Oxfordshire Artweeks 2021

Artisanal crafts are having a renaissance thanks to our growing preferences for fair-trade practices, an urgent call to protect the planet, and a renewed respect for the quality and durability of handmade objects.

This October a new exhibition will showcase 250 historic objects from the largest private collection of ‘Marilyn-bilia’ in the world. Offering a rare and unprecedented glimpse into the private world of Marilyn Monroe, the exhibition opens for a limited run at Arches London Bridge this October.

This autumn, a limited-edition hand-printed book by Artweeks artist Deb Sutcliffe, Animals in Antiquity, promises a series of stunning linocuts each derived from sketches of striking sculptures and painted ceramics in the collections of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

Oxfordshire Artweeks artist Thomas Shepherd is inspired by ‘books, buildings, and beyond’; and he loves to explore and illustrate stories, the places where stories can be found and the routes between them.