Three sculptors who use metal held an exhibition in the Gallery in February to March 2002Christine BurgessSimon LeaSophie Thompson

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.

West Oxfordshire District Council hoped to give £50k for special art development schemes in West Oxfordshire. The Gallery in Bampton was to get £3,750.

Work by three artist was exhibited in the Gallery in October 2002Terry Wigley - photographerGilly Whittington - potterChristopher Townsend -sculptor/artist

Abigail Ballinger became the new administrator for West Ox Arts in July 2002. She took over from Sally Proctor who had been in post for six years.

A very different type of exhibition in the Gallery in Bampton in January 2002 saw 100 boxes, each containing 100 pictures and a distinctive word or phrase from the year for people to brows through.

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.

Gary Woodley, who has illustrated books for Molly Harris and Andrew Forkner held an exhibition of their work in the Town Hall in February 2000