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SUMMARY:Resetting Your Creativity Rhythm with Jeffrey Choy
DESCRIPTION: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? \nIn 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 session specifically looks at the down cycles of creativity\, the essential periods of absorbing others’ arts\, daydreaming\, being playful and resting\, activities that are often treated as “unproductive”. This Get A Room is a curated space for collective rhythm with no expected outcome. Whether you’re in a high-energy creative phase or a quiet burnout phase\, you’re welcome to bring your “unfinished business” into the room. \nWhat to bring:\n– (optional) Your Work: A laptop to write\, a sketchbook to doodle\, knitting\, or a project you’ve been stuck on.\n– (optional) Your Inspiration: A book you’re currently devouring\, a handheld game you’re playing\, or a clip/reel that’s haunting your thoughts\n– (mandatory) Yourself: Just as you are\, whether you’re feeling high-battery or low-power. \nWhen: Thursday 14 May\, 5-7pm \nWhere: at RB7 Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT \nBook a free space here. \nAbout Jeffrey Choy\nJeffrey Choy is an artist and writer investigating the mechanics of cultural production\, with a focus on decolonial narrative\, through his practices of writing\, visual and spatial design\, documentation\, publication\, and interactive media. His practice examines the designer as scribe for commercial culture\, questioning how visual communication lends authoritative power to political and economic entities. Jeffrey works against this complicity\, interrogating how propaganda and class disparity become naturalised within culture. \nAfter a decade in visual communication and branding\, and having trained and worked in the fields of interior design and architecture\, Jeffrey’s creative trajectory shifted dramatically following the political upheaval in his hometown of Hong Kong. This rupture led him to rethink the role of media\, language\, and visual communication under conditions of state control. Across print\, digital media\, and physical spaces\, he explores how narratives are shaped\, censored\, and reclaimed. His publications work as both artistic objects and platforms for critical discourse\, often extending into participatory formats that treat play as a deliberate counter to late-capitalist crises and the ideology of infinite growth. \nHe is the co-founder and lead visual of Hidden Keileon CIC\, an artist-led collective working with migrant and queer communities to imagine futures through non-hierarchical collaboration and multidisciplinary\, life-affirming cultural projects. His artistic practice is shaped by collective authorship\, radical friendships\, and a politics of publishing grounded in the commons\, designing as a shared practice of survival and reimagination\, open to the curious and the critical alike.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/resetting-your-creativity-rhythm-with-jeffrey-choy/
LOCATION:RB7 Arts Centre\, Queensgate\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\,\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Creative Peer Meet-Up with Olga Jurgenson  & Idit Nathan
DESCRIPTION: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? \nJoin 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\, and collaborate. Book a free place. \nOlga and Idit have both been part of a long-standing peer mentoring group and know first-hand how valuable it can be to have a space for reflection\, support\, accountability\, and creative exchange. This session is an invitation to come together with other artists and creatives\, meet like-minded people\, and explore what a peer-led support group could look like. \nWhether you’re looking for connection\, fresh perspective\, encouragement\, or just a space to think out loud with others\, this session is for you. \nTogether\, Olga and Idit will introduce some of the guiding principles of peer mentoring and help create a space for open conversation\, curiosity\, and creative solidarity. The hope is that this will support the formation of a new group that can continue meeting independently in the future. \nAn additional follow-up session will also be shaped around the needs of the group. \nThis session is free to attend. To book your space\, fill in the form here. \nAbout Get a Room\nGet a Room is all about making space for connection\, conversation\, and creative collaboration. It’s for artists and creative folks who want to think out loud together\, share early ideas\, and build something meaningful with others. These are the kinds of spaces that are often missing in our cities and across the country: spaces where people can come together to share\, reflect\, and explore ideas in a supportive\, private setting. This initiative supports the formation and development of artist- and creative-led groups built on kinship\, curiosity\, and solidarity. Groups where people can come together to talk about what’s on their minds\, swap experiences\, and maybe even dream up something new. \nAbout the artists \nIdit Nathan\nIdit is a Cambridge based conceptual artist\, her work includes interactive installations\, live events\, games\, audio visual works\, walks and artists’ books where play operates as a productively provocative space to challenge accepted understandings. Using optics\, scale and perspective participants respond to contemporary dilemmas both as actors with free will and actors in an historical and cultural context. Her artworks have been been exhibited internationally and are held in private and public collections. Idit has taught\, lectured and mentored privately and at art schools across the UK and until 2020 was associate lecturer at Central St. Martin’s College (University of the Arts London)\, where she completed an arts practice PhD titled Art of Play in Zones of Conflict – the Case of Israel Palestine in 2018. \nOlga Jürgenson\nBorn in Siberia\, raised in Estonia\, currently based in the UK\, Olga Jürgenson works and exhibits internationally. Her inherited familial nomadism\, combined with an inquisitive mind filtered through a feminist lens\, has led her to explore humanity’s search for utopian Paradise. Whether collaborating with the world’s first AI love doll Samantha\, researching television detective stories while questioning the role of God\, or painting portraits of robots disguised as celebrities\, Olga is drawn to the complexity of human nature. Her current work involves communicating with the spirits of her ancestors\, rummaging through their archives as they gladly share with her their Earthly experiences in carpentry\, crocheting and surviving bloodthirsty dictators. Olga has also participated in significant group exhibitions globally. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/creative-peer-meet-up-with-olga-jurgenson-idit-nathan/
