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The Oxford Art Society (OAS) is a society for artists based in the city of Oxford, England. The society was established in 1891 by Walter Tyrwhitt, with the aim of encouraging art in the city of Oxford and also the University . [ 1 ]
Oxfordshire Artweeks is an annual art festival held in Oxfordshire, England for three weeks each May. [1] Exhibitions are held in the city of Oxford, south Oxfordshire, and north Oxfordshire, for a week each on consecutive weeks. [2] Venues vary from houses of local artists to art galleries such as Art Jericho. [3] The festival was established ...
Oxford Art Online is an Oxford University Press online gateway into art research, which was launched in 2008. [1] It provides access to several online art reference works, including Grove Art Online (originally published in 1996 in a print version, The Dictionary of Art ), the online version of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists , and The Oxford ...
The charity was formed in an old corn exchange and fire station complex by the Oxford Area Arts Council in 1973. [1] [2] Many theatrical performances have taken place in the venue which for much of its early life was known as the "Old Fire Station Theatre".
Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art gallery located inside Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings.
Pape Demba Samb was born in 1976 in Dakar, Senegal. [13] He was born into the Samb griot family, who "have been the keepers of the ancestral history, stories, and music of his native Wolof peoples in Senegal for hundreds of years."
This list of museums in Oxfordshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Ruskin School of Art grew out the Oxford School of Art, which was founded in 1865 and later became Oxford Brookes University. [2] It was headed by Alexander Macdonald and housed in the University Galleries (subsequently the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology). [3] In 1869 John Ruskin was appointed Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford.