Earlier this month, our mental wellbeing coordinator Emma Mills and class facilitator Ian Wilson attended the Mental Health Awards evening in London after being shortlisted for the ‘Most Innovative Mental […]
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Host your festivities at Metal Southend
Looking for somewhere to host your annual Christmas get together? Hoping for a fun and unique setting to bring people together to celebrate the end of the year? Metal Southend […]
Summer with our NetPark Wellbeing Project at Hyde Hall
Over the last few months, our NetPark Wellbeing Project and Hyde Hall have held a joint summer wellbeing project for 15 people living in the Southend area with mental health […]
Our Open Advice Sessions for artists will return
In August 2023, we launched the first edition of our Metal Open Advice Sessions offering free 1:1 sessions for artists in our local areas. The sessions were open to artists […]
Mark your calendars: Lucky Dip returns
Lock in these dates – Wednesday 4 October, Wednesday 6 December, Wednesday 4 March – because Lucky Dip is back at Chalkwell Hall to spice up your creative calendar! Brought […]
Simon Says / Dadda podcast
Presented below is Nkechi Onuora’s audio response to Beverley Bennett’s film Simon Says / Dadda. Simon Says / Dadda is a collaborative film exploring father/daughter relationships together with Black and […]
Our new food residency artist is here
We are delighted to announce mother and daughter duo, ‘MumTas’ who will be in residence with us, cooking across August in our pop-up café space! Get ready to have your […]
Seven new residency artists at Metal
Our new residency artists for 2023 are here! After carefully deliberating over lots of exciting applications and several cross-site conversations, we’re really pleased to welcome James Wilde, Fasiha Ashiq, Malika […]
New listening box in our Peterborough Reading Room
We are excited to be hosting a Write Club Open Mic listening box in our Reading Room in Peterborough. The “Write Club Open Mic” is a new monthly podcast that […]