About
Oxygen Arts CIC is a social enterprise that specialises in targeting and working with diverse communities. We have extensive experience engaging diverse audiences in a range of different activities and services, and in working with communities to explore and share their stories.
Founded by the wife and husband team of Marsha and Clovis Lowe, we wanted to combine our gifts to create work that builds community by exploring the ‘Black Atlantic’ experience and drives wider change within the creative industries
To achieve lasting change, we believe that challenge needs to come both from within and outside of the system. We are purposely placed apart from the mainstream, looking to create and support independent creative projects with others on the ‘outside’ who have traditionally struggled to find their audiences and speak their truth.
Over the past five years, we have:
Developed the landmark Black British Ballet project
Trained a group of young adults to create their own podcast with Black Cultural Archives
Produced the Windrush themed film Two and a Half Questions
Worked directly with over 1000 people in the UK and Grenada to help them to explore and share their stories.
Our team
We are a diverse team with a wealth of experience delivering creative services, supporting young people's artistic expression, and producing art that reflects the experiences of communities across the Black Atlantic.
Marsha Lowe, Founder
As a Black writer of Guyanese/Grenadian heritage, I am passionate about using creativity to address the challenges facing communities from the global majority, in the UK and abroad.
As a marketing specialist, I have led a wide range of communications campaigns to achieve change, improve organisational culture, promote diversity and increase stakeholder engagement.
Dr Sandie Bourne, Director
As a former dancer of Jamaican/Native American heritage, I am passionate about helping Black artists to achieve equal treatment and recognition with the creative industries.
As an academic and researcher, I have documented the history of of black dancers in British ballet and then brought their stories to universities, dance institutions and communities around the UK and abroad.
Clovis Lowe, Founder
As a visual storyteller of Jamaican heritage, I am passionate about giving people who are not often heard, a platform to tell their stories and to present these to a wider audience.
As a qualified lecturer and skilled facilitator, I have led a range of participatory and training projects with excluded communities including young refugees, adults with mental health issues and prisoners.
Sarah Moltoni, Director
As a artist of English/Italian heritage, my paintings respond to hidden truths, past traumas and mundane occurrences, in essence, re-written histories.
As a movement and music practitioner, I have led creative work with disadvantaged children and families in Lambeth and Brazil for over 20 years, encompassing colonial history, Brazilian music, contemporary dance and art.
Let’s have a chat!
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