One World Festival

04/05/2021

Fusion Arts was recently involved with the Ashmolean Museum's One World Festival series that ran between November 2020 and April 2021.

This fantastic festival was a celebration of the plethora of diverse communities and faiths that make up the Oxfordshire communities. The theme this year, was 'Light in the Dark', which was intended to bring hope to the challenging times we continue to face. For the February 2021 Love and New Beginnings event, we worked with artist Mani Manson-Reeves to produce a family-friendly mask-making tutorial in celebration of Chinese New Year and the theme of love on Valentine's Day. The masks were inspired by an Assyrian relief showing a winged and bird-headed supernatural spirit that can be found in the Ashmolean's collection. With a range of talks, performances, and activities, the festival and each of its events had something for everyone.


Click here to watch a recording of the Love and New Beginnings event (including the mask-making tutorial, or click here to explore the full festival programme.

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Fusion Arts work with artists, groups and communities from across Oxfordshire and beyond to support a variety of imaginative and socially engaged projects.

Tetiten Swarane Tandur - "Hear the Seeds Sing"

Tetiten Swarane Tandur - "Hear the Seeds Sing"

Exploring Climate Change Through the Eyes of Indigenous Farmers in Indonesia. A collaborative project with Soboman Artspace 219 in Yogyakarta.

Tetiten Swarane Tandur - "Hear the Seeds Sing"
Write On!

Write On!

Creative writing project for young people across Oxfordshire, building writing skills as important tools for self-expression.

Write On!
Story Makers

Story Makers

Long term project using interactive art strategies to develop speech and language in young children.

Story Makers

Supporters of Fusion Arts

Oxford City Council Arts Council England National Lottery Funded Project Grant National Lottery Community Fund Oxfordshire Community Foundation Here for Culture Doris Field Charitable Trust BBC Children in Need Levelling Up South Oxfordshire District Council Christ Church College Jesus College