OVADA: Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency
OVADA exists to facilitate and promote access to high quality visual arts for all the residents of and visitors to Oxfordshire. We aim to put artists, the development of their practice and its successful promotion to audiences, at the heart of our work by:
• Commissioning innovative new work and encouraging creative risk-taking
• Supporting artists’ to succeed through professional development opportunities
• Exhibiting work in galleries and other off-site locations at a professional standard
• Creating and supporting artists’ networks in the area and beyond
• Encouraging a vibrant arts community in Oxfordshire.
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Latest News
Stammtisch - Fine Art Degree Showcase
Venue: Port Mahon
82 St. Clements Street, Oxford, OX4 1AW
Date: Thursday 31st May 2012
Time: 8pm
Price: Free - just turn up!
Details: Join us on the last Thursday of each month for a variety of free events including professional talks, film screenings, performances and discussions that form a series of regular get-togethers for people with an interest in contemporary art.
This month...final year Fine Art students from Oxford Brookes University and Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art will present examples of their work and discuss ideas surrounding their repective Degree Shows. This will be a unique opportunity to meet and talk to an emerging group of talented artists about their practices.
For further details about the artists and their exhibitions visit:
forty-two degrees at Headington Hill: 12 - 19 May 2012: www.brookesdegreeshow.com
Ruskin Degree Show 2012 at The Old Power Station: 16 - 17 June 2012: www.ruskin-sch.ox.ac.uk/degreeshow/2012
Latest exhibition
Pigeon Place
7th March to 8th March 2012
In Brief: OVADA is proud to present a group exhibition by second year students at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. Covering two floors of the warehouse, students will be presenting a range of works including painting, sculpture, video, installation, performance and photography. . . . Read more
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