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Welcome to our Online Studio, a space where you can see behind the scenes of our exhibitions, and join conversations to directly inform our work.

It is also a space for you to feed into our creative community, share your artwork, films and ideas, and support the work of other artists, communities and creative organisations. To add your creative projects, artwork and ideas, simply register for an account and return to this page to add your content.

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Arts Council Collection

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Creative projects

Cory Arcangel: Back Off – Micro tracks

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Creative projects

Code Clay, Data Dirt – micro tracks

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Women of Colchester share their stories

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection Creative projects

Art inspired micro tracks

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Art is where the home is | Roland Carline: Mak...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Dancing Drawings

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Shadow Sketching

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Evan Ifekoya: ‘Ritual Without Belief̵...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home | Sing along a string

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Hiraki Sawa: ‘Dwelling’ (2002) extract

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Visual art

view from my window

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Art is where the home is

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Folding Fliers

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Fold a Friend

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Kathy Prendergast: ‘Mittens and Moth Eggs...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Dropping Things

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Fame Frame

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Create at Home

Create at Home: Street Art Style

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Mawuena Kattah: ‘Auntie Comfort’ (2...

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Creative projects

Lockdown artists book

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Art is where the home is

ROYGBIV

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Art is where the home is

Name in objects

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Cornelia Parker: ‘Neither from nor toward...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Paper pot making

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Art is where the home is

Cyber Mohalla… Neighbourhood Walk

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Create at home: Breakdancing with Limitless Les...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at home: Breakdancing with Limitless Les...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at home: Breakdancing with Limitless Les...

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at home: Breakdancing with Limitless Les...

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Katie Cuddon: ‘Shame’ (2014)

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Rainbow Watercolour

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: CLIP Listening Rings

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Art is where the home is

Richard Wentworth Circles

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Paper chain: dancing the lindy hop

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Thus Toilet Roll Is Gone

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Ella’s Antony Gormley inspired paper chain

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Stick Figure Stories

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Create at Home Visual art

COVIDRAWINGS: Sketches of my garden

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Create at Home Visual art

Blue dream

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Create at Home Visual art

Colouring/Mindfulness Activity Book

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‘Recovery’- Acrylic paint, charcoal...

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West Ewell Primary School Logo

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Loo roll selfie

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Bird of Paradise Diary

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#tussenkunstenquarantaine hashtag on Instagram ...

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Our album cover

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Flurry of flautists

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Paper weaving

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection Visual art

Sarah Lucas: ‘Fighting Fire with FireR...

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Create at Home: Mazing Memories

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Tell me the story: Maori bracelet

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Art is where the home is

Write a poem in praise of toilet roll: Sammy an...

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Lay the Table With a Tree

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Art is where the home is

IWOULDKETRACNV

Suzi
Art is where the home is

Our album cover: I LAUGH AT STARS

Jerlyn Jareunpoon-Phillips
Art is where the home is

Art is Where the Home Is (Gillian Wearing)

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Art is where the home is

Art is Where the Home Is Wallinger Wave

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Art is where the home is

IWSHCOULDEARNPGT

Suzi
Art is where the home is Create at Home

30 things to make from an envelope

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Alphabet Bunting – Free Daily download co...

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Tree of Health and Hope

Jane Senior
Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Wonderful Weaves

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Virus Illustrations

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Send a Snowdrop

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Art is where the home is

Rascals album cover

Suzi
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In Reverse

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Drawing Games

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Nature Collage

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Art is where the home is

Self portrait

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Tell Me The Story: Black Dog

Sonia
Art is where the home is

Suzi’s left hand

Suzi
Art is where the home is

Happy hands

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Visual art

Britain on lockdown

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Art is where the home is

This might be Art – Is it though?

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Visual art

Your Own Personal Private View! Some images fr...

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Antony Gormley inspired paper chain

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection Sculpture

Hilary Cartmel: ‘Sprawling Red Woman’ (1984)

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Art is where the home is

Our Album Cover

Tara Southgate
Art is where the home is

This might be art: A poem in praise of the toil...

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Art is where the home is

@jererydeller inspired Name in Objects

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Create at Home: Finger knitting

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Art is where the home is Create at Home

Write your name with objects…

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Visual art

Zero Point

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Create at Home

Anthony Roberts’ poetry activity

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Creative projects

Corona Cards

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Dan Hays: ‘Guinea Pig 2’ (1995)

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#Tellmethestory

Pencil

Angelina
Create at Home Creative projects

The Art of Self Help…

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#Tellmethestory

My object for the project #TellMeTheStory

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Local art Visual art

Aerospace and Astronomy

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Local art

The Road Sign Collection

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#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

My object for #TellMetheStory

Sally Shaw
#Tellmethestory Arts Council Collection

Tell me the story of all these things

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Arts Council Collection In Depth

Super Black in Discussion

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Elsa James: Black Girl Essex

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Lilah Fowler: Code Clay, Data Dirt

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Arts Council Collection Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Super Black – A visit to the ACC Stores

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Mark Titchner – Some Questions about Us

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes Local art

Borders

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

What is the problem? Podcast

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In Depth

Zoe Beloff in Conversation with Esther Leslie

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Exhibitions - Behind the Scenes

Raqs Media Collective – Not Yet At Ease ̵...

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Raqs Media Collective – Not Yet At Ease – W...

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Raqs Media Collective – Not Yet At Ease – T...

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