Friday 16th November, Thuesday 6th December and 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

3 - 8 September 2012
An exhibition of art to celebrate Oxford’s green spaces which are in danger of being lost forever

‘Lost landscapes’ is an exhibition of artworks by nine Oxfordshire artists. The exhibition has been organised by the Oxford Committee of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), with some curatorial input from O3 Gallery’s Helen Statham, and some hanging advice from O3’s Megan Dawkins. Its aim is to draw attention to the precious green spaces in Oxford which are in imminent danger of being built on and lost forever.
 
Artists were invited to create works of art inspired by East Minchery Farm Allotments, Barton Village Nature Park, Barton Road Cricket Ground, The Horspath Site, Lincoln College and Jesus College Sports Ground, Littlemore Park, Oxford University Press Sports Ground and Warneford Hospital Playing Field.
 
Pictured: detail from Warneford Hospital Playing Field by Lorna Marrison
 
The week after the exhibition closes, the future of these green spaces will be decided at the public examination of the City Council’s Sites and Housing Development plan.
 
The exhibition takes places at Bartlemas Chapel, Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 2AJ and begins with a private preview on Monday 3 September at 6pm to which the press have been invited. The exhibition is open to the public on:

• Tuesday 4 September from 10am to 5pm
• Wednesday 5 September from 10am to 5pm
• Thursday 6 September from 10am to 5pm
• Friday 7 September from 10am to 5pm
• Saturday 8 September from 10am to 6pm.
 
Artist Imogen Rigden says: “People who are losing their local green spaces must be given a voice to express their anger, sadness or dismay. When planning decisions are made, those affected most often feel disenfranchised”
 
THE ARTISTS:
Annabel Ralphs
Felicity Cormack
Imogen Rigden
Jane Strother
Jenny Wylie
Lorna Marrison
Mari Prichard
Sarah Spackman
William Dew

Organised by The Caravan Gallery in association with: Arts at the Old Fire Station and O3 Gallery

Competition brief: What does Oxford mean to you?
 
Everyone knows about the boffins on bicycles, Boat Race and Brideshead but what about all the other stuff that brings the City of Dreaming Spires to life? Have you seen a sign or shop display that made you smirk or a street scene that surprised or amused you? Would you like to draw attention to any unsung attractions – or unattractions – that escape the notice of the average visitor to the city?

As part of Oxfordshire Artweeks, Arts at the Old Fire Station will present an exhibition of photography by the people of Oxford, focusing on the city in which they live. Run in conjunction with The Caravan Gallery, O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle Quarter, Crisis Skylight, Grandpont Children's Centre and The Redbridge Travellers Women's Group, the exhibition, entitled Here & Now will take the form of an open submission photographic competition that is free to enter and open to anyone living in Oxford. The Caravan Gallery's intention is to create a snapshot of the reality of living in Oxford that might be at odds with the romanticised idea that the world has of the city. Jan Williams of The Caravan Gallery comments, ''We're really looking forward to encouraging the people of Oxford to view their city with fresh eyes, in turn helping us realise part of the bigger picture we're working on with O3 Gallery in the Oxford Castle Quarter, namely the Oxford Pride of Place Project.''

The most idiosyncratic images will be selected by The Caravan Gallery, the Shop and Gallery Manager of Arts at the Old Fire Station and the Manager of O3 Gallery. These photographs will be turned into museum quality prints displayed in theHere and Now exhibition (Friday 4th May until Saturday 26th May) in the gallery at the Old Fire Station during Oxfordshire Artweeks. One prize winner and two runners up will receive a selection of prizes including a signed copy of Is Britain Great? 3 by The Caravan Gallery and a set of postcards commissioned for the Pride of Place Project at Oxford Castle Quarter. All exhibitors will be able to collect their print after the exhibition has closed. Shop and Gallery Manager at Arts at the Old Fire Station, Emily Alexander remarked,"Both OFS and O3 Gallery work with a lot of early-career artists from the region, and we're excited to be collaborating on this innovative cross-venue exhibition that provides yet another platform for artists to exhibit as part of the country's biggest and oldest open studio event in this its 30th year."

So think hard, look harder, grab your cameras, get snapping and submit your images to before 12:00pm GMT on the 13thApril 2012. The Caravan Gallery eagerly awaits your interesting insights and unusual observations that will help them to create a multifaceted picture of the real Oxford in all its authentic splendor!

Download the competition rules from http://www.oldfirestation.info/gallery.html

There are to be 8 flags produced to fly across the Harbour Head for the Summer of 2012.

