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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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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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,...
Read MoreThrough 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...
Read MoreJanet 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...
Read MoreAn interview with… Jessica Reilly and Alistair Nunn
This March, James Graham’s Quiz arrives at the Old Fire Station (3–7 March 2026), bringing with it one of the most gripping, surprising and hotly debated true stories in modern British pop culture. Most...
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