LOCATION:UK Wide (Online Event)\, Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Peterborough Festivals Network
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFestival Exchange: Plans\, Needs & Opportunities\n \nOn Tuesday 5 May\, we’ll be hosting an evening social gathering from 6–8pm facilitated by Steph Peachey. This will be a chance to come together\, connect\, and share where things are at for your festival or event.  \nTogether\, we’ll explore questions such as: • What’s happening with your festival? •  What do you need? • What can you share?  \nYou’ll also have space to:\n• Talk through challenges\n• Exchange ideas and approaches\n• Spot opportunities to collaborate\n• Help shape what the Network offers next  \nWhether you’re planning a festival\, running an event\, or just starting to develop an idea\, you’re welcome.  \nRSVP and tell us what you’d find useful here. \nDelivered and funded in collaboration with Peterborough Cultural Alliance. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/peterborough-festivals-network/
LOCATION:Cambridge Avenue\, Peterborough\, PE1 2JA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Workshop at Gladstone Connect: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels\, it needs filling with artwork. \nJoin 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 invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them as they do their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-workshop-at-gladstone-connect-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Gladstone Connect\, 157 Cromwell Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 2EL
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Workshop at Roots and Rise: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels\, it needs filling with artwork. \nJoin 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 invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them as they do their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-workshop-at-roots-and-rise-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Roots to Rise\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Stick & Scratch Night: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a night of performances hosted at YMCA Community Hub\, as part of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness commission! \nArtist 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. \n\nWhether you are performing on the night or cheering from the audience\, Stick & Scratch is your chance to be a part of this growing\, creative community! \nBook your free tickets here. \nAbout Sarah Saxby \nSarah Saxby is a queer writer\, actor\, facilitator\, and youth worker hailing from the Fens. She’s been working with arts organisations across East Anglia since 2020 to produce and deliver creative work for local communities\, including Norfolk & Norwich Festival\, YMCA Trinity Group\, and Menagerie Theatre. In 2022\, Sarah co-founded Sticks Theatre\, through which her first play\, ‘Fourteen in ‘14’ was produced\, following a year-long residency at the Key Theatre. Sarah’s artistic work is rooted in her identity as someone from the Fens and can be described as both intimate and outlandish\, personal and alienating. Crucially\, it always draws on themes relatable and important to those not accessing traditional theatre. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be.  \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/stick-scratch-night-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Cresset Centre\, Rightwell East\, Peterborough\, PE3 8DX\, Cresset Centre\, Peterborough\, PE3 8DX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:A Banquet of Hope with Wild Roots Collective: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION: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 health conditions\, and carers are welcome too. Book your free place here.\nAbout Wild Roots Collective Wild Roots Collective is a creative collaboration between artist Lizzie Ault\, chef Mandy Mazliah and storyteller/song leader Marianne Powell. Together they create experiences that bring people together through connection and conversations\, sparking imagination and creativity. They combine their artforms to make for a sensory\, inclusive experience. Participants describe their workshops as inspiring\, interesting\, relaxing and fun.  About Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness In Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  The Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be.  The Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/a-banquet-of-hope/
LOCATION:Gladstone Connect (Iqbaal Centre)\, 157 Cromwell Rd\, Peterborough\, PE1 2EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Workshop at The Green Backyard: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels\, it needs filling with artwork. \nJoin 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 invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them as they do their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-workshop-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:The Green Backyard\, Oundle Rd\, Peterborough\, PE2 8AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260307T150000
