Thursday 5 December 2024
Paintings by Bryony Ella join the Richmond Borough Art Collection
We are pleased to announce that three paintings created in the Orleans House Gallery woodland by interdisciplinary artist Bryony Ella are now part of our permanent collection. In 2021, as part of Remember the Future,…
Thursday 21 November 2024
Giant hay sculptures to travel from East Anglia to Orleans House Gallery
Walking along The Sainsbury Centre sculpture park, you’ll be greeted by three towering shaggy forms. The haystack-like sculptures are like sleepy giants seated in a field. They seem like they could stand up and stroll…
Thursday 21 November 2024
The Stables Café new operator opportunity now live
Are you a catering operator with a passion for community and sustainable practices at the core of what you do? Are you looking for your next exciting opportunity to run the Café in a thriving…
Thursday 17 October 2024
Richmond Arts Service is looking for a new researcher
We are looking for an experienced freelance researcher / consultant to support the development of a borough-wide creative careers programme in Richmond. Help develop a new programme in cultural education, committed to helping young…
Saturday 12 October 2024
Calling all digital marketing specialists!
Are you a digital marketing or social media specialist? We’re looking for a passionate freelance digital marketer to help drive our campaign for our winter season of exhibitions. As the Digital Marketing Specialist, you will…
Thursday 19 September 2024
The Stables Café is temporarily closed
Roots & Berries, who currently run the Stables Café, will be leaving after 5 great years with us at Orleans House Gallery. This means that the Stables Café will be temporarily closed from 19 September,…
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Artists Make Space – Donna Enticknap photographs time in the woods
Artists Make Space launched in June 2024, offering spaces for free for Richmond artists to develop their practice. Donna Enticknap is completing a residency in the grounds at Orleans House Gallery and writes about her…
Thursday 22 August 2024
Meet the Artist: Caroline Mac Cathmhaoil
We’ve recently announced the selected artists for our 2024/25 Emerging Artists Programme. To celebrate the announcement, we spoke with 2023/24 Emerging Artist Caroline Mac Cathmhaoil about their experience being in the programme last year. Caroline’s…
Wednesday 21 August 2024
Announcing the 2024/25 Emerging Artists at Orleans House Gallery
We are thrilled to announce the three artists taking part in Orleans House Gallery’s 2024/25 Emerging Artists Programme. The exhibitions will take place in the Stables Gallery from Saturday 28 September 2024 through Spring 2025. The…
Thursday 15 August 2024
New Artist Opportunity for Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival
Our partner, Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival, has launched a new artist opportunity! The festival is seeking artists, creatives and collectives that live or work in the Richmond Borough. Contribute to the impressive festival programme…
Thursday 15 August 2024
Are you an artist, living or working in Richmond Upon Thames?
Orleans House Gallery is inviting submissions from artists living or working in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames for our annual Winter Show. The open-call exhibition provides a platform for Richmond-based artists committed to…
Friday 19 July 2024
Cultural Reforesting and the EU Citizen Science Prize
We are honoured and proud that the work of our Cultural Reforesting programme was recently awarded an honorary mention at the European Union Prize for Citizen Science. The Prize recognises ‘outstanding projects whose social and…
Wednesday 26 June 2024
Meet the Artist: Kate Howe
Kate Howe presents ‘The Templum’ this summer. In the lead-up to the exhibition, we find out more about Kate and their practice. Please be aware that Kate discusses sexual assault and violence towards women in…
Thursday 23 May 2024
Protecting our Trees – Redirecting humans through a more than human world
Our woodland space is an important part of Orleans House Gallery, and works will be taking place shortly to erect a dead hedge to close one of the paths. By closing this path off, we’ll…
Friday 19 April 2024
Himali Singh Soin’s artwork joins our permanent collection
We are thrilled to share that artwork by renowned artist and writer Himali Singh Soin is now part of the Richmond Borough Art Collection. The artwork—eight digital collages printed on bamboo paper—interrogates the collection, and…
Friday 12 April 2024
Volunteer Insights from the Collection: Dutch Interior with figures
We asked our volunteers to pick their favourite artwork from the collection. Volunteer Simon C. tells us about an oil painting, Dutch Interior with figures, after Ludolf de Jongh. Why did you choose this artwork? …
Saturday 6 April 2024
Exciting New Play Inspired Shop Stock
Calling all small makers and little imaginative thinkers! We have launched something special for you in the gallery shop. Come and see our new items inspired by our current exhibition Play Works and our early…
Friday 29 March 2024
Volunteer Insights from the Collection: The Safety of the City
We asked our volunteers to pick their favourite artwork from the collection. Volunteer, Timos, tells us about a pen and ink drawing, The Safety of the City, by artist Eric Fraser.
