Sketchy Kids Art Club – After School Wednesdays 4.15pm – 5.30pm (during term time) £8 per session or £30 for 4 consecutive classes – ask about Sibling Discount! Led by […]
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Sketchy Kids Art Club Halloween Half Term Sunday 30 October 3 x sessions to choose from! Led by creative facilitator Farida Kamruddin Click here to book your ticket. Or email […]
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In Summer 2022, Metal Southend programmed an in-school creative learning project for young people and their teachers, shaped by artists and practitioners living and working in South Essex. We called […]
READ MORELiverpool Art Prize
THE LIVERPOOL ART PRIZE 2014 Since 2008 Liverpool Art Prize has been a core aspect of Liverpool’s art scene, offering artists the opportunity to exhibit their work to a wider […]
READ MOREMetal Billboard
PETERBOROUGH ‘Metal Billboard’ Inspired by the quote from Anton Chekhov in 1888, that ‘the role of the artist is to ask questions’, the project Metal Billboard has commissioned 10x 48-sheet billboard […]
READ MOREAnvil – Metal New Artist Network Zine
In April 2022, Metal announced a call out for submissions of artwork, essays, prose and more, that capture the experiences of being an early career artist. These submissions were curated […]
READ MOREMetal Southend on Sea
Our Site “The present house stands at the extremity of a meadow, about a furlong from the highway and a hundred feet above high water mark, commanding extensive views” – […]
READ MOREWorking with Schools
Across all three sites, we work extensively with primary and secondary schools, as well as HE and FE colleges and universities. We offer a number of ways for schools to […]
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Founded in 2002 by Jude Kelly CBE, we have been active in Liverpool since 2004, in Southend-on-Sea since 2007 and in Peterborough since 2012. In each place, we work from […]
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