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Exhibitions

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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Talks & Events

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Talks & Events

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Exhibitions

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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Exhibitions

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Cinema

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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Talks & Events

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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Talks & Events

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Talks & Events

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Courses, Clubs & Classes

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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Talks & Events

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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Welcome area at Firstsite. 'Big Hello' (2018) Peter Liversidge. Photo by Jayne Lloyd.

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