Thursday 7 March 2024
Artist Opportunity! Apply for the Emerging Artists Programme
Our Emerging Artists Programme for September 2024 – June 2025 is now open for submissions. We are looking for artists/art collectives who are within the first ten years of their practice, with a body of…
Wednesday 21 February 2024
Artist Gary Stewart embarks on a research expedition into the Richmond Borough Art Collection
Artist Gary Stewart embarks on a research expedition into the Richmond Borough Art Collection leading to a new installation at Orleans House Gallery. Gary will dig up treasures and untold stories to craft an immersive…
Friday 26 January 2024
Meet the Artists in the Winter Show
The annual Winter Show features over 45 Richmond-based artists, showcasing the vibrancy of the Borough’s visual arts community. Four of the artists in this year’s exhibition tell us more about their work.
Friday 15 September 2023
Announcing Our Emerging Artists Programme 23/24
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2023-2024 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. The successful artists will exhibit their…
Monday 4 September 2023
Early Years Sessions Return this Autumn!
Get your under 5s ready for creative play, songs, and making – our fortnightly Early Years sessions, Curious Tots and Play:Make:Art, return for the Autumn term!
Tuesday 29 August 2023
Are you an artist, living or working in Richmond Upon Thames? Then read on…
Orleans House Gallery is inviting submissions from artists living or working in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames for our annual Winter Show. The open-call exhibition provides a platform for Richmond-based artists committed to…
Tuesday 29 August 2023
Applications now open – Christmas Shopping Weekend
We are delighted to announce that applications to take part in this year’s Christmas Shopping Weekend at Orleans House Gallery are now open. The annual event, which brings both national and local Makers, Designers and…
Friday 25 August 2023
Take a look inside Play:Make:Art
The summer term of Play:Make:Art has come to an end. Whilst we take a short break, we want to share some thoughts on our much-loved child-led creative session. Orleans House Gallery volunteer Brooke Friday has…
Saturday 15 July 2023
Art House Open Studios to Return for 2023
Local charity Arts Richmond has been commissioned by Richmond Arts Service to coordinate the borough’s open studios festival, Art House, for 2023. Art House is a chance for local artists, craftspeople, and community groups to…
Wednesday 14 June 2023
Fancy your own seed sculpture? Browse our Superm̶a̶r̶k̶e̶t̶Forest catalogue and place your order now
As SupermarketForest draws to a close we are looking for public venues to donate artist, Andrew Merritt’s seed sculpture creations to. Here you can find out more about what’s in the seed sculptures and how…
Thursday 8 June 2023
Calling early career artists and collectives!
We are now accepting proposals for exhibitions at Orleans House Gallery. Our Emerging Artists programme (September 2023 – June 2024) is for those establishing a career, focussing on creatives within the first 10 years of…
Monday 5 June 2023
Ethnobotany at Orleans House Gallery, by Dr Sarah Edwards
Ethnobotany is the study of people and plants, combining both social and natural sciences. It explores the interactions and interrelationships of people and plants and how these are reflected in art, music and stoytelling as…
Friday 5 May 2023
Families Imagine a Rewilded London
In February half term 2023, families joined us as part of our Let’s Get Creative programme, to reimagine London with artist Jane Plowright. The interactive exhibit invited visitors to physically walk into the picture with…
Friday 5 May 2023
Families in the Forest Revisited
We asked poet and creative Adam Kammerling to write about his experiences of delivering the Families in the Forest tour at Orleans House Gallery. Adam devised and delivered the activity from summer 2021 through to…
Saturday 22 April 2023
Earth Day 2023
“You can’t learn anything unless you have the wind on your face” – Liisa Holmberg (whose voice you can hear in the woods at Orleans House Gallery in Voices of the Ecosystem)
Thursday 6 April 2023
Meet the Artist: Finn Chatwyn-Ros
Meet Finn Chatwyn-Ros, our new artist delivering Richmond Art Service’s early years programme, Curious Tots. Finn is an early years music facilitator and songwriter with over 10 years’ experience working with babies, early years children…
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Join the Orleans House Gallery Team!
Are you looking for working arrangements that enhance your work-life balance? Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service in thriving cultural venue? Do you like working as part of small team to complete a varied…
Saturday 28 January 2023
Searching for an artist-facilitator to deliver our early years programme!
We are inviting applications for an engaging artist-facilitator to join our creative early years programme. This artist will lead on the planning and delivery of Curious Tots from April 2023-July 2024. Curious Tots is our…
Friday 20 January 2023
Meet the Artist – Andrew Merritt from Something & Son
Orleans House Gallery will see a new, immersive installation take shape at the end of this January. The exhibition, titled SupermarketForest, is by Andrew Merritt from artist duo Something & Son. We met up with…
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Young people and schools explore their local environment
In January 2023 we will be opening our new exhibition SupermarketForest. In the lead-up, throughout October and November 2022, we worked with schools and young people to explore the themes of the show and to…
Monday 2 January 2023
Curious Tots will be back soon!
We’ll be taking a short pause on our Curious Tots sessions. Don’t worry they’ll be back! We’re working hard on the programme and hope to bring you more fun, sensory early years sessions in the…
Saturday 5 November 2022
Calling creatives to develop new ways to tell our story!
Richmond Arts Service is seeking a freelance artist with experience and/or an interest in working with communities to evaluate and develop our public–facing storytelling programme at Orleans House Gallery. At present our stories are shared…
Thursday 3 November 2022
Calling Artists and Artist Facilitators to develop new workshops for our Education Programme
Orleans House Gallery is currently recruiting freelance artist facilitators to devise new workshops for our popular Education Programme.
Monday 26 September 2022
In Conversation with Mandeep Dillon
Mandeep Dillon is one of the artists selected for Orleans House Gallery’s 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Programme. We asked her some questions about her practice and Objects of Disquiet, the site-specific installation she put together for…
Sunday 18 September 2022
Bryony Ella’s Cultural Reforesting Journey at Orleans House Gallery
During the summer of 2021, artist Bryony Ella completed a residency at Orleans House Gallery. Find out from Bryony what she got up to.
