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Saturday 18 October 2014

Christmas Artweeks November 2014

Dates for your diary.  22nd & 23rd November 2014.

Over the weekend of 22/23rd November there will be 6 Headington Artweeks venues open for visitors. This is an ideal chance to meet a range of Headington artists and see their work, and to do some not-quite-last-minute Christmas shopping.

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First Floor Bury Knowle Coach House, North Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9HY

Jean Wykes & Kennett Road Artists
13 Kennett Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7BH

Ross Mackenzie 
34 Stile Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8AQ

Irina Antoshina 
18 St Anne's Rd, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NL

Victoria Hallam 
5 Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NT

Jane Strother OAS
101 Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8S

There is more information about the Headington Artweeks venues, and all the other Artweeks venues across the city on the Artweeks website.

And if your diary goes far enough into the future, you might also want to add in the 9th-17th May 2015 too - that's when the Headington Artweeks venues will be open for the 2015 Oxfordshire Artweeks.

Thursday 16 October 2014

The Big Draw

Jean Wykes as a Campaigner for Drawing, and a student of Art at Oxford Brookes University, is inviting all  schools in Headington and Oxford Brookes Foundation to participate in the Big Draw. Quentin Blake and Andrew Marr are promoting this Campaign which upholds John Ruskin's belief that drawing helps us to understand the world and to respect it more. Please check out their website for more information: www.campaignfordrawing.org

The theme for the Big Draw this year is “It's Our World”, and is meant to be a celebration of our environment. To narrow things down a little, and hopefully make things simple, Jean  has suggested young people draw their route to school/college. This of course is still open to myriad interpretations as they could draw anybody they meet or anything they see along the route.  Jean will upload the drawings onto the Big Draw website so anyone worldwide can see them. She will also laminate the drawings for display in Barclays Bank Headington, who have kindly agreed to display all the pictures, for Half Term and 3 weeks thereafter,

Jean is also inviting all these young people and their families to join in the Big Draw, to cover the Pavements of Headington in one big colourful chalk drawing. There are posters all around Oxford Brookes inviting students to come and help with the Big Draw, which Jean hopes will cover the pavements from Ox Brookes all the way up to Headington with a chalked big drawing.

There are customised bicycles for display and advertising and put these outside Oxford Brookes Richard Hamilton building and also outside John Henry Brookes Building chained to the bicycle racks. Coloured bicycles personalized by Jean are also on display all over Headington inviting everyone to join in the Big Draw, making Headington colourful on Saturday 18 and 25 October.

Join in the Big Draw during October. See www.thebigdraw.org

Cover all of  Headington's Pavements with one big chalked drawing.

Where? Pavements of Headington
When? Saturdays 18th and 25th October
What time? 9.30am to 3.30pm
Further information?  Jean Wykes on 07970178182 or jeanwykes@gmail.com.

There more information about the event in The Oxford Mail.