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Launch Workshop: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION: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. \nJoin 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 invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them before they begin their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-launch-workshop-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T190000
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SUMMARY:What we heard - Artists to Artists
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOver several months artists and creative freelancers have been coming together to talk honestly about their experiences\, challenges and hopes for Cambridge cultural life. \nYou’ll hear from commissioned artists Zhuozhang Li\, Sarah Wood and Idit Nathan\, who will share the artworks they’ve created. Each artwork captures insights gathered through conversations with their peers and networks\, imagining what the future culture of a thriving creative Cambridge could look and feel like. \nThere will be time to hear what has emerged so far\, and space to reflect. Your voice matters. Whether you’ve been part of the conversations already or are joining for the first time\, you’re invited to be part of shaping what comes next. \nThis work is supporting the development of a new cultural strategy for Cambridge\, commissioned by Create Cambridge – the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists and cultural organisations\, with academic\, industry and civic organisations to lead on a bold new vision for Culture in Cambridge. \nBook here by 12pm\, Thursday 12 February. \nAll food will be vegetarian. If you have any dietary requirements\, please let us know when booking. For any further questions please contact jack@metalculture.com or call 01733 89307 \nFind out more about Create Cambridge here.   \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/save-the-date-create-cambridge-artist-sharing-event/
LOCATION:Cambride Junction\, Clifton Way\, Cambridge\, CB1 7GX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260124T110000
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SUMMARY:Here We Are Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: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.    \nDuring 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 by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation\, for those aged 16–24. The programme placed them at the heart of shaping arts and culture in their local communities\, empowering young people through the co-creation of arts and culture.   \nWorking with artist Rose Croft\, Metal\, and The Kite Trust\, the group have explored new ways of making and creating work – from spoken word\, to alternative ways of mark making\, and music-jamming sessions. They’ve explored themes around power and youth voice\, all whilst learning about the creative gems that Peterborough has to offer.   \nThis has resulted in the creation of Here We Are\, a pop-up exhibition taking place in the heart of Peterborough city centre. The exhibition is an opportunity to see all the work that young people have created during the programme.    \nAlongside the exhibition on Saturday 24 January from 2 – 5pm there will be creative activities\, performances\, and a discussion panel taking place between 2 – 5pm.   \nAbout the Where We Are programme   \n‘Where We Are’ is a youth-led British Museum programme\, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation\, for those aged 16–24 aims to empower young people through the co-creation of arts and culture projects within their own communities.   \nRunning from 2021–2025\, Where we are… is delivered through a collaborative partnership between the British Museum\, a local museum (or cultural organisation)\, a third sector organisation (charity\, community group\, social enterprise etc.) and young people.  \nAbout The Kite Trust    \nSince 1993\, The Kite Trust has been at the forefront of delivering LGBTQ+ youth programmes\, offering peer-to-peer support and safe social spaces for young people facing discrimination and marginalisation. Each year\, they support over 500 young people aged 13–30 through a range of services\, including weekly social groups\, family events\, residential trips\, one-to-one support\, and youth leadership initiatives.   \nYou can find out more about The Kite Trust here   
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/here-we-are-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:Roots to Rise\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Here We Are Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: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.    \nDuring 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 by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation\, for those aged 16–24. The programme placed them at the heart of shaping arts and culture in their local communities\, empowering young people through the co-creation of arts and culture.   \nWorking with artist Rose Croft\, Metal\, and The Kite Trust\, the group have explored new ways of making and creating work – from spoken word\, to alternative ways of mark making\, and music-jamming sessions. They’ve explored themes around power and youth voice\, all whilst learning about the creative gems that Peterborough has to offer.   \nThis has resulted in the creation of Here We Are\, a pop-up exhibition taking place in the heart of Peterborough city centre. The exhibition is an opportunity to see all the work that young people have created during the programme.    \nAlongside the exhibition on Saturday 24 January from 2 – 5pm there will be creative activities\, performances\, and a discussion panel taking place between 2 – 5pm.   \nAbout the Where We Are programme   \n‘Where We Are’ is a youth-led British Museum programme\, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation\, for those aged 16–24 aims to empower young people through the co-creation of arts and culture projects within their own communities.   \nRunning from 2021–2025\, Where we are… is delivered through a collaborative partnership between the British Museum\, a local museum (or cultural organisation)\, a third sector organisation (charity\, community group\, social enterprise etc.) and young people.  \nAbout The Kite Trust    \nSince 1993\, The Kite Trust has been at the forefront of delivering LGBTQ+ youth programmes\, offering peer-to-peer support and safe social spaces for young people facing discrimination and marginalisation. Each year\, they support over 500 young people aged 13–30 through a range of services\, including weekly social groups\, family events\, residential trips\, one-to-one support\, and youth leadership initiatives.   \nYou can find out more about The Kite Trust here   
