Date: April 30, 2026
The SOS members’ Spring Launch Exhibition at the Holton Lodge Barn Gallery, Halesworth, will run from Thursday 14th – Monday 25th May, 10am-4pm.
As always, we need your help to make this event a success. Therefore, in addition to the usual stewarding slots, we have once again added further opportunities for you to offer assistance.
Monday 11th May, 9.00am-3pm – we need four volunteers to greet artists and check in their work on arrival at the venue (drop-off actually starts at 9.30am, so we have allowed time for a short briefing prior to opening the doors).
Friday 15th May – in addition to the morning and afternoon stewarding slots, we would appreciate some help between 4pm and 7pm setting up, and assisting, during and after the Meet the Artists event (previously known as the PV).
Finally, on Monday 25th May, in addition to the morning and afternoon stewarding slots, we will need four volunteers to help between 4pm and 6pm checking out artists’ work and tidying up .
It is a condition of entry that each exhibiting artist volunteers for a minimum of two 3-hour stewarding shifts during the exhibition. You may complete your stewarding duty on a single day by booking a morning and afternoon shift on the same date. For whole-day shifts, a lunch break will be arranged. Please choose your preferred date(s) and time(s) from the following list. Feel free to select as many as you would like, but do make sure to leave plenty of opportunities for others.
NB For your safety, Suffolk Open Studios does not permit lone “working” (volunteering) so if we are unable to fill certain stewarding slots, the exhibition will not open at those times and the potential for any sales will be lost, not to mention the inconvenience it will cause to visitors who may have traveled to the venue especially.
Parking: There is free on-site parking for volunteers.
Refreshments: There is a small kitchen area you may use to make hot drinks. Please bring your own lunch.
