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We are inviting artists to submit their artwork for our summer exhibition. Submit by Sun 2 Mar 2025 to be considered.

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Firstsite is joining 200 non-profit cultural organisations from across the U.S. and U.K. in a dynamic scheme designed to improve essential digital infrastructure.

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  Are you aged 16-21 and passionate about the arts? Apply now for Colchester Young Cultural Ambassadors 12-month Programme!   We’re partnering with the Mercury Theatre, Essex Music Services, Colchester Arts Centre, and Signals to offer an exciting 12-month…

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  Press release:   The second episode filmed at Colchester’s Firstsite, will air Sunday 17 November on BBC One at 20.00 The Antiques Roadshow returns to Essex with more antiques discoveries, heirloom histories and treasure hunting amongst the galleries…

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  The Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards scheme aims to support artists working in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk with their professional career development. These annual awards are made possible through the Collectors’ Group continuing engagement and interest in contemporary…

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  Press release:   The first episode filmed at Colchester’s Firstsite, will air Sunday 8 September on BBC One at 20.00 An episode of one of the BBC’s most celebrated programmes, Antiques Roadshow, will be broadcast this Sunday, featuring…

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  Press release:   Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances 26 October – 23 February 2025   This autumn, the first exhibition of Leonora Carrington’s artwork in the East of England will take place at Firstsite in Colchester. Leonora Carrington:…

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Find out all the details about our limited series workshop Discovering Art with Jevan Watkins Jones in a special interview with the artist.

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  Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team will be back on the road this summer filming, and we are delighted that Firstsite has been selected as one of the locations for the series!

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  Open 23 March – 23 June 2024 The award-winning artist David Lock brings an exciting mix of existing work and new paintings to Firstsite in early spring for his first solo public exhibition.  The Colchester setting is also…

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