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/here-we-are-exhibition/
LOCATION:Roots to Rise\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251215T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251215T193000
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SUMMARY:Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark online 
DESCRIPTION:Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark online  \n Monday 15 December 6-7.30pm  \nOnline – via Zoom    \n \n  \nAre 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 has been actively engaging with DDN artists and creatives\, and following on from his ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ meetings back in February\, John would like to offer people the opportunity to attend a similar online gathering. They’ll be an opportunity to; further network\, collaborate and potentially make together.    \n  \n👉 Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark online  \n📅  15 December 6-7.30pm  \n📍Online – via Zoom    \n  \nThis online session is welcome to anyone who identifies as DDN \, (as well as friends\, support workers and Carers).\n  \nThe sessions is free and the perfect opportunity to connect with other like-minded creatives and hobbyists alike\, share resources\, and simply be a safe space to hang out.  \n  \nLet us know you’re coming – book your spot here. \n  \nID: A black and white photograph of artist John Clark working on a large piece of paper with an ink stamp.  \n  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/get-a-room-for-ddn-artists-and-creatives-john-clark-online/
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251209T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251209T161500
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251022T141621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T160853Z
UID:24187-1765274400-1765296900@metalculture.com
SUMMARY:Create Cambridge: Artist open advice sessions with Mark Titchner
DESCRIPTION:Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea?  \nMetal 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.  \nThis might include:  \n\ndiscussing your creative practice \ntalking through a project idea \n\n\nadvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities. \n\nThese sessions give artists focused time to discuss any creative challenge\, question or ambition – whether that’s developing a new idea\, tackling a barrier in their practice or simply talking through their work with someone experienced  \n  \nWhy are we offering Open Advice Sessions?   \nMetal has been commissioned by Create Cambridge\, the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists\, cultural organisations\, universities\, industry and civic partners to help shape a new vision for culture in Cambridge. Find out more about Create Cambridge here.  \n  \nAbout the Guest Artist  \nMark Titchner is an artist whose practice engages with language\, belief systems\, and public space. A Turner Prize nominee\, his work frequently involves participatory processes and interventions in public contexts\, combining text\, architecture\, and collaborative strategies. In this one -to-one session\, Mark can support you with any creative problem or challenge. Specialisms include language\, discourse\, public engagement\, conceptual frameworks or how participatory strategies can weave into your own practice.  \n  \nHow to book:   \nSessions will be 1 hour long and hosted by a guest artist.  Each one-to-one is informal\, artist-to-artist\, and entirely tailored to you  \nThere is one session available per artist\, and they are reserved on a first come first served basis (to those who live and/or work in Cambridge). When booking the session\, please let us know of any access requirements.   \nBook your free place here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/create-cambridge-artist-open-advice-sessions-with-mark-titchner/
LOCATION:Cambridge Room\, Unit 57\, The Grafton Centre (opposite H&M Home and Boots)\, Cambridge Rooms\, Unit 57\, The Grafton Centre (opposite H&M Home and Boots)\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251203T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251203T161500
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251022T141443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T120925Z
UID:24185-1764756000-1764778500@metalculture.com
SUMMARY:Create Cambridge: Artist open advice sessions with Bryony Kimmings
