Volunteers needed for our November exhibition
Art and Energy are seeking volunteers to support our upcoming exhibition: How to Bury the Giant – A Retrospective from Art and Energy, The Mossy Carpet Grand Finale, and a celebration of our peatland connections with Peat-Fest South-West.
Taking place at Market Hall in Plymouth, our exhibition runs from Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd November. We are also seeking volunteer help to set up the exhibition on Sunday 16th and take everything back down on Monday 24th.
In preparation we also need to get all 75+ metres of The Mossy Carpet ready for display and are holding three volunteer sewing sessions at Market Hall in early November.
Sewing session dates and times:
Friday 7th, Wednesday 12th & Friday 14th November: Sewing and Stitching session to finish The Mossy Carpet artwork: 10am-1pm each day. Everyone welcome but places are limited so please book to join us.
Exhibition dates and times:
Sunday 16th November: Exhibition set up day (closed to the public): 10am-5pm
Monday 17th: Final set up (10am-12noon) and exhibition open: 12noon-5pm
Tuesday 18th: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 18th: Private View event: 5pm-8pm
Wednesday 19th: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm
Thursday 20th: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm
Friday 21st: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm
Saturday 22nd: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm plus Our Peatland Connections - final celebration for Peat-Fest South West: 1pm-3pm
Sunday 23rd: Exhibition open: 10am - 5pm
Monday 24th: Exhibition take down day (closed to the public): 10am-5pm
Any time you can spare on these dates would be very much appreciated, there will be a variety of tasks to help with including:
Meet and greet to welcome visitors
Supporting our science based moss display
Helping visitors engage with our interactive solar artworks
Manning our pop-up shop
Encouraging visitors to engage with our ‘call to action’ poster wall
General visitor support
Please get in touch if you are able to volunteer your time, we’re a friendly team and we can adapt roles to suit your needs.
You can contact us by email hello@artandenergy.org
Thank you.
Market Hall is an accessible venue, there is nearby on street parking and limited blue badge parking on site. The café will be open for you to purchase refreshments. For further information and details of public transport please visit their website.
