Friday 3rd May 2013, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery

Join us for special preview evening of the 'On These Magic Shores' exhibition, giving you the opportunity to meet the artists and curators. Also help us celebrate the beginning of Oxfordshire Artweeks, along with this year's Mary Moser Prize Winner, Caroline Meynell, and the student artists exhibiting work across Oxford Castle Quarter. For further information click here.

Picture by: Lee Riley

Exhibition: Tuesday 30th April, 11am-5:30pm
Evening Audio Performance: Tuesday 30th April, 6pm-7pm
O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle Quarter, Free entry

Taking its name from the Greek word for waves, Kymmata is a one day exhibition of artwork by four diverse contemporary practitioners, both established and up-and-coming. Curated by Lex Blintzios, a recent graduate of Oxford Brookes University’s MA in Contemporary Arts & Music, the project’s aim is to provide the viewer with a spectrum of sound and motion experience that ranges from the recognisable to the abstracted. As such, Kymmata will present a stimulating, vibrant and immersive collage of artworks that outline different facets of an audiovisual context, while also connecting to and encompassing the fields of sonic art and composition.

Read The Press Release Here

Saturday 6th April, 10am-5pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Come along and see us at Woodstock Town Hall on Saturday 6th April (10am-5pm) where we'll be temping visitors with some of our gorgeous arty cards and gifts!.

Friday 5th April 2013, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Join us for a special preview evening of Susan Isaac’s exhibition, where visitors will have the opportunity to discuss the artwork with the artist. In this exhibition the tranquil harbour inlets of the Cornish coast are contrasted with the cobbled streets of Oxford in a collection of contemporary landscape paintings.

See the exhibition page here

Thursday 14th March 6-7pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry
Presented in association with Darn it & Stitch
www.darnitandstitch.com

Crafty Networking is back for 2013! Join us for an evening of free social networking on Thursday 14th March between 6-7pm.  This is an event for contemporary designer-makers, buyers looking for unique items made by local artisans, and anyone interested in learning a new craft skill. If you are a designer-maker please DO bring a small photo album/i-pad along so that you can show examples of your work, also don't forget to bring your business cards! Please DON'T bring any products with you.

March	Speaker	Title	Venue
Tue 5th	Dominic ffytche	The Art of Visual Hallucinations	Magdalen Road Studios
Wed 6th	Glyn Humphreys	Fractionating Vision: What disorders of vision tell us about art	Fusion Arts Centre
	Sunil Pawar	An artist’s experience of epilepsy
Sun 10th	Luke Jerram	Art inspired by neuroscience	Modern Art Oxford
Tues 12th	Charles Spence	Visual perception, synaesthesia and art	Science Oxford (with Café Scientifique)
Wed 13th	Fabian Peake	Poetry reading: Mervyn Peake	Fusion Arts Centre
	Lauren Cooney	Play reading: An Anagram
Wed 20th	Klaus Podoll & Ignatius Brennan	Migraine Art: In conversation	Fusion Arts Centre
Sun 24th	Sebastian Crutch	William Utermohlen and Alzheimer’s disease	Modern Art Oxford
Tue 26th	Jon Adams & Simon Baron-Cohen	Autism, Asperger’s & Art: In conversation	Magdalen Road Studios
Wed 27th	Jon Sarkin	Not not making art	Fusion Arts Centre

Click here to book your place at the above talks

Friday 1st March, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery

Join us for special preview evening of this exhibition, giving you the opportunity to meet the artists and curators. For further information click here.

Friday 15th February, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery

O3 Gallery welcome Leyla Okhai, Independent Neal's Yard consultant, for an evening of relaxation and pampering. Join us and learn more about natural, organic products, how to relax and make sure you stay well for the winter. You will also have the choice of a complementary hand massage or facial. Open to all ( ages 8+).

To book your place at the event visit O3 Gallery during our opening hours (Tues-Fri 12-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-4pm) and leave a £3 deposit (which can be redeemed against any Neal's Yard purchase made on the evening of the event). We advise you to book early as places are limited.

Tuesday 19th February 2013, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery

oin artist Norman Rechter and his students from the Hunsdon House Art Group for a private viewing of their exhibition.

For further information click here.

Friday 8th February, 5:30-7pm
O3 Gallery

Join artists from Magdalen Road Studios for a private viewing of their exhibition: Drawing Show II, Filament 14. For further information click here.

Friday 14th December 2012, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Escape the high street and indulge in a spot of stylish and relaxed late night Christmas shopping at O3 Gallery. Browse our eclectic range of hand-crafted ceramics, quirky stationary and sustainable jewellery, as well as a selection of alternative contemporary Christmas cards. First twenty guests will receive a complementary drink on arrival. 
 
Gifts will include; Tatty Devine’s witty and off-beat jewellery (listed by Dazed and Confused as one of the Top 50 coolest brands in the world), prints and original illustrations by up-and-coming illustrators, Phillip J Jones, Hanna Melin, Isobel Kho and Holly Exley, up-cycled chocolate-wrapper and comic book accessories by the uber-cool brand Sweetly Wrapped, Cole of London’s quirky, historically-inspired gifts for the home and contemporary design classics by ceramicists Jo Davies and Ikuko Iwamoto, as well as many many more!

Festive Offer!
Our newest neighbours The Big Bang and Mullered Wine Bar are offering a discount for all those who attend our buying evenings across the Christmas period 2012.  

The Big Bang is offering £2 off any meal purchased on the night for attendees to the O3 and Mullered are offering £2 off any glass of mulled wine or cider, to ensure you're feeling Festive as we dive headlong towards Christmas.

image: Jo Davies

Thursday 6th December 2012, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Escape the high street and indulge in a spot of stylish and relaxed late night Christmas shopping at O3 Gallery. Browse our eclectic range of hand-crafted ceramics, quirky stationary and sustainable jewellery, as well as a selection of alternative contemporary Christmas cards. First twenty guests will receive a complementary drink on arrival. 
 
Gifts will include; Tatty Devine’s witty and off-beat jewellery (listed by Dazed and Confused as one of the Top 50 coolest brands in the world), prints and original illustrations by up-and-coming illustrators, Phillip J Jones, Hanna Melin, Isobel Kho and Holly Exley, up-cycled chocolate-wrapper and comic book accessories by the uber-cool brand Sweetly Wrapped, Cole of London’s quirky, historically-inspired gifts for the home and contemporary design classics by ceramicists Jo Davies and Ikuko Iwamoto, as well as many many more!

Festive Offer!
Our newest neighbours The Big Bang and Mullered Wine Bar are offering a discount for all those who attend our buying evenings across the Christmas period 2012.  