DESCRIPTION:Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea?  \nMetal 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.  \nThis might include:  \n\nDiscussing your creative practice \n\n\nTalking through a project idea \n\n\nAdvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities \n\nThese sessions give artists focused time to discuss any creative challenge\, question or ambition – whether that’s developing a new idea\, tackling a barrier in their practice or simply talking through their work with someone experienced  \n  \nWhy are we offering Open Advice Sessions?   \nMetal has been commissioned by Create Cambridge\, the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists\, cultural organisations\, universities\, industry and civic partners to help shape a new vision for culture in Cambridge. Find out more about Create Cambridge here.  \n  \nAbout the Guest Artist  \nBryony Kimmings is a British live artist based in Cambridgeshire and London. She is known for bold\, autobiographical\, and socially provocative work that often takes the form of live experiments exploring personal and cultural taboos. Her performances address subjects such as identity\, resilience\, health\, and visibility\, and have toured nationally and internationally.  \nIn her one-to-one sessions\, Bryony can support you with any creative problem or challenge. Specialisms include live practice\, performance as enquiry\, personal narrative\, risk-taking in creative work\, and navigating the boundaries between the personal and public.  \n  \nHow to Book:   \nSessions will be 1 hour long and hosted by a guest artist.  Each one-to-one is informal\, artist-to-artist\, and entirely tailored to you   \nThere is one session available per artist\, and they are reserved on a first come first served basis (to those who live and/or work in Cambridge). When booking the session\, please let us know of any access requirements.   \nBook your free place here.   \nImage Credit: Greg Hodge
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/create-cambridge-artist-open-advice-sessions-with-bryony-kimmings/
LOCATION:UK Wide (Online Event)\, Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251202T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251202T161500
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251022T134045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T133836Z
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SUMMARY:Create Cambridge: Artist Open Advice Sessions with Issam Kourbaj
DESCRIPTION:Calling all artists and creative freelancers based in Cambridge! Are you looking to discuss your creative practice or explore a project idea?  \nMetal 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.  \nThis might include:  \n\ndiscussing your creative practice \n\n\ntalking through a project idea \n\n\nadvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities. \n\nThese sessions give artists focused time to discuss any creative challenge\, question\, or ambition – whether that’s developing a new idea\, tackling a barrier in their practice\, or simply talking through their work with someone experienced.  \n  \nWhy are we offering Open Advice Sessions?   \nMetal has been commissioned by Create Cambridge\, the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists\, cultural organisations\, universities\, industry and civic partners to help shape a new vision for culture in Cambridge. Find out more about Create Cambridge here.  \n  \nAbout the Guest Artist  \nIssam Kourbaj is a Syrian-born artist who has lived and worked in Cambridge since 1990. He trained in fine art\, architecture\, and theatre design in Damascus\, Leningrad and London. His multidisciplinary practice often responds to cultural memory\, displacement\, and transformation\, and his work has been exhibited internationally\, including at major museums and biennales. In this one-to-one session\, Issam can support you with any creative problem or challenge. Specialisms include conceptual framing\, archive or memory-based work\, or site-responsive practice – drawing from his deep experience working across disciplines and geographies.  \n  \nHow to Book:   \nSessions will be 1 hour long and hosted by a guest artist.  Each one-to-one is informal\, artist-to-artist\, and entirely tailored to you  \nThere is one session available per artist\, and they are reserved on a first come first served basis (to those who live and/or work in Cambridge).  When booking the session\, please let us know of any access requirements.   \nBook your free place here
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/create-cambridge-artist-open-advice-sessions-with-issam-kourbaj/
LOCATION:Cambridge Room\, Unit 57\, The Grafton Centre (opposite H&M Home and Boots)\, Cambridge Rooms\, Unit 57\, The Grafton Centre (opposite H&M Home and Boots)\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251124T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
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SUMMARY:From Here: Cambridge\, Creatively
DESCRIPTION:Monday 24 November\, 10am–12pm  \nat the Kettle’s Yard\, Castle Street\, Cambridge\, CB3 0AQ.   \n  \nWhat 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?  \n  \nIn this participatory workshop\, urban scholar and artist Dr Zhuozhang Li invites Cambridge’s creative communities to uncover and share Cambridge’s creative stories and explore it’s creative energy. Through conversation\, storytelling\, and collaboration\, we’ll uncover the city’s hidden creative strengths and imagine what comes next.  \n  \n  \nTogether\, participants will explore:  \n\nthe creative strengths and qualities that make Cambridge distinctive \n\n\nthe often-unseen ideas\, energies\, and stories that shape the city’s culture \n\n\nhow we might tell a shared creative story for Cambridge’s future. \n\n  \nThis session is open to artists\, makers\, and creatives of all disciplines\, and is about naming and recognising what’s already here and can be built upon – surfacing the unique creative potential that exists within Cambridge’s communities today.  \n  \nYour ideas\, insights\, and creative responses will directly feed into the new cultural strategy being developed for Cambridge. This is an opportunity to help shape the future of Cambridge — through art\, conversation\, and collaboration.    \n  \nBook your free place here.  \n  \nDr Zhuozhang Li’s work explores how people and places co-create new ways of knowing and (re)imagining the city. He is a member of the Community Design Research Lab and the Cambridge Room (www.cambridgeroom.org).  \n    \nThis workshop is part of Create Cambridge\, the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists\, cultural organisations\, universities\, industry and civic partners to shape a bold new vision for culture in Cambridge.    \n   
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/from-here-cambridge-creatively/
LOCATION:Kettle’s Yard\, Castle Street\, Cambridge\, CB3 0AQ.
