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  We are delighted to be part of this year’s Big Give Arts For Impact campaign. This unique opportunity means any donations made to our Holiday Fun programme between 19-26 March – will be DOUBLED! Doubling your donation, means…

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  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…

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    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…

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Our shop has temporarily moved to the Mosaic Space while we update the lighting in our foyer.    We are installing new LED lighting throughout our building to improve our visitors’ experience and our building’s environmental sustainability.

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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.

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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.

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  At midnight on Sun 2 July, EVEWRIGHT performed a private libation at Firstsite ahead of the opening of his exhibition.

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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…

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Fifteen of Essex and Suffolk’s most exciting artistic talents have been recognised in the Firstsite Collector’s Group 2022 Bursary Awards.

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On 2 July, we joined 29 museums and galleries across the UK to host We Are Invisible We Are Visible (WAIWAV), presented by DASH, the Disabled-led visual arts organisation.

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