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Winter show PV – a perfect shopping opportunity
Join us for our 3rd Winter exhibition of work from local artists. All work for sale and can be taken away on the day. Also featuring a special ‘£20 and Under’ area, offering the perfect way to pick up unique and unusual gifts and cards for Christmas whilst supporting local artists and have a good […]
Call for submissions – Winter
For the last two years, our Winter open exhibition has proved very popular so it is back again this year – we do hope you will join us. The theme of ‘winter’ is open to very wide interpretation so we are looking for work which reflects the mood, feel or season of winter, in any […]
Last chance to see: Signatus extended til Nov 16th
If you haven’t see the Signatus installation yet, there is one more chance – due to a late change in our schedule, it has been extended until Saturday November 16th open Fridays & Saturdays 12-3pm.
All Hallows art & music evening Oct 25th
Join us for a fabulous evening of art and live music, including the infamous Danse Macabre, played by renowned local musician Tom Woolsgrove, whilst enjoying the spiritual experience of the Signatus art installation, on Friday 25th October between 6-8pm in recognition of the ancient All Hallow’s festival and in support of World Mental Health Day, admission free. Danse Macabre […]
Positive response to Signatus
Signatus is receiving a lot of very positive response from visitors who are finding the experience both captivating and thought=provoking. This new installation by resident artist Denise Swanson marks a departure from the abstract nature photography she is normally associated with, featuring prints made completely by hand, using plants. The work is the result of a year long residency […]
Signatus: new installation opens Oct 3rd
This new installation explores the leaf as a sign, highlighting it’s accepted role in identifying species coupled with an inherent spiritual significance; acknowledged by many cultures around the world. Signatus is a showcase of original work, created in the past year, as a result of a residency in the print room at UCLan on the […]
LAN Open closes for another year
The Lancashire Artists Network Open exhibition for 2013 has now closed and artists have collected their work which ranged from a life-size rhino head, a white peacock and a brown hare, to genetically modified vegetables, an iguana behind bars, a pussy riot head, a preying mantis and some delightful prints, drawings and paintings. A fabulous […]
Last chance to see: LAN Open exhibition
The LAN Open exhibition for 2013 closes on Saturday 21st September so if you have not yet had a chance to visit, do come along. It has been a fantastic show, with a real diverse selection of work and the feedback, both from participating artists and from visitors, has been really encouraging. The Preview event […]
Recent changes, new resident & available space
It has been a busy summer at Oxheys with lots of work and a few changes. In the basement, Joe, one of the founding artists, moved out of his studio and was soon replaced by Terry, a ceramist, currently doing an MA at UCLan. Terry originally set about cleaning up and repainting one of the […]
20:20 – a successful experiment
The 20:20 print exchange was an experiment to see whether this type of format for a show would work. We were not really sure if it would work but thought it was worth a try – after all, nothing ventured and all that. The show closed on Saturday and with only a handful of prints […]