Art Take-away

The new exhibition at the Link Gallery (JRH) shows a documentation about a Chinese Take-Away with a difference, presented by ArtWash in association with Oxford Playhouse.

A lively interactive art production happened in June 2012 at Tsang's Kitchen in Oxford. The Chinese cook went home and ArtWash was in charge.
This night only, as part of ‘Oxford Playhouse Plays Out’ series a wide variety of artists (17 in total) created a menu of unique and very different art pieces. Each work fitted in a takeaway box and audience members who elected to take part in the performance could go home with their own original piece of art at the end of the evening.The fulfillment of a pledge in exchange for the art was the currency of the evening.

Innovative and fun for the audience. Just another ‘coup’ of ArtWash who started their very unique take on ‘art production and delivery’ in a laundrette in Headington.

ArtWash was created in 2003 by Kay Sentance, joined later by Barry Reeves and Ann Rapstoff. It is an artist-led inter-social platform that curates and facilitates art events, and with, non-art spaces and groups.

The exhibition will be at the Link Gallery until end of March.

Nice comment from Workshop Studio

I asked Jan Crombie for feedback. And this is what she wrote:
"The Workshop Studios happily rose to the challenge of putting together an exhibition at the Link Gallery. As a group of 6 artists sharing a studio block the show reflected how we work both as individuals and as a group. The response to the work from the patients was enthusaistic and we got a very positive response from  Staff. One of the doctors tracked us down and has been a regular visitor to the Workshop studio events, and purchased two of the works that were exhibited. The Link Gallery plays in an important raole for the Hospital and for the local art community. We gained a lot from the exposure and would like to thank Notfamousyet for the invitatation."

Thank you!

Behind the Scene

Just mounted a new exhibition at the Link Gallery. Agness Lugovska visited the members of the Oxford Craft Guild in their studios. She learnt a lot about throwing clay and cutting metal. The result is an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes.

The exhibition runs until 31st of December 2012.

How do I feel?

Just set up the new exhibition at the Link Gallery in the John Radcliffe Hospital. Amazing art works and poems created at The Mill. 

This exhibition shows the art works by individuals who have accessed the Wellbeing Service within Oxfordshire Mind.

All the works were produced as part of the creative activities run at “The Mill”, one of the core Wellbeing Service venues for Oxford.

Those photographs, paintings and poetry give a glimpse of the artists’ inner worlds - their emotions, desires, motivations and thoughts.

We can all relate to the expression of emotion and motivation. Thus, the exhibition challenges the presumption that mental health problems are uncommon. It aims to bring mental health ‘conditions’ closer to the normal experiences of everyone.

Stones and colours

Clare Goodall will be the next artist exhibiting in the Link Gallery. She is a mosaic artist working from her studio in Oxford.