Oxford Inspires

Join BBC Radio Oxford's Sybil Ruscoe at Art in Action on Friday 20th July between 1-4pm. She will be broadcasting live from the event so if you're there pop along and say hello to the team.

Click on the link below to see and hear highlights from last year's Art in Action event:

Art in Action celebrates it's 30th anniversary this year. Staged in the grounds of the graceful Georgian house at Waterperry, Oxfordshire, it's the UK's only art fair where so many artists can be seen at work. 

This year's event will see more than 250 artists and craftsmen from around the world take part bringing together: Chinese Arts; Indian Arts; Abrahamic Arts; Calligraphy; Ceramics; Drawing; Glass; Illustration; Metalwork and Jewellery; Painting; Printmaking; Sculpture; Textiles and Woodwork.

New for 2007!

New features include demonstrations of work by students and alumni of the Prince's School of Traditional Arts and by artists-in-residence from Nature in Art, a charitable trust whose emphasis is art inspired by nature. There will also be a new contingent of 10 artists coming from India organised by the Indian art and craft organisation, Dilli Haat.

The first Art in Action event took place with about 50 artists in 1977. Over the last 30 years it has grown significantly and has now become an annual pilgrimage for anyone interested in the visual arts. 

Visitors can see and buy new art, attend demonstrations, learn new creative skills, buy from the Craft Market, purchase art materials that will make it possible for ‘would-be artists’ to take home the tools they need to get started.

On top of all that Art in Action offers fine music, performing artists, storytelling for children and guided tours of the beautiful Waterperry gardens.

For more information visit the Art in Action website (link on the top right).