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Colchester Art Society: Autumn Lecture with Barbara Nicholls – Sedimentary Flow
Thursday 06 November 2025
6:30 pm
Colchester Art Society invites you to the Autumn Lecture at Firstsite, with guest speaker Barbara Nicholls.
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Boozy Brushes
Friday 07 November 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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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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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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12 Months in Essex + Q&A with Simon Carter and Noah Carter
Saturday 22 November 2025
2:00 pm
Join us for the premiere of 12 Months in Essex, a film documenting a year of work in the studio of artist Simon Carter.
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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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EcoArt Collage and Craft
Friday 13 February 2026
7:00 pm
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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