Name: OSC: How to Present Your Work Professionally, with Gemma Girvan
Start: 2026-03-06T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-06T14:00:00+00:00
Location: The Old School House Boscombe

Join Gemma Girvan, Curator at Thelma Hulbert Gallery, for an interactive talk discussing how to present your work and approach galleries.
About this Event

How to Present Your Work Professionally, with Gemma Girvan

Fri 6 March, 12pm-2pm at TOSH

Tickets: £7.50 donation

Join us for a daytime talk over a coffee at TOSH, where you can gain useful tips surrounding creative presentation of work for exhibitions, and approaching galleries.
Gemma Girvan, Curator at in Honiton, will guide us through best practice advice when submitting work for open calls and approaching commercial galleries. She will also share insights into what curators are looking for when selecting work.

This relaxed talk is for artists at any stage of their career. Questions and discussions are welcomed throughout the session.

About Gemma Girvan

Gemma Girvan is Curator and Gallery Manager at Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. She brings extensive expertise in approaching galleries, presenting work professionally, and navigating open exhibitions. Gemma also organises the biannual Thelma Hulbert Open, a key platform for artists across the South West.

About OSC

Open School Creative is a collaboration between BEAF Arts Co and TOSH (The Old School House) to support our community of artists and their artistic development at all stages of their career. OSC events and workshops are for artists interested in collaboration, skills development, community and networking.

Getting to us at TOSH

If you are coming by foot or by bus, take the M2 bus and get off near Boscanova if coming from Southbourne, or the stop after Aldi if coming from Poole and Bournemouth. If you are coming by car we would recommend parking in the sovereign centre car park.

Pokesdown for Boscombe train station is a 15-20 minute walk to TOSH, along Christchurch Road.

TOSH has accessible toilets and kitchen facilities. If you have any access needs you would like to let us know about, please feel free to email us: [email protected]

Banner Images - Shifting Waterscapes: Ellen Wiles and Arun Sood at Thelma Hulbert Gallery 2026. Image below - Gemma Girvan