The Winter tree
We want to extend a very special thank you to Leyland Tile Adhesives for sponsoring our Winter Tree, as part of the Winter exhibition. Without them we simply would not have had a tree. The real Nordic Pine tree looks and smells wonderful, decked in blue and white LED lights and covered in artificial snow, […]
Last chance to submit for winter exhibition
Due to the horrendous weather over the weekend and again today, we have heard that several artists who wanted to submit work couldn’t do so. So we are able to offer a last chance on Wednesday 14th between 11-5pm. The theme of winter can be interpreted in a very open way – everything from paintings […]
Call for submissions – Winter exhibition
The next exhibition at Oxheys will be on the theme of winter which is open to interpretation by individual artists. We are looking for work which reflects something about the mood, feel or season of winter and can be in any media or combination of media. Proposals are also invited from any artists who may be […]
‘I am gARTh’ artists talk
If you missed Garth’s preview evening or haven’t yet seen his exhibition, if you did see the show but want to find out more about the work, meet the artist or even if you just want to come along for some fun and good company for the evening – join us on 1st December when […]
Full house
The last studio space has now been taken – Lauretta Rapley, an artist based in Chorley, will be moving into the basement next week, alongside Joe and Hannah, setting up a studio space in which she can paint and practise her other art forms. Lauretta said she was looking for somewhere that offered more opportunities […]
‘I am gARTh’ residency and exhibition
‘I am gARTh’ is an exhibition of work by artist Garth Gratrix created during a one month residency at Oxheys Mill Studios. Garth had access to a studio space in the basement and also worked within the project space during the last exhibition, creating work which responded to the building and the environment in which […]
He is gARTh
Garth Gratrix will be showcasing a collection of new works made as part of his current residency at Oxheys Mill Studios, Preston. The work will make use of the artist’s home environment as he brings elements of this to the venue and ‘plays with it’, exploring the space and its physical and imaginative states. These […]
Another new artist
It’s all go at Oxheys – another new artist moved in this week, Hannah Allan, who is currently working on a PhD in Fine Art, Site and Archive at Manchester, lives in Preston not far from the studios. Hannah is moving into one of the spaces left in the basement, joining Joe and the Bulgarian […]
It’s Official – we are now open!
Last Thursday evening saw the official opening of Oxheys Mill Studios – with nearly one hundred people attending. It was a great night and we are so pleased to now, finally, be able to say we are ‘open’. We were lucky to have a hot and balmy evening so the gazebo was out and the loading […]
And now we are six
Another new artist joined our studios this week, printmaker and painter Julie Saul who lives near Preston and is a past member of ArtLab and student at UCLAN. Julie is moving in to the last remaining space on the first floor, joining Lisa, Evelyn and Simon. It is getting quite busy upstairs now with all […]