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How do you learn how to curate an exhibition when in lockdown? In this new video series follow the stories of nine curators tasked with organising Modern Art Oxford’s new online exhibition, Flow. First up, we hear from Project Lead, Laura Purseglove. Opening 4 September 2020, Flow is an online exhibition in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University,

This is a creative breath response by Caroline Areskog Jones. Tell your own breath story by taking part in Breathworks, a digital project by Lucy Sabin. drawing as breath the body as archive activated neurological pathways intersect with physical memory of action and through repetition becoming embedded, absorbed, collated into our unique physical history slowly… Continue reading Drawing breath

“Each stroke of the painting records a single exhaled breath.” Breathworks invites you to respond to your breath online through creativity. In our current climate, breathing has become a recurring theme, touching upon health, politics and the environments we inhabit. Artist Tania Robertson contributes to Breathworks with these dance-inspired watercolour paintings, each stroke the result of a… Continue reading Breathing Exercises

In August 2020, Breathworks invites you to take over our Instagram and website with stories about your breathing. Led by Modern Art Oxford Creative Associate (Digital), Lucy Sabin, Breathworks is a collective storytelling project exploring our breath, from wellbeing to politics and the environment. Watch this video to learn how to take part. Inspired? Take part in Breathworks. Find… Continue reading Video: Take part in Breathworks

“The practice of expanding my lungs reinforces the knowledge that I have on that day at least, not contracted the virus” – Amanda Couch, artist Breathworks invites shared investigations of breathing online. Conceived months before the COVID-19 outbreak by Modern Art Oxford Creative Associate (Digital) Lucy Sabin, the project invites diverse online exchanges about personal… Continue reading Becoming with Wheat: Photosynthesis/Respiration Collaborations

Despite the unprecedented lockdown in 2020, Modern Art Oxford’s Flow at the Glass Tank curatorial team are working hard behind-the-scenes through their regular online planning sessions. For those unfamiliar with the project, Modern Art Oxford are working in partnership with Oxford Brookes University to deliver a new exhibition this September exploring ideas and creativity, and featuring works… Continue reading Curating ‘Flow’ by Russell Antcliff

Refugee Week, which marks the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and asylum seekers, is more important than ever in the face of the pandemic. Individuals local to Modern Art Oxford continue to receive vital support from organisations including Refugee Resource and Sanctuary Hosting, who provide psychological, social and shelter support to refugees, asylum seekers… Continue reading Refugee Week – a celebration of creativity and resilience

Below is just one selected list of recommended organisations, projects, websites and resources designed to raise awareness of the global anti-racist movement. Modern Art Oxford is grateful to those many organisations and individuals who have collated and made them publicly available. Black Lives Matter Global organisation with a mission to eradicate white supremacy and help combat violence inflicted on Black communities UK Black Pride  Celebrates and… Continue reading Black Lives Matter – Selected Resources

Across the Isolation Music Diaries series, Oxford-based musician and promoter of Modern Art Oxford’s live Yard sessions, Martin Andrews aka Octavia Freud has been talking to local musicians about their experiences of lockdown and the ways in which they are staying creative. In this blog post, Martin reflects on his own experience as a musician… Continue reading MAO Assembly – Martin Andrews aka Octavia Freud on Staying Creative in Lockdown

n early June 2020 Activating our Archives participant Thomas Nicolaou took over Modern Art Oxford’s Instagram feed with his own archive of photos of Oxford in the 1990s. Here we share his project using archival images to spark community dialogues. Scroll down to find out how you can get involved with Thomas’s ongoing project and… Continue reading Activating our Archives: 90s Oxford by Thomas Nicolaou