In April 2022, we committed to publishing an update in six months on our anti-racism work including demographic information about our staffing, trustees and commissioned artists. Staffing: Of our 15 […]
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New social enterprise launches with WYRD ESSEX event produced by 10 local young people
Agency for Creative Production (ACP) is a new social enterprise which has been launched to support young people in South Essex to develop their skills in live event production. ACP […]
Hot Desks available at Edge Hil Station
We’re opening up our workplace at Metal Liverpool to welcome more fellow travellers. Our building is Edge Hill Station’s former Engine Room and Boiler House, and contains our Liverpool office, […]
Art Makes Children Powerful
Art Makes Children Powerful is a new in-school creative learning project for young people and their teachers, shaped by artists and practitioners living and working in South Essex. The programme […]
Twelve new residency artists at Metal
We are so excited to announce our new residency artists from our spring/summer 2022-23 call out. The new artists-in-residence are spread across the country, with artists who either live and/or […]
The launch of In Other Words 2
In 2020, we curated In Other Words, a collection of urgent artistic reflections in response to the global pandemic, with our Associate Producer, disabled dance artist and academic Kate Marsh. […]
Public Apology to Ama Josephine Budge
In a recent residency call-out made by Metal, the unaccredited work of artist Ama Josephine Budge from the Apocalypse Reading Room project, produced by Artsadmin, was used without permission. This […]
Celebrating 20 years!
We’re announcing our 20th birthday in April 2022, after two exciting and rewarding decades of operation in the UK. Founded in 2002 by Jude Kelly CBE and working with former […]
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Minister for Arts, visits Metal Southend
Earlier this week on Monday 21 March, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Minister for Arts, visited our Metal Southend site, based at Chalkwell Hall. Lord Parkinson was keen to hear […]
