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The Artful Line

By Denise on May 18, 2020

The Artful Line exhibition opened at the Harris Museum & Gallery in Preston on 14th February this year, featuring drawings on loan from Courtauld’s alongside those commissioned from Preston artists Gavin Renshaw, Kathryn Poole (who have both previously exhibited at Oxheys) and Anita George. Oxheys’ artists Bernie Velvick and Robin Fanner delivered workshops to encourage […]

Posted in News | Tagged drawing, exhibition, Harris Museum

It’s a Draw!

By Denise on November 2, 2018

We are very pleased to announce that we have been invited by the Harris Museum & Gallery in Preston city centre to continue working with them running a series of Life Drawing sessions.  A professional model offers a variety of short and long poses. The last session for 2018 is on 24th November so if you’d […]

Posted in Events, News | Tagged Harris Museum, life drawing, workshop

A packed Art Jam

Art Jam in photos

By Denise on September 26, 2018

[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”4″] Wow – what an event! The Art Jam on Saturday, at the Harris Museum in Preston was amazing – so many visitors, at times it was difficult to move around. At its busiest, we had around 20 visual artists working on easels, another 6 or 7 sat on chairs with sketch pads, several […]

Posted in Events, News | Tagged art, Art Jam, artists, collaboration, gallery, Harris Museum, Lancashire Encounter, lancs encounter, music, performance, visual art

Detail from the Art Map

Art Jam at the Harris for Lancashire Encounter

By Denise on September 20, 2018

Join us for the very first Art Jam to be held at the Harris Museum & Gallery in Preston as part of the Lancashire Encounter festival, as we celebrate our 7th birthday! We’ll be in Gallery 6 on the 2nd floor from 12-6pm Saturday 22nd September. We have a diverse selection of artists taking part, […]

Posted in Events, News | Tagged Art Jam, collaboration, Harris Museum, Lancashire Encounter

Opportunity to participate in Lancashire Encounter

By Denise on July 4, 2018

Lancashire-based artists, we need your help. Oxheys has been commissioned by the Harris Museum and Preston City Council to create a large-scale arts map of Lancashire for Lancashire Encounter 21-23 September 2018. The aim is to show how much creativity there is in Lancashire, its diversity and how it is interlinked. So if you are […]

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Oxheys' Pop-up at the Harris

Oxheys’ Pop-up at the Harris

By Denise 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 […]

Posted in Events, News | Tagged artists, exhibition, Harris Museum, makingamark, pop-up

Make Your Mark

Make Your Mark

By Denise 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 […]

Posted in Events, Making A Mark, News | Tagged artists, collaboration, collections, Harris Museum, makingamark, music, oxheys, painting, performance, photography, poetry, sound, theatre, visual art, workshop

Watch out – Oxheys’ about!

By Denise 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 […]

Posted in Events, News | Tagged artists, exhibition, gallery, Harris Museum

Making A Mark

We made our mark in Preston

By Denise 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 […]

Posted in Events, Making A Mark, News | Tagged artists, city centre, collaboration, Harris Museum, makingamark

Woolly Thinking

Woolly Thinking

By Denise on September 21, 2016

Celebrating our 5th birthday, this is a collaborative project in which residents explore Preston’s rich textile heritage. Alongside Lancashire Encounter, the exhibition at Oxheys opens with a Private View on 22 September 6-8pm when our friend Chelytherium will play live soundscapes in response to the theme. Come and enjoy the art on display, which includes […]

Posted in At t'mill, Events, News | Tagged artists, exhibition, Harris Museum, open studios, painting, performance, photography, studios, visual art, woolly thinking

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