In October and November 1988 Ann Manly and her husband Dennis Harrison exhibited 90 of their recent paintings, half done on location in a very cold Venice.

This exhibition in the West Ox Arts Gallery, in the upstairs of the Town Hall ran from March 11th to April 1st 2012 and was titled 'Capturing The Moment.'In 1973 John Birkhead set up WOA and Ann became its first secretary.

This is the flyer for an exhibition by Ann Manly and her husband Dennis Harrison in November 2000. All their paintings were done outside and part of the exhibition

Husband and wife Andrew and Kerry Forkner gave an exhibition of drawings and creative embroidery. The exhibition is titled 'Natural Partners.' Andrew has concentrated on birds and Kerry on other aspects of nature.

When Rose Gerring died, aged 89, the Archive was given a box full of all sorts of things that were in her house. This photograph was taken in Corn Street, Witney and the people are celebrating a special occasion

44 Page Booklet on the Technique of Fiddling.
Front Cover shows Arnold Woodley, Morris Dancer, who contributed to the book .
Photography was by Roy Barratt
Audrey Smith edited the book, and the English Folk and Song Society provided information

The Bampton Community Archive puts on three exhibitions each year which run for two months. In September 2018 Janet Newman put up a wonderfully researched exhibition on some of Bampton's Families. Family trees were printed out on scrolls for people to see as well as written text. In this picture, young Devon Townsend and his father David can be seen looking at one of the family trees and have found themselves on it much to young Devon's delight.

After the merger of the nine region arts boards into one, Arts Council England has published its manifesto, 'Ambitions. In this article Penelope Marcus, a regional council member and on the boards of Oxford Inspires Modern Art Oxford.

Ambition to make Arts fit for a city

A members' exhibition February 1979 for the summer exhibition of WOAA.