Engage

Creating futures

Oxford North Engage is a programme to animate Oxford North, integrate it within its context and Oxford’s vibrant art and culture scene and create opportunities for the community.

The long-term programme includes community involvement and legacy-building which has already commenced with our Community Employment Plan and our new art and culture programme to build ahead of our opening later this year.

The Engage collaboration allows IF Oxford to commission content to create a range of immersive activities. The inaugural year will include a public event at Oxford North to be held in October as part of the IF Oxford Science & Ideas Festival.

It includes:

- a year-round project with Modern Art Oxford to provide monthly workshops with local community group Children Heard and Seen

- Creation Theatre to provide script, staging and actors for a piece of theatre at Oxford North

- Glow Your Own, a six week coding and fabrication project to integrate with Modern Art Oxford’s programme and Oxford Light Festival

Fusion Arts for workshops and temporary artwork integrated with Creation Theatre.

Additional activities will include drawing, art, story and writing workshops with Creation Theatre.

“The art will be woven into Oxford North’s ethos and landscape both now and in the future, with community engagement programming for years to come and builds on the positive impact we have had in creating construction jobs, apprenticeships and opportunities for people living locally. There’s lots more to do together and we thank the steering group for all their commitment and insight to reach this point.”

— Victoria Collett,
Development Director, Thomas White Oxford