Oxford Bus Company driving arts and culture in Oxford

Thursday 1 May 2008

One of Oxford’s biggest employers, the Oxford Bus Company will be backing the arts in the area again this year. The company will be turning its buses into mobile galleries and backing other cultural activities. The firm has been serving the city for over 125 years and is committed to supporting community activities. It has renewed its Corporate Membership of Oxford Inspires for the 4th year and will also be supporting Oxford Playhouse. In 2007 it sponsored the “Picturing the Ashmolean” exhibition which invited children to imagine the results of the Museum’s current redevelopment.

"The Oxford Bus Company is proud to support culture in Oxfordshire" said managing director Philip Kirk, "We enjoyed being a sponsor of Evolving City in 2005 and of Oxfordshire 2007 and we look forward to a continuing association with Oxford Inspires and with Oxfordshire’s cultural community."

So in addition to carrying passengers around the city this year look out for information on culture in and on Oxford Bus Company buses—they’ll be highlighting events like Artweeks and also acting as mobile art galleries. The winning entries from the children's art competition "Picturing the New Ashmolean" will reach an audience of tens of thousands as they tour the city throughout 2008 on the back of two Park and Ride buses.

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 an exciting series of events to take place in 2008 and beyond. Oxford Inspires' corporate members are all playing a part in putting Oxfordshire's cultural life on the map, as well as gaining significant networking and promotional benefits for their companies and staff.

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