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Fusion Arts is currently based at 15 Park End Street, Oxford.

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We have been supporting artists, initiating inspiring creative projects with communities and fostering social inclusion since 1977.

01/09/2026

👀Behind the scenes!
Installing ‘Threads of Home’, an exhibition for East and South East Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month

Featuring new work by local ESEA artists - Lucy Foo (Lucy F), Thomas Li (tom li 🥀), and Kit Hui Teo (Kit Hui Teo), ‘Threads of Home’ runs throughout September. Thanks to Tom and Kit for installing, and for Lucy for being with us in spirit! Each artist created a personal interpretation to the theme ‘Threads of Home’, bringing ideas of Motherhood, Identity and Migration.

Alongside the artist’s work features a community showcase of the work of Oxford Chinese Community and Advice Centre (OCCAC), in addition to the creations from of the Seed & Pod sewing workshop that was led by Zariq Rosita-Hanif (Zariq Rosita-Hanif). Thanks to the Fusion team for working collaboratively with OCCAC to curate these windows!

✨Launch Event
Please join us for the informal launch of ‘Threads of
Home on Thurs 3rd September at 5pm outside the Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry by the Deli Cafe (What3Words: ///from.hood.builds)

Come and hear from Fusion, the artists and OCCAC! Please note - as the Window Galleries are an outdoor venue, we’ve decided to keep it brief to 30mins, so please arrive on time.

At around 5.30pm we will be heading to St John’s Kendrew Barn to join the opening of ‘Critical Threads’ organised by Daisy Hung - a textiles exhibition marking ESEA heritage month.

🧶Threads of Home
1-30 September 2026
📍Fusion Arts Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry, Oxford, OX1 2BY, available to view 24/7

♥️We are very grateful to receive funding from the Peiwen Legacy Fund from besea.n

27/08/2026

🌱🧵Seed and Pod Sewing Workshop

✨Led by folk artist Zariq Rosita-Hanif Zariq Rosita-Hanif

Exploring the connection between heritage and home, this workshop took inspiration from the seeds and pods thriving along local footpaths, parks, and verges. Carried across oceans, these plants reflect our own journeys of new beginnings and rerooting in new soil.

Youth and Elders from the Oxford Chinese Community learnt the traditional openwork joining stitch randa (or fagoting) to join two pieces of fabric - one honoring their heritage, and the other representing life in Oxford. Embellished with hand-stitched seeds and pods, these fabric “houses” symbolically bring both worlds together under one roof.

We had fun activating the space at East Oxford Community Centre! Huge thanks to OCCAC for their support with outreach, translation, and snacks. And a special shout-out to Zariq for sharing her journey into wild seeds, textile origins, and shared migrant stories while leading an engaging creative session.

The finished pieces feature in ‘Threads of Home’ exhibition for ESEA Heritage Month:

📍 Fusion Arts Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry, Oxford
⏰ 1st – 30th September 2026, available to view 24/7

Organised by Fusion Arts, “Threads of Home” features new works by three Oxford-based ESEA artists - Lucy Foo (Lucy F), Thomas Li (tom li 🥀), and Kit Hui Teo (Kit Hui Teo), alongside the history & work of OCCAC.

🙏This workshop was supported by besea.n Peiwen Legacy Fund.

07/08/2026

Coming Soon!
🧶Threads of Home
1-30 September 2026
📍Fusion Arts Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry, Oxford, OX1 2BY, available to view 24/7

We’re very excited to be taking part in East and South East Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month this September!

Threads of Home is an exhibition exploring how personal memories, traditions, and materials of home shape individual identity. It honours both the deeply rooted experiences of British-born ESEA artists and the continuous search for belonging among recent migrants, featuring new works by Lucy Foo (Lucy F), Thomas Li (tom li 🥀), and Kit Hui Teo (greytoolbox)

Rooted in community connection, the exhibition also showcases a collaborative Seed and Pod sewing workshop led by folk artist Zariq Rosita-Hanif (Zariq Rosita-Hanif) in partnership with the Oxford Chinese Community and Advice Centre (OCCAC), alongside photographic documentation of this vibrant community.

♥️We are very grateful to receive funding from the PeiWen Legacy Fund from besea.n

06/08/2026

Story of Stars: Story Makers 2026

💫Behind the scenes!

