Oxton Art Fair needs young people aged 14 to 16 to enter Ken Peacock’s art prize at the Williamson from 10 to 2pm tomorrow.The art prize is open to children who produce an artwork in the gallery. Paper, pencils & inspiration provided. Categories are 5-8, 9 -13 & 14-16. At the moment, loads of contenders for the younger categories but none for the older ones.Prize for the one judged in each category to be the best.3 independent judges and prize ceremony will be at 3.30pm.
Please pass this on to anyone with teenagers and we hope to see you at the show...we had about 500 in today and 350 at the opening last night.
Tomorrow there will also be a workshop for under fives with Daisy Dawes, local author and former modelmaker (she worked on the first Harry Potter) 10.30 to 11.30, poetry reading from Eleanor Rees at 2pm, Music from 2.45 til 3.30 and then the prize ceremony, with the preceedings ending at 4pm.
There will be cafe from Green Eats and The Green Community shop and centre will be doing teas and coffees and chocolate, advent calendars...
Alison
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Saturday, 20 November 2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Oxton Society Guided walk as part of the Oxton Art Fair
A GUIDED WALK AROUND OXTON Sat 20th of Nov 11am until noon
During Victoria’s reign, Oxton changed from being a small collection of agricultural cottages to a growing and prosperous community of businessmen, merchants, farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen. In the process, Oxton Village developed its own distinctive features and a culture that is still alive today.
Much of what Oxton has to offer is clearly visible. But it has many more secretive parts and stories, that are best explored slowly in the company of an Oxton Society Guide.
As part of the Oxton Art Fair, the Oxton Society are offering you a special walk around Oxton led by one of the Guides on Saturday 20th November. The walk will last about an hour starting in the centre of Oxton Village at 11 am, next to the post box, by the Oxton Society notice board and ending at the Oxton Art Fair at the Williamson Art Gallery.
Friday, 22 October 2010
7th annual Oxton Art Fair
For the 7th year, the Oxton Artists are taking over 4 gallery rooms at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead for their annual Oxton Art Fair on the weekend of the 20 and 21st of November. The fair has a wonderful reputation of showing a mixture of artists who exhibit regularly in Liverpool and beyond, and those who only participate in the Oxton Art Fair, exhibiting a balance of contemporary art and photography alongside craft and design in a relaxed, friendly environment. There is plenty opportunity to talk to and buy directly from 19 local artists, designers and craftspeople so bring your chequebook!
All the artists lived in Oxton at the time of joining the group although a few have moved away and still return to exhibit. Some have exhibited recently as part of a sister project called The Six Rooms Gallery in Argyle Street, Birkenhead. Our exhibitors this year are Alan Chape, Alison Bailey Smith, Daniel James, Desdemona McCannon, Eimear Kavanagh, Eleanor Suggett, Jacqui Chapman, Janine Suggett, Jayne Turner, Judith Brown, Lisa Waldman, Liz Hadwin Glover , Lynda Roberts, Marie Mairs, Mark Wayne Barrett, Patsy Taylor, Roger Sinek, Sherilyn Halligan and Theresia Cadwallader.
There is a lovely café available and the whole exhibition space is fully accessible for all. This year, our café is provided by The Green Community Shop & Centre and two local catering companies. Both caterers have a long association with the fair. “Chilli and Chive” who will be catering for the café on Saturday, is part owned by Melanie Routledge, daughter of Janine Suggett and sister of Eleanor Suggett who are both exhibiting in the fair for the 3rd time. Green Eats is run by Nicola Burns who has been involved with helping with the fair since 2004. The show is very much involved with the community of Oxton and always maintains links with local businesses, local schools and community groups. This year, the Oxton Artists are hoping for a wider audience than ever as they have partnered with the Liverpool Independents and the Liverpool Design Festival as well as running The Big Draw at the Williamson Art Gallery for the public on the 24th of October. The fair is run and financed by the artists and has generated huge interest over the years from the press and public alike.
There are many free activities organised within the event including poetry reading, an art competition in memory of Ken Peacock - one of the orginal Oxton Artists, a stall with artwork for sale by the children of the Oxton Artists and a visit from “Fred” star of Get Ahead Fred” as well as a history walk around Oxton.
