Gallery Visitor Host

Job Overview:The Spark-A-Change Foundation is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a volunteer art guide. In this role, you will have the chance to work closely with our team, sharing your passion for art and providing an exceptional experience for our visitors.Job Tasks:Provide information about artworks to visitorsAssist...

**Job Description:**We are seeking a motivated Museum Visitor Liaison to join our team at the Spark-A-Change Foundation. As a liaison, you will play a key role in ensuring visitors have a positive and engaging experience at the Hestercombe Gallery.The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, a keen interest in art, nature, and...

Job Description: As an Art Gallery Assistant, you'll play a vital role in creating a welcoming atmosphere for our visitors. You'll work closely with our team to provide excellent customer service, answer questions, and help our visitors make the most of their visit.Requirements:Able to commit to at least 3 hours per weekGood communication skillsPatient and...

This Saturday is a momentus day for Hestercombe as the House is finally re-united and opened up to the public for the first time in over 100 years. Several spaces have been reclaimed and are being used as a Gallery. The first exhibition 'Leaping the Fence' contains important artworks from the last 25 years including pieces by Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger and...

Image: 'Quenanville as Antipode' (detail), slideshow + 11 digital prints, 2014_ **Simon Faithfull exhibition '**_Elsewhen_**' at Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton**: 9 March - 30 June 2019 A new exhibition by **Simon Faithfull** brings together a series of works which allow gallery visitors to orientate themselves in relation to places across the planet. Created...

**UPDATE, 7th January 2021: *Please note: in line with the national lockdown, Hestercombe House and Gallery is temporarily closed. Read our full coronavirus statement for opening information.**: To visit Hestercombe House and Gallery (when reopen), you will need to book a gardens admission ticket, which also gives you entry to _Open-Up_, a new series of...

**Come and visit our new Gallery Shop in Hestercombe House, as well as our Gift Shop and Plant Centre on the Marquee Lawn**: - An overview of the new Gallery Shop**Gallery Shop**: Visit Hestercombe's new Gallery Shop for beautiful local handmade gifts. With a mix of high quality pieces, local artists showcase their work - a diverse selection of materials...

Between 10am - 2.30pm there will be a large educational group using the gardens. The group will be using areas to the side of the formal gardens and may be noisy. Please be aware of this when visiting the gardens on these days. Gardens, gallery and visitor centre open as usual.

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**We have joined forces with Spark Somerset to invite and share our warm space with the local community this winter at Hestercombe.**: We’ll be opening our doors at Hestercombe House and offering a comfortable space for those that need it to sit, read, and stay as long as they wish. Our warm space is free to access with the opportunity to view our art...

**Leaping the Fence**: The opening exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery presents groundbreaking artists such as Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Mark Quinn, Mike Nelson and Susan Philipsz among others, many of them Turner Prize winners and nominees **Oceans by Tania Kovats**: Oceans, a solo show by Tania Kovats, is the second exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery, and...

**SEDIMENT brings together three decades of work by celebrated German artist Mariele Neudecker. Landscape, the deep sea, the Arctic, environmental concerns and lockdown all have a presence in this major solo exhibition.**: - Image: Mariele Neudecker, We Saw It Coming All Along [1 & 2] 2019, (detail), mixed media on archive print on board. © the Artist-...

The house opens on Saturday!! The whole team have been busy helping get it up to standard. The Gallery spaces have been reclaimed - this means that the rooms used have not been restored, as this would take much more time and money than is available at the moment, a lovely little 2nd hand bookshop has been created, and a stunning area for a tea room has been...

**Hestercombe has a rich and diverse history; the first written record of the estate is from an Anglo-Saxon charter of 682.**: **Gardens History**: **Restoration**: **Hestercombe at War**: **Somerset Fire Brigade**: **Archives**: **Coplestone Warre Bampfylde**: **The Water Garden**: **The Terrace Seat**: The earliest remaining medieval feature of Hestercombe...

**From 17th May - 25th July 2021, works by Andy Warhol, Derek Jarman, Claudette Johnson, and Gilbert and George can be seen alongside new commissions and local historic pieces**: - Image: Susan Derges, The Observer and the Observed, 1992, Gelatin silver print © the artist**- **New exhibition at Somerset’s Hestercombe Gallery explores historical and...

Have you spotted our exciting new Dogs of Hestercombe exhibition in the Long Gallery, which celebrates Hestercombe's patrons with paws? We love to welcome visitors and their dogs for walks in the garden and a spot of canine ice cream in the Stables Cafe. Earlier this year, volunteer and photographer Daniel McCarthy captured these charming photos of visitors...

**We very much welcome people with disabilities, their carers and their assistance dogs ~ we hope you will find the information below useful in planning your visit.**: At Hestercombe you’ll find 50 acres of gardens featuring designs from the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s, a café, and plant centre, and in the historic Hestercombe House, a contemporary art...

**Position**: Town House Receptionist GSA 16 hours per week - Weekends | Royal Ashton Hotel, Taunton **Position Summary**: The Town House Receptionist GSA reports to the Town House Manager and is responsible for supporting the successful performance of the Town House by ensuring a professional, friendly and highly efficient customer service experience is...

**Get outside this season, breathe in the fresh air and watch Hestercombe gardens come alive with the rich colours of autumn.**: - Autumn at HestercombeSeptember and October sees Hestercombe transformed by the rich shades of autumn; the cold-loving flowers and shrubs begin to bloom, bringing new colours and points of interest to the gardens. On your next...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, warm, friendly and professional Temporary Front of House Receptionist to join Harris Fowler, a successful law firm based in the centre of Taunton. - Welcoming and hosting visitors and clients on arrival - Communicating and working effectively with all members of staff, visitors, and clients to ensure...

**Nestled in tranquil countryside and boasting sweeping lawns, three stunning historic gardens and the iconic light-filled Orangery, it’s no wonder Hestercombe's Somerset wedding venue is one of the most idyllic wedding venues in the Southwest.**: **Venues**: With a selection of gorgeous venues from grand and formal to small and intimate, all situated in...

**an amateur artist whose talents were far from amateurish** - ~ Huon Mallalieu, Country Life art writer_ **Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1720-1791**: **2020 gained significance as we celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, former owner of Hestercombe, and designer of the impressive Landscape Garden that greets you after...

**The National Lottery Open Week returns for 2021, offering free entry and discounts at hundreds of venues across the UK this June, including Hestercombe Gardens**: - Hestercombe is proud to be taking part in National Lottery Open Week 2021 to help say thank you for support received from the LotteryTo say thank you for the £30million raised for good causes...