HANDS in Autism Art Exposition

I was a Program Assistant at HANDS in Autism on a volunteer basis for over three years. During my time there as a volunteer, I helped organize both the 2024 and 2025 annual Art Exposition. However, I was more involved in the organization of the 2025 Expo due to the lack of other volunteers and staff. 

My responsibilities included:

• Spreading the word about this event to past clients, past artists, other organizations, and students at IUI.

• Creating presentations and graphics to educate others on both the organization and the event.

• Presenting on this event to other IUI students looking for volunteer opportunities.

• Sharing surveys and QR codes to get the theme and logo from the community.

• Backlogging previous years submissions in a central database from 2024-2019. 

• Organizing the frames and nametags for art.

• Tabling for the event while it was taking place.

• Distributing information and goodies during the event to community members.

• Faciliating getting volunteers for the event by being the main point of contact and establishing a clear volunteer schedule.

• Training volunteers and coming up with activities for the to do in addition to the event.​

This is the logo from the 2025 Art Expo. I was involved in the selection process of both the logo and the theme and spread surveys and QR codes to get more community involvement.