It’s an exciting time at Metal. We have a new mission to inspire positive change through art and creativity and we’re changing our governance and how and what we programme […]
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Turner Prize nominees at Metal
Huge congratulations to artists Delaine le Bas and Jasleen Kaur who have been nominated for this year’s Turner Prize. Delaine le Bas, nominated for Incipit Vita Nova. Here Begins The […]
Focal Point Gallery x Metal x TOMA receive Freelands Foundation funding
We have good news! We’re one of the four projects awarded Freelands Foundation funding as part of their Autumn 2023 grant. Together, Focal Point Galley, Metal Southend and The Other […]
NetPark Wellbeing Update
NetPark Wellbeing is a partnership project between Southend City Council (SCC) and Metal, with SCC providing critical funding, staffing and in-house support. We see first-hand the impact NetPark Wellbeing has on the […]
Announcing ‘This is Us’ – Creative conversations about Castle Point
Estuary Festival and Metal announce ‘This is Us’, an 18-month creative engagement programme with opportunities for local residents to share and explore experiences of living in Castle Point and aspirations […]
NetPark Wellbeing win at The Mental Health Awards 2023
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 […]
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 […]
DC4CC has announced their artist/producer cohort for Phase 2
The Disability Consultancy for Creative Change (DC4CC) is proud to announce the cohort of six selected artists/producers that will be paired with six organisations in the East of England for […]
Mark Richards, Director of Metal Peterborough, to depart the organisation at the end of 2022
Our Director of Metal in Peterborough, Mark Richards, will be departing the organisation at the end of this year. Mark joined us in 2013, opening our central base in the […]













