A group exhibition for ESEA Heritage Month
This exhibition explores how memories, traditions, and materials of home are woven into individual identity. Honouring both the rooted experiences of British-born ESEA artists and the ongoing search for belonging among recent migrants.
Three Oxford-based artists share their experience:
Lucy Foo explores her journey through motherhood, capturing the reality of this journey without romanticising the pain.
Thomas Li examines the tension between hyper-awareness of ethnicity and a grounded sense of belonging for people of colour in the choral world.
Kit Hui Teo draws on her personal experience of migration, identity, and finding a sense of home between two cultures.
Bringing in the local community, Threads of Home will also showcase a collaborative Seed and Pod sewing workshop led by folk artist Zariq Rosita-Hanif in partnership with the Oxford Chinese Community and Advice Centre (OCCAC). This workshop will be accompanied by a photographic documentation of the vibrant community.
This exhibition serves as a direct conceptual anchor to the ESEA heritage month 2026 theme: Evolving Threads, highlighting how cultural heritage isn't static, but constantly adapting across generations and geography.
By combining these diverse experiences, the exhibition offers a rich and multifaceted exploration of identity and belonging. It invites viewers to reflect on their own experiences and to consider the ways in which our individual stories contribute to the larger tapestry of cultural heritage.
Thank you to the PeiWen legacy fund by Besea.n for supporting the community workshop & exhibition.
