Exhibitions 2010
Exhibitions
Chris Smith
The main gallery area is a shared space with the café but exhibitions have also been held in the church, the gardens and the hall. The Centre has hosted touring exhibitions by professional artists, but largely features the work of local artists and work which is created by artists and workshops in the Centre. In the safe environment of the Centre, some exhibitions have addressed issues such as injustice, mental illness, homelessness and abuse. The Centre welcomes applications from individual artists and groups wishing to exhibit.
Art on the walls
The Ark T Centre creates space for the arts. Promoting quality contemporary art in all media, we aim to make art accessible to all sections of the community. The Gallery seeks to encourage and exhibit innovative community art and the production of artwork which explores issues that we encounter in everyday life.
Alison Lilley Berrett
Art beyond the walls
The Gallery also looks for ways to explore the use of the local environment to make art venues out of unconventional places. We want to put art in places where art is not expected to be seen.
Art without walls
Working towards equal opportunities, the Gallery welcomes the work of artists regardless of gender, age, culture and tradition and celebrates the opportunities it can give to emerging artists to exhibit in a solo show or with others for the first time.
Exhibition Programme 2010
Addy Gardner
Private Preview Friday 12th February 7-9pm
You are invited to view an exhibition of
semi abstract landscape paintings
Open from 25th Jan - 31st March 2010
Open Mon - Fri 10am - 3pm
"Places for me have an emotional as well as visual meaning.
Painting for me is about describing this. I paint landscapes
where I have spent time alone. People do not appear in
my paintings, they are about the place and the viewer.
Each piece is autobiographical in that it has an association
with a time in my life and a predominant feeling about the
place it depicts.
I layer colours and textures in order to build a painting as
I feel this achieves a sense of time. A place will change,
bit by bit, every time you look and every time you visit it.
In a sense so do our feelings about ourselves, events and times in our lives".
"2 by 2"
The Art Room Exhibition
The Art Room & Ark T invite you,
your family and friends to a
private preview of the "2 by 2" Exhibition
on Wednesday 19th May 5-6.30pm
@ The Ark T Centre
Exhibition Open from 1st April - 8th June 2010
Open Mon - Fri 10am - 3pm
Students attending The Art Room at Rose Hill Primary School have drawn and painted animals inspired by the story of Noah's Ark. Using a combination of paint, glitter, paper, buttons and gems they have created their favourite animals that Noah would be proud of.
The Art Room is a pioneering charity based at Oxford School aimed at 5-16 year olds who are experiencing difficulties at school. We have two other Art Rooms at Rose Hill Primary School
(Pippa's Room) Oxford and Orchard Meadow Oxford. The Art Room works with the children to increase their self-esteem, self-confidence and independence through art.
w:www.theartroom.org.uk t:01865 779779 e:enquiries@theartroom.org.uk
"Celebrate Community Art with Cool ~n~ Groovy"
Welcome to the “Cool ~n~ Groovy” Exhibition
Open 21st June ~ 17th August 2010
Monday - Friday 10am-3pm
Special Event
Thursday 5th August 2010
3pm-6pm
Art Workshop & Tea @ Ark T
led by Groovy Su
Emily Cooling and Groovy Su are community artists based at the Ark T Centre. We have recently formed a company called “Cool ~n~ Groovy Oxford Community Artists”.
So what is a Community Artist?
These days a lot of art and creativity is used to sell. As community artists we use our talents to help community groups creatively promote themselves through shinning visual pieces. These could be Banners or Bunting that can be used again and again by groups and schools for events. Carnivaleque costumes and props lanterns for processions or displays and decorations for special events
In fact given time, space and resources we can create anything! We mostly use waste materials found in magical places like Orinoco Scrapstore, charity shops and treasure that people give us. (We show that trash really can be treasure).
Contact Groovy Su: 07787 113404
Contact Emily Cooling: 07977 227808 e: mail@kidsart.co.uk w: http://www.kidsart.co.uk
Coming Soon...
ark t centre & studio mora
present
oil & acrylics by
Carlos Mora Ninci
Exhibition
23rd August - 31st Oct 2010
Private Preview
30th September
7.30-9pm
Artist Carlos Mora Ninci does not face the landscape,
object and motif; He is the landscape, object and motif of his work,
and thus accomplishes the marvellous ritual of art,
where Art is equivalent to Life and Life equivalent to Art.
This feeling is confirmed at contemplating his artwork,
which translates into an unusual invitation to live the festivity of art.
The painter avoids sensational and theatrical distractions,
and one can submerge into the viscerality (raw quality) of his
expressionist and original colours. The pictorial work of Mora Ninci is a
happy consequence of the man and his environment.
Professor Jorge Torres, former Director of the Centre of
Contemporary Art, Chateau Carrera,
http://www.studiomora.org e:click here to email Carlos
Ark T Dance Exhibition & Patrons' Event
Patrons' Event 2010
19th November @ 7pm
Exhibition
1st November - 23rd Dec 2010
Dance@Ark T will bring together a vibrant performance and stunning photographs in the annual Patron’s Exhibition. The Ark T Centre is a home for Oxford Youth Dance, DugOut Adult Community Dance, the Sweeney School of Irish Dancing and Anjali Dance. Dance@Ark T will celebrate the kaleidoscope of dance which happens in the Centre week by week.
An exhibition of photographs will capture the movement, rhythm, freedom and colour of dance from all ages and the evening of performance will set us all dancing and draw wide applause.
Join us for Dance@Ark T.
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