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Volunteer Opportunities
7th Street Park Landscape Redesign
Prince George's County
Are you a landscape architect with an interest in community park design? After years of being closed, the city of Glenarden, MD has noticed more youth living near the 7th Street Park. They are interested in reopening the park to the public and revitalizing it with a playground and other park amenities with community support.
NDC is seeking a mix of landscape architects and designers to help create a design for 7th Street Park and to participate in community engagement sessions. Lend your skills to a project that will have a major impact on residents throughout the Glenarden community!
To volunteer or for any questions, please feel free to contact Angelica Arias, aarias@ndc-md.org.
Design Advisor for Safe Arts Spaces
Baltimore
Are you interested in Baltimore’s art scene and the places where creating happens? NDC’s Arts Space Technical Assistance (ASTA) program staff work with artist owned and/or operated spaces in developing code compliant conceptual plans and offering guidance in navigating Baltimore City’s permitting and regulatory process. We also help artists visualize their dream space. The mission behind the ASTA program is to give arts spaces, places, and the people who run them a chance to stabilize and grow.
We are looking to establish a design advisor group of experienced and/or licensed architects with a close knowledge of local building codes to provide support and mentorship for NDC staff working on the ASTA program. We anticipate the Design Advisor Group may meet up to once a month to provide feedback in the form of a conceptual design crit, or to have an open dialogue on the different approaches for bringing buildings into code compliance.
If you are interested in putting your expertise to use in supporting the arts community in Baltimore City, with likeminded people, or if you have questions regarding the role or program, please email Karla Brent at kbrent@ndc-md.org.
Check back soon! More to come...
Baltimore
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with NDC. We are currently scoping projects and getting them ready for volunteers. If you are new to volunteering with NDC, please reach out to Program Manager Julia DiMauro, jdimauro@ndc-md.org, to schedule a chat.
We look forward to working with you!
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Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds. If you want to support NDC’s work and have experience in the below disciplines (or something related), we’d love to collaborate.
There’s an amazing symbiotic relationship between our volunteers and community members. The local designers and experts who dedicate their talents to community projects learn from the community about the area’s needs and challenges, while residents get exposed to key design and implementation processes. Volunteers report their experience to be engaging and enriching!
“Working with NDC has taught me to listen to every unique voice in a design process and to always include those voices in design decisions.”
— Carol Currotto, Interior Designer
