In April 1997 Peter Ross was awarded first prize of £500 donated by Burford Garden Centre for his portrait of the poet W.H. Auden in the spring painting competition.
The Oxford Arts society exhibited in the Town Hall Gallery because their usual exhibition space in the Westgate Library was no longer available to them.
East meets West in a different sense at the Gallery in Bampton Town Hall from November 1st 1997. It's the title of the exhibition featuring the work of Oxford based painter Neil Drury
In September, C1980, the West Oxfordshire Arts Ass. held a syndicate exhibition. Some of the members exhibiting includedSusan Carruthers, water colouristAnn Manly, water colouristCaroline Elkington, figure paintingLin Sproule
The Standard, December 30th 1997.The members of West Oxfordshire Arts Association are invited to display items that would make ideal Christmas presents each year through December.
Visitors to the village library in Bampton would be able to enjoy a cuppa while browsing the Arts Association's exhibits in the Robert Vesey room (mis-spelling in the article). It is hoped it will go a little way to offset the £16,000 a year running cost
January 1998 Witney GazetteFour graduates of the Cheltenham College of Art had a display in the Gallery in the Town Hall. This one is a study by Felicity Cormack of Faringdon.