Handmade Oxford – The International Contemporary Arts Festival 2019
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Handmade Oxford – The International Contemporary Arts Festival
27 – 30 June 2019
Handmade in Britain collaborates with Waterperry Gardens to create a new arts festival, building on the legacy of Art in Action Handmade Oxford – The International Contemporary Arts Festival
Following on from the success of the company’s existing events in Kew, Edinburgh and Chelsea, Handmade in Britain is excited to announce its collaboration with Waterperry Gardens for a new event, Handmade Oxford – The International Contemporary Arts Festival in June 2019. Building on the legacy of Art in Action, which successfully ran for 40 years (1977 – 2016), Handmade Oxford will be held at Waterperry Gardens and will bring together some of the most contemporary artists and designer-makers from all over the world, in a four-day event running from Thursday 27 – Sunday 30 June 2019.
The show will feature craft and design, sculpture, artisan food, interiors and lifestyle, print and photography, workshops and demonstrations. Just a stone’s throw away from Oxford, Waterperry Gardens is home to eight acres of beautifully landscaped ornamental gardens and is very well known for having hosted Art in Action for 40 years. In 1977, 51 artists and musicians took part in the first Art in Action and 14,000 visitors arrived.
In 2016, Art in Action welcomed approximately 28,000 people over four days. Visitors came to learn, buy and enjoy the exhibitions, classes and performances.
Handmade in Britain was established in 2007 to provide a platform to support and promote design and craft talent through fairs, events and pop-ups. Growing from an autumn fair in Chelsea Old Town Hall, the Handmade in Britain team now organises four annual fairs in collaboration with well-known organisations such as Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Handmade at Kew) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Handmade Edinburgh). Handmade in Britain is continually developing new and exciting opportunities in the world of contemporary craft and design, and earlier this year launched an online marketplace to offer a new digital platform to makers.
Dates
Thursday 27 – Sunday 30 June 2019
Open
10am – 6pm
Venue
Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry, Oxford OX33 1LA