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251119T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251119T170000
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CREATED:20251105T142749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T142803Z
UID:24301-1763548200-1763571600@metalculture.com
SUMMARY:Metal Open Advice Sessions - Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:Looking to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea\, or build relationships with local organisations? \nAbout the Sessions \nWe’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: \n\nYour creative practice\nTalking through a project idea\nAdvice or signposting to different funding routes or opportunities\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\nBudget development or reading draft applications\n\n  \nBooking Information \nThere is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long. Sessions are free and will be open on a first come first served basis. Please let us know in advance if you have any access requirements. \nTo ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible\, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us won’t be eligible this time. Book your place [add booking link – button] \nOur team will share their experience and backgrounds with the disclaimer that that some things brought into the Open Advice Sessions might be outside of our expertise. In this instance\, we will try our best to help in the session. \nWhat you share with us in the session will stay in the meeting. We will not share your ideas outside of the session space. \nAbout the Peterborough team: \nIn Peterborough\, our team have a background working in community roles\, artist spaces or as practicing artists\, which include photography\, performance art and socially engaged work. We have experience developing and delivering participatory projects with artists\, organisations and local communities\, as well as developing activities with young people and arts for health and wellbeing. We’ve supported artists in a wide range of creative disciplines\, including artists who are in the early stages of their career and have a vast knowledge of Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire and Fenland. We have experience in supporting artists with their funding applications including Arts Council England.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-open-advice-sessions-peterborough/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251115T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251106T132942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T132942Z
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SUMMARY:Dream Space: Help Create Peterborough's Pop-Up Reading Room
DESCRIPTION: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.   \nTogether we’ll reimagine what a reading room could be – a structure that can hold books and be a space for meaningful conversations. We need your help to make it welcoming\, inviting\, and something you’d like to use!   \nDuring the workshop we’ll use screen printing and block printing techniques to transform recycled fabric into material for Metal’s new Reading Room structure\, as well as imagery inspired by Peterborough\, its histories\, stories and community spaces.  \nNo experience necessary\, just curiosity and a willingness to experiment!  \nAbout Dream Space  \nThis workshop is part of our Dream Space\, which will breathe new life into an empty shop unit in the corner of Queensgate\, transforming it into a vibrant community hub for reading\, reflection\, and creative exchange in the heart of Peterborough.  At the centre of Dream Space is our Pop-Up Reading Room – a place where ideas are cooked up\, books are shared\, and conversations spark. This is one event of a packed programme of events and workshops and the opportunity to co-design a new pop-up reading room structure to live on beyond the project.  \nYou can find out more about Dream Space here.   \nAbout The Alternative School of Economics   \nThe Alternative School of Economics is a collaboration between artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck that questions dominant economic systems through collective self-education. Working with communities\, they explore global political issues in relation to lived experience and use feminist and alternative economics as forms of resistance. A selection of books from their projects Rabbits Road Institute Library (2016-) and The Neoliberal Imagination (2023) can be found on the shelves.   \nAbout ReCollective   \nReCollective are a diverse group of designers\, environmental activists\, makers and mavericks who work together to create systemic changes around attitudes towards ‘waste’ materials. They divert material away from waste streams\, often from creative industries like film and theatre\, and embedding it into buildings and structures for communities.  \nImage credit: The Alternative School of Economics & At the Library
