Outdoor Arts

A weekend exhibition organised as part of Oxford Pride Festival 2012, featuring the work of artists interested in ideas of identity and ambiguity between reality and fiction. Artists include Nicole Emmenegger / Jenny Woolworth, Clinton Hayden, Robert Jeffrey, Alexander Karotsch and Sandra Le / Dick and Fanny, Marcus Keating, Jay Barry Matthews, Ayesha Moarif, Jillian Peña, Salote Tawale and Christian Thompson. Organised by The New Happiness.

An exhibition of film and installation work created by participants in Lost in Time and Space. Young people from across Oxford worked collaboratively with a group of older people with dementia to create a film and installation work exploring personal histories and stories of Oxford. Artist Jon Lockhart, writer Samina Baig and filmmaker Nicola Armitage worked with 20 participants with the support of the Creative Dementia Arts Network, Oxfordshire Alzheimer’s Society, Cheney School and Project Room.

Simon Murison-Bowie talks about his photographic project, 'Artists and Studios: Private Views'.

Battstock is a one-day festival which raises money for The Batt School in Witney, West Oxfordshire.

Local witney choir - WOAPA's Adult Singing Group can now confirm that they will be among the line up of artists performing at the event.

Witney's very own 1-day music festival is back in 2012 for a 3rd year - bigger than before.

It is well that there are palaces of peace And discipline and dreaming and desire, Lest we forget our heritage and cease The Spirit's work-to hunger and aspire... Oxford by C.S. Lewis

Take an audio poetry tour through the city.

Pick up an MP3 player, headphones and an illustrated map from the Playhouse Ticket Office and set off on an hour-long guided walk of Oxford, with specially selected and recorded poetry for company.

This is a chance to hear Oxford's rich poetic history whilst exploring the buildings and locations which inspired the writing.

Join a cast of colourful characters to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first telling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Frabjous fun in Oxford’s historic locations - with storytelling, promenade performance, arts and crafts,talks, walks…talking flowers, croquet and many other happenings. Special events include Tea with Alice - an exhibition of illustrations of Alice from around the world. A brillig, free (mostly) day out for all ages. Dress up if you can. Saturday 7 July 2012 10am – late. See: www.storymuseum.org.uk/alice

This year, WOAPA's Adult Singing Group (Witney Choir) will be singing at Cancer Research's 'Candles of Hope' ceremony at the Relay for life event.

July 14th Witney Rugby Football Club Hailey, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 9UH

On the day of Relay For Life Witney you can expect a celebratory mix of music, games, entertainment, food, fundraising and perhaps a few surprises! Whilst the event is in full swing, members of each team will take turns to walk around the track for the duration of the Relay.

For one night only Bill Heine will talk about his latest book which celebrates the 25th anniversary of one of England’s quirkiest icons. The Hunting of the Shark spills the guts for the very first time on how this bizarre 25-foot fibreglass sculpture was conceived, constructed, erected and kept up on the roof against the full blast of Oxford City bureaucracy.

It’s 1986 and American jets take off near Oxford to bomb Tripoli and take out Gaddafi . . . meanwhile another missile has crashed through the shattered tiles of a quiet Oxford suburban home.