The Big Bang is offering £2 off any meal purchased on the night for attendees to the O3 and Mullered are offering £2 off any glass of mulled wine or cider, to ensure you're feeling Festive as we dive headlong towards Christmas.

November 24th 11am - 12noon
O3 Gallery, Free entry

It is the 30th anniversary of Helen and Douglas House. Please join us and support a very special charity with a very special storytelling event. Lots of fun and laughter as the children make 30th birthday cards and listen to a selection of fun stories and rhymes led by local actress Lucy Walters. The birthday cards will be presented to the charity. A suggested £2 donation.

Friday 23rd November 2012
O3 Gallery, Open until 10pm. Free entry

CHORUS: A monumental installation of kinetic sound sculptures
Fri 23rd Nov, 5pm, 7.30pm and 9pm
Sat 24th Nov, 6pm and 8pm
Free
 
Chorus is a collective of monumental and transfixing sound sculptures. Towering high above the audience, giant metal tripods with rotating arms sing out hypnotic siren calls creating a pulsating harmonic drone. Red lights whirl like a swarm of fireflies, or of planets in motion, like mesmerising orbits of colour.
 
Chorus is an impressive installation of kinetic sound sculptures by the creator of the internationally successful ‘Siren’, an indoor work that has toured three continents, and enraptured audiences from Amsterdam to Auckland and from Melbourne to Minneapolis.
 
Chorus has been co-commissioned by OCM and Newbury Corn Exchange and will be part of Oxford’s 2012 Christmas Light Night.

Friday 16th November 2012, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Escape the high street and indulge in a spot of stylish and relaxed late night Christmas shopping at O3 Gallery. Browse our eclectic range of hand-crafted ceramics, quirky stationary and sustainable jewellery, as well as a selection of alternative contemporary Christmas cards. First twenty guests will receive a complementary drink on arrival. 
 
Gifts will include; Tatty Devine’s witty and off-beat jewellery (listed by Dazed and Confused as one of the Top 50 coolest brands in the world), prints and original illustrations by up-and-coming illustrators, Phillip J Jones, Hanna Melin, Isobel Kho and Holly Exley, up-cycled chocolate-wrapper and comic book accessories by the uber-cool brand Sweetly Wrapped, Cole of London’s quirky, historically-inspired gifts for the home and contemporary design classics by ceramicists Jo Davies and Ikuko Iwamoto, as well as many many more!

Festive Offer!
Our newest neighbours The Big Bang and Mullered Wine Bar are offering a discount for all those who attend our buying evenings across the Christmas period 2012.  

The Big Bang is offering £2 off any meal purchased on the night for attendees to the O3 and Mullered are offering £2 off any glass of mulled wine or cider, to ensure you're feeling Festive as we dive headlong towards Christmas.

Friday 12th October, 6-8pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Join us for a special preview evening of Jane Strother’s exhibition, where visitors will have the opportunity to discuss the artwork with the artist. Jane Strother’s work brings 'ordinary' landscapes to the fore in paintings of attentively observed orchids, cowslips and other natural wonders.

Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October
Time: 10am - 4pm
Castleyard, Free entry

Visit the Oxford Castle Quarter and leave a chalk etching on the Castleyard paving stones, in a free nationwide annual event aimed at inspiring people to draw and explore their artistic abilities.

Inspired by this year's Big Draw theme of exploring the universality and power of line by using it to map familiar and unfamiliar journeys, or to describe your city, town or region; we are inviting members of the public to draw historic, imagined and real journeys within Oxford across a large map of the city, taking place in Castle Yard.

The Big Draw at Oxford Castle is kindly supported by Broad Canvas. See website here

16th September (Sunday) at 11.30 am for 30 minutes
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Inspired by the sculpture and materials spanning Christopher Townsend's work, join local actress Lucy Walters for a fun look at 'Woodland Tales'. Suitable for children under 7 years of age.

Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September 2012, 11am-4pm

Come along to O3 Gallery and take part in our special Oxford Open Doors Creation Station; children and adults alike are welcomed to add their insights and impressions of Oxford.

Saturday 1st September 2012, 11.30 am – Midday
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Join us for a storytelling session inspired by Jane Hope's paintings of Oxford with actress Lucy Walters. Lucy will be sharing poetry and prose from local writers and beyond. Suitable for any age, this promises to be a charming event and a perfect opportunity to take a look at Jane's paintings alongside a dose of literary fun. Don't forget to bring a cushion for extra comfort!

Wednesday 5th September 2012, 6-8pm

Join us for a special preview evening of Christopher Townsend’s exhibition, where visitors will have the opportunity to discuss the artwork with the artist. In this exhibition Townsend will showcase works that capture the energy of nature, in lines and forms that will cut and curve their way through the gallery.

Read the press release here

Wednesday 8th August, 6-8pm

Join us for a special preview evening of Jane Hope’s exhibition, where visitors will have the opportunity to discuss the artwork with the artist. Celebrating the everyday, Hope’s joyous paintings portray streets and fields from Oxford and beyond.

For further information click here

Wednesday 18th July
Doors open at 6.15pm
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Mark Richards, chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society, will talk about "The Art of Alice: from early illustration to contemporary Wonderlands".
 
Image: Adriana Peliano

Thursday 12th July.
Doors open at 6.15pm

An evening of live music and film screenings by graduating Goldsmiths Popular Music students and staff exploring surreal narratives, folk tales, 'other' worlds and characters.

Performances and works by Toulouse Wolfe, Roisin Brophy, Jamie Coe and Lisa Busby.

Gather in O3 Gallery*, Castle Street Square, Oxford Castle Quarter
Saturday 7th July, 11am, 2pm, 3pm
FREE ENTRY

Celebrating the significance of this being the 150th anniversary of very first telling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (on 4 July 1862) local actress and storyteller Lucy Walters will immerse her audience into Chapter 7 of the fantastical tale bringing Lewis Carroll's story to life through intimate, animated 20 to 30minute long storytelling sessions that aim to inspire a love for this frabjous literature. Please gather in O3 Gallery, *storytelling will take place in Castle Gardens, weather permitting, otherwise inside O3 Gallery where space is limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

This event is suitable for children of 4 years and over
www.oxfordcastle.com / www.storymuseum.org.uk/alice

Saturday 21 July at 3pm and Sunday 22 July at 12 noon
O3 Gallery, Free entry

Busby will be performing an experimental DJ set within and with her installation, manipulating a series of ephemeric 'readymades' which she has converted into interactive audio playback devices to explore combinations of newly composed music with existing musical texts and settings of the Alice stories.

Friday 6th July, 6-8pm

Join us for special preview evening of this exhibition, giving you the opportunity to meet the artists and curators.
For further information click here

Sunday 1st July 12-4pm.

