Oxheys’ Pop-up at the Harris
During the Making A Mark activities on 9th June on the Flag Market outside the Harris Museum, something was also going inside the Harris on the 2nd floor. After persuading our friends at the Harris to let us have use of both 2nd floor galleries for the weekend, in between exhibitions, we issued a call-out to […]
Making our mark
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=2] Saturday June 9th 2018 – hundreds of people visited the Flag Market in Preston to watch, take part or simply have fun during Making A Mark 2018. Months in the planning, the event featured over 20 different Preston-based artists, performers, musicians and creatives, all keen to make their mark and more importantly, to […]
Make Your Mark
12-4pm Saturday 9th June Join us in the Harris Museum and on the Flag Market in Preston. We have organised and commissioned artworks, activities and interventions from some of Preston’s best known artists, with something to appeal to everyone. Bring your families, join in, get creative and have some fun. Full programme of events So […]
Watch out – Oxheys’ about!
We are thrilled to advise that our friends at the Harris Museum & Gallery in Preston have let us have use of both galleries on the 2nd floor for the weekend of 9-10th June – the Making A Mark weekend! We are therefore running an Oxheys Pop-up exhibition in the space – for two days […]
We did it! Funding raised for Making A Mark 2018
We are delighted that our Arts Council funding bid for Making A Mark 2018 has been successful!! Last year’s event was all organised and done on a voluntary basis, with funding only for materials which was kindly provided by Preston City Council. For 2018, we have secured some Arts Council funding which means we can pay […]
Making A Mark 2017 – gallery
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”1″] Making A Mark, Preston – June 3rd 2017
We made our mark in Preston
Saturday June 3rd was a fantastic day on the Flag Market and inside the Harris Museum – hundreds of people came to see us and to join in the Making A Mark activities – a huge thank you to everyone that came, who brought their children and parents along and took part. Huge thanks also to […]
A splendid time is planned for all
We are thrilled to be working with Preston City Council and the Harris Museum & Gallery on this collaborative art project and event to take place on the Flag Market and inside the Harris on Saturday 3rd June 2017. Everyone is welcome, with activities and interests for all. Oxheys’ artists Denise Swanson, Caroline Finnigan, Evelyn Rose, […]
Making A Mark in Preston
We may have been quiet over the past few weeks as our artists settle in to new studio spaces and get things sorted out but we have been busy planning our next event. Several of us (Denise, Caroline, Robin, Evelyn and Gordon) will be working with Preston City Council and the Harris, along with our friends, artists […]
And so to bed…
Today we said a fond goodbye to our old mill as we moved the last of our belongings out and took the final runs to the tip and local charity shops. It has been quite an eventful 6 years – 27 resident artists 111 local artists exhibited 37 exhibitions, including 9 open 17 collaborations with […]