Arts
Artist Interview: Gary Wiggins
We spent yesterday evening at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery. At the top of the stairway there awaits a pack of dogs often associated with status on the streets of Britain. These detailed large scale drawings depict a Pit Bull Terrier and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier plus other animals, including a chimpanzee and a mouse, with funny little asides scrawled on the paper. Alongside [...]
1 day ago by Lisa McManus Share
Meeting organised as LadyFest prepares to come to Preston
A Preston woman is wanting to organise a festival for women in the city. LadyFest is a worldwide movement with events in Oxford, New York and now Millie Lavelle wants Preston to join the club. The festival will be a celebration of music, arts, debates and more and vary depending on the city. Millie said: “Originally I heard about the LadyFest idea through Refuge (The [...]
8 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Harris Museum gets funding for contemporary art
New contemporary art could be finding its way to the Harris Museum after they secured funding. The Harris along with the Peter Scott Gallery have won £30,000 to put towards buying up new art. Testing Media is a fund for 65 museums who take part in the Contemporary Art Society’s Acquistion Scheme. Alex Walker, Head of Arts and Heritage, Preston City Council said: “We are [...]
11 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Review: Two Great Events at Preston’s Prestfest 2013
On Saturday evening, 4th May 2013, Preston’s Prestfest event proved to be a night of fabulous all round outdoor city centre entertainment. Murder most horrid was apparent on the streets of Preston when the Wooden Spoons Theatre company presented their ‘Cut Throat Tour’. This exceptional performance was part of a walk around the Church Street area of Preston led by three of the Wooden Spoons [...]
12 days ago by Paul D. Swarbrick Share
Future options for Preston Bus Station to be discussed at arts event
Local artists and architects will be meeting this weekend to try and come up with an alternative use for Preston’s Bus Station. The event follows an open letter sent to all of Lancashire County Council’s councillors by a group of arts leaders including the designer Wayne Hemingway. Future options for the Bus Station was the subject and it called on councillors to explore a “third [...]
13 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Preston artists invited to make something from nothing at Emmaus’ Craft Hack event
Artists and creatives are being invited to turn unwanted junk into art. Arts group They Eat Culture and JCR Creatives have teamed up with the city’s Emmaus shop for the event. All of the items the charity collects will be available to use as artists are challenged to “up-cycle” to create art along the theme of ‘Words’. A range of materials, basic tools and sewing [...]
14 days ago by Ed Walker Share