Thanks to Helen Artist for bringing the colourful work of the Story Makers to the Window Galleries! Helen had carefully packed artwork the artwork that unfurled to replicate the ‘big bang’

This year, Story Makers participants from Wood Farm and Larkrise Primary Schools partnered with the History of Science Museum History of Science Museum to explore their collection of historic astronomical instruments. These instruments provided a framework for understanding the cosmos, life on Earth, and the feelings of hope that come from our place in the universe.

Come along to see this amazing work!

📍Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry, OX1 2BY
available to view 24/7, exhibition runs on until the 23rd August.

Story Makers is developed and run by Arts Psychotherapist Helen Edwards Artist and Fusion Arts.

05/08/2026

🪡Weaving the Future: Fragment 87’s Journey Across Oxford

📅 28 July - 23 August 2026
📍Fusion Arts Window Galleries, Friar’s Entry, OX1 2BY

This year, MultakaOxford and Fusion Arts joined Cultural X Collabs: Weaving the Future, an international project led by the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin. Communities around the world have been invited to host and respond to fragments of a replica 17th-century Caucasian carpet, using them as starting points for creativity and connection.

Over the past few months, MultakaOxford’s Youth Culture Club have been taking fragment 87 across Oxfordshire on a new adventure. They have documented its travel along the way, through photography and film.

This summer, the project came together in a window display at Fusion Arts, featuring the original carpet fragment, the collective carpet, photography documenting its travels, and two short films created by the Culture Club volunteers. Together, they capture a journey across Oxfordshire and the many connections formed along the way.

Fragment 87 will now continue its journey to Turin, before finally making its way back to Berlin where all 100 fragments will be reunited in 2027 at an exhibition in the museum.

🔗Link in bio for more info!

01/08/2026

Ismael Rodriguez: House of Creativity Artist & Workshop Leader

Local artist - Ismael Rodrigeuz exhibited new paintings and textiles at the House of Creativity 2026. Ismael also led a Sip & Clay workshop alongside Sofia, and the Wearable Art workshop alongside Julius.

Ismael Rodriguez started his journey with Fusion Arts back in July 2024 with his solo exhibition - “Sanctuary by the River”. Since then, he has joined the Fusion Arts team as a freelance artist and curator and has exhibited with Fusion for group shows such as “What’s wrong with us!?!” and “ Xeno-space at DEPOT 25”, and led natural clay workshops with Multaka Oxford and members of the public.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ismael Rodriguez carries a heritage shaped by migration and ancestral memory. Moving between raw materials and digital images, his work oscillates between figurative and the primal.

Check out more of Ismael’s work .

28/07/2026

Euton Daley: House of Creativity Artist & Workshop Leader

Euton Daley delivered the Words in Motion workshop that took place at the House of Creativity 2026. This was the first workshop to kick off an action packed schedule of events.

During the workshop, participants used a combination of rhythm and writing exercises to explore what they wanted to say about things around us using the spoken work/performance genre. Participants wrote and performed their written pieces both collectively and individually.

Thanks to everyone who attended this workshop!

Euton Daley is an artistic director, producer, writer and arts facilitator with over 40 years’ professional experience working with artists, young people, students and communities. Founder and Director of Unlock the Chains Collective, producing work that explore and celebrate the Black experience through the fusion of dance, music, song and performance poetry.

House of Creativity during Skoll World Forum Week was a partnership with Fusion Arts, , , and Sidebar, and supported by the Skoll Foundation

27/07/2026

Oxford Capoeira Society: House of Creativity Workshop Leaders
Shout out to Oxford Capoeira Society for leading an incredible Capoeira workshop at the House of Creativity 2026. Oxford Capoeira Society, led by Mauricio Jimenez Motta / Professor Lobinho, with support from members of the Oxford Capoeira Society community. This class brought together movement, music, singing, and traditional instruments. We learnt about the physical practice alongside the cultural side of Capoeira Angola.
Oxford Capoeira Society is a project developed in Oxford through Angoleiros do Mar, an international Capoeira Angola group led by Mestre Marcelo Angola. The group was founded on Itaparica Island, Bahia, and shares Capoeira Angola as a living practice of training, music, history, and community.
Classes are open to students, professionals, local residents, families, and anyone curious to learn Capoeira Angola as a cultural, artistic, and educational practice.

Check out their website for classes in Oxford https://www.oxfordcapoeira.co.uk and follow them on Instagram Mauricio Jimenez Motta

House of Creativity during Skoll World Forum Week was a partnership with Fusion Arts, , , and Sidebar, and supported by the Skoll Foundation

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