This is a list of the additional events taking place from 2 – 25 May which are associated with the Artweeks venues and exhibitions.
You might also be interested in workshops with Artweeks artists all year round.
Martin Stott – Bartlemas: Oxford’s hidden sanctuary
Venue: Bartlemas Chapel
Timing: 6pm
Website: https://artsfestivaloxford.org/events/bartlemas-oxfords-hidden-sanctuary/
Date: 21 May to 21 May 2026
Celebrating the links between past and present, the talk explores the Bartlemas Hamlet and leper hospital on the 900th anniversary of their foundation. A rich mix of place, spirituality, ‘edgeland’ and contemporary stories that still infuse this unique locality. Photographer and local historian Martin Stott charts its origins, turbulent history, its focus on the outcasts, dispossessed, and refugees of the times, and the healing, care, refuge, and sanctuary it offered. He traces its impact on east Oxford over 900 years, drawing out the threads of these traditions, re-made and celebrated in the neighbourhood today. Accompanies his exhibition in the chapel and his photobook ‘Bartlemas; Oxford’s hidden sanctuary’. Part of Oxford Festival of the Arts.