Quiet start for 2015
After the hectic pre-Christmas Winter schedule of exhibition and workshops, resident artists are making the most of this quiet time of the year to spend time working in their own studios, making art with time to think and expand ideas. That is why we have the studios, after all. Organising exhibitions and other events is enjoyable but it is […]
Winter exhibition 2014
Our Winter exhibition is always popular and a good excuse for a pre-Christmas party with opportunities to buy artist-made cards and small gifts at affordable prices. We hope you will join us again this year. For the first time it is not an ‘open’ exhibition but one featuring work by resident artists along with a […]
Planning future events
Oxheys has been quiet over the past few weeks as resident artists have had various commissions, workshops, consultancy work, exhibitions and other jobs to do. Meaning not much time to spend in the studios or work on ideas, let alone make future plans for Oxheys. It is also been a time of change, with new artists moving in whilst […]
Pop-up Art Market
Do come and see us tomorrow in the Flag Market in Preston city centre, for this special one day event – a pop-up art market slap bang in the middle of town!This event is one of many going on in Preston tomorrow so there are lots of reasons to visit the city and of course, […]
Celebrate summer – fusion of visual art & poetry
We are celebrating our 3rd birthday in style with a special Summer Open exhibition – an exciting fusion of poetry and visual arts, featuring work from over 30 artists from all over Lancashire. Private View event is this Thursday 7th from 6-8pm – all welcome.
Summer open exhibition & art market
As part of our 3rd birthday celebrations, we are running a special Summer Open exhibition, also featuring a one-day pop-up Art Market event on Preston Flag Market. Local artists, LAN and ArtLab members are all invited to join us. Artists interested in running workshops or a performance during the Art Market even are also invited to apply.
Open Day – only chance to see new Lubaina Himid installation
Join us for this Open Day this Saturday 14th June, for an opportunity to see a fabulous new installation by international artist Lubaina Himid MBE. Professor of Contemporary Art at UCLAN in Preston, Lubaina joined Oxheys recently on a short-term basis as a resident artist in order to work on this installation in our Project […]
Towards Breath – a hypergraphics workshop based on Mechanical Air
Conceived by visual performance artist Michael Mayhew, Mechanical Air employs flute, voice, dance, text 8-channel sound, 16mm film and slide and digital projection. Following performances in London and Manchester, Michael Mayhew and Gavin Osborn are offering a series of workshops to enable you to explore the possibilities of hyper-graphics through collaboration and multi-disciplinary practice. This is […]
New display wall finished
Over the past couple of weeks we have been busy taking down and rebuilding the partition in the Project Space, giving us a fabulous new display wall. Not only does this make the space look bigger but it gives two new display areas, perfect for large artworks and reflects the light back into the space making it […]
Another successful 20:20 Print exchange
The 2014 20:20 print exchange exhibition was another hugely successful event – opening night again saw a steady stream of visitors, with some starting to arrive before the official opening time and at the end of the evening we had to draw things to a close as many just did not want to leave. The range of prints […]