Members of the public are invited to meet the artists involved in the Donning Oxford Exhibition and to talk to them about their inspiration and creative process over a cup of tea and biscuits!

Image: "Plants" by Li Chu Wu

Friday 1st June, 6-8pm.

Join us for special preview evening of this exhibition, giving you the opportunity to meet the artists and curators.
For further information click here

O3 Gallery, Wednesday 9th May, 6pm.

The artists will talk about their work, their travels and discoveries in Oxford. Free entry.

To book a place email info@o3gallery.co.uk
For more information click here

Castle Street Square, Oxford Castle Quarter
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th March, 7.30pm (arrive early to get a good view)

Following their breathtaking and tremendously successful performance in Oxford Castle Quarter as part of Dancin' Oxford 2011, French aerial dance company Compagnie Retouramont returns to Oxford with a UK premiere. Danse des Cariatides is a visually stunning, multi-layered spectacle, performed by 6 dancers, fusing aerial dance, sound score and projection. With the walls of Oxford Castle as a breathtaking backdrop, this free outdoor event is not to be missed.

O3 Gallery in Castle Street Square and Punishment Cells in Castle Gardens 
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th March, 4pm to 9pm (performances 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 9pm)
FREE

Drawing from the mundanity of prison life, the chores that prisoners were forced to carry out, and the idea that time weighs heavy when one is deprived of freedom, Digital Prisoners present a thought-provoking, interactive installation within the O3 Gallery and the atmospherically loaded Punishment Cells in Castle Gardens. The project is part of a Dancin' Oxford scheme to foster new collaborations between dance artists and creative technologists. The installations will be available to explore on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th March from 4pm to 9pm with performances taking place at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and 9pm. Please enter O3 Gallery via the entrance in Castle Gardens.

Commissioned by Dancin' Oxford, with production support from Film Oxford. More information visit www.dancinoxford.co.uk.

Friday 9th – Sunday 11th March 2012
Curated by O3 Gallery
Supported by Oxford Fashion Week

O3 Gallery is proud to present a series of talks on the subject of Ethical Fashion. Bringing together a diverse panel of ethical pioneers – from academics to stylists and artisans, they will discuss the issues surrounding Fair Trade, Biodiversity, Ethical Consumerism and Ethical Luxury

Curated by O3 Gallery,
Supported by Oxford Fashion Week .

To Buy Your Tickets CLICK HERE

TALK: Fairtrade Fashion: Weaving the Fabric of Society
Friday 9th March, 2:30-4pm
Oxford Brookes University - Main Lecture Theatre
£5 per ticket
(£4 for Students or OAPs – when show with NUS or bus pass cards on the door of the event)

The dilemma that is created from women producing clothes for the multi-national garment industry as opposed to utilizing indigenous skills – does it matter if these skills are lost?- The impact of the globalizing economy on women who are expected to conform to traditional roles – the empowerment of entrepreneurship.- Have fair-trade projects benefited communities? Are we helping to subsidies unsustainable industries by supporting fair-trade initiatives, and are we romanticizing the idea of fair-trade?

Case-studies (SPINNA andTFD) Organizations working towards creating networks of designers & fair-trade artisans.
Speakers: Prof Jeremy MacClancy, Tamsin Barber, Nicola Thornley, Illaria Pasquinelli.

TALK: Sustainable style: How to be an Ethical Consumer
Saturday 10th March, 2-4pm
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden
£5 per ticket
(£4 for Students or OAPs – when show with NUS or bus pass cards on the door of the event)

The impact of fashion, textiles & jewellery industry on the environment – the destruction it's caused and what society can do to minimise it. Are ethical certifications the answer?  Is transparency of the fashion supply chain achievable?  A look at the Fairtrade and Fairmined certification for gold.

The slow fashion movement – working towards sustainable consumption. The importance of the brand story for 'sustainable marketing'. Practical ways to achieve a stylish wardrobe.
Speakers: Veronica Crespi, Pamela Ravasio, Ute Decker, Elizabeth Laskar

TALK: Ethical Luxury: Squaring the Circle
Sunday 11th March, 3-5pm
Malmaison Hotel, Oxford Castle Quarter - The Visitors Room
£5 per ticket
(£4 for Students or OAPs – when show with NUS or bus pass cards on the door of the event)

Can luxury goods be ethical? How designers are working to challenge our perception of luxury in the modern day.

Hand made in Britain: the rebirth of British manufacturing. How traditional techniques and innovative modern processes are used by ethical designers.

The impact of cheaper manufacturing on the luxury market. Does the democratisation of luxury indicate the end of elitism?
Speakers: Ingrid Vercruyssen, Chris Hewitt, Lucy Tammam

Tuesday 6th March 2012
6.30 - 8pm 
Please RSVP here

To coincide with Fair Trade Fortnight and in support of the UN Decade of Bio-diversity, on Tuesday 6th March Crumple launches their summer collection of eco jewellery at the O3 Gallery.

Mimicking the simplicity and finesse of origami, each pair of earrings is carefully hand crafted in the UK out of beautiful eco materials including non-toxic, non-solvent acid free glues and responsibly sourced paper and card. The hooks are sterling silver so nearly everyone can wear the earrings. Once the earrings have been loved the wearer is given the option to recycle or compost them. If recycling facilities aren't available everything can be posted back to Crumple.

The collection has been inspired by the spectacular 1960s disposable paper dress sensation and the temporal beauty of land-art. Crumple design duo, eco fashion consultant Elizabeth Laskar and artist Jezella Pigott combine fashion and art to produce earrings that are eye catching, carry a positive story and designed to have minimal impact on the environment. Crumple's first collection is called 'Paper Tales' as each style tells a story about our environment.

The O3 Gallery will host the launch of the collection and scrumptious delights of honey cake, made by local cafe Oxfork using local honey from Brightwell Bees and Fosseway Honey will be served. There will also be an opportunity to see a Bee Haus designed by Omlet for urban bee keeping over a glass of fair trade wine and juice.

For every pair of earrings sold Crumple put 20p into a fund dedicated to conservation projects around the world.

The collection will be on sale on the night and will continue to be stocked at the O3 Gallery. Entry to the launch event is free however it is essential to RSVP here.

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Thursday 1st March 2012
6:30 – 8pm

Bill Heine talks about his latest book 'The Hunting of The Shark' which discusses for the very first time how the bizarre 25-foot fibreglass sculpture was conceived, constructed, erected and kept up on the roof against the full blast of Oxford City bureaucracy.

 

Opportunity to exhibit in Oxford Castle venues as part of Artweeks 2012! 

