What Becomes… is a new exhibition with artist Xavier de Sousa exploring the processes of adaptation that migrants go through when moving to a new place and to a new […]
Past Projects
Funding Advice for Creatives and Curious Minds: Hosted by Metal
Metal is working with Arts Council England (ACE) to host a series of talks and open advice sessions about how artists, creatives, community and voluntary groups can apply for a […]
Strong Bonds for a Fragile Planet
Strong Bonds for a Fragile Planet will bring together artists and curious people through walks, talks, dinners and workshops to consider what we need at a time when the world […]
International and Intersectional Dance for Camera, Pióra
Metal, in partnership with National Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw, have been part of an international collaborative project. The creative team are: UK choreographer Kate Marsh, Director Jay Gearing, […]
Metal Liverpool: Black History Month
Metal Liverpool with our residency artists, Liverpool African Diasporic Filmmakers Network (LADFN) and Liverpool Hip Hop Festival (LHHF) have a series of exciting events this October. Working with local artists […]
Above All: Inside the Littlewoods Dream Factory
A heritage project and animated film made from archival footage, interviews, original music and writing. In 2018 we partnered with LJMU’s Screen School, with support from the National Lottery Heritage […]
Lucky 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 […]
Essex 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 […]
1.5 Degrees: Sweat the Small Stuff
“A creative response to a warming world” Scientists have been warning against the global temperature rise exceeding 1.5 degrees. At current warming levels, without drastic intervention, we are likely to […]












