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We certainly Made Our Mark on 2022

We certainly Made Our Mark on 2022

By Denise on July 28, 2022

With huge thanks to everyone who visited and joined in one or more of the creative activities on Preston’s Flag Market on Saturday July 23rd, we certainly made our mark! Massive thanks also to all of the artists, creatives and volunteers who helped deliver and of course to Preston City Council and also the Arts […]

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Life Drawing at Making A Mark 2021, Preston Flag Market

Making A Mark 2022

By Denise on June 20, 2022

Join us on July 23rd for Making A Mark 2022 from 12-4pm* on Preston Flag Market. Building on the success of last years’ event, this year everyone attending is invited to join in with artists, with opportunities to create music, drawing, poetry, writing, painting, crafting, drumming – your choice. The theme this year is Immaterial […]

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Oxheys at The MET

Oxheys at The MET

By Denise on June 6, 2022

We were delighted to be given the opportunity to be one of the first to make use of The MET – the new Mobile Event Tent in Preston City Centre on Friday June 3rd, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday. It is a fascinating structure and makes a wonderful new addition to creative event space […]

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Making A Mark 2022

By Denise on March 31, 2022

Plans are ongoing for running Making A Mark 2022 on the Flag Market in Preston city centre on 23rd July 2022, for which we are grateful to Preston City Council for their ongoing support. The event will be on a smaller scale this year due to uncertainties ongoing from the pandemic but please do put […]

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Making more marks...

Making more marks…

By Denise on August 24, 2021

Our Making A Mark event this year although successful, did not go quite as we had originally planned due to Covid-19 lockdown measures and having been postponed from 2020. Some of the activities could no longer go ahead and some artists could not take part while others were no longer practical or possible, so a […]

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Worldwise Samba Drummers lead parade

Worldwise Samba Drummers lead parade

By Denise on August 23, 2021

Worldwise Samba Drummers lead the parade through Preston City Centre on Saturday 17th July as part of Making A Mark 2021. They received second place in the public vote for the favourite activity on the day and were followed by dozens of people as they marched through the city, holding up the traffic down Fishergate […]

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Life Drawing on the Flag Market in Preston City Centre, part of Making A Mark 2021

Life Drawing wins public vote

By Denise on August 18, 2021

At the recent Making A Mark event on Preston Flag Market, we asked visitors to leave their feedback and to vote for their favourite artistic activity or installation. We had an amazing response, with lots of very positive feedback so huge thanks to everyone who filled in and left their feedback forms. Over 98% of […]

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Making our mark

Making our mark

By Denise on August 16, 2021

At Oxheys we have always firmly believed in community and making or facilitating art in the community is what we do and what we enjoy. In the lead up to our Making A Mark event on Preston Flag Market on 17th July 2021, some of our artists ran workshops in the community which were even […]

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Making A Mark 2021

Making A Mark 2021

By Denise on July 20, 2021

Thank you. A huge thank you to Preston, the City Council, all the wonderful artists and everyone who joined us and took part in this wonderful day on Saturday. It was the biggest and most successful Making A Mark event which was fitting as we celebrated it’s 5th anniversary in Oxheys’ 10th anniversary year. What […]

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Making A Mark 2021

Making A Mark 2021

By Denise on June 24, 2021

After months of uncertainty due to the various changing coronavirus restrictions, we are excited to confirm that Making A Mark will definitely be taking place this year on the Flag Market in Preston City Centre on Saturday July 17th 2021 11am til 4pm. Whilst some restrictions are still in place, after close discussion with Preston […]

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