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 […]
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Essex 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 […]
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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 […]
READ MOREEstuary 2021
Estuary 2021’s mix of large and intimate scale visual art, literature, music and film took place over 23 days, from 22 May to 13 June 2021, celebrating culture, creativity, recovery […]
READ MOREAgency for Creative Production: Putting production into practice
We are delighted to announce a new skills-based social enterprise Agency for Creative Production (ACP) has received initial investment from Creative Estuary through its Re:Generation 2031 programme. ACP is a […]
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