Current + upcoming events

Before the Dust Settles
Oct
4
to 6 Oct

Before the Dust Settles

"The Naumkeag scourer is the particular part of a machine that my dad uses to reshape the soles and heels of shoes during the work of resoling.  The leather traditionally used for a longsole has undergone a treatment to render it hard.  As a result, when scoured down, the workshop at large becomes adorned with a light coating of leather dust.  My grandad used to mix this same dust with the earth when feeding his fig trees.  They have grown well and have outlived him.  A cutting from one lives at my parents’ place.

 

And so, before the dust settles, you are invited to negotiate a multitude of objects, spaces, sounds and performance in an old warehouse which used to function as a leather skin market in the 1930’s.  Let each enmeshed world intersect and overlap as an instrument of play grows within the warehouse." - Alexander Stavrou

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Sculptural Ceramics with Kashmira Patel
Sept
28

Sculptural Ceramics with Kashmira Patel

In these workshops you will be shown basic hand-building techniques using slabs, pinching, moulding, coiling and using different textures as well as how to use glazes. Kashmira will lead the workshop in two sessions and you will experience the feel of ‘play with clay’, as she describes her ceramic art practice.

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Concave Festival
Sept
21

Concave Festival

Join us for a delightful mix of food, community, music and art

Celebrate creativity and connection in a vibrant open day atmosphere here at OVADA Warehouse Gallery 

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Silkscreen Printing with Berkshire Printmakers
Sept
15

Silkscreen Printing with Berkshire Printmakers

This is a fun, creative workshop, during which you will have plenty of time to try out the technique under the guidance of two expert printmakers. The workshop will take you step by step through; how to get to grips with a squeegee and to create a print using paper stencils and water-based inks. You will explore how to combine the paper stencils with Berkshire Printmakers large library of patterned screens to make complex multilayered prints. You will also learn the difference between optical and physical colour mixing with translucent colours and apply them to your printmaking. At the end of the workshop, you will have produced (more than) several prints, using at least two colours, and probably more.

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Watercolours with Prasad Beaven
Sept
7

Watercolours with Prasad Beaven

This workshop delves into the principles of yin and yang from Chinese philosophy, emphasising the importance of both painted and unpainted areas in creating harmonious watercolour art. You will explore how negative space can enhance your compositions, bringing balance and depth to your paintings.

You will look at examples of negative space, discuss, and share how it can create balance and harmony in a painting before watching a live painting demonstration of a nature abstract scene to see those principles in action.

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Life In Oxford
Sept
4
to 14 Sept

Life In Oxford

"LIFE IN OXFORD" is a unique art exhibition curated by RAWZ, as part of the year-long ArtUnity project.

This event features an inspiring collection of works from talented Oxford artists, reflecting on the city's dynamic culture, diverse communities, and rich history.

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  • 14A Osney Lane, Oxford OX1 1NJ

    5 minutes from Oxford Rail Station!

    5 minutes from Westgate Shopping Centre!

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