Featured Events in Oxford in April, 2025 (February Updated)

Welcome to the Gabriel Latchin Trio: Homage to Gershwin event at 'Jazz at St Gies' Oxford! Gabriel Latchin is a British pianist and composer who has made a name for himself as one of the UK’s finest musicians, praised internationally by critics and world renowned musicians alike. Known for his effortlessly swinging feel and compelling performances. “the best straight-ahead jazz pianist to appear in the past few years. (The Guardian)Now a major highlight on the UK jazz scene, The Gabriel Latchin Trio take inspiration from Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock. Get ready to be swept off your feet by the talented trio's tribute to the legendary Gershwin. It's going to be an evening filled with soulful melodies and captivating rhythms. Don't miss out on this unique musical experience! Information Source: David A Clover | eventbrite

Beginning in 2016, the Glass Tank has been acquisitioning works of art from both the annual BA Fine Art Degree Show and School of Architecture End of Year Show. Just as the Glass Tank produces shows which are dedicated showing the work of it's staff, students and alumni; this collection is a celebration of the creativity and talent of Oxford Brookes students. The works, from both Art and Architecture are purchased into the Oxford Brookes Student Art Collection. Managed by the Glass Tank gallery, these art pieces are permanently mounted onto the walls of the University, and can be found across all of Brookes' campuses. As a public institution, the pieces of this collection are available for the public to view. Ranging in medium from film and photography to sculpture to print, the Student Art Collection is a must see for any one visiting Oxford. http://file:///C:/Users/p0078514/Downloads/Public%20Art%20Headington%20Road%20site%20(1).pdf

Phytography by Dr Karel Doing The term Phytogram, is a technique that combines plants and photochemical emulsion and was developed by Dr Karel Doing as part of his PHD in 2017. Dr Karel Doing is an Oxford based independent artist, filmmaker and writer whose practice investigates between culture and nature by means of analogue and organic process, experiment and co-creation. Karel has recently published a book called 'Ruins and Resilience: the longevity of Experimental Film'. Karel will describe the process and the theory behind his work. After a brief demonstration, the class will make Phytograms to take home. No prior knowledge is needed. To bring: Cover for clothes. Bag for taking your prints home. All materials will be provided. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. These workshops are designed for 18 + Information Source: Photo Oxford | eventbrite

A chemigram (from chemistry and gramma, Greek for things written ) is an experimental piece of art where an image is made by painting with chemicals on light-sensitive paper (such as photographic paper). In this workshop, Sayako Sugawara, will deliver a short history of the chemigram process. You will be making plant-based developers to create your chemigrams rather than toxic chemicals. You will be introduced to the thinking behind this approach and how to make the plant developers from everyday plant material. You will work with black and white photographic paper to produce chemigrams of your own. Sayako’s practice is centred around experimentation with sustainable and environmentally responsible materials. The artist follows this process of observing and responding to explore memories and imagination while dealing with the physical properties of the materials themselves. To bring: Cover for clothes. Bag for taking your prints home. All materials will be provided. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. These workshops are designed for 18 + Information Source: Photo Oxford | eventbrite

Wild Fictions Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writing on the subjects that have obsessed him over the last twenty-five years: literature and language; climate change and the environment; human lives, travel, and discoveries. The spaces that we inhabit, and the way in which we occupy them, is a constant thread throughout this striking and expansive collection. From the significance of the commodification of the clove, the diversity of the mangrove forests in West Bengal and the radical fluidity of multilingualism, Wild Fictions is a powerful refutation of imperial violence, a fascinating exploration of the fictions we weave to absorb history, and a reminder of the importance of empathy. With the combination of moral passion, intellectual curiosity and literary elegance that defines his writing, Amitav Ghosh makes us understand the world in new, and urgent, ways. Together, the pieces within Wild Fictions chart a course that allows us to heal our relationships and restore a delicate balance with the volatile landscapes to which we all belong. Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria and is the author of The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and The Ibis Trilogy, consisting of Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire. His most recent book, The Great Derangement; Climate Change and the Unthinkable, a work of non-fiction, appeared in 2016. Amitav Ghosh holds four Lifetime Achievement awards and six honorary doctorates. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest honors, by the President of India. In 2010 he was a joint winner, along with Margaret Atwood of a Dan David prize, and 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix of the Blue Metropolis festival in Montreal. In 2018 the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honor, was conferred on Amitav Ghosh. He was the first English-language writer to receive the award. In 2019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thinkers of the preceding decade. In 2024 Amitav Ghosh was awarded the Erasmus Prize and was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Santanu Das Professor Santanu Das works on early twentieth-century literature and culture, and is especially interested in the relationship between experience, writing and emotion in times of conflict. His first book examined the role of the senses, particularly touch, in First World War experience and literature, while his recent work has focussed on the colonial dimensions of war culture and memory through an expanded notion of the 'archive' - artefacts, photographs, paintings, rumours, folksongs and sound-recordings, as well as testimonial, political and literary writings. Having just completed a monograph on India and First World War culture, He is about to begin work on two projects: the Oxford Book of Colonial Writings of the First World War and a monograph on the experience and imaginings of sea-voyages in a global context, from Victorian times to now. Information Source: Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford | eventbrite

Come and join in this fun and enjoyable creative art workshop where you will have the fantastic opportunity to make a beautiful unique personal piece of artwork to take away. In the session, you will be encouraged to explore and express your personal creativity by taking inspiration from designs of the mosaic world, books and artwork. You will design your own pattern and inlay a wide choice of materials (mosaic tiles, mirrors, beads, sequins, buttons, glass stones, shells, jewellery parts, upcycled items) on a wooden frame. Please feel free to bring anything you would like to use to embellish. Information Source: MACFEST - Muslim Arts and Culture Festival. | eventbrite