To celebrate the season Mill Streets Arts has a special spooky exhibition in the window, featuring strange and beautiful artwork by Laura Gould aka The Painted Bunny and Felicity Tattersall. Also tales of Eynsham’s very own ghosts, as documented in the Eynsham Record and ‘The Ghost of Thomas Kempe’ multi award winning writer Penelope Lively’s story of a pesky ghost -set in the fictional village of Ledsham – but recognisably based on Eynsham!
Felicity’s artwork is based on the connection between plants and folklore.’my favourite thing about halloween is the links with folklore; Halloween traces its roots to the ancient festival of Samhain, celebrated over 2,000 years ago. I love the idea that this time of year is about dressing up in costume, and decorating our homes to ward off evil spirits, and welcoming in the dark half of the year.’
Bunny’s artwork draws inspiration from literary and film characters, magical gaming and also folklore including Nosferatu, Black Shuck, her favourite thing about Halloween is ‘seeing how many other folks like to embrace the spooky and weird sides of life. I love watching its popularity grow each year and discussing chilling stories and scary films with people!’
Mill Street Arts loves how the creative impulse rises up in this season, with decorating houses, dressing up, carving pumpkins and baking.
This exhibition is free to view at anytime of the day or night at 66 Mill Street and runs until the 13th November 2026.
Have a sweet one!
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