Volunteer!
If you like seeing Syracuse art in public places, help make it happen! Our poets and artists produce beautiful work. But to share this work with the broader community and make it financially viable entails an array of tasks. Help us by volunteering. You’ll get to share skills, learn new skills, and work with artists, poets and other champions of public art in Syracuse.
Our nonprofit group has a board of directors, a team of volunteers, and opportunities for high school and college interns. We meet for regular work sessions at Commonspace Work, second floor, 201 E. Jefferson St.
Scroll down to see volunteer opportunities, find one that inspires you, and contact us.
For an informative story about the value of volunteering, read this article from the New York Times.
Finally, to familiarize yourself with our interns and volunteers by checking out their favorite music, visit their YouTube Playlist.
Current Volunteers and Interns
Eric Stein
IT Volunteer
Eric Stein
Eric Stein, an IT technician at Syracuse's Hancock Airport, helps with information technology tasks.
Beyond setting up and trouble shooting computers, he pursues a variety of interests: martial arts, triathlons, family genealogy, and American history.
CeCe Sutton
Volunteer
CeCe Sutton
Born a "maker" in Orange County NY, CeCe moved with her parents to Lower Alabama when she was 12. After 50 years of life as a restaurant hostess, barber, graphic designer, event planner, retail manager, landscape designer and administrative assistant in the South, she moved back to New York in 2020 as part of the great Covid rethink-your-life shift. She is a long-standing quilter and self-taught glass artist, working in kiln fused glass, mosaic, and stained glass. She believes that art is healing and provides an outlet for both the creator and the viewer, allowing us to come together by sharing our common experiences. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, dancing, and traveling and camping in her motorhome with her sisters and her cat, Frankie.
Atharva Chandras
Information Technology Intern
Atharva Chandras
Atharva Chandras is an International graduate student majoring in Computer Science at Syracuse University’s Engineering and Computer Science Department. He grew up in Mumbai, India known for its busy and fast-paced life and ambitious atmosphere.
He is also a keen hiker, having hiked some peaks in the Indian Himalayas, and loves adventure. He is serving as an information technology intern through the spring of 2025, helping with database and website development.
His focus was on developing applications and products that could change society, impact many people, and benefit them which drove him to the poster project.
Rosyln Lydick
Writing and Editing Intern
Rosyln Lydick
Roslyn Lydick is a writing and editing intern excited to work at the Poster Project through the spring of 2025. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she graduated from Syracuse University in December 2024 with a dual B.A. in English & Textual Studies and Creative Writing.
Roslyn has developed an academic passion for both real and fictive archives, and she is interested in projects that increase people’s access to their own archived knowledge and culture. She is excited to support the Poster Project by helping with social media posts, grant applications, and production of a "Where Art They?" book, featuring former Poster Project illustrators.
Ohoud Ibrahim
Outreach Intern
Ohoud Ibrahim
Ohoud is an international student from Saudi Arabia and a recent graduate of Syracuse University’s Museum Studies Program.
Ohoud has worked with several museums, archives, and cultural organizations in Syracuse, including the Erie Canal Museum, Le Moyne College, and the Onondaga Historical Association, gaining experience in collection management, archival processing, and exhibition planning. She is passionate about connecting people with cultural heritage through creative projects.
She is excited to support the Poster Project by contributing to community outreach and promoting art posters by Central New York artists.
Austin McClaskey
Web Development Volunteer
Austin McClaskey
Austin first joined us in 2024 as a graphic design intern from Bryant & Stratton College. After graduating, he circled back to us, in April 2025, to help manage our website.
Austin grew up in Baldwinsville, NY. He graduated from C.W Baker High School in 2016. He has had a passion for graphic design ever since he took classes about it in high school. In his spare time, he likes creating content for his YouTube channel, listening to music, and reading, especially books that contain epic fantasy. Imagine Dragons is his favorite band. He also enjoys watching anime and playing Dungeons and Dragons on a weekly basis.
Volunteer Opportunities
Testimonials
from our interns and volunteers
I liked working for the Syracuse Poster Project because of the project's continuous output of locally-produced poster art into the Syracuse community. Working for the Project made me rethink my ideas on how art can be made accessible, and in turn, accessed. As I continue with my studies, and in my professional life, I want to continue finding opportunities like this to make art accessible to many people, in a culture that feels always in a rush.
I really enjoyed working with you. I find myself lucky to work as a volunteer for Syracuse Poster Project. I have learned many new things during my work. If there is anything I can help you with in future, it will be my honor. Thanks again for your time and providing me this opportunity.
Being an intern in Poster Project enriches my experience, and your instructions enable me to make progress. Thank you for providing me this opportunity and giving me valuable suggestions. Thank you, Jim.
I want to say thank you very very much for all your patience and kindness! I learned a lot from my internship in your team, not only improving my professional skills but also enhance my interpersonal communication skills. Your help, patience, and kindness are priceless and I really appreciate them. Thank you again for all my experience in your team!
I’m so grateful to have been involved with the Syracuse Poster Project! It’s something I still enjoy talking about to this day. It was such a valuable experience to me as a young, aspiring designer.
I’m thrilled to have landed work in my field, especially in this job market. And I’m especially grateful to you and your conscientious approach to making sure I experienced different aspects of grant writing and development work, as I don’t think I’d have gotten my job, or got the interviews I did, without this volunteer work.
Being in PP allows me to look at Syracuse from a different perspective. As a SU student, I kinda thought Syracuse is just made up of the school and the students, now I realize I was kinda ignorant haha! Syracuse is so much more! I love how the downtown community is closely knitted, you seem like you know every shop owner in downtown, and most of them know you and PP! Almost every person I met is kind and friendly -- Naomi, Yunhui, Kate, Mary Ann, Eric. Being able to work with you all was a pleasure!
