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SUMMARY:EWH: Hot Desks
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWriters Hot Desks\n10am – 5pm\nEvery weekday Monday – Friday\, 01 – 30 June. \n\n\n\nBook a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. Whether you’re on the east or west side of the building\, you are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary\, along with some space to think. \nThere are three desks available per day. If you miss out on booking one\, please check back regularly here on Eventbrite for cancellations. \nPlease note – we are restricting bookings to a maximum of two days per writer\, to ensure that the opportunity is afforded to as many writers as possible. \nBook a hot desk here.\nSee the full Essex Writers House programme here. \nAccess to the Writers Hot Desks\nThe desks are all located in our Attic Studio\, accessible via lift or stairs from our ground floor. There are gender neutral W/Cs on both the attic and ground floor. Chalkwell Hall has a ramp at the front entrance. There is a free car park on site\, which is open 24/7.\nPlease ring our doorbell on arrival so we can greet you.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/ewh-hot-desks/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:EWH: Wild Writers Hot Desk
DESCRIPTION:Book a Wild Desk – A unique\, outdoor writing spot set up in our garden area\, away from digital distractions. \nWild Writers Hot Desks\n10am – 5pm every weekday\, 01 – 30 June. \nWe’re offering one ‘Wild’ Desk – a unique\, outdoor writing spot set up in our enclosed Peacock garden area. You will be surrounded by plants\, bird song and open air\, it’s a quiet invitation to slow down and reconnect with your ideas in nature. \nPlease note – this desk is for analogue writing only – So please bring a notebook\, a journal\, or sketchbook. A quiet spot to put pen to paper\, without digital distractions.\nThis desk is also subject to the weather. \nBook a Wild Desk here.\nSee the full Essex Writers House programme here. \nAvailability\nThere is only one desk available per day. If you miss out on booking one\, please check back regularly here on Eventbrite for cancellations.\nPlease note – We are restricting bookings to a maximum of two days per writer\, to ensure that the opportunity is afforded to as many writers as possible. \nAccess to the Wild Writers Hot Desk\nThe garden area is only accessible via a step and includes uneven ground. Unfortunately\, it is not currently suitable for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility. \nThere are gender neutral W/Cs on the ground floor of our main building. Chalkwell Hall has a ramp at the front entrance. There is a free car park on site\, which is open 24/7.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/ewh-wild-writers-hot-desk/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:EWH: Hosted At: Kinetic Audio Band’s Art + Sound Literary Salon creates Sonic Chapbooks #1: Routes
DESCRIPTION:Come and be part of The Kinetic Audio Band’s Art + Sound Literacy Salon as we create… \nSonic Chapbooks #1: Routes (A Work In Progress)\n\nA three-part art\, sound and writing salon exploring how listening and sound experimentation can inspire and complement your narrative. \nUsing the Essex Writers’ House theme of ‘Routes’\, we’ll explore ideas surrounding journeys\, place\, movement\, return and more\, through deep listening\, sound mapping\, recording\, writing prompts\, text and graphic score exploration. \nParticipants will develop a new work-in-progress piece\, creating a handmade ‘Sonic’ Chapbook that combines text\, visuals and audio links. \nInspired by the DIY spirit of historic chapbooks and Beat writers\, this is a space to test ideas\, experiment freely in a supportive salon setting. \nThe sessions will take place at Chalkwell Hall on Thursday 4 June\, Thursday 11 June and Thursday 18 June\, running from 6.30pm – 8.30pm (with the final session running until 9.30/10pm). \n£45 total for all three sessions inc booking fee. Book your tickets here. \nIf you’re a self-motivated creative interested in sound\, writing\, art and experimentation\, join us. \n– Basic chapbook materials provided\n– Bring your own devices (laptop\, phone\, tablet) and writing or art materials if desired\n– Bar open\n– This is a pilot for the forthcoming cic – the Kinetic Audio Band \nThis is part of Metal’s Hosted At programme running alongside Essex Writers House and Essex Book Festival. Find out more about the full Essex Writers House programme here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/ewh-hosted-at-kinetic-audio-bands-art-sound-literary-salon-creates-sonic-chapbooks-1-routes/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:EWH: Open Advice Sessions with Lora Aziz
DESCRIPTION:Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists\, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Lora Aziz \n\n\n\n\nWe 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 may include: \n– Discussing your creative practice or writing\n– Talking through a project idea\n– Advice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities\n– Building relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\n– Budget development or reading draft applications \nWe’re offering these sessions in person at Chalkwell Hall\, as well as the option to discuss your work with us online. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long.\nIf you would like for your session to be online\, please contact us directly via phone or email to confirm and we will arrange a video link. \nBook a free slot here. \nSee the full Essex Writers Programme here. \nWho is the offer for?\nOur Open Advice Sessions are open to writers artists and creatives working in any artform\, at any stage of their career. Individuals\, collaborations or collectives can book a slot.\nAny artist that has previously booked a slot with us won’t be eligible this time.\nYou must live or work in\, or have a strong connection to South Essex (Basildon\, Brentwood\, Castle Point\, Rochford\, Southend-on-Sea\, Thurrock) \nAbout the Southend team\nIn Southend\, we have a wide range of expertise and practices from art history\, museums and heritage\, to fashion and video art. We have strong skills around project management\, event production and between us\, a thorough understanding of the creative ecosystem in South Essex. We are interested in supporting projects and ideas which have a strong social and/or social justice purpose and are interested in broadening diversity in the sector. We have skills around participatory practice and co-design and are keen to support practitioners in building connections with the wider community. We are able to offer a range of support from funding applications and business planning to connecting and marketing. Learn more about our Southend site and our access in the space here. \nAbout Lora Aziz\nLora Aziz is an interdisciplinary artist\, storyteller\, land-based cultural producer\, and creative strategist based inland near the river Stour\, UK. Her work weaves together ecology\, memory\, and storytelling through workshops\, residencies\, foraging walks\, and community rituals. With a background in anthropology and visual ethnobotany\, she explores themes of belonging\, slow economies\, and cultural care — from Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms to international climate platforms. Some of Lora’s most recent work has been published in Thirst: In search of Fresh Water\, which accompanied her collaborative community-based projects in the Wellcome Collection exhibition Thirst from 2025-2026.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/ewh-open-advice-sessions-with-lora-aziz/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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