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NEoN creates opportunities for collaboration and spontaneity and will always push beyond expectations. Our program of international and regional artistic exchanges aims to nurture diverse grass-roots art of the region whilst drawing in the art world’s most interesting talent.
Volunteer
Volunteering with NEoN
Over the years, many volunteers have worked with NEoN in many different ways, via school or university work placements, through academic research programmes or with people interested in helping us to reach our charitable aims. Reflecting the diversity and complexity of the digital and technology-driven art scene, the volunteer voices of our community are valued and reflected in the makeup of our organisation and our programme. We strive to include a multitude of voices and perspectives in the planning and implementation of our artistic work and operations.
NEoN is registered with the Saltire Awards. The Saltire Awards are the Scottish Government’s way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland, aged between 12 and 25. Young people gain nationally recognised certificates, signed by Scottish Government Ministers, for their different amounts of volunteering.
NEoN has achieved its Volunteer Friendly Award from Volunteer Dundee, an independent voluntary organisation that provides a ‘Volunteer Centre’ service in Dundee. Volunteer Dundee exists to involve more people more efficiently in volunteering to help make Dundee a better place to live.
Kirsty Cameron volunteered with NEoN for 3 months as a Master of Arts Culture-Language-Media student at Europa-Universität Flensburg. Kirsty now works at Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology. When asked about volunteering with NEoN she said:
Volunteering with NEoN was a great and important experience for me. The people from NEoN (colleagues and other volunteers) were very friendly, welcoming and helpful whenever I needed their support. It was able to experience different fields of work, which was important for me since I wanted to have a look into different things. I was given some responsibilities whilst volunteering with NEoN which was a great experience and not too daunting.
I carried out a number of different activities such as research, drawing plans of exhibition spaces, helping to build parts of the exhibitions and assisting artists at workshops. The things I enjoyed most were assisting the artists, helping out with the workshops, and liaising with visitors. It was really interesting to hear thoughts and experiences from attendees. The whole team-experience was wonderful.
Commissions
NEoN delivers festivals, exhibitions, workshops, talks, conferences, live performances, and public discussions. We commission new work and nurture the ongoing development of work.
NEoN creates opportunities for collaboration and spontaneity and will always push beyond expectations. We believe the arts can be a powerful platform for social change, and we strive to include a multitude of voices and perspectives in the planning and implementation of our artistic work and operations.
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If you would like to get in touch with the team, tell us about your work or ask a question about volunteering, please get in touch via this form. We will endeavour to get back to you as soon as we can.
NEoN’s Privacy Policy
At NEoN, we take the privacy of our audience, volunteers and supporters very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold about you. Our Privacy Policy outlines how your personal information is collected, used and treated.