Schedule of free events
Saturday 20th: Exhibition open 10am until 5pm
Ken Peacock’s art prize workshop all day Saturday
The Ken Peacock Prize is open to all children who produce an artwork in the gallery. Categories are 5 to 8, 9 to 13 and 14 to 16
Under 5’s hat workshop with parents 10.30 am to 11.30pm. Drop in (10 spaces)
Local author of “Get Ahead Fred”, Daisy Dawes and “Fred” will help your under “5’s” make an autumn hat from leaves and sparkles.
Wirral Alliance of Poets will be weaving poetry through the galleries on Saturday from 11.30am, many taking inspiration from the artwork of the fair and the gallery.
Winter Guided Walk around Oxton starting at 11 am from the Oxton Society noticeboard in Oxton Village, lasting an hour ending at the gallery (to book contact: info@oxtonsociety.org.uk)
Sunday 21st: Exhibition open 10am until 4pm (Williamson Art Gallery closes at 5pm)
Ken Peacock’s art prize workshop all day Sunday
See Saturday for details
Under 5’s hat workshop with parents 10.30 am to 11.30pm
See Saturday for details
Local poet Eleanor Rees will be reading and selling of her books 2pm
Eleanor’s father, Paul was involved as a non-artist in setting up the Oxton Art Fair in 2004
Award ceremony for Ken’s art prize and presentation of 3 awards at 3pm
Judged by 3 distinguished and much loved local artists, Sian Bailey, Peter Bailey and Laura Weston. Awards will be given by Mrs Gail Peacock
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Slatey Rd, Birkenhead, CH43
Sat 20th and Sun 21st of Nov 2010
Opening times: Sat 10.00 til 17.00 | Sunday 10.00 til 16.00
T: 0151 652 4177 E: arts@oxtonartfair.co.uk
Oxton Artists: 0796 222 9653 (in business hours from the 1st of November)
Website: http://www.oxtonartfair.co.uk
Blog: http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/
Facebook Group:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10383492379
All the artists lived in Oxton at the time of joining the group although a few have moved away and still return to exhibit. Some have exhibited recently as part of a sister project called The Six Rooms Gallery in Argyle Street, Birkenhead. Our exhibitors this year are Alan Chape, Alison Bailey Smith, Daniel James, Desdemona McCannon, Eimear Kavanagh, Eleanor Suggett, Jacqui Chapman, Janine Suggett, Jayne Turner, Judith Brown, Lisa Waldman, Liz Hadwin Glover , Lynda Roberts, Marie Mairs, Mark Wayne Barrett, Patsy Taylor, Roger Sinek, Sherilyn Halligan and Theresia Cadwallader.
There is a lovely café available and the whole exhibition space is fully accessible for all. This year, our café is provided by The Green Community Shop & Centre and two local catering companies. Both caterers have a long association with the fair. “Chilli and Chive” who will be catering for the café on Saturday, is part owned by Melanie Routledge, daughter of Janine Suggett and sister of Eleanor Suggett who are both exhibiting in the fair for the 3rd time. Green Eats is run by Nicola Burns who has been involved with helping with the fair since 2004. The show is very much involved with the community of Oxton and always maintains links with local businesses, local schools and community groups. This year, the Oxton Artists are hoping for a wider audience than ever as they have partnered with the Liverpool Independents and the Liverpool Design Festival as well as running The Big Draw at the Williamson Art Gallery for the public on the 24th of October. The fair is run and financed by the artists and has generated huge interest over the years from the press and public alike.
There are many free activities organised within the event including poetry reading, an art competition in memory of Ken Peacock - one of the orginal Oxton Artists, a stall with artwork for sale by the children of the Oxton Artists and a visit from “Fred” star of Get Ahead Fred” as well as a history walk around Oxton.
Schedule of free events
Saturday 20th: Exhibition open 10am until 5pm
Ken Peacock’s art prize workshop all day Saturday
The Ken Peacock Prize is open to all children who produce an artwork in the gallery. Categories are 5 to 8, 9 to 13 and 14 to 16
Under 5’s hat workshop with parents 10.30 am to 11.30pm. Drop in (10 spaces)
Local author of “Get Ahead Fred”, Daisy Dawes and “Fred” will help your under “5’s” make an autumn hat from leaves and sparkles.
