Creative Space
The Creative Space on our ground floor plays host to exhibitions, events, family activities and more. Visit to experiment, learn and play.
The Creative Space is currently closed while we get ready for our upcoming exhibition Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe. The space will reopen on 28 May filled with activities for all ages relating to Asawa and the exhibition. We look forward to welcoming you then.
Key information
Opening Times
The Creative Space is currently closed while we get ready for our upcoming exhibition Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe which opens on 28 May.
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 12-5pm
Closed Monday
Support from the team
On Saturdays and Sundays our friendly art facilitators are in the Creative Space to help you experiment, play, and make your own works of art with materials inspired by our exhibition.
No booking necessary, but numbers will be monitored to ensure we keep visitors safe.
Learning for all ages
Inspired by our exhibitions, the Creative Space is a family-friendly, social environment curated for learning for all ages, encouraging our visitors to explore, experiment and play.
Left: Creative Space, Modern Art Oxford, 2021. Photo by Oxford Atelier
Creative Activities
Members of our team are on hand to help with creative activities provided in the space to encourage curiosity, exploration and play with materials inspired by our exhibitions.
Right: Samson Kambalu, New Liberia at Modern Art Oxford, 2021. Photo by Oxford Atelier
Learning and Participation
Find out more about our learning events and projects
Left: City as Studio workshop at Oxford Spires Academy, 2020. Photo by Kate Mahony
Young Creatives
“We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.” – Yoko Ono
Reflecting on their first year with Modern Art Oxford, our Young Creatives have selected a quote from Yoko On to inspire a new year of positive change and creativity in 2022. The Young Creatives have produced a series of artworks that will be on display in the Creative Space and available to buy as a limited set of postcards, on sale in the shop from 11 December.
Right: Yoko Ono at Modern Art Oxford, 1997. Image © Modern Art Oxford
Find out what's On
Find out what’s on in the Creative Space – exhibitions, events, projects, family activities and more.
Left: Mariana Castillo Deball, Between making and knowing something, Modern Art. Oxford, 2020. Photo by Helen Messenger