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12 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
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Wednesday 27th March
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Anwen Greenaway
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A huge pat on the back everyone: we made it through the winter! The clocks change this weekend and it'll be return of light evenings from next week.
Ovada are a non-profit gallery space with limited funding and a small staff team. Car park hire is a key source of income that enables them to run events, exhibitions of socially engaged work, and an education programme where they offer a number of subsidised and bursary places.
With only a small staff team it is hard to keep on top of maintenance, so they called in our GoodGym flash mob to get their car park area ship shape.
Bundled up against the spring showers we litter-picked, shifted rubbish out for collection, weeded, and pulled up nettles (achieving the first nettle stings of the year).
In the hour before the light faded we got the area looking a lot better and less nettley. Now we just need some dry weather for the mud situation to improve!
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A non-profit arts organisation with warehouse gallery, education space and affordable artist studios, with an events and engagement programme.
We are for Creativity: OVADA is a space to experience the arts and share skills, supporting the delivery of innovative events, exhibitions, workshops and courses that are welcoming for all. Our warehouse is available to realise creative projects. We are for Collaboration: OVADA offers dynamic development opportunities, such as open calls, in-house studio spaces and residencies that encourage experimental, cross disciplinary and collaborative approaches. We are for Community: OVADA strives to reflect our community through supporting socially engaging, inclusive work. We nurture and connect artists and creative communities through our Associates offer and network.
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