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This exhibition will light up the dark days of January, with five artists united in their love of colour and pattern. Jan Ritchie’s training as a textile designer invests her linocut prints of landscape subjects with a strongly decorative effect. John Stephens bold treatment of still life motifs uses abstract pattern making to great effect, while in her paintings Christine O’Sullivan moves away completely from representation to a world of brilliant geometry. To complement what is on the walls, Theresa Munby ‘s ceramics are composed of porcelain paper-clay which enables her to experiment freely, while potter Jane Sears transforms familiar domestic shapes with her use of underglaze decoration.

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An exhibition showing some of the work by the students of Clanfield artist and WOA member Michele Wallington's Tuesday morning Art Class (held weekly at Kencot Village Hall) will be on display in the Vesey Rooms at Bampton Library from:

Saturday November 5th until Saturday December 17th.

'Open View' Evening: Friday 4th November 6pm -8pm

Opening hours are as follows: Monday 2.30pm – 4.30pm; Tuesday Closed; Wednesday 10.00am – 12.00pm; Thursday 2.30pm – 4.30pm; Friday Closed; Saturday 10.00am – 12.00noon;

Some of the artwork will be for sale, as well as cards and some small hand-crafted items. Everyone welcome to come and have a look; Michele is also hoping to start additional classes in the New Year for 'beginners and improvers' in drawing, painting or both and will also be holding some workshops at the WOA gallery in Bampton, so please come and get an idea of what might be on offer if you might be interested in coming along.

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Past Exhibitions

2010........Pictures from 2010

September MEMBERS EXHIBITION An Exhibition showcasing the work of around 60 WOA Members

August.......THE LONG TRADITION. The Oxford Scribes showing calligraphy in a variety of historical styles.

July............THE SUMMER EXHIBITION. Paintings by Neville Crowson, Patsy Jones, and Dorothy Pavey, photography by Gordon ...................Stokes, pottery by Neil Ions and Robin Walden.

June..........GRACE AND GRIT. Sculpture by Pat Elmore. Engraving, monoprint and woodcut by Barry Cottrell.

May...........WEST OX ARTS PRINTMAKERS. Original prints by twenty-two members of West Ox Arts. Oxfordshire Artweeks.

April...........FABRICATIONS. Textiles and mixed media by seven textile artists.

...................CAROLINE MAAS - LINES IN THE LANDSCAPE. Colour Etchings.

March........OXFORD ART SOCIETY. Spring Exhibition.

February....A SEPARATE REALITY. Sadie Brockbank - sculpture & mixed media, Frans Wesselman - etchings & stained glass, ...................Jennifer Bartlett - collagraphs, Jo Kimpton - oil paintings, Juliet Dyer- sculpture, Graham Mant & Matt Grimmit-pottery

January.....WOOD GREEN SCHOOL. Celebrating the achievments of students from year 7, 8 and 9.

2009

December....CHRISTMAS CRACKERS Crafts by twenty-three West Ox Arts members.

November....ON THE EDGE Ceramics by Rowan Whimster, Crabby Taylor, Malcolm Moor and Harriet Coleridge. Paintings and ......................etchings by Susie Whimster.

......................CONTEMPORARY PRINTS 09. A range of original prints by Nimmi Naidoo, Esther Hepworth and Joan Golby. ......................Exhibition in The Robert Vesey Room.

October........NATURAL ART. Drawings and pastels of animals and birds by Andrew Forkner.

September...THE FOUR SEASONS West Ox Arts Members' exhibition. Work by over seventy members.

August..........REFLECTIONS Witney Buttercross Quilters.

July................PAINT, LIGHT AND FIRE Naomi Rowling & Sally Crockford - paintings, Judie Waldmann & Jemima Alder - .......................photography, Crabby Taylor - ceramics, Wendy Newhofer - glass.

June..............A SENSE OF PLACE Thirteen artists from Oxford and Cherwell College

May...............STILL LIFE Painting by Muriel Mallows, Jane Hope, Chrissie Borland and Neville Crowson. Ceramics by Kerry von .......................Zschock

April ..............SPRING ECLECTIC Fashion garments for couture and film by Mimi Milburn-Foster, photographic portraits and still .......................life by Leonora Saunders, ceramics, wallpaper & textiles by Bridget Saunders, prints by Andrew Macdonald.

March............GLASSWORKS Stained glass panels and glassware by Daniella Wilson-Dunne, Nicola Kantorowicz, Sarianne .......................Durie, Elaine Newson and Ann Arlidge.

February.......THE SCULPTURE SHOW West Ox Arts members' sculpture exhibition.

January.........A FELT SENSE Felt hangings and panels and objects by Hilary Clash, Linda Scurr, Joan Marsh and Ewa Exley. ........................Wooden bowls and platters by Richard Shock.