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Tuesday 31 March 2015

Ross Mackenzie - Wild Scotland

Ross is a wildplaces photographer based in Oxford and in the Shetland Islands.

His portfolio is of photographs taken in cold remote places from the Arctic to the Antarctic.  This includes polar bears in Svalbard and along the Northwest Passage, penguins in South Georgia and on the Antarctic Peninsula and wildlife and landscapes in numerous remote islands from both ends of the planet.


Over the past year he has been concentrating on wild places in the British Isles, particularly the highlands and islands of Scotland.  In this years artweeks exhibition, in addition to the polar bears and penguins,  you will be able to see images from St Kilda, from the Cairngorms, from the Flow Country in the far north of the Scottish mainland and from the Shetland Islands too.


You will be able to see Ross' pictures at 34 Stile Road in Headington from 9th - 17th May, from midday to 18:00 each day (and from midday to 8:00 pm on Thursday 14th May).

There is more information about Ross and his work on the Artweeks website and on his own website www.northsouthimages.co.uk


Monday 30 March 2015

Kamel Koria - Mary Moser Award winner 2015

Painter Kamal Koria from Barrington Close, Headington is the proud winner of the 2015 Mary Moser Award, an annual award established to help develop the career of a professional artist who has taken up art as a second career later in life. It’s the second time in two years that this award has been won by a Headington artist.

There is more information about Kamal and his work on the Artweeks website and on his own website www.kkoria.com 

Artweeks at Oxford Brookes 2015

Students at Oxford Brookes University are very excited that Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor, has confirmed that he will be the Guest Speaker at their Private View Opening Ceremony on 15.5.2015. This is due to take place at 6 pm in the Glass Tank of the Abercrombie Building next to the prestigious John Henry Brookes Building.  So be there 5.45 pm to see the exhibition and hear Will.  

Put it in your diaries, and come along to hear the celebrity speak.  All welcome. 

Come and see the results of all the students' hard work on display both in the Glass Tank Gallery space , and across the road in the Richard Hamilton Building. There's more information on the Artweeks Website.