Ella Shepard is an artist who is fascinated by the concept of reality and how it is perceived and filtered. For Modern Art Oxford’s Wellbeing Season (February – March 2021), she presents an experimental series of ‘moving’ oil paintings that represent the range of psychological influences in her work and, in the artist’s words, ‘depict the fluid elasticity… Continue reading Landscape of memories – Ella Shepard Artist Takeover
Month: February 2021
Between Naming and Knowing Someone: Language, Gender, and Colonial History, by Levi C. R. Hord
Levi C. R. Hord specialises in transgender studies and queer theory. In this article, they respond to our current exhibition with Mariana Castillo Deball, looking particularly at the history and representation of We’wha (1849 – 1896), a Zuni weaver and potter featured in the show. Through We’wha’s story Hord speaks about gender, language and colonial history… Continue reading Between Naming and Knowing Someone: Language, Gender, and Colonial History, by Levi C. R. Hord
Children’s Mental Health Week – List of Resources
This week, schools, charities, and mental health organisations are coming together to mark Children’s Mental Health Week (1-7 February 2021) and we are very happy to be taking part. We’ve put together a list of resources, websites, and organisations that we hope will be useful for children, young people, and their parents, carers, friends and teachers, living,… Continue reading Children’s Mental Health Week – List of Resources
My Friend the Sea: A creative breath exercise for children
“How do we promote the importance of breath awareness and self care for young people?” Breathworks was Modern Art Oxford’s digital participatory project by Lucy Sabin, which invited people to creatively respond to their breath online. Put to us by an audience member during one of our Breathworks live events, the timely question written above has been… Continue reading My Friend the Sea: A creative breath exercise for children