Artists Luca Rutherford and José García Oliva will be joining Metal at an exciting time to work on national arts programmes in 2025, Artists For Future Policy and The Power […]
Residencies
Our new ‘Strong Bonds for a Fragile Planet’ residency artist is here
Artist Kate Genever will be carrying out her residency “We have found in the ashes what we lost in the fire” as part of our ‘Strong Bonds for a Fragile […]
Six new residency artists at Metal
We’re looking forward to our new residency artists joining us for 2024! Last December, we carefully deliberated over lots of exciting applications, held several cross-site discussions, involved our Trustees in […]
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 […]
Launching: The Lesnes Hundred by Eric MacLennan
The Lesnes Hundred is based on artwork of the same name that was commissioned for Estuary 2021 supported by ourselves and London Borough of Bexley. The Lesnes Hundred celebrates ordinary people who […]











