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Join artists Soraya and Kate on 13 November to explore what's in a name? Souvenirs and surnames overlap. Both things we keep, and both relate to specific times and places. Souvenirs come from close and faraway places. Names do too. Soraya and Kate invite you to join us over a collection of souvenirs as we […]
Join Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck from the Alternative School of Economics, as they dream up something new — a modular, mobile Reading Room for Peterborough — and they invite you to be part of it. Together we’ll reimagine what a reading room could be - a structure that can hold books and be a […]
Looking to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea, or build relationships with local organisations? About the Sessions We’re offering free 1:1 sessions online or in person for artists who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and cover topics you’d like to discuss. This might include: […]
What gives Cambridge it’s creative spark, it’s creative power? What energies, resources and ideas flow through the city? How might we build on them to shape a bold creative future together?
Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea? Metal is hosting free 1:1 Open Advice Sessions in Cambridge with guest artists as part of the Create Cambridge programme. These sessions are for artists and freelancers who live and/or work in Cambridge and will be led by you and what you would like to discuss.
Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea?
Metal is hosting free 1:1 Open Advice Sessions in Cambridge with guest artists as part of the Create Cambridge programme. These sessions are for artists and freelancers who live and/or work in Cambridge and will be led by you and what you would like to discuss.
Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea?
Metal is hosting free 1:1 Open Advice Sessions in Cambridge with guest artists as part of the Create Cambridge programme. These sessions are for artists and freelancers who live and/or work in Cambridge and will be led by you and what you would like to discuss.
Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark online Monday 15 December 6-7.30pm Online - via Zoom Are you an artist or creative that identifies as d/Deaf disabled & neurodivergent (DDN)? Are you a support worker, carer, or friend of someone who’s DDN and looking to connect with like-minded individuals? Autistic Filmmaker, John Clark […]
Here We Are is an exhibition of works expressing individuality, mess, union, and hope. Created by local young people in collaboration with Metal, The Kite Trust, and The British Museum, new urgent, noisy, and non-conformist works celebrate unheard voices and showcase queer joy. During the Autumn of 2025, 15 local young people took part in Where We Are, a UK wide youth-led programme with The British Museum, supported […]
Here We Are is an exhibition of works expressing individuality, mess, union, and hope. Created by local young people in collaboration with Metal, The Kite Trust, and The British Museum, new urgent, noisy, and non-conformist works celebrate unheard voices and showcase queer joy. During the Autumn of 2025, 15 local young people took part in Where We Are, a UK wide youth-led programme with The British Museum, supported […]
Join us for What We Heard: Artists to Artists - an evening bringing together members of Cambridge’s creative community for conversation, ideas and food, as we share the new Artists to Artists commissioned work and mark the culmination of a programme of shared dinners, gatherings, conversations and commissions connecting creative voices across Cambridge. Over several […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it begins its first journey across Peterborough. But before it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private and […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private […]
Join us for a Banquet of Hope, hosted by Lizzie, Many and Marianne from the Wild Roots Collective on Thursday 26 March at 1pm - 3pm at Gladstone Connect. This is an afternoon of live storytelling, creativity and a three-course meal made with warm, seasonal food. This free event is for people living with ongoing […]
You’re invited to a night of performances hosted at YMCA Community Hub, as part of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness commission! Artist Sarah Saxby has teamed up with young people at YMCA Community Hub in Bretton to create Stick & Scratch - a youth-produced event spotlighting local talent, creativity and fresh ideas. Celebrate emerging artists and the community selected by local young people in Peterborough. Whether you […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private […]
After a short pause, we’re restarting activity and creating space to reconnect with people working across festivals and events in Peterborough. Previously the Large Scale Festival Network, this next phase is a soft re-start shaped by what’s needed now. Festival Exchange: Plans, Needs & Opportunities On Tuesday 5 May, we’ll be hosting an evening social gathering from 6–8pm facilitated by […]
Feeling stuck working on your own? Missing creative conversation, shared thinking, or simply being in a room (even a virtual one) with people who get it? Join artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan for a relaxed and welcoming peer mentoring introductory session as part of Get a Room - space for creatives to come together, spark new ideas, […]
Clocks went forward on 29th March, and we "lost" an hour. What if we used this seasonal shift to find a different kind of time? In this edition of Get A Room, artist and writer Jeffrey Choy invites you to a low-pressure social setting centred around the ups and downs of the creative process. This […]
