FAQs

Work Experience

We offer work experience for students of all ages. This is a great opportunity for students to gain valuable experience of working in the arts and culture sector. For those students who are creative, interested in contemporary art exhibitions and projects and would like to understand how a rural, publically-funded gallery operates, please fill out our work experience application form.

Equality and Diversity

THG is committed to equality and diversity in our organisation. View our anti-racist statement.

Sustainability and Climate Change

THG aims wherever possible to reduce our environmental impact and support our local economy and community.

Local services and products:

  • All artists and craftsmen exhibiting in our shop are South West based 
  • For our events we use local street food vans, suppliers, practitioners and artists to deliver workshops
  • We used local services and materials in our garden regeneration project. For the seating, we used flints excavated from the gallery basement in gabions with sustainably sourced oak tops from the woodland of Ed Brooks Furniture (5 miles away); Tony Benger Landscapers (2 miles away) undertook the hard-landscaping work, local nurseries and orchards Devon Pond PlantsAdam's ApplesTrill Farm and Otter Farm all donated or supplied the plants and fruit trees
  • Signage, printing, design work, professional photography are all Honiton or East Devon-based firms including Nettl

Working with local community, charities and businesses:

Recycling:

  • We have installed a large water butt to collect rainwater from the downpipes to water the vegetables
  • We created a highly innovative ‘dry pond’ rainwater garden - a Sustainable Drainage System to prevent flooding - with the help of East Devon District Council’s engineers, designed to harvest surface water that would otherwise run onto the road. This is filled with native pond plants and creates a thriving biodiverse environment for insects and aquatic invertebrates
  • We re-used and recycled shrubs and plants from the garden to other areas
  • We recycle and compost our waste and all our paper is recycled
  • Our art materials are sourced from Exeter Scrapstore – businesses waste paper and products

Involving our staff :

  • Staff and volunteers are involved with the decisions about improving our sustainability via our monthly team meetings
  • Most of our 30 volunteers are Honiton-based and can walk to THG

Room hire

We offer a flexible and accessible space within our lovely gallery for all types of hire: meetings, workshops, classes, sessions and events. Please view our room hire page for more details.

Exhibiting

At THG, we are proud of our association with South West based artists.

One of THG's founding aims is to support both established and emerging artists from across the South West region via our exhibition programme. Please see below our future exhibition opportunities open to artists. For more details on how to enter and when to apply, please contact 01404 45006 / info@thelmahulbert.com.

THG OPEN 2023 (2 September - 28 October: the THG OPEN is back celebrating the rich and varied talent of South West artists. Established and emerging artists will be invited to submit their work for this popular selling exhibition. More details to follow.

Present Makers: Vibrant, annual selling exhibition showcasing the skill and innovation of craft makers across the South West region. Submissions have now closed for 2022. Look out for the call for Present Makers 2023All artists can submit work who live and work in South West England (as defined by Arts Council England).

For more details about these exhibiting opportunities, please sign up to our newsletter or contact us : info@thelmahulbert.com / 01404 45006.

Masterpieces Youth Group

The THG Youth Group Masterpieces meet every other Wednesday during term time from 4.30pm – 6pm at THG. The group is made up of young people, between the ages of 12 and 16 years.

What we do : experiment and experience a range of different art forms and processes particularly those linked to our exhibitions. A relaxed and inclusive session. These activities can lead towards a Bronze/Silver Arts Award
The THG Youth Group Masterpieces meet every other Wednesday during term time from 4.30pm – 6pm at THG. The group is made up of young people, between the ages of 12 and 16 years.

Sign up ! If you would like to join Masterpieces, we are recruiting now so please email us. 

Thelma Hulbert

Thelma Hulbert (1913–1995) was an English visual artist who was particularly well known as a painter of still lives and landscapes. Hulbert was a member of the Euston Road School of artists. Hulbert's work can be found in a number of public collections, including TATE, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Royal Albert Memorial Museum. 

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Valuations

Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auctioneers are at THG on the first Thursday of every month between 10.00 and 12.00pm.

Do you suspect you have something precious up in the attic? Bring it in and ask the experts. You will receive a verbal opinion on the value of your fine art/antiques without charge or obligation by one of the experts at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood - the largest fine art auctioneers and valuers in the Westcountry.

No booking required. For more information about this event, please contact: Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood / 01392 413100 / info@bhandl.co.uk