Wirral Alliance of Poets will be weaving poetry through the galleries on Saturday from 11.30am, many taking inspiration from the artwork of the fair and the gallery.
Winter Guided Walk around Oxton starting at 11 am from the Oxton Society noticeboard in Oxton Village, lasting an hour ending at the gallery (to book contact: info@oxtonsociety.org.uk)
Sunday 21st: Exhibition open 10am until 4pm (Williamson Art Gallery closes at 5pm)
Ken Peacock’s art prize workshop all day Sunday
See Saturday for details
Under 5’s hat workshop with parents 10.30 am to 11.30pm
See Saturday for details
Local poet Eleanor Rees will be reading and selling of her books 2pm
Eleanor’s father, Paul was involved as a non-artist in setting up the Oxton Art Fair in 2004
Award ceremony for Ken’s art prize and presentation of 3 awards at 3pm
Judged by 3 distinguished and much loved local artists, Sian Bailey, Peter Bailey and Laura Weston. Awards will be given by Mrs Gail Peacock
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Slatey Rd, Birkenhead, CH43
Sat 20th and Sun 21st of Nov 2010
Opening times: Sat 10.00 til 17.00 | Sunday 10.00 til 16.00
T: 0151 652 4177 E: arts@oxtonartfair.co.uk
Oxton Artists: 0796 222 9653 (in business hours from the 1st of November)
Website: http://www.oxtonartfair.co.uk
Blog: http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/
Facebook Group:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10383492379
Saturday, 31 July 2010
New Logo for the Oxton Artists
We have a brand new logo incorporating a tree design by Desdemona McCannon (orginally used as part of her designs for her lamps and then used as an element in her design for the poster for The Secret Shop in May) with medallion framing and lettering by Eleanor Suggett. We have are listed with Independents as part of the 3 month festival and a few of us will be exhibiting in a second Wirral based project by another Oxton Artist, Theresia Cadwallader called the 6 Rooms Gallery in Birkenhead beautiful Hamilton Square, diagonally oppostite the train station there, providing great links to Liverpool and beyond.
Saturday, 5 June 2010
We are starting to get ready for the 2010 show
First meeting for the Oxton Artists will happen this week and there are alot of exciting decisions to be made and projects to get involved with.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Pat on the back for the artists
Many people who come to the show are not aware of the work that goes behind the scenes to make the Oxton Art Fair the success it is and has become. It is a group run show and it was worth specifying what everyone does. There hasn't been an opportunity to acknowledge this in detail earlier.
Eleanor Suggett has worked very hard both this year and last year,
designing and arranging the printing of the invitations, posters, flyers and bio plaques as well as doing the fantastic invite for the Oxton Society celebration. She also took wonderful minutes that even had pictures - a plus for a group of visual artists. Elley also worked very hard during The BIG DRAW in October.
Marie worked tirelessly on all the organisation for The Big Draw, did
the photo-shop work on Dan's image of the group to add herself and Lisa into the group photo and all the work on the Oxton Artist website. She also presented a pen and ink demonstration in the demonstration area
Patsy has QUIETLY bought the wine and dealt with the empties afterwards for several years. She arranged for the Deputy Mayor to visit as well as asking Karl at the Williamson to meet and greet the dignatories. Mr Patsy, Kevin was also a tireless promotor of our event on Facebook and is always available to help at the bar.Patsy also took down our archive display in the foyer.
Lisa made the name tags and produced the invaluable e-flyer for us all to invite our contacts with the help of her partner, David Dunlop. She promoted our event on her website and on Facebook.
Judith, inspite of being very busy with teaching and all the fairs she
does has taken minutes, organised the demonstrations, promoted our event on her website and on Facebook.
Theresia has done minutes, hosted a meeting, created the layout, and helped to liaise with the Williamson. She suggested The Singh Twins as our invited guests and contacted them about opening our event as well as arranging a meeting for us at her home prior to the event so they could see images of all the artists work. She also arranged (with Judith) for Henry Bird to play his blues on Sunday. She promoted our event Facebook. She also came and delivered food and Ibuprofen when I was sick last week before the show. Above and beyond the call of duty. She also demonstrated her skills in origami and came in specially to clean up after the Big Draw.
Des has hosted our meetings and our social in January, creating lovely food for us all, done demos at the Big Draw and the Oxton Art Fair. She sourced paper and equipment, she promoted our event on her website and on Facebook. She helped tidy up the Big Draw pictures at the end of our fair.
