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SUMMARY:Exhibition | University Centre Colchester (UCC): To Be Continued
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the next generation of Colchester’s artists in this dynamic\, two-part exhibition from students at University Centre Colchester. \nThis exhibition unfolds in two stages\, offering a unique insight into the artistic journey: \n“To Be Continued” presents a selection of previous\, current\, and recent works. This first phase invites audiences behind the scenes\, revealing the ideas\, experimentation\, and evolution shaping each artist’s practice. \nIn June\, the exhibition will transform to showcase the students’ final degree submissions.  \nTo find out more\, visit our website https://firstsite.uk/event/university-centre-colchester-ucc-to-be-continued/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1694549255017836/?event_time_id=1694549288351166
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/exhibition-university-centre-colchester-ucc-to-be-continued-5/
LOCATION:Lewis Gardens\, CO1 1JH Colchester\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Exhibition | University Centre Colchester (UCC): To Be Continued
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the next generation of Colchester’s artists in this dynamic\, two-part exhibition from students at University Centre Colchester. \nThis exhibition unfolds in two stages\, offering a unique insight into the artistic journey: \n“To Be Continued” presents a selection of previous\, current\, and recent works. This first phase invites audiences behind the scenes\, revealing the ideas\, experimentation\, and evolution shaping each artist’s practice. \nIn June\, the exhibition will transform to showcase the students’ final degree submissions.  \nTo find out more\, visit our website https://firstsite.uk/event/university-centre-colchester-ucc-to-be-continued/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1694549255017836/?event_time_id=1694549298351165
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LOCATION:Lewis Gardens\, CO1 1JH Colchester\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Exhibition | University Centre Colchester (UCC): To Be Continued
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the next generation of Colchester’s artists in this dynamic\, two-part exhibition from students at University Centre Colchester. \nThis exhibition unfolds in two stages\, offering a unique insight into the artistic journey: \n“To Be Continued” presents a selection of previous\, current\, and recent works. This first phase invites audiences behind the scenes\, revealing the ideas\, experimentation\, and evolution shaping each artist’s practice. \nIn June\, the exhibition will transform to showcase the students’ final degree submissions.  \nTo find out more\, visit our website https://firstsite.uk/event/university-centre-colchester-ucc-to-be-continued/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1694549255017836/?event_time_id=1694549315017830
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/exhibition-university-centre-colchester-ucc-to-be-continued-7/
LOCATION:Lewis Gardens\, CO1 1JH Colchester\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire: From Drawing to Cruising to DMs
DESCRIPTION:Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire brings together artworks\, stories and poetry from different generations to explore the ways LGBT+ people have sought friendship\, community and intimacy across changing times and technologies.\n\nAt the centre of the exhibition are drawings and paintings by Duncan Grant\, including work connected to the period he spent on a Suffolk farm with his then partner David Garnett during the First World War.\n\nMore than 35 drawings and paintings by Grant feature alongside contemporary works\, with the exhibition looking at the different places and technologies through which people have found one another\, from galleries\, bars and public spaces to online games\, social media and dating apps.\n\nWorlds Through Desire runs at Firstsite until Sunday 8 November 2026.\n\nAdmission is free and no booking is required.\n\nFirstsite is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm\, Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm\, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.\n\nPlease note that the exhibition contains nudity. Sexually explicit artworks are displayed in a separate enclosed room restricted to visitors aged 18 and over.
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/duncan-grant-worlds-through-desire-from-drawing-to-cruising-to-dms/
LOCATION:Firstsite\,  Lewis Gardens\, Colchester\, CO1 1JH\, Firstsite\, Lewis Gardens\, Colchester\, CO1 1JH
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SUMMARY:Then and Now: Colchester Art Society
DESCRIPTION:Marking Colchester Art Society’s 80th anniversary\, Then and Now brings together new work by CAS members responding to pieces from the society’s permanent collection. \nArtists were invited to create their responses in a medium of their choice\, connecting the society’s current membership with work from its collection. \nThen and Now runs at The Minories until Sunday 27 September 2026. \nAdmission is free.
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/then-and-now-colchester-art-society/
LOCATION:The Minories\, 74 High Street\, Colchester CO1 1UE\, The Minories\, 74 High Street\, Colchester CO1 1UE
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SUMMARY:Simon Carter: From the Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Essex artist Simon Carter transforms Firstsite’s gallery with From the Landscape\, an immersive exhibition inspired by the Essex coast and countryside.\n\nCarter has spent more than 40 years walking\, drawing and painting the landscape around him. The exhibition brings together more than 30 acrylic paintings and drawings made since 2020\, an early watercolour painted when he was 23\, and three new series created especially for Firstsite.\n\nRather than simply hanging works on gallery walls\, From the Landscape uses painted surfaces\, installation and sound to create an environment visitors can move through. A 19-metre wall carries 500 monochrome painted sketches\, while recordings made by Carter during his daily walks bring sounds from the Essex coast into the gallery.\n\nCarter is based in Frinton and is President of Colchester Art Society. He has previously been Artist-in-Residence at both the University of Essex and Firstsite.\n\nFrom the Landscape runs from Saturday 19 September 2026 until Sunday 17 January 2027.\n\nAdmission is free and no booking is required.\n\nFirstsite is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm\, Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm\, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/simon-carter-from-the-landscape/
LOCATION:Firstsite\,  Lewis Gardens\, Colchester\, CO1 1JH\, Firstsite\, Lewis Gardens\, Colchester\, CO1 1JH
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SUMMARY:Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent
DESCRIPTION:Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent brings a major exhibition of street and urban contemporary art to The Minories in Colchester. \nThe exhibition features 28 original artworks by Banksy alongside significant works by more than 20 other artists from the international street art and urban contemporary art movement. Every Banksy work included is either an original artwork or an artist-certified print. \nThe majority of the works have been lent by John Brandler of Brandler Galleries in Brentwood. \nOut of Line runs at The Minories from Saturday 10 October 2026 until Sunday 28 February 2027. \nTickets are £12.50 for adults\, with concessions from £7. \nThe exhibition is supported by Colchester City Council and Sonia & Giles Coode-Adams.
URL:https://keepcolchestercool.co.uk/event/out-of-line-banksy-and-the-art-of-dissent/
LOCATION:The Minories\, 74 High Street\, Colchester CO1 1UE\, The Minories\, 74 High Street\, Colchester CO1 1UE
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