To celebrate Artweeks' 30th Birthday, students are invited to consider the idea of 'The Passing of Time' and enter artwork within that theme to be exhibited in the restaurants and café's at Oxford Castle as part of Artweeks in May 2012! This competition is open to all current students who either originate from or who are studying within Oxfordshire and work within the media of drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture or digital imaging. Supporting each selected student through every stage of the exhibition process, not only is this a fantastic exhibition opportunity for Oxford's up-and-coming artists, but it is also an invaluable commercial exercise.

To apply simply complete and return the application form (along with up to 3 digital images of each proposed artwork) to: info@o3gallery.co.uk.

Download your Application Form and Terms & Conditions documents here

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: MIDNIGHT 19th FEBRUARY 2012

Wednesday 8th February 2012, 6-8pm
Free entry

This is an event for contemporary designer-makers, buyers looking for unique items made by local artisans and anyone interested in learning a new craft skill. The O3 Gallery aims to bring Oxford's vibrant craft community together in this free social networking event. If you are a designer-maker please DO bring a small photo album/i-pad along so that you can show examples of your products, also don't forget your business cards! Please DON'T bring any products with you.

Wednesday 1st February 2012, 6-6:30pm
and Saturday 4th February 2012, 2-2:30pm
O3 Gallery
Free entry

As part of the Art Teachers Exhibition Rhiannon Evans will create a site specific installation and 'happening' using rope and thread, reflecting the history of the O3 Gallery and Oxford Castle by demonstrating entanglement, capture and attempts at escape.

O3 Gallery
Monday 12th December 2011

Community artist Groovy Sue talks to BBC Oxford's Jo Theones about the Children's Christmas Craft Workshops at O3 Gallery.

Click here to hear the interview

O3 Gallery
Thursday 8th December, 5-8pm

O3 Gallery will be serving up something special on the evening of Thursday 8th December, providing you with the opportunity to find that unique Christmas gift that you've been hunting for. Come in out of the cold and browse a special selection of the finest hand-made art and design objects. These will include a range of gifts made by some of the most exciting designer-makers working in the South East region such as Tatty Devine, Tamsin Leighton-Boyce, Judith Condor-Vidal, Sweetly Wrapped and Liliia. The lucky first 30 visitors will also receive a goody bag on arrival. This stylish, relaxed shopping experience will offer a refreshing alternative to the High Street this December.

Photo credit: Tamsin Leighton-Boyce.

Visit Oxford City Guide HERE for details on how to win an alpaca scarf by participating designer Holly Dutton of Bobbie's Boutique.

See below for details of the 'art-objects' that will be available to buy at O3 Gallery's Boutique Christmas Shopping Event:

Friday 2nd December

Grab a ghetto blaster for a spine-tingling Christmas street promenade
Phil Kline's Unsilent Night is a heart warming musical creation of twinkling percussion, ethereal voices and resonating bell sounds that takes the form of a street promenade in which everyone performs. Anyone can join in, you just need something to amplify the music (from ghetto blaster to laptop) and a copy of Unsilent Night. The promenade will take this magical music through the streets of Oxford, becoming part of a worldwide phenomenon that began in New York 19 years ago.

"Unsilent Night immerses the listener in suspended wonderment, as if time itself had paused inside a string of jingle bells" The New York Times

"the music itself was beautifully suited to the place and the time. Oxford Contemporary Music have, yet again, opened our eyes and ears to the most unusual of performance locations, this time by taking music to the places we see as the most commonplace and bringing people together to share it." Music in Oxford

Phil Kline's Unsilent Night.™ Copyright © 1992 by Phil Kline. Recording available on Cantaloupe Music at www.cantaloupemusic.com.

Photo credit: James Lyons.

O3 Gallery
Saturday 12th November 2011
Drop in any time between 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
Free Entry

The O3 Gallery's current exhibitor, Mary Foulkes, will be in the gallery showing visitors how to make their own pin-hole camera. To take part, simply bring an empty matchbox with you.

See Mary's photographs here

O3 Gallery
10th November 2011
6-8pm
Free entry

Due to popular demand we are hosting another Crafty Networking Event. This is an event for contemporary designer-makers, buyers looking for unique items made by local artisans and anyone interested in learning a new craft skill. The O3 Gallery aims to bring Oxford's vibrant craft community together in this free social networking event. If you are a designer-maker please DO bring a small photo album/i-pad along so that you can show examples of your products, also don't forget your business cards! Please DON'T bring any products with you..

Photo credit: Wendy Hughes.

O3 Gallery
Thursday 3rd November 2011,
6-8pm Free entry

A culmination of experience reproduced spontaneously. A confrontation between genders as one man immerses himself into a state of the 'gap between'; considering his perspectives on women from everyday encounters, illustrating the shared connections through mark-making. A symposium for viewers as the work shall be theatrical, fluent and iconoclastic. A catharsis, an episode. The self-conscious vanguard shall become absorbed into a short performance. Is the artist human or a showman?

A performance by the artist Woz.
www.a-woz.com

O3 Gallery
Saturday 22nd October 2011
All 12pm-7pm

To buy your Oxjam Takeover tickets click HERE

Head on down to the O3 Gallery to catch the following performers jamming in aid of Oxfam:
12:00 - Prohibition Smoker's Club
12:45 - The Right Hooks
13:30 - We Are Goose
14:15 - Nikki Loy
15:00 - Wild Swim
15:45 - Tiger Mendoza

O3 Gallery
Saturday 8th October 2011, 11am-4pm

On 8th October 2011 Oxford Castle invited members of the public to express their hopes for the future by drawing their dreams in a paving stone and 'signing it'' with their footsteps in brightly coloured chalk.

SEE THIS YEAR'S DRAWINGS HERE

SEE LAST YEAR'S BIG DRAW COMPETITION ENTRIES HERE

O3 Gallery
Tuesday 27th September 2011, 10am-6pm

For one day only, this video installation will invite you to inhabit a floating space within the dark grey walls of the gallery, that is somewhere between the familiar and the mysterious. 

Inspired by the concept of self- awareness, both to oneself and to others, Camille Baziadoly has created a piece that attempts to capture this often fleeting sense of perception. Using video and sound, the artist has focused on the skin and sensations of touch to investigate its poetic potential as a language with which to explore a notion of self. 

