{"id":91053,"date":"2025-01-21T16:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=91053"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:24:10","slug":"back-towards-oneness-a-warm-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/back-towards-oneness-a-warm-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Towards Oneness: A Warm Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dominik Czechowski and Tamzin Plummer reflect on a year of exciting work with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullingdoncommunityassociation.co.uk\/pages\/date-palm-tree-group\">Date Palm Tree Group<\/a> and artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farwamoledina.com\/\">Farwa Moledina<\/a>.<\/strong> <strong>You can visit the exhibition <em><a href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/whats-on\/back-toward-oneness\">Back Toward Oneness<\/a> <\/em>in the Ground Floor<\/strong> <strong>Gallery until 9 March 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in spring 2024, we commissioned Farwa Moledina to work alongside the Date Palm Tree Group. We loved the way Farwa weaves together different themes of cultural identity and personal narrative through her use of textiles, particularly incorporating hand-woven fabrics or recycled hijabs. It connects deeply to themes of craft and memory, using materials with a strong sense of history and tradition. Textiles have historically been seen as a female, domestic craft. They\u2019ve been enormously under-appreciated as artworks. Farwa&#8217;s work is part of a textiles resurgence, reclaiming and repositioning such practice both in terms of art history and in terms of how female work is perceived and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Green-White-Minimalistic-Simple-Collage-Daily-Vlog-YouTube-Thumbnail-75-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A child embroiders on patterned fabric, displayed in the Back Toward Oneness exhibition.\" class=\"wp-image-91114 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;width:514px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Green-White-Minimalistic-Simple-Collage-Daily-Vlog-YouTube-Thumbnail-75-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Green-White-Minimalistic-Simple-Collage-Daily-Vlog-YouTube-Thumbnail-75-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Green-White-Minimalistic-Simple-Collage-Daily-Vlog-YouTube-Thumbnail-75-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Green-White-Minimalistic-Simple-Collage-Daily-Vlog-YouTube-Thumbnail-75.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We also loved the collaborative nature of Farwa\u2019s work. She draws upon and collaborates with other practitioners, she\u2019s very community-orientated, and in that sense her practice is socially engaged. Fusing her own personal narrative alongside wider themes of community heritage and cultural background, she highlights underrepresented voices. These voices are really at the forefront of this exhibition. Children\u2019s drawings are literally woven into her artworks as they are built out of what she created with the Date Palm Tree Group in our sessions over the past year. If you look at the wallpaper or the main sculpture in the exhibition, everything contains the drawings and creative output of the children and their mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-1024x730.png\" alt=\"A child's drawing of a palm tree, sand and sky. \" class=\"wp-image-91115 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/730;width:480px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-1536x1095.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-1290x920.png 1290w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14-1568x1118.png 1568w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.09.14.png 1596w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Farwa and the members of the Date Palm Tree Group also share a cultural heritage as Muslim women. Set up as a support group for Muslim mothers in the area, it is an incredibly warm and welcoming place, and you could feel the strong ties within the community. Listening to the conversations, understanding how they support one another &#8211; that deep sense of mutual care and shared purpose really radiated outwards. We were privileged to get to know some of the participants and learn more about their cultural heritage, thanks to their incredible sense of welcome which is hopefully embedded within this exhibition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"997\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-1024x997.jpg\" alt=\"Children taking part in sensory play.\" class=\"wp-image-91119 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/997;width:452px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-1024x997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-1536x1496.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-2048x1994.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-945x920.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0595-2-2-1568x1527.jpg 1568w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each of our sessions at the Bullingdon Community Centre catered to children and adults of all ages. Babies joined us for our early years Make Play sessions, which focused on creative sensory play. Older children took part in the workshops with their mothers. In the adjacent room, women could sit, chat and eat together whilst their children played. The gradual flow between the spaces created a really collaborative and conversational atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Children taking part in sensory play. \" class=\"wp-image-91120 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 775px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 775\/1024;width:460px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-1549x2048.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-696x920.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_0592-2-1568x2073.jpg 1568w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since these sessions, we\u2019ve been working directly with Farwa to finalise the artworks, the space and the layout. Everything you see in the Ground Floor Gallery is a new commission rooted in these collaborative workshops. We\u2019ve been brainstorming and discussing ideas, exchanging thoughts on how we might include a Make Play corner as part of the gallery space and the overall installation. Members of the Date Palm Tree Group have helped to co-write one of the labels, and we\u2019ve had the chance to write the rest of the interpretation alongside Farwa, who shared quotations, feedback and her own reflections. Our incredible Production team built the wooden frame of the freestanding sculpture, and we\u2019ve been loaned original artworks from some of the young artists who joined their mothers at our workshops. These pieces have been specially hung at a lower height to make sure that everybody can enjoy seeing their work in the gallery, and we\u2019re excited to add new pieces to the exhibition over its course.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-1024x727.png\" alt=\"A child's drawing featuring a bright blue sky, yellow sun, and green palm tree. \" class=\"wp-image-91122 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/727;width:436px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-1024x727.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-1296x920.png 1296w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06-1568x1113.png 1568w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-21-at-16.29.06.png 1592w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>For our final workshop (taking place next month), we\u2019ve invited all of the participants to join us in the gallery, surrounded by their artworks, to create new drawings for one more commission. Together with Moledina they\u2019ll be designing floor mats, which will become part of our Studio and can be&nbsp; used in our on-site Make Play sessions going forward. We hope that it\u2019s a way of weaving these incredible artists into the broader Modern Art Oxford community and continuing our creative relationships.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-1024x845.jpg\" alt=\"Two children use paint rollers and foam to print shapes onto fabric.\" class=\"wp-image-91123 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/845;width:450px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-1536x1268.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-2048x1690.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-1115x920.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-IMG_8572-1568x1294.jpg 1568w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>When you visit, we hope you\u2019ll embrace the idea of integrated collaboration, of co-creation and co-authorship between a trained artist and a community group. We hope that people of every age will enjoy this exhibition, and that there\u2019s a sense of the trajectory from some of the earliest drawings through to commissioned works from a professional artist. A sense of possibility and of genuine co-creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dominik Czechowski and Farwa Moledina smile in the exhibition, Back Toward Oneness.\" class=\"wp-image-91124 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;width:490px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0963-1568x2091.jpg 1568w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dominik Czechowski and Farwa Moledina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We hope that you feel represented and welcome &#8211; whether that\u2019s as a person of faith, someone with a shared cultural heritage, as a parent or carer, as a member of Bullingdon\u2019s vibrant community, or as someone who\u2019s interested in contemporary art and excited about the opportunity to create with us. Although this exhibition is deeply rooted in a particular community of practice and heritage, its foundational concept of \u2018ummah\u2019 is universal. We hope that with the wallpaper, the mats and cushions in the space to sit and make, our gallery will feel not only welcoming, but a bit like a domestic space. By filling the gallery with textiles, patterns and this sense of domesticity, we\u2019re echoing the warmth of the welcome we received from the Date Palm Tree Group. We hope that when you step inside, you\u2019ll recognise that you <em>are <\/em>creative and that you too <em>can<\/em> share with others. Farwa and the Date Palm Tree Group\u2019s incredible work has made\u00a0 this beautiful space\u00a0 feel welcome, safe, inclusive, representative and empowering. 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