BMW Group Plant Oxford pledges support for community arts
projects
Tuesday 1 April, 2008
BMW Group Plant Oxford is to play a significant role in bringing
innovative arts events and projects to Oxford in 2008. Working
in partnership with the cultural development agency, Oxford
Inspires, and local arts organisations, the Plant has pledged
its support to a range of community-based projects taking
place throughout the year.
Nikolai Glies, Director of Corporate and Associate Communications,
BMW Group Plant Oxford, said: “Involvement in the local
community is a high priority for us. We were proud to be a
major supporter of Oxfordshire 2007. And I am delighted that,
by renewing our partnership with Oxford Inspires and local
arts organisations in 2008, BMW Group Plant Oxford will continue
to support innovative and accessible events for local people.”
Among the projects to benefit from Plant Oxford’s support
will be The Magic Hour. Taking place over three evenings in
September, this festival of sound and light will transform
the University of Oxford Botanic Garden into an enchanting
nocturnal world. The Magic Hour is a collaboration between
the University and Oxford Contemporary Music.
Plant Oxford’s involvement will also help make this
year’s summer workshop programme at Pegasus Theatre
in East Oxford the most ambitious yet. Over the first three
weeks of the school holidays, Summer Village will engage young
people in a range of creative arts activities, including taster
workshops, dance and street theatre, culminating in a series
of local performances.
The Plant’s support will also benefit an unusual series
of visual arts workshops in Blackbird Leys, Rose Hill, Littlemore
and other local neighbourhoods. Taking place in the spring
and autumn, Family Arts Splash provides opportunities for
family groups to get creative together under the guidance
of professional artists. Led by Fusion Arts, the workshops
will be designed to allow all family members to participate,
whatever their age.
Kathelene Weiss, Director of Development at Oxford Inspires,
said: “We very much welcome the renewal of our partnership
with BMW Group Plant Oxford. Their involvement has made –
and will continue to make – a real difference to our
city’s cultural and community life."
ENDS
Contacts for further information:
Kathelene Weiss 01865 816394 kathelene.weiss@oxfordinspires.org
Rebecca Baxter 01865 826270 rebecca.baxter@bmwgroup.com
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Oxford Inspires is the cultural development agency for
Oxfordshire. It coordinated the hugely successful county millennium
celebrations, Oxfordshire 2007, featuring nearly 350 events
and involving more than 300 organisations across the county.
Oxford Inspires is currently finalising plans for more exciting
events to take place in 2008 and beyond. www.oxfordinspires.org
2. BMW Group Plant Oxford has supported many cultural events
in Oxford, including Cowley Road Carnival and several events
in the Oxfordshire 2007 celebrations, including Luminox and
White Night.
3. The Magic Hour event at dusk on 4, 5 and 6 September will
be the culmination of a six-month-long collaborative research
and development programme giving artists, scientists and gardeners
opportunities to work together to explore themes from the
Botanic Garden and around the scientific and artistic interest
in dusk, twilight or “the magic hour” (as it’s
known by cameramen and photographers). www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/www.ocmevents.org
4. Pegasus Theatre is East Oxford’s home of youth theatre.
Pegasus specialises in a blend of professional touring theatre,
new writing for youth theatre, the support of new artists,
community group performance and much more. The Summer Village
season of workshops will take place between 28 July and 15
August.
www.pegasustheatre.org.uk
5. Fusion is Oxford‘s community arts agency. Family
Art Splash is aimed at all the family at any age, and includes
a wide range of art activities; this series will be focusing
on visual arts and performance/story-telling, creating puppets,
turning them into characters and inventing and telling a story
on stage. The first workshop will take place on 26 April in
Littlemore. www.fusion-arts.org
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