Preparing for a Lancashire encounter
It has been relatively quiet at Oxheys over the past few weeks, with residents on holiday or just taking a break and enjoying some of the sunshine – well, in between the Preston downpours! We might have to boil our water at the moment but at least there is plenty of it – no hosepipe […]
Another successful experiment
Not just one group of students but two – this time we were approached by a group of third year filmmaking UCLAN students, needing somewhere to build a couple of sets and make a film. Quite a lot of space was needed and even our project space could not easily accommodate that. As it happened […]
Conversations – and some
Conversations, the recent residency by UCLan MA Fine Art Students, saw a steady number of visitors through our doors, which for the first time were open every day of its duration. Many of those who visited had never been to Oxheys before, some not even knowing we existed, so opening up a brand new audience […]
Conversations: off to a good start
Conversations is a working residency by Jane Bennett, Steph Fletcher, Rob Smith, Nuala Riding, Natalie Morgan and Evelyn Rose, a group of emerging artists who are in the completion stage of their Fine Art: Site and Archive MA at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. The works on show are exploring the ephemeral nature […]
Conversations – Fine Art: Site & Archive residency
Presented by six artists on the UCLan MA Fine Art: Site & Archive course Open Six days a week for two weeks Mon-Sat 11am-4pm from May 6th-May 18th 2013 Private View with the Swinging Never-Beans jazz combo: Thursday 16th May 6-8pm A unique opportunity to explore the evolution of six very different MA projects on […]
‘I am gARTh’ artists talk
If you missed Garth’s preview evening or haven’t yet seen his exhibition, if you did see the show but want to find out more about the work, meet the artist or even if you just want to come along for some fun and good company for the evening – join us on 1st December when […]
‘I am gARTh’ residency and exhibition
‘I am gARTh’ is an exhibition of work by artist Garth Gratrix created during a one month residency at Oxheys Mill Studios. Garth had access to a studio space in the basement and also worked within the project space during the last exhibition, creating work which responded to the building and the environment in which […]
He is gARTh
Garth Gratrix will be showcasing a collection of new works made as part of his current residency at Oxheys Mill Studios, Preston. The work will make use of the artist’s home environment as he brings elements of this to the venue and ‘plays with it’, exploring the space and its physical and imaginative states. These […]