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Mark Titchner: Some questions about Colchester
Friday 13 March 2020 - Monday 1 March 2021
Artist Mark Titchner has produced a new series of public artworks across Colchester, entitled ‘Some questions about Colchester’, which are placed in the windows of vacant shop units around the town centre. This follows on from Mark‘s exhibition at…
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Phyllida Barlow
Friday 24 July 2020 - Sunday 21 February 2021
A presentation of artist Phyllida Barlow’s sculptures in our Welcome Area, leading our reopening following the first UK lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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@background_bob and his amazing friends
Saturday 24 October 2020 - Sunday 31 January 2021
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
An uplifting exhibition featuring artworks from artists across the world, brought together by @background_bob.
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Rachel Spender: Essex Saltmarsh from the Air
Thursday 3 December 2020 - Sunday 14 March 2021
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
See our local landscape from a different perspective in an exhibition of black and white photographs of Essex saltmarshes by Essex based artist and photographer, Rachel Spender.
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My name is not Refugee
Thursday 3 December 2020 - Sunday 21 February 2021
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition Discover a new view of life in Britain, in an exhibition of artworks chosen by a group of refugees and asylum seekers living in Colchester. Over the past year a group…
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Artist Elsa James in Conversation with Sepake Angiama and Dr. Jon Blackwood
Wednesday 3 February 2021
6:30 pm
Join British African-Caribbean conceptual artist and activist, Elsa James, for an online conversation that will explore her artworks ‘Black Girl Essex: Here We Come, Look We Here’ and ‘The Black Essex Flag’, with a focus on her compulsion to disrupt…
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Video Recording: Simon Carter Online Workshop
Monday 20 December 2021
Draw and paint along with artist Simon Carter as he demonstrates his own methods of working, using the view from your window as inspiration. This workshop is designed to guide you over three separate sessions. We recommend putting aside…
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