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Join us for a creative session to dream into how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. Collective imagination enables us to listen to, engage with and embody different perspectives, weave together diverse values and worldviews, and rethink what we believe is possible for now and in the future. In this imagining […]
Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. You are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary too. Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm Every weekday Monday - Friday, 01 - 30 June. Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to […]
Book a Wild Desk - A unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our garden area, away from digital distractions. Wild Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm every weekday, 01 - 30 June. We’re offering one 'Wild' Desk - a unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our enclosed Peacock garden area. You will be […]
Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Dean Atta. We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, creatives and artists who live and/or work within our local areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to […]
Come and be part of The Kinetic Audio Band's Art + Sound Literacy Salon as we create… Sonic Chapbooks #1: Routes (A Work In Progress) A three-part art, sound and writing salon exploring how listening and sound experimentation can inspire and complement your narrative. Using the Essex Writers’ House theme of ‘Routes’, we’ll explore ideas […]
Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Saira Niazi. We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, creatives and artists who live and/or work within our local areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to […]
Discover Southend through a different lens on this social neighbourhood wandering. Beginning at Southend Forum and heading towards Southchurch Park, this guided walk invites you to explore the area’s hidden gems, from colourful street art and secret gardens to sun shelters and seaside views. Along the route, you’ll hear stories about the local people and […]
Join artist, writer, fossil hunter, and Port of London Authority (PLA) licensed mudlark J. R. Carpenter with local Essex based artist Sylak Ravenspine for an intertidal walking and writing workshop in the Thames Estuary. As we move between high and low tide, mud flats and marshland, fresh and salt water, we will navigate the creative space between noticing and noting, where writing happens. Tickets to be released […]
Looking to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? We’re offering free 1:1 sessions in person for artists who live and/or work in Fenland and surrounding areas. Hosted by Viviana Checchia, our Director of Metal Peterborough, and Creative Fenland. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss, which might include: - Discussing your […]
Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Lora Aziz We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, creatives and artists who live and/or work within our local areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to […]
Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. How can we pull inspiration from the backstreet places and welcome in wonders we might pass every day? Walk a familiar pathway and discover new perspective through storytelling, local histories, layers of intuitive plant knowledge, and creative encounters with place. Together we’ll […]
Discover the many ways of Essex with a screening of ‘The Essex Ways’, a feature length documentary by filmmaker Thomas Winward. The film follows Essex-born storyteller James Lawrence on an epic 400km walking journey around the county to discover its places, people and stories. Over 21 days, James adventures through rural Essex from Epping to Harwich, and then down the coast […]
Join James Lawrence, AKA Man About Country, for a special guided walk around Canvey Wick, one of Essex’s (and England’s) most fascinating nature reserves. In this brownfield rainforest you’ll discover wildlife, hear stories from over 2,000 years of Canvey Island history, and explore how these incredible places can supercharge your creative practice in unexpected ways. James is working on a […]
Come along to one of our artist advice sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Camilla Balshaw. We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, creatives and artists who live and/or work within our local areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to discuss. Sessions […]
Join us for an evening with the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator Writers Emily Abdeni-Holman and Boakye D. Alpha, in conversation with award-winning author Camilla Balshaw about writing and the power of language, with discussion rooted in cultural histories, oppression and identity. Free. Book your tickets here. See the full Essex Writers Programme here. The panel: Camilla Balshaw is an award-winning author. She has been published in numerous journals, and […]
Join arts marketing professional Nazma Noor for a relaxed, informal Festival Network session with discussions that will help you think like your target audiences and generate ideas for how to use marketing to reach them. Together, we’ll explore questions such as: - What types of things do your audience care about? - What does good marketing look […]