1 of these flags will be the Cornish flag of St Piran, black with a white cross.

The competition is to design the remaining 7 flags
 
1 flag is to be used to promote the Harbour Market on market days and needs to have regard for the colours currently used in the Harbour Market promotional materials (these can be viewed on the Harbour Market website), 1 flag is to represent the Porthleven Community, 1 flag to show the history of the Harbour & Dock Company, the remaining 4 flags have an ‘open’ brief and should provide colour and reflect the particular delights of Porthleven.

Apart from the Market Flag, it is expected that the other 7 flags will be flown, when appropriate, for the Summer season, Easter to September.

The competition is open to all - young and older, Porthleveners and our visitors.

Entry is free and the prize is having your design chosen and produced.

The flags are a traditional design, rectangular and 3’ x 2’ in size.

Your design must measure exactly 17cms high x 34 1/4cms long and be  submitted on paper, alternatively, it can be submitted as a jpeg or pdf, minimum of 300dpi. All entrants’ details must be completed and returned with the entry. The closing date is Friday 29th March 2012.

Any questions, and all completed designs and forms should be addressed to:
Damelza Storbeck, Porthleven Holiday Cottages, Harbour Head, Porthleven. TR13 9JY
01326 574270.

DOWNLOAD YOUR ENTRY FORM AND TEMPLATE HERE

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.


Participating speakers:

TALK: Fairtrade Fashion: Weaving the Fabric of Society
Friday 9th March, 2:30-4pm
Oxford Brookes University - Main Lecture Theatre

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Professor Jeremy MacClancy, Professor of Anthropology

Department of Social Sciences - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Academic background: Although my initial training was in pre-clinical medicine, I work as a social anthropologist and I have carried out major fieldwork in both Vanuatu, for which I received a DPhil (Oxon), and Basque Spain. I am Director of ACCEND (the Anthropological Centre for Conservation, Environment and Development). I am also a member of the Scientific Panel for the e-journal 'ICAFood'.

Areas of expertise: As a social anthropologist, I investigate the social and cultural dimensions of people's practice. In Vanuatu, I looked at the role of food and food-sharing as cultural symbols within local nationalism, while part of my work in Spain focused on the politicized development of a notion of 'Basque cuisine' over the last hundred years (the resulting work was made 'First Award' of the Sophie Coe Prize for Food Studies). I am equally concerned with dissemination of academic work of food, e.g. my book 'Consuming culture', and am producing a reader in the anthropology of food with Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.

Tamsin Barber, Lecturer in Political Sociology

Tamsin Barber is Lecturer in Political Sociology. She gained her first degree in Sociology and French, an MA in Social Science from Oxford Brookes University and received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Roehampton in 2011. Her research interests lie in the areas of 'race', ethnicity, youth and migration with a focus on themes of exclusion, inclusion and identity formation. Her doctoral research 'Negotiating identity and belonging among the British-born Vietnamese in London', explores the relationship between processes of categorisation, Orientalism and identity. It examines the capacity of Vietnamese individuals to challenge and disrupt more dominant constructions of 'racial' and ethnic groups in Britain. Tamsin's methodological expertise lies in qualitative research methods, particularly qualitative interviewing and the Biographical Narrative Method. She has been involved in a number of research projects including two EU funded projects of the EC 5th and 6th Frameworks; FeMiPol 'Integration of Female Immigrants in Labour Market and Society', and EthnoGeneration 'The Chances of the Second Generation in Families of Ethnic Entrepreneurs'. She has worked on projects on Greek-Cypriot Cultural Identity at Oxford Brookes University, and more recently for the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) in London researching housing, neighbourhood and unemployment. She teaches Research Methods, 'Global Youth Cultures', 'Race', Ethnicity and Exclusion, and Introductory Sociology.

Nicola Thornley: product development consultant and Business Manager for Trading for Development

Nicola is a product development consultant and Business Manager for Trading for Development – an Oxford-based organization that works with World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) producers in some of the economically poorest regions of the world. As well as marketing WFTO products, Trading for Development works with schools, universities and the fashion industry to campaign for greater awareness of the issues surrounding fair trade.
 
As a product developer Nicola has worked for fashion brands including Burberry, Nicole Farhi and Alexander McQueen. She has consulted with producer groups in East and West Africa, and India, and founded sourcing agency Another Source to provide links between the fashion industry and producers in these regions.
Nicola is also a freelance writer for the Ethical Fashion Forum Source on sustainable sourcing and Six Magazine on ethical fashion trends.

