MISSOURI STATE PARKS

The duties of this volunteer position may include the following:

• Do 1st person Interpretation programs
• Assist historic site staff with interpretation programs
• Collect admission fees and sell gift shop merchandise
• Assist with special events
• Assist with light clean-up both inside and outside the home
• Assist with invasive species removal
• Other duties as assigned and agreed upon

Thomas Hart Benton's life is present in both his home and his paintings, and both are preserved at Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site. A trip to the home and studio of the renowned painter, sculptor, lecturer and writer offers a glimpse into how the talented Benton lived and worked. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio, which remains as he left it. Visitors can still see coffee cans full of paintbrushes, numerous paints, and a stretched canvas waiting to be transformed into another of his masterpieces. Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio in 1975.