Firstsite: Chip Night

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10 March – 3 June 2018

Firstsite, Colchester, in partnership with the Koestler Trust, is delighted to present Chip Night, an exhibition of artwork, writing and music from people in prisons, secure hospitals and on community sentences in the East of England. Curated by Firstsite’s Young Art Kommunity (YAK), the exhibition is drawn from works submitted to the 2017 Koestler Awards – an annual awards programme spanning 52 artforms.

Pictured above: Visitors Kiss. HM Prison Peterborough, Commended Award for Mixed Media. Image courtesy Koestler Trust. 

For images and more information please contact:
Mark Inglefield, mark@albanyartscommunications.com, + 44 (0) 20 73 88 09 97

 

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