Ilaria Pasquinelli

Ilaria Pasquinelli is a fashion industry expert working with businesses on international and sustainability marketing projects. She has worked with in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa assisting fashion businesses to research new markets, develop entry strategies and consistent marketing and PR campaigns. She can count on a global professional network in the fashion industry including suppliers, brands and retailers, associations, governmental organisations, associations, universities, journalists and influencers and collaborates with various organisations. She sits in the board of the Ethical Fashion Consultancy and is Marketing Director of the foundation SPINNA - the Women's international Textile Alliance, working with women entrepreneurs in textile and fashion globally.

TALK: Sustainable style: How to be an Ethical Consumer
Saturday 10th March, 2-4pm
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden

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Veronica Crespi – Rewardrobe

Veronica Crespi is an Italian Style and Fashion Consultant. She is the founder of Rewardrobe, London's first Slow Style consultancy.

At Rewardrobe, Veronica offers all the services of a traditional Image Consultant. But she has also madeSlow Fashionthe focus of her work, advising clients on how to link sustainability with style.

After founding Rewardrobe in 2009, Veronica has become an established name within the ethical fashion community in London, starting numerous collaborations, like curating the Designer Pavilion for the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Expo, as well as liaising with international brands and developing the Up-Wardrobe project for the promotion of up-cycling in fashion.

Veronica is also a freelance fashion writer, and a public speaker on the subject of Slow Fashion.
(+44) 07726781198
veronica@rewardrobe.eu

Pamela Ravasio – Shirahime

Dr. Pamela Ravasio is a textile aficionado, journalist and consultant. She writes, researchers and consults specialising in the area of sustainability and ethical manufacturing of fashion and textiles notably in relation to SMEs and traditional craftsmanship. Born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, she lived in Scotland, Spain and between 2005 and 2009 in Japan, and is London based since. Her popular research based blog and website Shirahime (http://shirahime.ch) won the Observer Ethical Award, the UK's 'Green Oscars', in June 2011 and has been commended by personalities such as Lucy Siegle (The Guardian), Baroness Lola Young or Livia Firth.

Portrait: Mark Allen, Keyshots East-West Photography, Tokyo, Japan
 
shirahime.com

Ute Decker - the architectural jeweller

Fairtrade gold – recycled silver – mixed media
 
Ute Decker is renowned for her minimalist wearable sculptures in recycled silver. As one of the UK's leading ethical jewellers she was one of the pioneering jewellers to have created a collection in the world's first Fairtrade and Fairmined gold.
 
Ute Decker is in the prestigious "Who's Who in Gold and Silver", she is an Ambassador for London Jewellery Week and sits on the Advisory Panel of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery in the UK. She is regularly invited to write and speak about ethical jewellery.

Photography credit: Elke Bock
 
www.utedecker.com

Elizabeth Laskar

Elizabeth Laskar has worked as an ethical fashion consultant for over 10 years and has considerable international development experience.
She is one of the founders of the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF), which formed in 2004 in London and continues to work with designers, industry stakeholders and organisations on sustainable market principles, focusing on brand and product development, communications and innovation. Aside from consulting she regularly speaks, teaches and writes on ethical fashion issues. Clients have included University of Oxford, The Victoria and Albert museum, Clarence House, the Ecologist, Paris Ethical Fashion Show, British Bengali Chambers of Commerce, the BBC and a number of NGO's. She also co-founder of an eco jewelry brand called Crumple that is due to launch in March 2012.

Successful international campaigns have included supporting women in Ghana link with the fashion sector in the UK and in the process increasing average earnings from $2 to $10 a day, and in 2011 in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Government, Apparel Industry and the Fashion Education sector, successfully developing and linking exceptional Sri Lankan eco design talent to London Fashion Week Estethica and PURE.

She founded the SARI DRESS Project in 2005 as a means to raise awareness amongst young designers about sustainability issues in the fashion industry. The SARI DRESS Project worked with design students from a number of institutions in a creative competition that culminated in catwalks and exhibitions in their local towns.

