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Closing Celebration | Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?
Saturday 04 October 2025
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As Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder? comes to an end, join us for a closing celebration filled with art, conversation and performance.
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Freshers Fortnight at Firstsite
Saturday 04 October 2025
10:00 am
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To celebrate your new start, we’re hosting the Freshers Fortnight at Firstsite! Enjoy special student offers, creative events and activities!
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Welcome
Saturday 04 October 2025
2:00 pm
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Experience Firstsite like never before in this interactive performance with full face masks and headphones that guide you to reflect.
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EcoArt Collage and Craft
Friday 10 October 2025
7:00 pm
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Join us for our EcoArt Collage and Craft workshop with Clare Sams where creativity meets sustainability in this unique group experience!
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Free
Firstsite Fabulous Fridays
Friday 10 October 2025
7:00 pm
Immerse yourself in a world of unlimited creativity at our monthly Fabulous Fridays with unique workshops, art, tasty treats and great films!
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Poetry into Art
Friday 10 October 2025
7:00 pm
Led by Tina Bullen, a poet and artist, Poetry into Art invites you to explore how words and images can inspire and enrich one another.
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Boozy Brushes
Friday 10 October 2025
7:30 pm
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Join Sirena Hart for Boozy Brushes at Firstsite – our New Multi-Art, Drag entertainment painting class extravaganza!
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Free
Opening Celebration | Autumn Exhibitions 2025
Friday 17 October 2025
Be among the first to experience our new summer show – Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?! Join us for a lively evening opening event and meet some of our artists, hear from our Programme team behind this special exhibition and enjoy the company of like-minded individuals.
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Apple Day Celebration
Saturday 18 October 2025
Join us for a day of activities exploring the heritage, flavours and creativity of apples in Essex with our Apple Day Celebration!
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Apple Day: Make Your Own Mini-Clay Apple
Saturday 18 October 2025
11:00 am
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Celebrate Apple Day in our Make Your Own Mini-Clay Apple, fun and hands-on creative workshop with local clay artist Lizzie Croucher.
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Apple Day Screening + Q&A: Don’t Fight The Land That Feeds You
Saturday 18 October 2025
2:00 pm
Explore the relationship between communities and the land in East Anglia in our Apple Day Screening of Don’t Fight The Land That Feeds You.
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TASAF Lecture: The Birth of Modernism in Brazil – Cindy Polemis
Tuesday 21 October 2025
2:30 pm
Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful session by Cindy Polemis in The Arts Society at Firstsite (TASAF) Lecture series!
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TASAF Lecture: The Creation of The BBC – Nick Salmond
Tuesday 18 November 2025
2:30 pm
Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful session by Nick Salmond in The Arts Society at Firstsite (TASAF) Lecture series!
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How to Paint with Tissue Paper
Saturday 22 November 2025
10:00 am
Get creative in this hands-on How to Paint with Tissue Paper workshop! Led by Sue Gascoyne discover how to inject colour and tone to your art.
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Free
The Firstsite Art Fair
Saturday 22 November 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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The Firstsite Art Fair brings together a diverse range of artists, collectors, art lovers and all who are simply curios about art.
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Origami Workshop
Saturday 22 November 2025
12:00 pm
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In our Origami Workshop, Lu Yu will guide you step by step through the creation of specific origami shapes in this ancient art form!
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Boozy Brushes – Paint Your Pal
Saturday 22 November 2025
7:30 pm
Join Sirena Hart at Firstsite for Boozy Brushes a multi-art, Drag entertainment painting class extravaganza where you can your pal!
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TASAF Lecture: The Art of Ballet – Jennifer Toynbee-Holmes
Tuesday 16 December 2025
2:30 pm
Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful session by Jennifer Toynbee-Holmes in The Arts Society at Firstsite (TASAF) Lecture series!
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