Janine came in to The Williamson and cut paper in readiness for The Big Draw and was a big draw at the Big Draw, she looked after all the wonderful pictures produced on the day so we could present them at our show, she has been an extra car available to call on to get supplies and certainly helped Eleanor with all her commitments to the group. She must also be remembered for bringing her delicious home cooking to meetings to feed the hungry artists.
Roger helped Dan with the group photo and was on the selection panel and hosted the selection panel meeting at his home as well as collecting work from the Williamson from the candidates. He also helped record The Big Draw and the Oxton Art Fair, even forgetting to take an image of his own display (anyone who has one please send it to Roger...)
Dan took care of the group photo and to what great results! He also gave a talk about the Secret Garden of the Williamson. Lots of people were discussing this all weekend.
Ken was not as capable of doing much this year but in previous years (even last year when he was ill) he has helped others with their display, created 2 A Boards. He was on the selection panel this year.
Eimear as a new person was continually offering to help and did do the distribution list, she helped with cutting paper and preparing for the Big Draw.She promoted our event on her own website.
Lynda has been our treasurer for several years.She has not wanted to be treasurer but has continued on and always giving us our receipts and paying bills on time.She also donated inks for The Big Draw.
Sherilyn was on the selection panel to choose the new artists for 2009 and her daughter Leanne has always been a helpful co-opted member of the bar team with Kevin and Sue.
Jayne bought the lovely bouquets of flowers for the Singh Twins.
Liz helped with the cafe and helped with photography for the Big Draw.She also arranged for her husband, Tim Glover to play at the opening. Tim was going play solo but arrived with a full band! She also helped keep the demo/workshop area neat and tidy. She helped take down all The Big Draw pictures.
Alan has done layout in previous years and has done alot of photography as well as posting photos on the internet and sending images to journalists at request. Sue, Mrs Alan has always been a ready hand at the bar for our Friday night openings.
Mark designed and worked on the Ox for the Oxton Society celebrations which was a feature of this year's show. The Ox has had an extended stay at the Williamson but will hopefully be travelling to St Saviour's church soon. We exhibit there at The Secret Gardens of Oxton in 2006 (I think)so that completes the circle.
Mark Emptage, although not exhibiting this year, attended meetings and helped the other artists who needed help setting up their exhibition, from unloading, moving furniture to hanging work on the wall and more.
All of the group distributed flyers and posters throughout Merseyside, people found the flyers in all the right places. It obviously worked with 1500 visiting.
Thanks also to Tom for transporting the Ox from it's stable of creation to the Williamson and for providing the hollow doors for the armature (internal structure).
Eleanor Suggett has worked very hard both this year and last year,
designing and arranging the printing of the invitations, posters, flyers and bio plaques as well as doing the fantastic invite for the Oxton Society celebration. She also took wonderful minutes that even had pictures - a plus for a group of visual artists. Elley also worked very hard during The BIG DRAW in October.
Marie worked tirelessly on all the organisation for The Big Draw, did
the photo-shop work on Dan's image of the group to add herself and Lisa into the group photo and all the work on the Oxton Artist website. She also presented a pen and ink demonstration in the demonstration area
Patsy has QUIETLY bought the wine and dealt with the empties afterwards for several years. She arranged for the Deputy Mayor to visit as well as asking Karl at the Williamson to meet and greet the dignatories. Mr Patsy, Kevin was also a tireless promotor of our event on Facebook and is always available to help at the bar.Patsy also took down our archive display in the foyer.
Lisa made the name tags and produced the invaluable e-flyer for us all to invite our contacts with the help of her partner, David Dunlop. She promoted our event on her website and on Facebook.
Judith, inspite of being very busy with teaching and all the fairs she
does has taken minutes, organised the demonstrations, promoted our event on her website and on Facebook.
Theresia has done minutes, hosted a meeting, created the layout, and helped to liaise with the Williamson. She suggested The Singh Twins as our invited guests and contacted them about opening our event as well as arranging a meeting for us at her home prior to the event so they could see images of all the artists work. She also arranged (with Judith) for Henry Bird to play his blues on Sunday. She promoted our event Facebook. She also came and delivered food and Ibuprofen when I was sick last week before the show. Above and beyond the call of duty. She also demonstrated her skills in origami and came in specially to clean up after the Big Draw.