Elizabeth was selected as the UK fellow for the UnBox fellowship 'Sustainable Fashion'
 
www.ethichic.co.uk
www.elizabethlaskar.com

TALK: Ethical Luxury: Squaring the Circle
Sunday 11th March, 3-5pm
Malmaison Hotel, Oxford Castle Quarter - The Visitors Room

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Ingrid Vercruyssen

Ingrid Vercruyssen of Lilou, is a hand-weaver and self-taught dyer, passionate about colours and creating fun & dynamic designs. Ingrid specializes in natural eco-friendly dyes and individually dyes all her yarns to her own specifications. On her AVL loom, she transforms those yarns into stunning one-of-a-kind luxury fashion accessories with intricate colourways. Ingrid's work can be viewed on www.liloultd.com

Chris Hewitt – Somebody and Sons

Chris Hewitt has been buying and collecting selvedge denim and vintage clothing for over 30 of his 42 years. He has a passion for high quality menswear, classic style and good design. In recent years, his commitment to ethical and environmental issues has inspired him to combine these two passions to create Somebody & Sons. In late 2006, whilst trying to source Japanese premium selvedge jeans for retail in the UK, he came up with the idea to produce his own premium selvedge denim range. The resulting research into cotton and denim manufacture prompted him to investigate the viability of creating an environmentally sound denim product. Further investigation proved that just being organic at source was not enough, all manufacturing processes had to stand up to the same scrutiny in order to minimise the environmental impact; Thus, producing an environmentally sound denim product. Since 2009, Chris has searched the means of production to fit this criteria.  
 
As a result Chris has been able to re-introduce a forgotten aspect of British manufacturing, that of denim weaving in the UK. In 2012 Somebody & Sons will launch a range selvedge denim woven on traditional narrow shuttle looms. This will be followed by other heritage fabrics like Herringbone Twill, Chino Twill, Chambray and Gabardine amongst others. Chris says he never set out to be a fabric manufacturer but along the way found that rather than wait for someone else, it is better to do something yourself. 
 
Chris Hewitt                                      
creative director
Somebody & Sons
112 B Priory Road, London, NW6 3NS
44 (0) 207 328 6548
44 (0) 7986 389 503
www.somebodyandsons.com
www.thefoundandarchived.com

Tammam

The house of Tammam - perfectly cut, immaculately tailored, beautifully designed haute couture fashion and bridal wear.
 
Tammam is a fashion house with old fashioned ideas working for the modern independent stylish woman.
 
Tammam won't compromise on style or ethics, everything in our collections from prêt a porter to couture is designed and made with dedication, by expertly trained people paid a fair wage, using fibres and fabrics that don't harm the planet or the people who make them. We develop our own luxury fabrics to fulfill our design and ethical desires. We care about the world and we care about style.
 
www.tammam.co.uk
info@tammam.co.uk

Exhibition open: 05.05.12 – 27.05.12

Calling All Oxfordshire Students!

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

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We are currently seeking interns and student ambassadors to join the O3 Gallery team. Download the below documents for further information:
fabulous_flags.pdf
O3 Gallery Intern

O3 Gallery’s Feng Ho talks to BBC Oxford’s Jo Thoenes about O3’s bid in the Future Friendly sustainability awards.

Click here to listen to the interview

After the huge success of O3 Gallery’s ‘Ethical Fashion Fest’ in March which formed part of Oxford Fashion Week 2011, the gallery made a commitment to continue its support and encouragement of sustainably produced fashion and design. The O3 Ethical Project, a not-for-profit project launched by O3 Gallery, is setting its sights on a larger-scale fashion show in 2012 that is able to offer a wider display of UK-based ethical designers, as well as other related events intended to provoke, educate and inspire.
 
THANK YOU to everyone who voted O3 in the Future Friendly awards! O3 Fashion Fest came second in the ‘South’ region, which is a great result and we are very grateful for all the support. We were also delighted to see that we gained the Guardian’s vote!
 
Currently the gallery sells ‘up-cycled’ design items by Tamsin Leighton-Boyce, who makes exquisite sculptural jewellery and Sweetly Wrapped, who create novel wallets, purses and card holders from discarded sweet wrappers and comic books. Click HERE for more info.
 
We are also organising regular events which, in keeping with the essence of ethical design, are intended to celebrate the traditional hand-crafted skills that are sadly diminishing through the mechanism of production. Click HERE to read about our most recent events.

Thursday 8th December 2011, 5-8pm.

Oxford City Guide Giveaway in association with O3 Gallery's Boutique Christmas Shopping Event 

On 8th December the O3 Gallery will host a one night arts shopping extravaganza allowing you to get hold of some of the finest and coolest hand-made art objects in the region. Participating designer Holly Dutton (of Bobbie's Boutique) has partnered up with Oxford City Guide to offer one lucky Oxford City Guide reader the chance to win a beautiful alpaca scarf (pictured).
 