This artwork forms part of 'in with between' Festival, the Oxford Brookes MA Interdisciplinary Arts Festival which takes place in venues throughout Oxford and runs from 27th September - 2nd October.
http://inwithbetween.blogspot.com/

O3 Gallery
Sunday 25th September, 11am-4pm

A one-day interactive craft event showcasing some of the most innovative designer-makers from Oxfordshire:

Fragments by Wendy Hughes
Milliner and textiles artist Wendy Hughes works with opposite extremes; translucently delicate to the heavily embellished.  Wendy Hughes’ work is intuitive and materially led. She manipulates materials to create textile structures that are inspired by organic forms and her passion for colour. Her work celebrates traditional artisan skills that are sadly being lost. ‘Fragments’ by Wendy Hughes is inspired by English landscapes and organic forms. Layer upon layer of stitching goes in to creating beautifully textural wall hangings. She uses willow canes to break up the surface and give structure to the unframed work, suggesting the undulating quality of landscape.

Wendy Hughes lives & works in Oxfordshire. She regularly exhibits at Oxford Art Weeks and Art In Action. She is an experienced art teacher and has made costumes and props for theatre.
www.wendyhughesmillinery.co.uk

Cross stitch with Lisa Sleeps
To celebrate the release of Lo!, her new album with Sleeps in Oysters which comes complete with cross stitch pattern book and needlecraft kit, Lisa Sleeps will be running a cross stitch stall at The Craft Boutique. On site all day in the exhibition area, this ongoing workshop is suitable for those who can already cross stitch or complete beginners, for children and adults alike. Drop in to have a bash at stitching from a selection of existing patterns, or have a go at designing your own. Lisa will have the collection so far of animal mask cross stitches from the Sleeps in Oysters pattern book on display, and you can say hello as she 'keeps on keeping on'  with the rest of the collection.

'Lisa Sleeps' aka musician, artist and academic Dr Lisa Busby is a Music Lecturer at Goldsmiths University, London. Her particular creative and research interests include electronic music, experimental DJ practices, DIY scenes, handmade and self-published music, and pop music's relationship with other art forms. She releases her musical work with amongst others London label, Seed Records; and as a practicing artist her work spans the audio, visual, tactile and interactive, often incorporating a variety of media including music & sound, textiles & needlework, photography & digital image manipulation, text & story, illustration, video, and use of found objects. www.sleepsinoysters.com
www.editionsofyou.com

Made by Loulabelle
Verity, the designer-maker behind Made by Loulabelle creates handbags, clutches and other accessories from vintage and recycled materials. Individually hand-crafted and sewn to a high standard in a little house just outside Oxford, each item is unique, and designed to be both functional and beautiful.

Since inheriting her mum’s old sewing machine (‘Lottie’) at the age of 11, Verity has always loved to sew and is drawn to vintage style and design – particularly that of the  50s, 60s and 70s. She is a real fabric gannet and can't resist pouncing whenever she sees a vintage textile which means she now has far too much stashed away! Verity started making bags in 2007 and was immediately attracted by the way that a simple design can become something unique and special with great fabrics and a few extra touches. In addition to making bags, Verity teaches workshops in Oxford and writes feature articles and tutorials for the UKHandmade online magazine and blog. Shop: http://www.madebyloulabelle.folksy.com Blog: http://madebyloulabelle.blogspot.com

Liliia, bespoke couture by Vikki Lafford
Vikki graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design with an MA in Textile Design in 2006. She had previously gained a BA in Embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University and worked for several years as a Computerised Embroidery Designer. Since graduating from Chelsea, she has worked as a freelance Textile Designer and in 2008 she launched her bespoke fashion, bridal wear and accessory design label Liliia. Vikki uses a variety of techniques and her work usually develops through a series of processes, always starting from initial drawings and paintings. She combines traditional methods of hand-stitch with digital embroidery, hand-painted fabrics and digital print to achieve a sense of fairytale romance inspired by her love of nature and folklore.
www.liliia.co.uk

Tamsin Leighton-Boyce
Tamsin is an artist jeweller who uses reclaimed and recycled objects and materials to create one-off pieces of jewellery. She has a passion for working in metals and a belief in the power of art and craft skills in education to empower people. Utilising recycled materials is important to Tamsin’s work on a symbolic, environmental and aesthetic level. In her current work, each piece of jewellery started life as a food can. She up-cycles the materials and the images used within each piece giving them a new life as a piece of jewellery. She also uses hand-produced tools and labour intensive processes such as enamelling, to add symbolic value to both image and material.  Tamsin has worked and exhibited in Britain and Internationally; in 2009 she graduated from the School of Jewellery in Birmingham with an MA in Jewellery Silversmithing and Related Products. She currently divides her time between teaching and making. http://tamsinleighton-boyce.blogspot.com/

O3 Gallery
Thursday 22nd September, 6-8pm

Calling all designer-makers or anyone interested in craft! This is an event for contemporary designer-makers, those looking for unique items made by local artisans and anyone interested in learning a new craft skill! The O3 Gallery aims to bring Oxford's vibrant craft community together in this free social networking event.

Photo credit: Wendy Hughes.

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September 2011, 10am – 5pm

The Artist Joseph Beuys famously said ‘Everyone is an Artist’ and it is with this idea that we welcome you to take part in our Great Recipe Swap at Oxford Castle’s Food & Wine Festival! The Great Recipe Swap will function as a ‘happening’ and will take place over Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September. Public participation is absolutely crucial for the artwork to function so we need YOUR input! Here’s how to take part…

1. Think of a recipe that you would like to share. This should be something simple both in terms of ingredients and making. Maybe there is a recipe that you always make on a special occasion? Perhaps you have a recipe that reminds you of your childhood? This is your chance to anonymously pass on your recipe.

2. Come down to the Food & Wine Festival on Saturday 17th or Sunday 18th Sept, find the O3 Gallery stall and write down your recipe. If you are unable to make the festival, or you would like to submit your recipe in advance, please email it to info@o3gallery.co.uk with the subject heading: Great Recipe Swap.

3. Take your recipe card into the O3 Gallery (situated next to the stall), add it to the installation and take away another recipe.

4. Cook and enjoy your new recipe! We would absolutely love to see the results – please do photograph the results of your recipe and send the photos into us at info@o3gallery.co.uk

Saturday 17th September
6.00pm – 7.00pm
Tickets £25 available online here

Sample and discover the delights of some of the finest champagne, complete with a demonstration from importer Tom Ellis. Tantalise your taste-buds and try out four full flutes of different Leroux-Mineau Grand Cru, then amaze your friends after learn all about them. A wonderful pre-dinner event, complete with nibbles and discussion.

O3 Gallery
Saturday 16th July 2011, 11am-4pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

O3 Gallery
Saturday 9th July 2011, 11am-4pm

As part of Oxford’s Alice’s Day celebrations, O3 Gallery will be selling the gorgeous and uber desirable ‘Everything Alice, The Wonderland Book of Makes’ by Hannah Read-Baldrey and Christine Leech. This publication captures the very essence of Lewis Carroll's magical stories and each of the 50 "Make Me" projects detailed in the book stands alone as a gorgeous item to cherish. Who wouldn't be seduced by a Red Polka Dot Frilly Pinny to wear while baking Cupcakes fit for a king?
 
