Connect & Create is an award-winning creative wellbeing initiative that brings people together through the transformative power of art. Run in partnership with Southend City Council, Connect & Create is […]
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Poets in Every Port 2025/27
Metal And Estuary Festival in partnership with the Southbank Centre We’re thrilled to announce that Metal and Estuary Festival are partnering with the Southbank Centre on two major national projects. […]
READ MORECreative Break Time
TOMA, Focal Point Gallery and Metal are embarking on a Creative Break Time, a bold three-year project in collaboration with four Southend schools to explore how creativity could improve the […]
READ MOREEssex Writers House 2025 – Full Programme Announced
Essex Writers House is back this June 2025 – and it’s bigger, bolder, and bursting with creative opportunities. We’ve been hard at work curating an inspiring lineup of events including […]
READ MOREBrentwood Creative Changemakers
Brentwood is home to a dynamic creative community of freelancers, businesses, networks, venues and organisations, working to make positive impact across the local community through innovative creativity, arts and culture. […]
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We believe that art has a powerful role to play in making change and building pride in our communities. This is why we have partnered with Castle Point Council and […]
READ MORELucky Dip
Taking place 4 times a year, each with different guest hosts, this programme exists to connect local creatives with each other, celebrate the joy in art, platform cross-disciplinary artists and […]
READ MOREEssex Writers House
For the past six years, Metal Southend has presented Essex Writers House, a popular annual programme hosted at Chalkwell Hall in partnership with Essex Book Festival. Across the month, we […]
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 […]
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