Headington and Marston Artweeks - During April, May and June

Some dates for your diary.

Festival guides and Trail Maps will be available from Chancellors, 107 London Rd, OX3 9HZ, and other local businesses.

Watch out for Heads of Headington, Portraits of local personalities appearing in Coco Noir Belgian Chocolatier, 77a London Rd, OX3 9AA, open 8am to 8pm, every day

Regular Popup art shows at Barclays Bank, 105 London Rd, OX3 9AH, 9.30am to 4.30pm. Next one Monday 28th April. Others in May & June tbc

9th - 16th May, Oxford Brookes Fine Art BA Degree Show Preview Friday 9th May, 6-8pm. Opening Speech Tom Hunter in Glass Tank, Gipsy Lane Campus, OX3 0BP and main event across the road at Headington Hill Campus, Richard Hamilton Building. Open Daily 10-5pm

Saturday 17th May, 10-12 noon, Launch Event for Headington & Marston Art Weeks, Venue: Car Park behind Barclays Bank and Headington Central Crossroads (OX3 9AH, London Rd/Old High St)

Theme “Heads of Headington”. Make a portrait of your best friend / family member / neighbour / celebrity, using drawing, chalking, painting, puppet making, or clay. Make yourself a crown, an origami hat, have your face painted. Have a go at rag rugging, mosaics, knitting, and many more activities

Entertainment “Horns of Plenty” Street Band - www.hornsofplenty.co.uk Laura Boone’s “Fairy Dust Arts” Performers - fairydustarts@hotmail.co.uk

May 17th to 26th May, 12 – 6 pm. Follow the Headington Trail Map, available from Chancellors, 107 London Rd, OX3 9AH, and local businesses in Headington

Hunt the Kitty Cat Competition for children. First Prize Two Course Meal for Four at Butchers Arms, 5 Wilberforce St. Headington, OX3 7AN. Collect forms at venues

Saturday 17 May 8-10.30pm Live Music, Butchers Arms, 5 Wilberforce St, Headington, OX3 7AN, “Momento” and “Fairy Dust Arts Performers” against a backdrop of Children Art Posters on display 1 – 31 May

Sunday 18 May 11-5pm Oxford Brookes Music Room, Headington Hill Hall OX3 0BT CARU (Contemporary Arts Research Unit) presents “Arts Re Search”. (contact caru@gmail.com)

 Jean Wykes Coordinator Headington & Marston Artweeks
 07970178182 jeanwykes@gmail.com

Barclays Bank, Headington

Barclays Bank in Headington again played host to a pop-up art show today previewing Headington Artists.

This time the artists were all students from Oxford Brookes University who will be showing works at their Degree Show from 9th to 16th May

Photographs by Ross Mackenzie.

Gilbert Howkins

Kate Spencer

Emma Mayoux-Andrews

Emma Read

PREVIEW for PLAY

PREVIEW is a guerilla exhibition of works made by Oxford Brookes Fine Art students in preparation for PLAY (9th - 16th May 2014).

Eleven emerging artists will be at Barclays Bank in Headington from 9.30am - 4.30pm this coming Monday 24th March to offer a glimpse behind the scenes of what will be one of the biggest degree shows in Brookes history, with a total of forty-five artists exhibiting together at once in May. Join Emma Mayoux-Andrews, Emma Read, Kate Spencer, Vicki Clampitt, John Taylor, Susan Thompson, Daisy Webb, Tim Wait, Samantha Ball, Gilbert Howkins and Jean Wykes for an exclusive preview of the future contemporary art scene.

To see more examples of work from Brookes artists - click here

There is more information about PLAY at http://obudegreeshow2014.co.uk/

PREVIEW is supported by Headington Artweeks, which opens with an art festival on 17th May at Barclay's Bank and features artists (including Brookes students) demonstrating their work.

You'll never have a better Monday morning at the bank.

Date: 24th March 2014
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Location: Barclays Bank, 105 London Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9AH
Contact: Emma Mayoux-Andrews, 10013297@brookes.ac.uk

Art at the Bank

On Monday 24th March there will be another opportunity to see work from Headington artists at Barclays Bank in Headington.

From 9:30 until 16:30 there will be a pop-up display at the bank, where Oxford Brookes Degree Show students will be showcasing their work.

If you are in the area come and have a look at the work - and then have coffee at Coco Noir where there is a continuing display of work from Headington artists.

Both of these displays are a taster of the work that will be on show during Headington Artweeks, from 17th to 26th May 2014.

For more information keep visiting this website, and follow us on twitter @HArtWeeks

St Michael's Primary School

A showcase of pupils work, using reclaimed materials, for the Oxford 'Refashion' event.

Oxford Brookes Degree Show

Oxford Brookes Degree Show 2014 will be showcasing the work of 3rd year graduates from the Fine Art course. This is an exiting opportunity to view varied works from 47 interesting individuals who are passionate about art. This is the culmination of three years of hard work for all of those involved and as such will be a vibrant and stimulating exhibition containing a fantastic selection of varied submissions. Opening night (9th May 2014) will involve drinks and a guest speaker.

Harriet Eagle, Nicola Jenkin and Rebecca Harkin

Harriet Eagle, Nicola Jenkin and Rebecca Harkin are exhibiting a collection of paintings, drawings and prints inspired by artists and friends.

Alison Pearson

Alison is a member of the Art at St Andrew's Group at Artweeks.

She is a textile artist whose work utilises a variety of techniques, including patchwork, applique and collage.

Ewa Exley

Ewa is a member of the Art at St Andrew's Group at Artweeks.

She works with textiles - hand made felt, pleated silk, wall hangings, scarves, hats and bags.

Anne Hobbs

Ann is a member of the Art at St Andrew's Group at Artweeks.