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Applications now open – Christmas Shopping Weekend
We are delighted to announce that applications to take part in the hugely popular Christmas Shopping Weekend at Orleans House Gallery are now open. The annual event, which brings both national and local Makers/Designers and…
Monday 5 September 2022
Calling all artists living or working in Richmond Upon Thames
Orleans House Gallery is inviting submissions from artists living or working in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames for our Winter Show. The open-call exhibition provides a platform for Richmond based artists committed to…
Monday 5 September 2022
Meet the artist: Julia Collar
Meet Julia Collar, our new artist delivering our Curious Tots early years programme. Julia is a neurodivergent sensory practitioner creating theatre, sensory stories, resources and sensory trails/tours for early years children and/or people with severe or…
Sunday 4 September 2022
Meet the artist: Abigail Hunt
Meet artist Abigail Hunt who will be leading the new cycle of Play:Make:Art, our popular session for 2-5 year olds and their accompanying adults. Abigail has over twenty years freelance experience teaching, facilitating and managing creative…
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Creative Facilitator Opportunity at Orleans House Gallery
Applications are now open for for a freelance facilitator to deliver workshops with local young people as part of our Cultural Reforesting programme this autumn. Orleans House Gallery recently received funding from NERC (Natural Environment…
Monday 18 July 2022
Announcing Emerging Artists Programme 22.23: Rudy Loewe
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. The successful artists will exhibit their…
Sunday 17 July 2022
Announcing Emerging Artists Programme 22.23: Bianca Raffaella
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. The successful artists will exhibit their…
Saturday 16 July 2022
Announcing Emerging Artists Programme 22.23: Anna Blom and Pía Ortuño
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. The successful artists will exhibit their…
Friday 15 July 2022
Announcing Emerging Artists Programme 22.23: Mandeep Dillon
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2022- 2023 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. We had a total of…
Friday 17 June 2022
Mirror Shape Play – Exploring the Science Behind the Exhibition
Throughout the summer, Mirror Shape Play will change how you see the world around you. The interactive exhibition, created by Unit Lab, combines visual arts and science to create an unconventional playground where families can…
Friday 10 June 2022
Mirror Shape Play- Meet the Artist
Throughout the summer, Mirror Shape Play will bring Orleans House Gallery to life through play. The interactive exhibition, created by Unit Lab, combines visual arts and science to create an unconventional playground where families can…
Friday 10 June 2022
Calling artists to lead creative sessions with early years!
Applications are now open for freelance artists to join our Curious Tots and Play:Make:Art programmes from September 2022 – August 2023. Curious Tots is our creative and sensory workshop project for babies and pre-walking children…
Thursday 2 June 2022
Join the Orleans House Gallery Team
Join the Orleans House Gallery team! Two new Front of House opportunities have just become available. Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service in thriving cultural venue? Do you like working as part of small…
Thursday 28 April 2022
We’re looking forward to the next 50 years
On 29th April 1972, at the end of a week in which Apollo 16 had landed on the Moon, Orleans House Gallery was opened to the public. The first exhibition was of paintings from the…
Friday 25 March 2022
Meet the Artist – Emma Thrussell
In late 2021, Orleans House Gallery worked with illustrator Emma Thrussell to design our new family gallery activity trail. As we launch the trail, we are happy to be able to introduce you to Emma. …
Monday 21 March 2022
In conversation with Alexandra Sivov
Too much Information… Or Not Enough is an exhibition of prints and paintings by Alexandra Sivov inspired by the use of images in mass media, specifically how the arrangement of seemingly unconnected scenes can uncover…
Thursday 3 March 2022
Our Emerging Artists Programme Returns for 2022!
Now, applications are opening again for the 2022–2023 programme. We want to support artists in their early career across different art forms and approaches. Artists are invited to submit works to sell, works in progress…
Tuesday 1 March 2022
Cultural Reforesting Explores – Sustainable Actions
Cultural Reforesting encourages everyone to explore the natural world through art. The 3-year programme was launched in 2021 with an exhibition called Remember the Future, which included four artist-research residencies, as well as various events…
Thursday 3 February 2022
Cultural Reforesting Explores – Mount Lebanon and the cedar tree
Cultural Reforesting encourages everyone to explore the natural world through art. The 3- year programme was launched in 2021 with an exhibition called Remember the Future, which included four artist research residencies, as well as…
Wednesday 19 January 2022
In Conversation with Sophie Gresswell
Saint roots and Tungi fruits is an exhibition of paintings by Sophie Gresswell, inspired by her recent research into her maternal ancestry. The show is currently on display at Orleans House Gallery as part of…
Friday 7 January 2022
Searching for new facilitators for our families programme
Orleans House Gallery is inviting applications from experienced and engaging artists to lead two Let’s Get Creative sessions this spring. Applications are now open and will close at 9am on Friday 21 January 2022.…
Friday 31 December 2021
Take The Time – seeing the forest from a new perspective
Hollie Folkard-Tapp is a PhD student at Imperial College London, researching the recovery of degraded tropical rainforests logging estates.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Christmas Opening at the Gallery
If you would like to visit the gallery over Christmas and the New Year, these are the dates: Friday 24 December: 10am – 1.30pm Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 December: Closed Monday 27 to Thursday…
Saturday 11 December 2021
Main Gallery building closed today
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to open the main Orleans House Gallery building today, Saturday 11 December. The Stables Gallery and Stables Café are open as usual, 10am until 5pm,…
Friday 5 November 2021
Take the Time – Mural Project, Heath Road, Twickenham
A mural, Take the Time, has appeared on the Heath Road railway bridge foot tunnel in Twickenham. An Oak Tree looks on as passers-by look back. The tree, an icon of the Borough of Richmond, has…
Sunday 31 October 2021
Searching for a facilitator for our early years workshops!