Des has hosted our meetings and our social in January, creating lovely food for us all, done demos at the Big Draw and the Oxton Art Fair. She sourced paper and equipment, she promoted our event on her website and on Facebook. She helped tidy up the Big Draw pictures at the end of our fair.
Janine came in to The Williamson and cut paper in readiness for The Big Draw and was a big draw at the Big Draw, she looked after all the wonderful pictures produced on the day so we could present them at our show, she has been an extra car available to call on to get supplies and certainly helped Eleanor with all her commitments to the group. She must also be remembered for bringing her delicious home cooking to meetings to feed the hungry artists.
Roger helped Dan with the group photo and was on the selection panel and hosted the selection panel meeting at his home as well as collecting work from the Williamson from the candidates. He also helped record The Big Draw and the Oxton Art Fair, even forgetting to take an image of his own display (anyone who has one please send it to Roger...)
Dan took care of the group photo and to what great results! He also gave a talk about the Secret Garden of the Williamson. Lots of people were discussing this all weekend.
Ken was not as capable of doing much this year but in previous years (even last year when he was ill) he has helped others with their display, created 2 A Boards. He was on the selection panel this year.
Eimear as a new person was continually offering to help and did do the distribution list, she helped with cutting paper and preparing for the Big Draw.She promoted our event on her own website.
Lynda has been our treasurer for several years.She has not wanted to be treasurer but has continued on and always giving us our receipts and paying bills on time.She also donated inks for The Big Draw.
Sherilyn was on the selection panel to choose the new artists for 2009 and her daughter Leanne has always been a helpful co-opted member of the bar team with Kevin and Sue.
Jayne bought the lovely bouquets of flowers for the Singh Twins.
Liz helped with the cafe and helped with photography for the Big Draw.She also arranged for her husband, Tim Glover to play at the opening. Tim was going play solo but arrived with a full band! She also helped keep the demo/workshop area neat and tidy. She helped take down all The Big Draw pictures.
Alan has done layout in previous years and has done alot of photography as well as posting photos on the internet and sending images to journalists at request. Sue, Mrs Alan has always been a ready hand at the bar for our Friday night openings.
Mark designed and worked on the Ox for the Oxton Society celebrations which was a feature of this year's show. The Ox has had an extended stay at the Williamson but will hopefully be travelling to St Saviour's church soon. We exhibit there at The Secret Gardens of Oxton in 2006 (I think)so that completes the circle.
Mark Emptage, although not exhibiting this year, attended meetings and helped the other artists who needed help setting up their exhibition, from unloading, moving furniture to hanging work on the wall and more.
All of the group distributed flyers and posters throughout Merseyside, people found the flyers in all the right places. It obviously worked with 1500 visiting.
Thanks also to Tom for transporting the Ox from it's stable of creation to the Williamson and for providing the hollow doors for the armature (internal structure).
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Many many thanks to all who helped make the Oxton Art Fair 2009 a huge success
We are a group run show and the Oxton artists who contributed to the show made it a huge success by showing their lovely work and by helping with the arrangements, website and print and all the other jobs that are needed to bring it off.. In addition we all also had support from others for the bar at the opening, for looking after us at home and holding down the fort and allowing us to rant and moan.
We had loads of help from significant others, friends, parents, our kids, local businesses from the community including Green Eats, The Green Community Shop and Centre, Pete from the Deli, musicians namely Tim Glover with Rattlebus, Rebecca Joy Sharp and Henry Bird),Tom from Oxton House Clearances, Wirral Environmental Network, local press mainly Wirral Champion, Billy Butler and Matt Hurst, to the Singh Twins for opening the show and saying all the right things and to the Deputy Mayor and his Wife, Alan and Cath Jennings, and a special thanks to Karl, Colin, Pat, Graeme, Lindsay, Jim....from the Williamson - YOU WERE WONDERFUL and WE THANK YOU ALL!
Many thanks to all who came, saw and big thanks to those who bought±!
Please feel to add your thanks in the comments...in case I missed any
Thanks for my flowers and card..Very lovely! The flowers above are for you all!
