Face Place – Gavin Parry
OneTwoThree Gallery Exhibition 29th November – 26th January 2026
Creative Spaces Burnley's Creative Director Gavin Parry presents a new photographic exhibition and working temporary photo studio. This is an evolving show of photographic portraits, a collection of contemporary memories, stories and responses of people living, working and connected to Burnley.
Central to the show is a temporary studio featuring a large camera that takes 20 x20 inch negatives. Recently built, it was inspired by the Victorian Camera (also on display here) and by an excitement about what might happen photographically when slowing down the process of taking portraits. In contrast to the speed of our digital world the process is purposefully unrushed and the process entirely analogue. The slow, performative nature of the camera, is an invitation for conversations, and to share impromptu thoughts, stories and ideas. With the resulting portraits forming a key part of these stories.
This wall will change during the show as more portraits are taken and are added. To participate, please contact Gavin via our email on the Contact Us page
Opening times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12.00 – 4.00pm
Location: Gallery OneTwoThree, 123-125 St James’s Street, Burnley BB11 1PP.
Holly photographed by Gavin Parry at OneTwoThree.
Loam – Ninon Ardisson
Salon Exhibition 2nd October – 2nd November 2025
We are delighted to present Ninon Ardisson's new work "Loam", commissioned by Creative Spaces Burnley and the British Textile Biennial.
Loam is an immersive installation combining sculpture, found objects, speculative drawings, sound and more. Loam invites us to imagine environments that grow from the same ground, but which nurture different relationships between industry, ecology and community.
The piece was developed during Ardisson's recent residency in Burnley and is on show as part of the 2025 British Textile Biennial.
Location: the Salon, 160 St James’s Street, Burnley BB11 1NR.
In collaboration with British Textile Biennial, Pendle Plant Craft, Portia Winters and B-Side.
Ninon Ardisson with Narotam Horn and Jérôme Grard.
Zed's Garage – Zara Saghir
Artist in Residence, OneTwoThree – 28th August – 20th September 2025
For three weeks, Zara worked in residence from the Gallery at OneTwoThree, building on her sculptural work around personal experience and cultural critique.
Zara transformed our ground floor space into a garage in a new work that saw Zara collaborate with a group of local women to construct a rickshaw from stereotypically feminine and domestic objects.
The artist is inviting you to drop by the garage with your old household objects, you can meet Zara and even make a part of the rickshaw.
Location: Gallery OneTwoThree, 123-125 St James’s Street, Burnley BB11 1PP.
This commission was part of Creative Spaces Burnley's 123G! programme, funded by Arts Council England.
Sarah Lee – Riding a Bike in a Flight Suit
Exhibition – Sarah Lee – British Textile Biennial – October 2025
In text and imagery, artist Sarah Lee presents an epic embroidery that draws upon the pioneering spirit of the region's manufacturing companies, renowned for their high-performance fabrics and technical ingenuity.
Sarah is one of three early career artists from Venture Arts, Manchester, who developed new work in response to BTB2025 themes. The central piece (pictured) is a depiction of Amelia Earhart's flight suit, crafted from Grenfell Cloth made in Burnley.
From: 02 October – 12 October 2025.
Location: Gallery OneTwoThree, 123-125 St James’s Street, Burnley BB11 1PP.
Photo: Karen Green
Re:Fashion Challenge at OneTwoThree
Exhibition – Re:fashion Challenge – British Textile Biennial. October 2025
Creative Spaces Burnley are pleased to again host the British Textiles Re:Fashion Challenge exhibition.
The Work on show was created by three teams of young people over 4 days in August at Gawthorpe Hall Textiles Collection. Supported by expert fashion design Mentors and led by Amanda Odlin, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design at University of Lancashire and Bev Lamey from Gawthorpe Textiles Collection.
From: 02 October – 12 October 2025
Location: Gallery OneTwoThree, 123-125 St James’s Street, Burnley BB11 1PP.
Photo: Jack Bolton
High Five for Heritage
An ongoing project celebrating Burnley's proud, stone-built heritage.
The story of a place is the story of its people. In brick, stone and cement, we celebrate our towns remarkable architecture and built heritage. Creative Spaces Burnley has been working as lead partner alongside Burnley Borough Council and Mid Pennine Arts through 2025 to bring to life some of Burnley's best loved places. The project is run by the Council and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Rock Paper Scissors was an engagement exhibition, developed by artists at CSB, with the town's Cultural Consortium members and MPA. It was hosted by Gallery OneTwoThree over the summer of 2025.