Orleans House Gallery is inviting applications from experienced and engaging artists to lead our Curious Tots programme for very early years and their parents and carers. Applications are now open and will close at the…
Friday 29 October 2021
Llinos Owen: Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars is an exhibition of tapestries by Llinos Owen, inspired by her experiences throughout lockdown during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The show speaks to the impact long-term isolation has with regards to mental health and offers an abundance of original artwork…
Saturday 9 October 2021
Orleans House Gallery and Richmond Arts Service celebrate Black History Month 2021
Black History Month is a month of events in October which celebrate the culture, history and achievement of Britain’s African and Caribbean communities. This October Richmond Arts Service have worked with students from St Mary’s…
Wednesday 8 September 2021
Emerging Artists Programme
We are excited to announce three new artists to Orleans House Gallery as part of the 2021 – 2022 Emerging Artists programme, which will take place in the Stables Gallery between 9 October to spring 2022. The programme supports early-career artists…
Wednesday 1 September 2021
The Christmas Shopping Weekend at Orleans House Gallery – Applications Now Open!
We are delighted that after a brief (pandemic) pause in 2020, the hugely popular Christmas Shopping Weekend will once again be taking place at Orleans House Gallery on Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 December 2021.…
Thursday 19 August 2021
Calling all artists living or working in Richmond Upon Thames
Orleans House Gallery is inviting submissions from artists living or working in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames for our November open call exhibition – Breaking Ground. Running alongside Richmond Literature Festival, Orleans House Gallery…
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Our Summer of Artists
This summer has seen Orleans House Gallery bursting at the seams with artists and opportunities for everyone to get involved. Our galleries and grounds have been a hub for artists this summer. Dancers, choirs, painters…
Monday 19 July 2021
Activities for Families this Summer
Making plans for the summer? Looking for things to do with your family? Come and visit Orleans House Gallery and enjoy our café, exhibitions, the grounds and events. Read below to find out more about…
Saturday 5 June 2021
Searching for new facilitators for our family and schools programme!
Orleans House Gallery is inviting applications from experienced and engaging artists for three new activity strands as part of our Children and Families and Schools programmes. Applications are open now and will close end of…
Wednesday 2 June 2021
How volunteering makes an impact – Volunteers’ Week 2021
In a special article for #VolunteersWeek2021, our volunteer Alla writes about her experience of volunteering at the gallery and how her time with us has made an impact on her career.
Friday 14 May 2021
New Activities for Families
Calling west London children and their adults! We’re launching a new programme of activities for children and families at Orleans House Gallery. From June, families will be able to take part in creative workshops throughout the year led by…
Friday 14 May 2021
Making Orleans House Gallery a home for artists this summer
The team at Orleans House Gallery have been counting down the final few days until we can fully reopen and welcome everyone back on site. Our mission is to bring thought provoking art to the borough of Richmond…
Friday 7 May 2021
How can artists help us renew our relationship with nature?
How can we renew our relationship with nature? Orleans House Gallery has set out a stall of experimentation and expansive collaboration for the coming years. We aim to open up our grounds and the artistic…
Wednesday 5 May 2021
Octagon 300 Virtual Tour
Octagon 300 opened in October in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Octagon Room here at Orleans House Gallery. The exhibition has been a huge success and as the show comes down to make…
Sunday 2 May 2021
Top 3 At Home Family Activities
Family activities will be restarting in person on 6 June here at Orleans House Gallery. Until then, you can still take part in our at home activities.
