in the so-called "euthanasia programs", planned in Tiergartenstr. 4 ("T4-Aktion")
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, advanced German skills are required.
- Empathy, sensitivity and patience in dealing with people with disabilities / mental impairments
- Interest in art by people with disabilities and their artistic works
- Reliability and a willingness to get involved on a project-related or regular basis
Time required
Project-based
- 4-12 hours per month, flexible by arrangement
Important notice
- Volunteers of the ART CRU Berlin gallery have free access to the training program of the Unionhilfswerk, one of the members of the ART CRU: www.unionhilfswerk.de/engagement/termine.
Location
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
Since 1946, the UNIONHILFSWERK has been providing social aid out of Christian responsibility. To this day, we remain committed to those who depend on care and support. Our commitment is shaped by our mission statement "to create an individual quality of life" in order to help people to help themselves. Originating from 70 years of civic involvement, voluntary involvement continues to be a fundamental pillar of our commitment to others. As an alliance of the corporate foundation, association, six non-profit organisations and support foundation, UNIONHILFSWERK offers a wide range of possible applications and a commitment-friendly framework.
Mitte, Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Project-based
Direct contact
Mitte, Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Project-based
Direct contact