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The Art of Hip Hop Culture: Preston 2012

The Art of Hip Hop Culture Preston 2012 Are you 16-20 not in work, living in Preston and interested in how to DJ, MC and Perform in Hip Hop Culture? Have a look at ʻRhyme of your Lifeʼ A 3 day interactive workshop based in Preston ‘Expressing yourself through lyrics and music’ Join the talented DYNAMAX (The Bronx) and URBAN FLAVAZ (Boston) from the USA [...]

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Preston Christmas Market

It’s officially called the Christmas Lancashire Market, it is really Preston’s festive farmers market. Taking place on the City’s historic Flag Market in the City centre the market opened today and will also run onto Sunday 9 December, starting at 10am and closing around 4pm. Having been spoilt by a recent visit to the excellent Manchester Christmas Markets I none the less enjoyed what the [...]

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New Secret Preston Art card from David Nash

  You lucky Prestonians – the new Secret Preston Art card is by David Nash. Unbelievable! Secret Preston Art (SPA) have just put all the limited edition cards in the venues around the city – so if you want one you’d better get going. To remind you – each month throughout 2012 an edition of artists cards will be available for free in various venues [...]

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Artist Bob Barker Visits The Original Art Shop in Preston

Coming to the Original Art Shop in the St George’s Shopping Centre, live painting by artist Bob Barker Bradford artist Barker is on a nation wide tour and is displaying his new collection called ‘As Time Goes By’ in Preston on 8 December. It is a series of nostalgic images recalling his early life as he grew up in the North of England. There will be [...]

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UCLan Fine Art Christmas Market 4th December

Fine art students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) bring you a Christmas market to raise funds for their degree show. On Tuesday 4 December in and around the UCLan students union on Flyde Road, UCLan’s Fine art collective are setting out stalls offering all kinds of items from clothing to food and even a pop up barbers. There will be beauty treatments available [...]

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BBC website Your Paintings: Uncovering Preston’s art collections

Your Paintings: Uncovering the nation’s art collection Found this fantastic resource that enables you to view entire art collections from the comfort of your own laptop, wherever you may be. Of interest to me is the ability to look at the artworks from the remarkable collection at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston where many paintings feature local Preston scenes or portraits of [...]

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