Press release: Sarah Lucas, one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, who first came to prominence as a leading light in the generation of Young British Artists (YBAs), will curate a major exhibition at Firstsite in 2023 – and…
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There’s a unique chance to get a bird’s eye view of the illuminated festive Colchester skyline this December at Firstsite!
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £829,515 in grant funding from Arts Council England (ACE), as part of their 2023-26 Investment Programme. Arts Council England today announced its National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) grant funding to…
In 2021 H2DANCE started developing Fest en Fest – YOUTH, a curatorial project for and with young people. The project invites local young people to come together and think about how and what a festival of the future might look and feel like, to initiate, choreograph and curate a festival on their terms, facilitated by H2DANCE.
For Firstsite’s event, the young people in YAK (Young Art Kommunity) developed a mini arts festival with an ecological theme – called HOME GROWN.
Over the past few months we have been asking our cinema audience for their feedback about their experience of our cinema. Thank you to everyone who has completed one of our surveys. Here’s an overview of the feedback…
Our volunteers are such an important part of Firstsite, and so this Volunteers’ Week we want to say a special thank you to all our volunteers who have supported us over the last year. Pamela has volunteered with…
Colchester’s Firstsite is delighted to announce that it has been awarded nearly £700,000 by the Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme, allowing the town’s art gallery and cultural centre to invest in a number of improvements to its iconic…
Nearly £10,000 shared amongst some of the Essex and Suffolk’s most exciting artists
Press release: Works by artists Sarah Lucas, Ryan Gander, Julian Opie and Bharti Kher are being installed in the gardens around Firstsite as part of a new project, Sculpture at Firstsite. The Art Fund Museum of the Year…
Our unique, golden building turns 10 on 25th September, 2021! Firstsite began life in Colchester’s 18th century Minories building, back in 1994. Our innovative programme of exhibitions and professional development for international, British and local Colchester artists soon began…