She has produced a collection of works including screen prints, pewter and mixed media. Inspired by Old Headington, preservation and the environment.

Meiso Lai

Meiso Lai is a contemporary mixed media artist. She uses different techniques and materials including; photographic prints on glass, textiles hanging with hand stitching on paper, and mixed media on canvas. She takes inspiration from her travels around the world and nature is the main theme of her work.

Jane Strother

Landscape towards abstraction. Watery paintings; pools, estuaries, coastal margins and more.... Large oils on canvas, a range of oils and acrylics in all sizes and mixed media work including drypoint and chine colle.

Check Jane's website for more information. www.janestrother.co.uk

She is also showing in Jericho at Burgess Mead with Leonie Bennett..

Anne Blackman

Anne paints mainly local landscapes and still life in oil.  Her studio is in the centre of Headington Quarry, directly opposite the south end of Pitts Road

Sue Crisp

Sue is one of the Kennett Road Artists Group in Headington.

Kennett Road Artists is an impromptu group, bringing together artists, located in and around Headington, working in a tremendous variety of media. The work is displayed in bright airy conditions indoors and outdoors. Come and visit them and look around. They will always be willing to talk about their work, life, the universe and everything.

Marieke O'Connor

Marieke uses imprinting with earthenware clay and glazes to make a variety of brightly patterned and colourful ceramics.

Marieke is one of the Kennett Road Artists Group in Headington.

Kennett Road Artists is an impromptu group, bringing together artists, located in and around Headington, working in a tremendous variety of media. The work is displayed in bright airy conditions indoors and outdoors. Come and visit them and look around. They will always be willing to talk about their work, life, the universe and everything.

Kathy Turner

Kathy is showing a collection of colourful and atmospheric landscapes created using mixed media.

Rosemarie Deepwell

Paintings in various media.

Zoe Robinson

Zoe is part of the Art at St Andrews Group, and paints beautiful dog and cat portraits in acrylics.

Fairy Dust Arts

Jean Wykes met up with Laura Boon of Fairy Dust Arts and here she is checking her bookings for the Live Music Event at the Butchers Arms for Evening of 17 May.

Come along and enjoy Laura's next gig, "Unplugged" Live Music at East Oxford Community Centre 7.30pm Friday 21 March.

Changing Pictures

The pictures have changed at Coco Noir in Headington, so it's the perfect time to pop in to have a look at some of Jean Wykes pictures, and of course to have a coffee or chocolate.

During the run up to Artweeks in May, there will be a rotating exhibition at Coco Noir of works of art from artists in Headington and Marston.

Coco Noir is at 77A London Road in Headington.

Kamal Koria

Come and experience a colourful and nostalgic feel of rural India. Kamal is inspired by childhood past in Gujarat. Now based in Oxford he uses art to share the traditional lifestyle he remembers.

Ruth Dodd

Ruth is a member of the Art at St Andrew's Group at Artweeks.

She produces ceramic works based on organic forms and domestic stoneware pots.

Irina Antoshina

Born in Russia, Irina Antoshina studied art and textile design in Siberia. With numerous exhibitions and paintings in private and museum collections in various parts of the world, she now exhibits in support of the Oxford and St Petersburg Educational Exchange Trust (UK Charity 1071954).

“The small blocks of colour are versatile enough to portray everything from the solidity of stone walls to the movement of water. It seems strange that such an artisanal tool as a palette knife can describe both the delicacy of poppies as well as the interplay of light and shadow between trees…Whether the subject is St Petersburg's canals and bridges or the trees and paths of the countryside, the combination of technical mastery and studied emotion is fully in the tradition of Russian art”. (P Moss, art collector)

Angela Washbrook

Angela's theme for this exhibition is Past and Present: a variety of hand built ceramics in richly coloured glazes reflecting ancient civilizations such as those in the Middle East and India, contrasting with a selection of figurative and non-figurative ceramics and paintings in mixed media in the modern idiom.

Ceramic pieces include vases, bowls, mirror frames, wall plaques and lights and small trays and tiles. Some are unglazed terracotta decorated with coloured slips; others are lavishly decorated in strong colours, using underglazes, slips and brush-on glazes. Her drawings and paintings span a variety of disciplines such as watercolour, pastel and oils and also some prints, whilst the modern ceramic pieces have a sculptural quality; some are inspired by the human body, others by natural forms.

Easily accessible pleasant setting in conservatory overlooking garden - refreshments available.

Susan Cox

Susan has been painting figuratively since training at art school in Birmingham. Her work describes personal narratives using strong colours and movement. She works in acrylic and oils on canvas, mono prints on paper, and figure drawing. Through travel in Brazil, Africa, and India themes were generated around the places seen and experienced. More recent paintings have become more influenced by British traditions - particularly from the Bloomsbury period.

For more information visit www.susancoxart.co.uk 

Kit Adlington

Kit has a preference for thrown functional stoneware, producing pots which are not only attractive but also strong and hard wearing. She is interested in shape, often basing work on the forms of English Medieval pottery. She is constantly testing and experimenting with glazes, and create interesting colours and effects by applying one glaze over another.

Headington and Marston Artweeks on Twitter

We now have a twitter account to go with the Headington and Marston Artweeks website.

If you already have a twitter account do follow us.  We'll be using twitter to keep you updated as we add more information about more artists to the website.

Our twitter id is @HArtWeeks.

Making Mosaics

You might have seen the item recently in the Oxford Mail about making mosaics at Cheney School.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11045769.Headington_pupils____school_mosaic_inspired_by_Romans/

This work is being led by local Headington artist Claire Goodall. You'll be able to see more of Claire's work at various Headington and Marston Artweeks events, and they are also on show at the WellBeing Clinic on Windmill Road in Headington.