Friday 23 April 2021
Looking Forward to Reopening
The pandemic has given us all a chance to rethink our lives and the team have used the last few months to consider what is special about Orleans House Gallery. The Gallery will continue to be…
Tuesday 13 April 2021
Artist in Focus: Ackroyd & Harvey
Innovative and prolific, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey are internationally acclaimed for their multi-disciplinary work that intersects the realms of art, activism, architecture, and science. In anticipation of our new main gallery exhibition Remember the…
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Making art lets us imagine the future we want to create
Announcing our new exhibition and a three year programme connecting with our site and ecosystem. Orleans House Gallery and its Woodland Gardens sit amongst the ruins of a grand house and grounds. But all this is comparatively recent history. …
Sunday 4 April 2021
Sunday Afternoon Art – Playing with Perception
Sunday Afternoon Art is our monthly art activity for families, aimed at children aged 4 plus. We are very excited this month to invite Jonathan Roson, from arts collective Alice in Hackneyland, to create an…
Sunday 7 March 2021
Sunday Afternoon Art: Alexander Pope’s Grotto – Making textures and a 3D grotto
Join us for Sunday Afternoon Art and make your own textured grottos, by following the walkthrough below. Our family activities are aimed at children aged 4+ to complete with an adult. This activity is being…
Monday 1 March 2021
Calling early career artists, curators and collectives
We are now accepting proposals for exhibitions at Orleans House Gallery.
Sunday 7 February 2021
Sunday Afternoon Art – Create your own poetry inspired by Pope’s Grotto
Sunday Afternoon Art is our monthly creative activity for families with children aged 4 plus. Activities are designed for you to do together as a family.
Friday 5 February 2021
Collection Focus – Hidden History – The Borough’s Domestic Grottos
In the next article in our continuing Collection Focus series, volunteer Ella discovers the rich history of grottos in the borough through a series of Borough Collection artworks.
Sunday 13 December 2020
Thames Luminaries Virtual Lecture Series returns
Following the success of this year’s Twickenham Luminaries talks, we will be returning with a month of virtual talks from nine organisations based along the Thames.
Tuesday 8 December 2020
Collection Focus – Giovanni Panini, the Baroque and the Neoclassical
In our next Collection Focus, our volunteer Madeleine studies the painting by Panini in the Octagon Room and his position in the artistic movements of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sunday 6 December 2020
Introducing Architectural Photography – Sunday Afternoon Art
Welcome to Sunday Afternoon Art. Sessions take place at Orleans House Gallery and involve creative arts activities for families with children aged 4 plus.
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Collection Focus – The Man Who Drew Our House
David, one of our Study Gallery volunteers, takes us through the story of this familiar scene of the gallery, drawn by an exceptional artist.
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Art Skills – Impressionism and Orleans House Gallery
In the next article from our volunteer Madeleine, we return to our Study Gallery to examine the Impressionist movement through a Richmond landscape by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
Thursday 29 October 2020
Octagon 300 – Baroque Art and Illusion
Our new main gallery exhibition Octagon 300 is influenced by Baroque art. The show, created by Jonathan Roson along with art group Alice in Hackneyland, is a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Octagon…
Wednesday 21 October 2020
BIOdance – Enjoy a magical, theatrical walk this autumn and winter on Twickenham Riverside
From October 25 you will be able to download a free map on your smart phone, print a copy at home or collect a copy from Orleans House Gallery. Watch mini films and read interesting facts…
Friday 2 October 2020
Art Unlocked Q&A with Leigh Warnick
Art Unlocked 02-04 – A response to the unfurling of Covid-19 by the Artists, Designers and Makers of Richmond Art House Open Studios. Below, we asked Art Unlocked artist Leigh Warnick, a few questions about his…