As part of the book launch the authors will be running an exciting arts and crafts workshop in the Oxford Castle Gardens, inviting members of the public to make their own Cheshire Cat or White Rabbit Mask curiosities! Not to be missed!

O3 Gallery
Thursday 7th July 2011, 12pm-8pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

O3 Gallery
Sunday 3rd July 2011, 11am-4pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

O3 Gallery
Thursday 23rd June 2011, 11am-4pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

O3 Gallery
Friday 17th June 2011, 12am-5pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

O3 Gallery
Sunday 12th June 2011, 11am-4pm

This extraordinary artwork is a Song, Performance and Installation that attempts to explore the complex relationship between the domestic interior spaces of our own creation and natural world; with actual locations and illusory ones. On this day you will witness the artwork in its full glory as Lisa inhabits her ‘hand-made’ environment and invites you to join her!

Castle Street Square
Until Saturday 21st May, 12 to 3pm
FREE

Ann Rapstoff is interested in communication arising from constructed situations between the public and artist. In Castle Street Square on two weekends during Artweeks, Ann will be inviting the public to contribute to Hypolocate 2, an evolving project first experienced at a residency at Harcourt Aberetum in 2009. Hypolocate 2, concerns the potential for developing an unseen geographical language and poetics brought about by sensing and experiencing the places we find ourselves in. The public are invited to explore immerse themselves in the hidden terrain of the Oxford Castle location.

Castle Street Square
Saturday 14th May and Saturday 21st May, 12 to 3pm
FREE

Interested in exploring issues of mortality and migration and the wealth of languages existing in such close geographical proximity in Europe artist Vicky Vergou will be conducting interviews that will contribute towards her project “Language Paralanguage” in Castle Street Square on two weekends during Artweeks. “Language Paralanguage” is a touring public art project that aims to explore the sound-world of each of the 44 official languages spoken in Europe through a series of interviews with European nationals currently living in the UK. “Language Paralanguage” is supported by Arts Council England, Artpoint and Dada South.

Wednesday 11th - Saturday 21st May
bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Opening the doors at Oxford Castle to an Art Weeks inspired cinema for the first time, an exciting collection of creative films will be screened undercover in a Cinema Tent. In line with all things Art Weeks, Oxford Castle Art Weeks Cinema will be intimate, informal, and, importantly, a bar will be available for pre and post screening socialising!.

See Films Below

Saturday 21st May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhall and Marcia Gay Harden. A funny, inspiring and uplifting film about a free-thinking art history professor with a lot to teach about life and much to learn about romance.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Friday 20th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Artist Vik Muniz sets out to photograph an eclectic band of ‘catadores’ - self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His collaboration with these inspiring characters, using the recycled materials to ‘paint’ them, reveals both their dignity and despair as they begin to re-imagine their lives. This thought-provoking film offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Thursday 19th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. To get him away from booze, insecurity, and the stress of city life, they move to the Hamptons where nature and sobriety help Pollock achieve a breakthrough in style: a critic praises, then Life magazine calls. But so do old demons: the end is nasty, brutish, and short.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Wednesday 18th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Canvas, colour, metal, ceramics. The century’s leading artist commanded them all. But what about the legendary Pablo Picasso’s other great passion? Was romance also dominated by his genius? Anthony Hopkins stars in this intimate, insightful tale of genius, beauty and obsession.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Saturday 14th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years - which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Friday 13th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop is the hilarious true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence. The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Thursday 12th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

A portrait of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century. Starring John Malcovich.

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Wednesday 11th May, bar open 5.30pm – 10pm, film starts 7pm
Castle Gardens, Oxford Castle
Tickets: £6 (£5 on the door for Oxford Castle Key Card Holders)

Seventeen year old Griet is drawn into Vermeer’s mysterious world of art and passion and quickly becomes his muse. The relationship results in one of the greatest paintings ever created – but at what cost?

Tickets available here Oxford Castle Artweeks Cinema is organised in association with Artweeks - www.artweeks.org

Thursday 14th April, 6-9pm:
£3 on door

Double Dot Dash curate a night of bands from the Reading DIY scene.

Reading DIY arts collective Double Dot Dash curate a night of bands from the Reading DIY scene.

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

Thursday 21st April, 6-9pm:
£3 on door

Release Party
This release party will see the long-time-coming full length album from Sleeps in Oysters finally get launched, as well as two brand new releases, which Editions of You has funded. To celebrate their new DVD launch we will be showing a series of audio-visual work by the two-piece Details. And all the way from Manchester comes Ion Ghost to headline the night with his unique brand of messed-up electronica and officially release his new EP. All three releases will be available to buy for the first time on the night.

Thursday 7th April, 6-9pm:
£3 on door

Live ‘local kid’ records night, with live performances by Jelas and The Bumblebees.
The Bumblebees, Jelas and label DJs from Local Kid records bring a taste of Bristol to Oxford for the evening.

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

Saturday 9th April, 11am – 6pm

Hosted in the beautiful surroundings of the Oxford Castle grounds, and under the shelter of an olde-y world-y striped marquee, this fair will provide live music, workshops, and other happenings alongside the all important handmade music and zine stalls! Come down to buy music and publications you won’t find in the shops….

Stalls, 11am - 6pm
Alternative Press, Dan and Anne, Dead Trees and Dye, Double Dot Dash, Emily and Anne, Eyeball Suck, Gran and Pop, Superlimited.

And on the indie table…
Angry Violinist, Noisy, Pizza, Raw Pogo on the Scaffold,  Riot on the Rocks.

Live Music, 3 - 6pm
Andrew Lips, Jimi Gherkin, Billy Payne, Theo Carnegy-Tan

Reading
Eric de Jesus, of Easy Subcult and Amercian Typewriter fame, reads from his book We won’t be here forever and is accompanied by a one off improv collaboration between John Harries, one half of Sleeps in Oysters, and Ray Tovey, AKA Diasonic

Glue me down! Workshop, 11 - 6pm
An open zining workshop lead by Sian Wynne, zine enthusiast and creator of music zine Riot on the Rocks.Taking you through the steps to successful self-publishing, Sian will discuss genre, style, content and practical tips, while you get your hands dirty and create your very own cut-and-stick masterpiece. Sessions will be held throughout the day.The

Mixtape Consultancy Agency, 11- 6pm
A unique workshop and consultancy service to assist you with all your mixtape creation needs. A brand new project by sonic artist Felicity Ford and performance artist Stavroula Kounadea which debuts here at Editions of You, be prepared to think about and make mixtapes like never before!

in association with Oxford Fashion Week
Thursday 17th March 2011, 6-8pm

Electro-pop fashionistas the Cosmic Girls bring their hip-rocking beats to the O3 Gallery for one night only. Wearing ethical garments designed by Feng Ho, Bobbie's Boutiqe & Tamsin Leighton-Boyce, this event is just as sumptuous for the eyes as it is for the ears!

