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Art is for everyone. Everyone has potential.

An arts centre in the heart of Oxford, showcasing the best of local and international performance and artwork, which takes a risk and entertains.

"I talked to people, and they said, “Why do you need the arts?”  but that's the bit that makes you a real person, and not a statistic."

Read Krissie's story and find out how we work with people facing tough times.

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Working with artists

We support early to mid career artists from all disciplines with advice, subsidies, networks and promotion to help them become more successful.

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Storytelling in Action: Working with Oxford Researchers on the CIRCLE Tool

On 18 March the Storytelling team spoke at the launch of the CIRCLE Tool, a free-to-access online resource designed to support cultural organisations to think about accessibility and inclusion for older people with Global Majority backgrounds.  The CIRCLE Tool...

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Arts for Impact Big Give 2026

As we kick off the Big Give 2026, our CEO, Clara Vaughan, shares a few words on what this organisation means to her, and why now is the time to donate.   This year,...

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Through the Blue to Beauty

Entering the Old Fire Station gallery from Gloucester Green, you’re struck by a bold, deep blue wall evoking the ocean, with a line of white framed artworks reminiscent of undulating waves or the shoreline...

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Janet Jackson is an Icon – here’s why

Artist and theatre-maker Paula Varjack’s Nine Sixteenths takes one of the most infamous celeb’ incidents of the new millennium as a prompt to explore the rise, fall and rise of one of pop music’s...

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