We are delighted to announce that Oxford Festival of the Arts is embracing “Disappearance of Worlds”, an exhibition by Chantal Meza – a Mexican painter living and working in the UK, whose work for the past decade has confronted the violence, terror, and the complexities of disappearance in both a Read more…
We are proud to present Songs of Bulbul, a captivating new dance performance by Aakash Odedra inspired by the ancient Sufi myth of a caged songbird, in collaboration with the Oxford Playhouse. Featuring choreography by Rani Khanam and music by Rushil Ranjan, this exquisite performance is an immersive dialogue between the intense physicality of Read more…
We are excited to announce our first ever event in London! Who Tells the Story? Journalism in an Age of Disruption – a panel discussion featuring three alumni of Magdalen College School, now working on the front line of journalism. Following our hugely successful discussion between award-winning journalist and author, Misha Glenny, specialising in Read more…
We are delighted to unveil our first performance for Oxford Festival of the Arts 2025! A spectacular concert – Fire and Water – with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra at the ‘magnificent’ Sheldonian Theatre on July 12 at 7.30pm. Linked to our theme – Magnificent Oxford – the performance will be featuring the city’s Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Read more…
Oxford Festival of the Arts is pleased to announce an open call for photographic works on the theme “What is your Oxford?”. “What is your Oxford?” will be an exhibition at Pembroke College Art Gallery curated from chosen photographs received in answer to the brief. We are asking for still Read more…
We are delighted to unveil the theme for Oxford Festival of the Arts 2024. With the wonderful restoration work on the nine muses on the top of Clarendon Building on Broad Street, it seems a most opportune moment for the festival of the city to celebrate this iconic building within Read more…
Inspired by the eleven panel mosaic representing mythological scenes associating Bacchus/Dionysius with the nine muses, the festival is delighted to be presenting wine and absinthe tastings in this year’s programme. The mosaic is possibly the work of an African itinerant mosaicist in the late Roman period. It was discovered in Read more…
With the wonderful restoration work on the nine muses (originally lead statues, the work of Sir James Thornhill) on the top of Clarendon Building (architect: Nicholas Hawksmoor, a student of Christopher Wren) on Broad Street, it seems a most opportune moment for the festival of the city to celebrate this Read more…
It was a pleasure to host a mini version of the Oxford Indie Book Fair at this year’s OFA Family Day, which fitted so aptly with our theme of People Stories Histories. We’re delighted to be supporting OXIB again this month for their fourth annual book fair on Sunday 26th November Read more…
This term we’re delighted to be partnering with our friends Oxford Contemporary Music to promote a very special performance by the Attacca Quartet: Redefining the String Quartet, which will be coming to St John’s College on Thursday 30th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are available now. Their playing is exuberant, funky Read more…