Programme Archive
Art can be an act of resistance and survival
We were joined by our community for a family friendly community solidarity and art-activism day at OVADA Gallery
Together we raised 2.5K for Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Gaza Biennale
An immersive journey into the natural world using light, sound, and organic media. Echoes & Embers is an improvised, live performance/installation which uses analog and digital projections together with a multichannel spatial speaker system. The work focuses on the emotive human response to the landscape, and the subtle nuances of nature.
What if the parts of us deemed “too much” — the brightness, the passion, the sensitivity, the joy— are actually our superpowers? These works explore the cost of shrinking ourselves to fit a world that fears emotional intensity, and ask: who might we become if we made space for the full spectrum of feeling and stopped muting what makes us vivid?
1 - 25 May 2025 from Wednesday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
On 1 May 2025 we opened our doors for QUEUE the one-of-a-kind, open-invitation exhibition where everyone’s work got in
There were no selection panels, no rejections—just 60 artists who showed up with their artwork and a sense of possibility
We’re proud to display this brilliant and eclectic collection for this year’s Oxfordshire Artweeks
6 March - 5 April 2025 Thursdays to Sundays 12 - 6pm
We were thrilled to invite our community to join us for a rich month-long celebration dedicated to exploring the complexities of womxn’s health - including our trans sisters and non-binary friends - through art
Our Red Clay programme this year hosted an online reading group as well as several workshops in the gallery
The festivities launched with an Opening Party on International Women’s Day which featuring our signature Red Clay cocktail, the opportunity to connect with the talented artists and makers behind the exhibition and an evocative performance by Red Clay artist Christa Santos
2025 Red Clay Resident Artist: Laura Jagger
2025 Red Clay artists: Ania Ready, Mary Sheehan, Anya Birch, Adrienne Hasani, June Dent, Christa Santos, Teresa Paiva, Pearl Lippin, Zelga Miller, Haley Drolet and Marcia Scott
Saturday 22 February 2025 from 10 - 4pm
A one-day, solo exhibition with over 20 new works by David Elliott
The exhibition was a presentation of transmedial works including/embracing landscapes, abstracts, assemblage, transfer print and working sketchbooks. The works were completed recently as part David’s MA in Fine Art with Falmouth University.
Inspired by an archive of family photos dating back to the early 1900's, David visited locations along the North Yorkshire coast - collecting found objects, making sketches and journal entries
Saturday 22 February 2025 from 11 - 1pm
Dal Rangoli Workshop at the Ashmolean Museum
Middle Eastern Gallery 31
Free entry, everyone was welcome!
We joined the Ashmolean Museum for their One World Family Festival
We made rangoli patterns out of dal inspired by the Ashmolean’s collection
These are some favourite moments captured at the celebrations of the Gasworks Pipe Bridge re-opening in Friar’s Wharf, Oxford
In attendance were the Lord Mayor of Oxford and several local councillors including Anna Railton, Brad Baines and Naomi Waite
Happy to be there with the OVADA team: Mita Vaghela, Audrey Baldwin and Sarah Catterall to inspire some excellent chalk-art creations