For further details visit Oxford City Guide

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O3 Gallery is searching for art work by artists who both practice and teach in Oxfordshire. We are happy to accept applications for artwork of any medium (painting, sculpture, installation etc) and by any type of teacher (university professor, primary school art teacher etc). Selected work will be presented at the O3 Gallery in a special ‘Art Teachers’ exhibition which will take place between 14th January and 19th February 2012.

To be considered for this exhibition please email up to 5 jpeg images of your work plus a CV and artist statement to: info@o3gallery.co.uk  

The application deadline is Midnight on Sunday 30th October 2011.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

The O3 Gallery is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Oxford University's Exposition magazine this winter. Issue 5 of Exposition is out today, and you can pick one up from the O3 Gallery, Blackwells Bookshop on Broad Street, or find one inside The Oxford Student newspaper.

Exposition is the leading popular graduate research magazine in the UK, featuring cutting edge arts and humanities research from the University of Oxford and beyond. The magazine runs in-depth features spanning politics, society and the arts and covering a huge array of disciplines: from Art History to Anthropology to International Relations. What unites every article in Exposition is the expertise that supports it.

The majority of Expo's articles are commissioned on a one-off basis and are written by post graduate students of the University of Oxford, with occasional articles from further afield. This is what guarantees the quality of the writing: in Exposition you will never find unsubstantiated diatribe, nor career journalists; just fresh, expert opinion from authors inspired by a love of their subject and a desire to share their passion. Supported by first class artwork of the likes of Stella Vine, Quentin Blake and Edward Burtynksy, Exposition is your window into the original research that is going on at world-leading academic institutions today.

It is now possible to subscribe to Exposition, paying only postage and packaging. Go to www.expositionmagazine.com for more details or email subscriptions@expositionmagazine.com.

Congratulations to Claire Davis, Rob Branigan, Joseph Bransfield and James Lomax who have been selected to take part in O3 Gallery’s student residency! From 2nd until 9th July 2011, the four students will be working in the ‘Lifeboat Art Studio’ in Porthleven, Cornwall. Artwork that the students make during and just after the residency will be shown in the O3 Gallery’s August/September exhibition, ‘Porthleven; A Glimpse of the Cornish Coast’.
 
To keep up to date with the student’s progress, visit the O3 Gallery’s Blog

O3 Gallery is offering four students the opportunity to spend one week in Porthleven’s unique Lifeboat Art Studio, followed by an exhibition at the O3 Gallery.
 
Situated in the harbour village of Porthleven, on the south coast of Cornwall and built in 1894, the old Lifeboat House commands a magnificent location on the outer harbour with uninterrupted views over the sea. Benefitting from plenty of natural light, the 45sq.m studio has trestle tables, chairs and kitchen facilities. Porthleven is within easy reach of the Lizard Peninsula, St Ives, Helston, Marazion and Penzance.

The terms of the Residency
We are offering four students the opportunity to stay in a holiday property within Porthleven and to have sole use of the Lifeboat Art Studio for the week 2nd—9th July 2011.

The four students participating in the residency will be asked to create art work inspired by their time spent in Porthleven. This artwork will be exhibited at the O3 Gallery in Oxford alongside a showcase of work by artists local to Porthleven.
This exhibition will take place from 27th August to 25th September 2011.

Key info:
Students will be accommodated in Cordelia House which is situated close to the Lifeboat Art Studio and enjoys uninterrupted views out over the entrance to the harbour.

Transport to and from Porthleven is the responsibility of the students—there are good rail links to nearby stations (Redruth, Camborne, Penzance) and a regular bus service to the village.
 
Further information about the accommodation can be found on the website:
www.porthlevenholidaycottages.co.uk
 
How to apply:
Download an application form HERE
Or email the O3 Gallery and request a form: info@o3gallery.co.uk

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th May.

Opportunity to exhibit in and around the O3 Gallery as part of Artweeks 2011!

Enter your artwork to be exhibited as part of O3 Gallery’s high profile Artweeks exhibition in May 2011! As well as showcasing student art inside the O3 Gallery alongside the work of Mary Moser Prize Winner, Wendy Newhofer, we are also looking for artwork to be exhibited across the Oxford Castle site, in venues such as the Malmaison Hotel, The Living Room, La Tasca, The Swan and Castle and Café 1071!

This competition is open to all current students of art 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 Art stars, 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 26th MARCH 2011

Editions of You celebrates and showcases self-publishing and self-releasing musicians and the handmade editions and releases they create. It explores the history, politics and creative processes of these forms of self-publishing in the music and arts worlds; providing an opportunity to celebrate the cultural lineage of these forms whilst creating a forum for relevant contemporary musicians and artists to present their work.

