MC-ers, it has been a while!
How are you all? The summer holidays are probably just a
distant memory now, but we hope you spent yours feeling as happy and relaxed as
the barons did 800 years ago when they were chilling out in the fields of
Runnymede after King John had signed the Magna Carta.
It was a brilliant summer for the MC project here at Oxford
Brookes University. When we last spoke in the middle of July we were revelling
in the fact that our Magna Carta symposium had been a success and that our A Modern Magna Carta exhibition had
opened in our Glass Tank exhibition space, and from then on things just went
from strength to strength.
As planned once the exhibition had completed its run in the
Glass Tank we moved it to the Museum of Oxford, where it was then on display
for the majority of August. This meant that lots more people got to see it (we’re
pretty sure even the ghost of King John turned up at one point) and the lovely
people at the museum even ran some special workshops alongside it, which was
great!
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| Our A Modern Magna Carta exhibition on display at the Museum of Oxford |
During its time at both venues the exhibition received brilliant
feedback from visitors. Oxford Brookes staff and students, friends and family
of the artists and the wider general public were consistently impressed by both
the quality of the artwork and the messages of equality and fairness.
Thank you again to all 106 of you who contributed work to
the exhibition, you really did do an amazing job. And hey, thank you to those
of you who didn’t too, just for being great and still reading this blog.
Anyway, do you know what’s even better than
naturally-a-little-bit-biased-us saying how great everything was? The fact that both That’s Oxford TV and The
Oxford Mail have published pieces all about it!
Without further ado, if you’d like to watch the That’s
Oxford TV piece you can do so here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhAMaxyKsFs&feature=youtu.be&a
And if you’d like to read The Oxford Mail article that’s
available here: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/opinion/columns/university/13789298.University_Life__A_modern_and_enjoyable_take_on_the_Magna_Carta
So although it's sad that the exhibition is now over, at least we’re all celebrities now! We’ll be hanging
out at awards ceremonies with Taylor Swift in no time at all.
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| Taylor Swift at an awards ceremony (www.taylorswift.com) |
And finally, as it’s been a while since our last post, if you’re wondering what’s
still happening nationally with the Magna Carta 800th anniversary
celebrations then check out this article in the Independent about the 'Magna
Carta 800 Global Tour' that kicked off last week: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/original-magna-carta-copy-has-arrived-in-new-york-city-10513397.html
If anyone fancies a trip to New York then let us know!
Very best wishes,
The Oxford Brookes Magna Carta Team
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