ARTEFACT
Thursday 21 August to Sunday 28 September 2025
Official opening: Saturday 23 August, 2 – 4pm. All welcome.
ARTEFACT celebrates community and collaboration with new works inspired by objects from the Oxford Museum collection. The result is an exhibition that is both personal and responsive in its engagement with local history.
Katie Hallam, Casey Macaulay, Tessa Warburton, Celia Wilson, Donna Coster, Kate McIntyre, Nikki Ferguson-Brown, Louise Johns, Catherine Day, Ange Wyllie and Ruth Stanton-Macleod were brought together by monthly meet-ups hosted by Oxford Gallery. Through these casual get-togethers for conversation and for working on individual projects, the artists found they had a shared curiosity about the stories and events that shaped Oxford and the surrounding district, and embarked on a collaborative project to explore this further. With the assistance of volunteers at Oxford Museum, the group has accessed archives, taken photographs and sketched the objects that they were each drawn to, and incorporated this research into the development of new work.
Some of the artists are lifelong locals, others are new to the area, and with this project they have all explored how a sense of belonging to a place can be built by knowing, sharing and reimagining its stories. In an era where community is often fractured or fragile, ARTEFACT reminds us that strong communities are made deliberately, collaboratively and with curiosity and care. This exhibition responds to the past, and just as importantly, builds connections in the present.
ARTEFACT is the first collaboration of its kind between Oxford Gallery and Oxford Museum and will extend beyond the gallery walls with a trail through the museum, directing visitors to the objects that inspired the works.
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ARTEFACT Artist Workshop
Sunday 7 September, 1 – 3pm. Free/gold coin | Drop-in
Join the artists behind ARTEFACT for a free, family-friendly workshop that brings their creative processes to life. More information.
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