Mardi Gras in Preston!!!
Come and join in the fun on Saturday February 22nd to celebrate Mardi Gras with a parade through Preston city centre, down to Avenham Park. Led by Worldwise Samba Drummers, the parade is open to anyone to join in and wearing of costumes is encouraged. Musicians, dancers and performers – you are all invited to […]
Open call: Making A Mark 2020
We were excited to hear our Arts Council bid for 2020 had been successful as this meant our ideas for expanding Making A Mark could be realised. This will be our 4th Making A Mark so we wanted to both extend and expand it’s reach whilst enabling more of Preston’s artists and creatives to be […]
Harris Christmas Fair
This last weekend, Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December 2019 saw the Harris Christmas Fair at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston. It was a lively event, which saw the Harris packed full of artists, makers and traders with a wide variety of stalls offering all kinds of products making ideal Christmas […]
Funding bid successful
The past few months have been somewhat busy so apologies for the lack of recent updates. After the success of this year’s event we wanted to ensure that Making A Mark in 2020 could be bigger and better than ever, so almost as soon as this year’s was complete we started planning ahead for next. […]
Dyeversity at Mela
Oxheys were at Preston Mela on Saturday July 6th 2019, with a stall demonstrating how wool from locally bred sheep had been hand-dyed using locally found wild plants to create a beautifully diverse range of natural, organic coloured yarns suitable for weaving or knitting. Specially designed frames, produced on a 3D printer, were made available […]
Making a Mark photo galleries
Making A Mark in Preston last Saturday was our biggest event yet, involving over 30 different artists/musicians/performers or artist groups. It was a fantastic event and the feedback we have received to date shows that everyone really enjoyed the atmosphere and the diversity of activities available. Here are some galleries featuring more of the images […]
We made our mark!
What a day on Saturday 15th June, the day for Making A Mark in Preston. The change in weather forecast meant a few last minute changes were needed as the Flag Market can be a little exposed, so we tried to ensure that all those taking part had at least somewhere to shelter if necessary. […]
CVAN NW Bursary
We are delighted to confirm that Oxheys co-founder Denise Swanson has been awarded a bursary from Contemporary Arts Network North West. This is to assist further development as project organiser for Making A Mark, enabling more opportunities and developing more ideas than the initial plans and funding for the event provided. The outcome of this […]
All set to Make Our Mark
Making A Mark 2019 is set to be bigger and better than ever. Our Arts Council funding bid was successful so once again we’ve been able to commission local artists and activities. Where last year we addressed the issue of increased use of food banks, this year’s theme addresses the impact of single-use plastics on […]