West Ox Arts was one of 6 community organisations in West Oxfordshire to benefit from the Millennium Lottery handout. They got £4,400 and were to use it on the professionally created mosaic which can be seen outside the Town Hall on the east side
Ralph Norman, seen on the left, organised the exhibition, 'Expanding The Girths' as part of the first ever international ply-split braiding convention. Also in the picture are Linda Hendrickson and Peter Collingwood.
Three West Oxfordshire venues shared an autumn display of exotic art. In Bampton Gallery traditional cael girths and regalia from Rajasthan and Gujarat were on display from late September well into October.
Artists from The Granary Studio in Stanford-in-The-Vale were invited to exhibit in Bampton Gallery. There were paintings in water colours, acrylics, pastels and charcoal, sculptures in Papier-mâché , ceramics and mosaics.
A Millennium Mosaic was unveiled in Bampton by the Town Hall by Tony Walker of WODC. The mosaic was created by Rosalind Wates and sculptor Alec Peever made a plaque to commemorate the occasion.
Two happy children with their dog playing in the Highmoor Brook off Cheyne Lane. Sadly the vegetation has encroached from both sides of the slipway making access to the water very narrow.
100 exhibits from woodcuts to embroidery to paintings in May 2002 in the Gallery in the Town Hall. Of particular note for the author of the newspaper articles were works by Margaret Charlton's and Jeremy R Jarvis
An exhibition in the Gallery by 13 mature students studying at North Oxfordshire College, Banbury.Print sketches and photo etchings by Geoff Smithsculpture by Catherine Wardsculpture by Cherry Kingsculpture by Liz Smithand several more.