Recognising and supporting some of East Anglia’s most creative people, the Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards will again provide financial support to eight outstanding artistic projects.
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Donate between 18 and 25 March to double your impact and create life-changing opportunities for young people in Colchester We are delighted to be part of this year’s Big Give Arts for Impact Campaign For one week…
2024 was another fantastic year for Firstsite: we’ve recorded a total of over 120,000 visitors who came through our doors to explore our 11 incredible exhibitions. Thank you for visiting us! But 2025 is shaping up to be…
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…
Press release Eight talented local artists to share over £5,000 from annual fund Celebrating a decade of recognising and supporting the region’s most exciting artistic talents, this year’s Firstsite Collector’s Group Bursary Awards will contribute to eight…
YAK: Zero Contract: Zero Contact 4 – 26 November 2023 A new, pop-up exhibition produced by Firstsite’s Young Art Kommunity (YAK), in association with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, seeks to highlight issues affecting younger…
On 1 April 2023 YAK worked on HERE FOR NOW – Shape Your Mind – which took the form of an interactive and eclectic arts and performance festival.
You will be drawing the human form in various poses and levels of detail from highly detailed and anatomically proportional drawings to loose and expressive sketches. Find out more.
At midnight on Sun 2 July 2023, EVEWRIGHT performed a private libation at Firstsite ahead of the opening of his exhibition.
As the evenings grow longer, so do our opening hours! From 1 June 2023, our entire building including our galleries, café, bar and shop will be staying open late on Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays. There’ll be a wide variety…