Monday, 9 November 2009
It's over for another year
1500 people through the doors
including Steve Maddox, the chief executive of Wirral council
seen here with Alison Bailey Smith, Marie Mairs and Lisa Waldman and of course our happy friend, Stan the Ox
Friday, 6 November 2009
Opening night at the Oxton Art Fair
Lovely event opened by The Singh Twins and with music by Tim Glover and Rattlebus, with the Deputy Mayor of Wirral in attendance.
Will get a shot of the whole group tomorrow and try again on Sunday. Can we get 20 artists to stand still for a photo?
Thursday, 5 November 2009
The line up for tomorrow
Mark Wayne Barrett
Judith Brown
Theresia Cadwallader
Alan Chape
Liz Glover Hadwin
Sherilyn Halligan
Daniel James
Eimear Kavangah
Marie Mairs
Desdemona McCannon
Chris Millichamp (not present)
Ken Peacock
Lynda Roberts
Roger Sinek
Alison Bailey Smith
Eleanor Suggett
Janine Suggett
Patsy Taylor
Felicity Jayne Turner
Lisa Waldman
Private view - by invitation only
Sat 10 to 5
Sun 10 to 4
http://www.oxtonartists.com
http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/
Judith Brown
Theresia Cadwallader
Alan Chape
Liz Glover Hadwin
Sherilyn Halligan
Daniel James
Eimear Kavangah
Marie Mairs
Desdemona McCannon
Chris Millichamp (not present)
Ken Peacock
Lynda Roberts
Roger Sinek
Alison Bailey Smith
Eleanor Suggett
Janine Suggett
Patsy Taylor
Felicity Jayne Turner
Lisa Waldman
Private view - by invitation only
Sat 10 to 5
Sun 10 to 4
http://www.oxtonartists.com
http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Ox called Stan Happy to be ready for the Oxton Art Fair
The 30th Anniversary of the Oxton Society falling on the Chinese Year of the Ox seemed the perfect opportunity for Oxton to acquire its' very own ox statue (Oxton is so named after the Old Norse name for the area when Oxen grazed) in a style similar to the popular Superlambananas that are now so synonymous with Liverpool.
Discussions between Kevin Donovan (Oxton Society), Louise Jones (creator), Mark Wayne Barrett (designer and Oxton Artist) and Alison Bailey Smith (Oxton Artist) looking at several ways to celebrate the anniversary concluded in the initial fun idea of an "Oxbanana" which was later adjusted in favour of a more straight forward ox with it's own uniquely stylised design.
While Mark worked on a design that would emphasise the youthful, happy, bounding ox he saw in the Oxton Society's own illustration, the name for the ox came in a different discussion between Mark and Kevin over a proposed cartoon strip for the Oxton Society Newsletter in which Kevin suggested a possible series of observations on village life from a character like "Ox Stan" ! Instead of the little old man Kevin was proposing Mark turned it immediately into " Ox Stan - the Happy Oxton Ox " and formulated the final look of the design he was after.
With help from Alison and technician Roy Lewis the three built the frame for Stan from two interior doors and wire mesh covered in papier mache and painted with further help from local children.
The plan ultimately is to strengthen the structure with fibre glass moulding and hopefully make Stan a more substantial showpiece for the village of Oxton in the future.
The Ox will be unveiled in the gallery on a special event at the Williamson (sorry, tickets only) and then available fopr the public on Sunday.
Monday, 19 October 2009
The BIG DRAW 11th of October 11 til 4
We had some lovely news today, the cafe on Wellington Road after getting our poster for our event, let their customers do their own Big Draw and they had 40 little doodles on their wall. We will give them a second outing at the Oxton Art Fair.
Art in the community or what!
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The BIG DRAW was a huge success
Thanks to Marie for organising, to all the Oxton Artists who came or contributed prior to the event and all the other artists and Jo and Nicola in the cafe and finally to the Williamson Staff who were very helpful and seemed to enjoy having a full and lively gallery!
