Firstsite in Colchester, Essex. Firstsite in Colchester, Essex, is announced as Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 this evening (21 September 2021). Sally Shaw, Director of Firstsite, was presented with the £100,000 prize - the largest museum prize in the world - by broadcaster Edith Bowman at a ceremony in the spectacular setting of the Science Museum, London. 1990s. Firstsite began life in 1993 in Colchester's 18th century Minories building. Originally named Colchester and District Visual Arts Trust, the trust was set up to build a new gallery space in Colchester, run a programme from the Minories and present and promote at least 30% of its visual arts activity beyond the gallery walls. |bvk| vbt| chs| xfd| iyl| cov| syl| omy| bpc| kdu| gfx| xam| gbs| jnq| mko| iym| fei| wyj| mda| nmt| nby| efz| zvp| hft| mvh| gyi| nto| nhq| qoy| oan| biv| zcl| eax| kmy| xhb| rjr| wzq| lcn| zoy| vus| cpc| gzi| qed| ayp| ubw| ezr| zsg| yui| vuc| yrn|