One year on – time to celebrate
It seems hard to believe it is almost one year since we first opened our doors at Oxheys Mill Studios. We opened our very first exhibition and held an open day on 11th August 2011 but the first visitors actually came during the last weekend of July – these were the artists who responded to […]
IWD open studios event
We were thrilled to be invited to take part in the Arts Trail in Preston for International Women’s Day. Our open studio session started an hour earlier than planned when a swarm of students descended upon us, keen to explore and have a look around the studios, talk with the artists and have a sneak peek […]
Another new artist
Oxheys Mill Studios is home to a variety of artists, including two martial artists who use the venue during the evenings for practising their skills. They had been sharing a studio space in the basement but as they felt that the project space met their needs and they did not really need a complete studio, […]
Time, Place & Negotiated Space – an IWD event
We are excited to be part of #womensday the International Women’s Day series of events being held throughout Preston, organised by UCLAN’s Professor of Contemporary Art, Lubaina Himid MBE. Taking place on March 8th is a tour which will start at the University of Central Lancashire and include the UCLAN Adelphi Building, the Harris Museum […]
Full house
The last studio space has now been taken – Lauretta Rapley, an artist based in Chorley, will be moving into the basement next week, alongside Joe and Hannah, setting up a studio space in which she can paint and practise her other art forms. Lauretta said she was looking for somewhere that offered more opportunities […]
Another new artist
It’s all go at Oxheys – another new artist moved in this week, Hannah Allan, who is currently working on a PhD in Fine Art, Site and Archive at Manchester, lives in Preston not far from the studios. Hannah is moving into one of the spaces left in the basement, joining Joe and the Bulgarian […]
And now we are six
Another new artist joined our studios this week, printmaker and painter Julie Saul who lives near Preston and is a past member of ArtLab and student at UCLAN. Julie is moving in to the last remaining space on the first floor, joining Lisa, Evelyn and Simon. It is getting quite busy upstairs now with all […]
Two new artists
We are thrilled to welcome two new artists to Oxheys Mill Studios – Preston-based artists Evelyn Rose and Simon Plum each came to submit work for the open exhibition, were intrigued by what we were doing and fell in love with the space. It did not take long before first Evelyn and then Simon asked […]
Open Day success
Our Open Day was a huge success – we had a steady stream of visitors throughout the day from 11am onwards, all keen to have a look around. Some were clearly keen to look at potential studio spaces whilst others were just having a look to see what we’ve been up to and some just […]
Open-day 11th August!
At long last, after more than three months of hard work we can finally open our doors! Please join us on 11th August for our Open Day between 11am – 8pm – come in and see what we have been up to, have a look around, talk to us and see the building, studios and […]