Bringing Oxfordshire's artists, activists, gardeners, growers, poets, potters, photographers, musicians and creatives of all kinds together for an evening of restoration and inspiration.

In this interactive workshop with Green Arts Oxfordshire Network, we will connect to explore tools that restore, inspire and motivate us to take action.

Bring a vegan dish if you're able to, to enjoy with the community alongside free food by Damascus Rose Kitchen.

Join us to sow and nurture the seeds of a better world…

This workshop is hosted by Green Arts Oxfordshire Network and The Old Fire Station, in collaboration with Modern Art Oxford, Community Action Groups (CAG) Oxfordshire and The Gardening Drawing Club.

With artists...

Dr JC Niala: Writer, historian, artist and multifaceted creative with a passion for heritage and storytelling. JC Niala makes art that encourages people to connect with nature.
Helen Edwards: Artist and Psychotherapist working with ecological art, movement and integrative arts psychotherapy.
Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck: Painter, transdisciplinary artist, cultural practitioner and allotment plot holder from France now based in rural Oxfordshire. Founder ofThe Gardening Drawing Club.
Usha dapur Kar: Oxford based visual artist creating mixed media installations and paintings, to stimulate reflection and conversation about social & climate justice.

About Green Arts Oxfordshire Network (GAON): GAON unites Oxfordshire’s artists and cultural organisations in their work to tackle the climate & ecological emergency. We believe that a better future is possible, and that we as cultural leaders need to create the change we want to see in the world.

Accessibility: This event will be in the Old Fire Station's Theatre. Please enter the building at 40 George Street via the foyer. There is level entry into the foyer of the Old Fire Station, and step-free access to the Theatre via a lift. There is an accessible toilet on the same floor

Photograph by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck