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Preston is a town of poets – a Poem for Preston

By on June 23, 2018

If you were on the Flag Market on 9th June for Making A Mark, you may recall seeing Winston, the world’s first cyclist poet, engaging with the crowds and creating a poem for Preston.

Winston Plowes engaging more visitors with poetry

 

He did this by cycling around, stopping and asking people to pick a word from the spokes on his bicycle then asking them to make phrases using those words.

From these he constructed this wonderful poem for Preston, which we are excited to publish: Continue reading “Preston is a town of poets – a Poem for Preston”

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Oxheys’ Pop-up at the Harris

By on June 21, 2018

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 all our known artist friends inviting them to take part and bring along their artwork. It was very short notice but they of course didn’t let us down and we had a lovely diverse selection of artworks brought in on the Saturday morning for display.

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Making our mark

By on June 15, 2018

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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 share their skills with others enabling them to do so too.

From street theatre to samba drumming, large-scale art and chalk installations to paper-based collage making, knitting and weaving to painting and pastel drawing, there really was something for everyone – any everyone seemed to be having a great time.

The event kicked off with a procession led by Worldwise Samba Drummers, of Lubaina Himid’s big red cart as it was pulled from Latham Street near Avenham Park right through the centre of town, packed with shoppers on a busy Saturday lunchtime, up Fishergate, along Cheapside before finally taking up position centre-stage on the Flag Market –  a fitting encore to Lubaina’s recent Hard Times exhibition at the Harris which ended the week before. The smaller wooden cart stayed in the Harris foyer all week as a collection point for the donated tins of food for Tim Saunders’ large scale installation.

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Make Your Mark

By on June 6, 2018

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 what are the Oxheys artists up to?

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Watch out – Oxheys’ about!

By on May 23, 2018

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 only. There is no fee but donations of non-perishable food for Tim’s large-scale artwork to be created on the flag market on 9th June are requested please.

More info and an entry form here Pop-up T&Cs 2018

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We did it! Funding raised for Making A Mark 2018

By on May 23, 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 the artists who will be performing, thus supporting Preston artists and delivering a more exciting program. There are some fantastic activities planned – please watch this space, more news soon.

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Making A Mark 2017 – gallery

By on June 13, 2017

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Making A Mark, Preston – June 3rd 2017

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We made our mark in Preston

By on June 5, 2017

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 all of the artists that worked so hard to provide the activities – Caroline Finnigan, Robin Fanner, Evelyn Rose, Gordon Ashworth and Denise Swanson from Oxheys as well as our collaborators Tim Saunders (Tim’s Perspective Art), Bernie Velvick (ArtFull) and Chris Davis (Our Alison). Thanks also to the Harris Museum & Gallery, especially Stephen Walker and Lindsey mcCormick and also Preston City Council, especially Tim Joel and the tireless Rita Whitlock. We really appreciate your support. Continue reading “We made our mark in Preston”

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A splendid time is planned for all

By on June 2, 2017

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, Robin Fanner and Gordon Ashworth will be participating and collaborating with Tim Saunders from Tim’s Perspective Art, Chris Davis from Our Alison and Bernie Velvick from ArtFull, with a splendid time planned for all:

 

On the Flag Market:

Start the day by Yarn Storming the Harris Gates with Caroline and Evelyn from 9.30-11am.

Then pick up a notebook and pencil and have a go at life drawing as Robin parades the Flag Market in various guises.

Watch Gordon as he chalks his incredible mind maps on the flag stones

Join Chris and make your own mark in paint on a giant semi-abstract landscape painting of Preston

Follow Tim as he creates a giant perspective art piece on the flagstone using your donated clothes (before they all go to charity) and then go up to the Harris balcony to view it from a different perspective

Then inside the Harris:

Drop-in to the Makerspace and have a go at drop spinning with Caroline

Or try your hand at wet felting with Evelyn, using the new Alastair Morton collection acquired by the Harris, as inspiration

Have a go at iPad drawing in the Discover Preston gallery and see your creations form part of a giant mosaic screened in the Harris Cafe

Watch Bernie lead a group of artists in the Big Picture drawing event in the Fine Art gallery, with drawings inspired by the Alastair Morton collection

Find out about the history of mark making in the Harris Cafe

Check out the wonderful collection of creative books in the Harris Library

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to use your phones and take photos of the events, any artwork you make and any marks you see – Tweet using #makingamark hashtag and see your pictures appear live on the Twitter feed on a screen in the Harris Foyer

Then pop in to the Education Room to get them printed so Denise can add them to the pop-up exhibition display inside the Harris. Your drawings and weavings or wet felt works can also be added or you can photograph them so you can take them away and still be part of the exhibition

Everyone can have their work displayed in the Harris Museum!

Remember to collect a programme and as  you go around the various activities, get each artist to make their mark against their activity then when all boxes are complete, pop in to the Harris Shop and claim your free gift, courtesy of Preston City Council

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Making A Mark in Preston

By on May 17, 2017

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 Tim Saunders, Chris Davis and Bernie Velvick on a collaborative project to take place in the flag market and the Harris on Saturday June 3rd as the first in a series of free summer events in Preston City City.

Plans are still being worked out but reserve the date and do come and join in with all the fun.

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We are now peripatetic and have no fixed abode. We'll pop-up where you least expect to see us!
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