Photographs by Alan Chape and Liz Hadwin Glover
Friday, 9 October 2009
We are partnered on the Liverpool Design Festival
For visitors from Liverpool to the Oxton Art Fair 7th and 8th of November
If you click on this post's heading it will take you to our listing with the Liverpool Design Festival programme,we are partnered with the Liverpool-wide festival, with various events around the city and us. If you are unsure of how to get to the Williamson Art Gallery from Liverpool, please look at my previous postings. There are several train stations within about 15 minutes walk of the gallery, Hamilton Square, Conway Park, Birkenhead Park or Central Station. With a bus station nearest to Conway Park, if you plan to take a bus that is probably the best station to get off at. There are also buses through the tunnel. For a pleasant walk, you take the train to Birkenhead Park and walk diagonally though Birkenhead Park and up Slatey Road. Or you could come by ferry to Woodside and get a bus or taxi. Best bet is to get in touch with MerseyTravel for a route that suits your needs!
Taxis from the train station would probably be about £4.
As well as visiting our show, you might care to walk into Oxton Village to visit the shops, pubs and cafes but don't forget we will have a lovely cafe offered by The Green Community Shop and Centre and Green Eats on Saturday and by Pete's deli with the The Green Community Shop on Sunday. We will have music from Rebecca Joy Sharp on the harp on Saturday and from Henry Bird on Sunday. We will also be offering a new service via Wirral Environmental Network who will wrap any of your purchases for you for a small fee in recycled eco wrapping.
If you click on this post's heading it will take you to our listing with the Liverpool Design Festival programme,we are partnered with the Liverpool-wide festival, with various events around the city and us. If you are unsure of how to get to the Williamson Art Gallery from Liverpool, please look at my previous postings. There are several train stations within about 15 minutes walk of the gallery, Hamilton Square, Conway Park, Birkenhead Park or Central Station. With a bus station nearest to Conway Park, if you plan to take a bus that is probably the best station to get off at. There are also buses through the tunnel. For a pleasant walk, you take the train to Birkenhead Park and walk diagonally though Birkenhead Park and up Slatey Road. Or you could come by ferry to Woodside and get a bus or taxi. Best bet is to get in touch with MerseyTravel for a route that suits your needs!
Taxis from the train station would probably be about £4.
As well as visiting our show, you might care to walk into Oxton Village to visit the shops, pubs and cafes but don't forget we will have a lovely cafe offered by The Green Community Shop and Centre and Green Eats on Saturday and by Pete's deli with the The Green Community Shop on Sunday. We will have music from Rebecca Joy Sharp on the harp on Saturday and from Henry Bird on Sunday. We will also be offering a new service via Wirral Environmental Network who will wrap any of your purchases for you for a small fee in recycled eco wrapping.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Wee bit on pod-cast about our event
Friday, 2 October 2009
The Singh Twins
We are delighted to announce that the OXTON ART FAIR will be opened officially at the Private View by The Singh Twins.
The Singh Twins are highly respected contemporary British artists of international renowned. Their award winning paintings have been acknowledged as constituting a unique genre in British Art and for initiating a new movement in the revival of the Indian miniature tradition within modern art practice. They combine past and present, east and west in both style and content.
(produced with reference to http://www.singhtwins.co.uk/PROFILE.html)
The Singh Twins are highly respected contemporary British artists of international renowned. Their award winning paintings have been acknowledged as constituting a unique genre in British Art and for initiating a new movement in the revival of the Indian miniature tradition within modern art practice. They combine past and present, east and west in both style and content.
(produced with reference to http://www.singhtwins.co.uk/PROFILE.html)
Thursday, 24 September 2009
The BIG DRAW 11th of October 11 til 4
The Big Draw (as part of the national Campaign for Drawing),is organised by Oxton Artist, Marie Mairs, and will involve Oxton Artists and many local artists on Sunday 11th of October at the Williamson Art Gallery 11 until 4. Lovely event last year, everyone got down on their knees to do pipette drawing huge rolls of paper on the floor in the gallery or on the pavement to do chalk drawing or wire drawing with Marie Louise Williams inspired by Emma Rodgers' sculpture exhibition. CAFE!!!
Click on the title of this post and it will take you to the campaign for drawing website. Lots of lovely links to other Big Draw events througout the UK.
Click on the title of this post and it will take you to the campaign for drawing website. Lots of lovely links to other Big Draw events througout the UK.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Rebecca Joy Sharp
Rebecca is a wonderful harpist based in Liverpool but from Glasgow and we are hoping that she will join the artists for the Oxton Art Fair and weave wonderful melodies throughout the Williamson for the visitors, exhibitors and staff!
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