Click links below for further details!

We are looking for an artist to design and decorate a rhino to celebrate Artweeks and launch the Rhino trail that will turn Oxfordshire into a pseudo-safari park during Autumn 2011.

Raising money and awareness for charity, the concept was created by Wild in Art and seeks to promote animal environmental issues alongside the benefits of mass public art events. Our rhino will be displayed under a marquee for the duration of Artweeks, and we’d like budding artists to apply to design and decorate it before the public’s very eyes!

Deadline for applications - Noon Monday 28th March 2011

Download your application form here.

Friday 26 November to Wednesday 22 December: Decorate Trees of Thought with your own personal Christmas wish, whilst making a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support. Visit O3 Gallery to leave a message of hope and reflection in the Macmillan Trees of Thought Book; make a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support and collect a ribbon to tie on to a tree in the Oxford Castle Winter Wonderland.

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 reveal the shortlisted photographers, all of whom will have their work displayed in the ‘A Cotswold Scene’ exhibition which opens on Friday 26th November (Oxford’s Christmas Light Night) at 5pm.
 
And the shortlisted photographers are……
 
Kate Barry, Henrietta Rux-Burton, Emily Cradock, Graham Gemel, Matt Jennings, Dobromir Karlinski, Peter Kuzmin, Rie Marsden, Lucien O'Hanian, Andrew Page, John Rux-Burton, Sally Ryde, Helena Sylvester, Mike South, Rosie Wild, Rob Wolstenholm..
 
The overall ranking and prizes will be announced and presented to the shortlisted photographers on Saturday 27th November.

image by Rob Wolstenholm.

Do you want your work showcasing at a VIP one night only event?

The Living Room Oxford in conjunction with the O3 Art Gallery Oxford Castle would like to see your work, and one lucky winner will have their pieces showcased at The Living Room Oxford's VIP re-launch party in October.

If you have between four and twelve 2D pieces of work that you would like to see displayed in the cool and contemporary new surroundings of The Living Room Oxford then please send some samples in JPEG format and a short personal bio to either:

Steve Potts, Events and Marketing Coordinator,
The Living Room, 1 Oxford Castle Oxford,OX1 1AY
t: 0186 526 0210
e: oxfordpa@thelivingroom.co.uk
www.thelivingroom.co.uk

Helen Statham, Gallery Manager O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle
t: 0186 524 6131
e: info@o3gallery.co.uk
www.o3gallery.co.uk

Closing date for applicants is Friday 15th October 2010. For specifications, terms and conditions please contact The Living Room or the 03 Gallery.

Networking event: 12th October 2010, 6pm – 8pm.

‘Bright Young Things’, an organization set up to showcase Oxfordshire’s emerging creative talent collaborates with the O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle to bring together creative individuals from across Oxford city. Artists, writers, journalists, curators, performers, students and anyone in between are all welcome!O3 Gallery and Bright Young Things invite you to the O3 Gallery on Tuesday 12th October to have a glass of wine, browse the exhibition and get chatting to other creative people. Come on down and get connected!

www.byts.co.uk

Please note that the O3 Gallery will be closed between 24 December and 3 January 2010. There will be no exhibitions during this time and no staff present at the gallery. Any queries during this time should be made by email to info@o3gallery.co.uk and will be answered on the gallery reopening on 4 January 2010.

Please note that the O3 Gallery will be closed between 27 July and 15 August 2009. There will be no exhibitions during this time and no staff present at the gallery. Any queries during this time should be made by email to info@o3gallery.co.uk and will be answered on the gallery reopening.

On Saturday 2nd May artists, amateur & professional, were invited to draw/paint/photograph the Oxford Castle Complex in our annual competition. The O3 Gallery was pleased to receive over 40 entries of varying media and we hope the event will continue to grow next year.

The winning image was a photograph by the Mannish Trousers collaborative, created by a pin hole camera in the form of a suitcase and developed on site in a temporary dark room. Mound captures an iconic view of Oxford’s heritage, fusing old and new. The O3 Gallery was particularly impressed with the way the group approached the competition - creating a whole event around their work.

We appreciate the effort made by all the artists who participated and would like to make a special mention to three highly commended artists – Jo Emmons, Jane King and Robert Eyles.

The entries be shown in an exhibition in September and will form part of Oxford Open Doors, 12-13 Sept 2009.

www.oxfordopendoors.org.uk