The Cosmic Girls are singer/songwriters, musicians, producers (and twin sisters). Before the Cosmic Girls band formed they have travelled across the world as Duffy’s backing singers, touring Europe, East Asia, New Zealand and Australia, including V Festivals, summer festivals and a performance at The Sydney Opera House. TV performances include Top of The Pops, Strictly Come Dancing and the Jools Holland Hootenanny. They recently featured on the track 'Leave Town', by Trafik on their new album ‘None But The Brave’, which has been released on Global Underground.

Feng Ho is the Creative Director of O3 Gallery’s Ethical Fashion Fest and an award winning Ethical Fashion Designer. She takes into consideration moral and environmental issues by working with disadvantaged communities and by using sustainable textiles. This Oxford-based designer aims to refresh & inspire new attitudes towards ethical fashion through her collection of modern, chic and classic designs. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, Feng Ho launched her business in 2006. She won the 2010 Ethical Fashion Forum Innovation Award for her achievements in the fashion industry. Her designs can be found in Manchester, Glasgow and online.

A graduate in Fashion from The Arts Institute, Bournemouth, Oxford designer Holly Dutton has independently produced ethical womenswear under her label ‘Bobbie’s Boutique’. Inspired by childhood dreams, nostalgia, romance and freedom, Holly takes us on a journey through our own mystical pasts and memories. Selected to exhibit her debut collection at Alternative Fashion Week, London 2009, Holly continues to combine design with an ethical and sustainable approach to create beautiful clothing and accessories.

Tamsin is an artist jeweller who uses reclaimed and recycled objects and materials to create one-off pieces of jewellery. She has a passion for working in metals and a belief in the power of art and craft skills to empower people. Tamsin has worked and exhibited in Britain and Internationally; in 2009 she graduated from the School of Jewellery in Birmingham with an MA in Jewellery Silversmithing and Related Products. She currently divides her time between making, exhibiting and working as jewellery technician/tutor in Oxford.

Tickets: £5, Available online or from the O3 Gallery.
Click here to buy.

Thursday 10th March, 6-8pm

Come and help us celebrate the launch of the first Oxford International Women’s Festival Poetry Anthology! As well as special guests, many of the prize winning poets will read their work and, of course, sign copies of the anthology.

The anthology is on sale for £5, of which £2 per copy goes to the festival.

Organiser: Dan Holloway and Anna Hobson.

Turn your bra into a bag workshop

Give your unwanted lingerie a new life! Transform that bra that you love but never wear into a new fashionable bag in the space of just a few hours. No special sewing skills required - bling provided!

Workshops will run in the Oxford Castle Key Learning Centre
Saturday 5th March
10:30am-12:30pm or 2pm-4pm.
Tickets: £5. Click HERE to buy! Or buy on the door. (Booking recommended).


Don’t worry if you missed out on this workshop, there are more workshops happening as part of ‘Revealed – The Underwear Revolution’, An exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock:

Saturday 4 June 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2 - 4pm Coach House at The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock. £5 per person. Booking essential Tel 01993 811456.

Revealed - The Underwear Revolution An exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock 16 April - 12 June 2011
Why we wear what we wear under there! ‘Revealed’ is a celebration as well as an exposé of the changing role of underwear in our lives. This fascinating exhibition traces underwear’s evolution from hair shirts to Tencel shorts. Discover how our most personal garments have been affected by changes in technology, society and taste. School workhops available, call 01865 300639. Further information, including family events and talks, at www.tomocc.org.uk

in association with Oxford Fashion Week.
Saturday 5th March 2011, 11am – 4pm

Offering unique, ethical fashion and accessories, from quirky daywear to stunning eveningwear, this boutique event aims to showcase an eclectic collection of sustainable and affordable design. This is a rare opportunity to escape the high street and buy something that doesn’t cost the earth.

Picture: Sweetly Wrapped: Handmade wallets, purses, cardholders and passport covers.

READ MORE ABOUT THE DESIGNER HERE!

Hosted by The Living Room, Oxford, in association with Oxford Fashion Week.
Friday 4th March 2011, 6:15-6:45pm

Following a discussion in the gallery on the topic of Ethical Fashion, the O3 presents its Ethical Fashion Show at the Living Room Oxford. Showcasing the hottest up-and-coming Ethical Designers, this event is a celebration of responsible fashion, highlighting how sexy, wearable and visually stunning it truly is!

Tickets: £5, Available online or from the O3 Gallery.
Click here to buy!

READ MORE ABOUT THE DESIGNERS HERE!

Friday 4th March 2011, 5-5:45pm

Entry is FREE however places are limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

READ MORE ABOUT THE DESIGNER HERE!

Wednesday 2nd March 2011, 5-6pm

Entry is FREE however places are limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

In association with Oxford Fashion Week
Thursday 24th Feb 2011, 6-8pm

May the swishing commence! Join O3 Gallery for the coolest clothes swap you’ll ever attend. The rules are simple; donate at least one wearable item (clothes, shoes, jewellery etc) that has never or barely been worn, enjoy a glass of something lovely as you browse the rails and take home a fabulous new addition to your wardrobe without parting with a penny!

How to take part:

• Have a root through your wardrobe and find a good quality item (or up to three items!) that is unworn or barely worn and that you are happy to part with.

• Download, fill in and print out your participation form CLICK HERE.

• Come along to the O3 Gallery on Thursday 24th Feb between 6-7pm and hand in your item plus your participation form
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• You will be given a token in return for your item.

• Browse the racks and rails, looking for anything you would like to take home with you. At the same time check out the Oxford Fashion Week: Fashion Photography exhibition. (Refreshments will be available.)

• From 7-8pm: GET SWISHING! Exchange your token for an item of clothing, a pair of shoes, a piece of jewellery etc.

NB:
• Only 1 item can be swapped for 1 token.
• Each individual can bring a maximum of 3 items to the event.
• Please only bring clean, good-quality, unworn or barely worn, substantial items. (Ideally we’d like to see items submitted with tags still on.) No underwear, no earrings and no cheaply made items will be accepted.
• The O3 Gallery reserves the right to refuse any item that is deemed to be unsuitable.

Thursday 17th Feb, 6-8pm

Be part of an interactive light artwork by artist Clare Lynn where you can make your own shimming drawings of light. At the same time DJ NuMethod will fill the air with minimal electronica, mutant future dub and meditative ambience in an exclusive DJ set of deep mind music.

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

Thursday 10th February 2011, 6-8pm

Five of London’s leading literary lights come to Oxford, including Costa Award Shortlisted Nikesh Shukla and Not The Booker Prize Winner Lee Rourke.

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

(Over 18s only – Please be aware that these performances contain adult themes and are NOT suitable for children or the easily offended.)

Saturday 5th February, Radcliffe Square, 11:30am – 4:30pm

You are invited to have a piece of Rad Cam cake in Radcliffe Square, Oxford. The event will be filmed by StopMoGo. The ‘Radcliffe Cake-a-rama’, created by Emma Dougherty, is currently on display as part of the RAD Cam! exhibition. This is event is subject to weather conditions.

Thursday 16th December, 6pm – 8pm

O3 Gallery Manager Helen Statham talks to Sarah Howard, professional photographer and organiser of the ‘A Cotswold Scene’ photography competition. Winners of the competition (still to be announced!) will also be on the panel. During the evening there will be the opportunity for members of the public to pose their questions to the artists.

www.imageseen.co.uk

Thursday 9th December, 6pm – 8pm.

The Fraser Spiral - Electro-acoustic improvisation led by Tim Croston on piano and cornet. With roots in Oxford's fertile post-rock scene, the group create rhythmically and harmonically rich sequences of sound, taking in ambient, jazz, polyrhythm and rock.

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

Click here to hear Fraser Spiral Live

Saturday 26th November 2010, 5pm - 10pm.

In April 2010 an exciting new photography competition was launched to celebrate the beauty of the Cotswolds and to give members of the public the chance to have their images showcased in a six week high profile exhibition at O3 Gallery. We are delighted to now present the winning entries of the competition as well as photographs by local landscape photographer and competition organizer, Sarah Howard.

Read more about the competition here

Download the Christmas Light Night Brochure here

Thursday 18th November and Thursday 2nd December, 6pm – 8pm

Eight cuts live at the O3 Gallery is a new monthly night of the very best contemporary literature, music and film, hosted by Oxford-based writer Dan Holloway, curator of eight cuts gallery and eight cuts gallery press, and a founder member of international collective Year Zero Writers.

http://eightcuts.wordpress.com
(Over 18s only – potentially contains adult content.) *There will a small admission charge on the door.

Click here to hear Dan Holloway, founder of the Eight Cuts Gallery, talk about Eight Cuts Live


November 18th: Into The Desert
words, music and film from eight cuts gallery, in conjunction with the online literary exhibition into the desert at http://eightcuts.wordpress.com

Host: Dan Holloway, author of (life:) razorblades included
Words: Joan Barbara Simon, author of Mut@tus, Venetia Welby, author of Palabra Feracori, Chris Graham, Kimberly Menozzi, author of Ask Me If I’m Happy.
Film: Cody James & Ashleigh Nankivell (with words by Penny Goring)
Music: Christi Warner.

Pic opposite: Into the Desert by Stacey Ericson of Images Without Borders.
http://imageswithoutborders.photoshelter.com/

Thursday 11th November, 6pm – 8pm

O3 Gallery is very excited to announce that from 11th November we will be stocking Tatty Devine Art Jewellery! Come along on the Thursday evening and help us celebrate the launch; meet some of the people who work at Tatty Devine, browse the new collection and enjoy a cup of tea and an Oxford Cupcake. Whether you’re Christmas shopping for others or simply after some personal retail therapy, this evening is guaranteed to be a pure delight!

The Tatty Devine Art Jewellery Launch at the O3 Gallery is kindly sponsored by Oxford Cupcakes.

www.oxfordcupcakes.co.uk
*Free entry

Thursday 4th November, 6pm – 8pm

Sculptor Rachel Ducker and Printmaker Rachel Owen talk to O3 Gallery Manager Helen Statham about their exhibition Metaphorphosis. During the evening there will be the opportunity for members of the public to pose their questions to the artists.

www.rachelducker.co.uk
www.rachel-owen.co.uk
*Free entry

Friday 15th October.

O3 Gallery welcomes the public to come and browse it’s collection of art magazines and other art publications. This new resource also offers free wi-fi and copying facilities, making the O3 Gallery the coolest place for art research.

In conjunction with ‘Day & Night in Oxford’, an event taking place across the city in order to celebrate cultural activity and support the arts, O3 Gallery’s new art magazine resource will officially open at noon on Friday 15th October. During this day visitors will be offered a complimentary cup of tea or coffee as they enjoy the art publications that are available to read. Adding a new dimension to Oxford’s already vibrant art scene, O3 Gallery’s art magazine resource will provide a great information point for students, artists, or members of the general public.

Art publications available to view include: • The Artists Yearbook 2010/11 • a-n magazine • Art of England magazine • Artists and Illustrators magazine • ai magazine

O3 Gallery opening times: 12 - 5pm Tues – Fri, 11am- 4pm Sat & Sun, Closed Monday.

O3 Gallery’s Art Magazine Resource will be available at all times during normal opening hours.

‘Day & Night’ is a unique 12-hour celebration of culture, art, theatre, music and performance in Oxford. Taking just one day in the calendar year, it offers a range of cultural delights from midday to midnight on Friday 15 October. The 'Day & Night' event highlights the work of Oxford's cultural organisations, demonstrating the artistic quality, local, national and international reach and the growing economic value they help bring to the city – at a time when funding and support for the arts is being widely debated. Visitors to all events will be encouraged to support their local arts organisations by signing the Save the Arts campaign petition at www.savethearts-uk.blogspot.com

Thursday 28th October, 6pm – 8pm

COGWHEEL DOGS is a guitar / cello / vocals duo doing its utmost to sound nothing like a guitar / cello / vocals duo. Combining the energy of punk with an experimental attitude to sound and arrangement – but retaining a folk-like melodic backbone. Based in Oxford, Cogwheel Dogs have been playing together since some time in 2005. Songs are recorded in a small attic, amidst a mess of wires, canvases, coat-hangers and cobwebs.

www.cogwheeldogs.com

*There will a small admission charge on the door.

Date: 21.07.10 - 01.08.10
Oxford Castle Gardens
Tickets: from £12, buy online
(Concessions Available & Group Discounts), or call See Tickets 0844 871 8804

This July Oxford Castle will host a series of open air Summer Night Concerts in its beautiful gardens. Crossing musical genres the Summer Night Concerts feature a range of internationally adored names and celebrated local bands with performances from the kings of swing King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, rock ‘n’ roll legends Chris Beck and the Valentine Vagabonds and ska heroes TooT N’Skamen to name but a few.