Written and Spoken Word

Tamarin Norwood discusses the ideas and practices informing her Project Space residency, and describes her process of translating aspects of the Legacy Fellowship into words and objects.

The Modern Art Trolley offers free art activities linked to the Graham Sutherland An Unfinished World exhibition led by art students and artists for families to enjoy together. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

A new body of text and sculptural work by Tamarin Norwood created during her residency at the Gallery.

Create written responses to An Unfinished World, drawing on texts explored in Reading Room (Thursday 2 February). The workshop will enable participants to create texts that respond to rather than describe the works in the exhibition. Led by Tamarin Norwood, art writer in residence at Modern Art Oxford.

Open to everyone, Reading Room draws on philosophy, literature and art criticism to encourage lively debate, reflection and writing on contemporary art and exhibition making. This session explores a collection of extracts from novels, science fiction and poetry selected by George Shaw. Texts include T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets (1946), Jill (1946) by Philip Larkin, The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham and Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) by Thomas Hardy.

London Poetry Systems present Ross Sutherland and local support in the form of a selection of Oxford's favourite poets, musicians and AV artists.

Back Room Poets will present a reading by members in the congenial atmosphere of the Albion Beatnik Bookstore.

Readers: Adam Flint, Tim Greenwood, Kathleen Quinlan, Genny Rahtz, Paul Surman, Gina Wilson, Stephen Yeo

Oxford – A city that has inspired so many – has wrought its magic again. This second exhibition to follow on from 'the seven sights of oxford' in June brings to the fore some of the less well known aspects of the city.

To celebrate the launch of his new book, 'Paul Nash in Pictures: Landscape and Dream', author James Russell is coming to Blackwells to give an entertaining illustrated talk on the life and work of Paul Nash (1899-1946). The artist had a particular association with Oxford, where he lived during World War II, and a number of his most famous paintings have as their subject the landscape near the city.