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/dream-space-help-create-peterboroughs-pop-up-reading-room/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251020T160333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T114934Z
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SUMMARY:Dream Space: We're all from somewhere... with Soraya Smithson and Kate Genever
DESCRIPTION:Join artists Soraya and Kate on 13 November to explore what’s in a name?   \nSouvenirs 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.   \nSoraya and Kate invite you to join us over a collection of souvenirs as we start to think about what journeys our families and their names have been on to meet us here in Peterborough in 2025.   \nDo you\, like Kate\, have a Dutch surname that’s arrival in the area is long lost? Or perhaps yours is Italian and relates to the city’s brick history? Maybe you are Ukrainian or Somalian or Scottish and your name speaks of a more recent arrival? Maybe you don’t know but are intrigued to find out more.  \nAs part of the session Kate and Soraya will invite you into a creative activity that generates future souvenirs. New objects that record our presence here in this time and space.  \nThis event is part of Metal’s Dream Space\, which will breathe new life into an empty shop unit in the corner of Queensgate\, transforming it into a vibrant hub for reading\, reflection\, dreaming for the future and creative exchange in the heart of Peterborough.  At the centre of Dream Space is our Pop-Up Reading Room – a place where ideas are cooked up\, books are shared\, and conversations spark. Alongside this\, we’re offering a packed programme of events and workshops and the opportunity to co-design a new pop-up reading room structure to live on beyond the project. Find out more about Dream Space 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/dream-space-were-all-from-somewhere-with-soraya-smithson-and-kate-genever/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251107T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251028T134323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T134841Z
UID:24248-1762525800-1762533000@metalculture.com
SUMMARY:Dream Space: Imagine a Reading Room workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck from the Alternative School of Economics\, as they imagine and design a new modular\, mobile Reading Room for Peterborough – and invite you to be part of it.  \nWe’ll think about how we make a space to be together\, what a Reading Room could be\, and how we can care for it. During the workshop we’ll use drawing\, look at images and motifs\, and collectively design the mobile Reading Room structure. We need your ideas on how to make it welcoming\, inviting\, and something you’d like to use!  \nThis workshop is part of our Dream Space\, which breathes new life into an empty shop unit in the corner of Queensgate\, transforming it into a vibrant community hub for reading\, reflection\, and creative exchange in the heart of Peterborough.  At the centre of Dream Space is our Pop-Up Reading Room – a place where ideas are cooked up\, books are shared\, and conversations spark. This is one event of a packed programme of events and workshops.  \nYou can find out more about Dream Space here.   \n  \nAbout The Alternative School of Economics   \nThe Alternative School of Economics is a collaboration between artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck that questions dominant economic systems through collective self-education. Working with communities\, they explore global political issues in relation to lived experience and use feminist and alternative economics as forms of resistance. A selection of books from their projects Rabbits Road Institute Library (2016-) and The Neoliberal Imagination (2023) can be found on the shelves.   \n  \nAbout ReCollective   \nReCollective are a diverse group of designers\, environmental activists\, makers and mavericks who work together to create systemic changes around attitudes towards ‘waste’ materials. They divert material away from waste streams\, often from creative industries like film and theatre\, and embedding it into buildings and structures for communities.  \n   \nImage credit: The Alternative School of Economics & At the Library 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/dream-space-imagine-a-reading-room-workshop/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T214333
CREATED:20251003T093053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T160746Z
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SUMMARY:Invited by Metal: Reverie - a dream of autoimmunity by Joanna Holland 
DESCRIPTION:Sunday 2 November\, 7pm   \nPeterborough Museum and Gallery   \nTickets £7.50  / free for people who identify as living with chronic illness\, Disabled\, D/deaf and/or neurodiverse    \nAges 14+  \n  \nInvited by Metal\, multidisciplinary artist Joanna Holland brings her performance Reverie – a dream of autoimmunity to Peterborough.   \n  \nA once grand hall in an abandoned manor house – now in a dilapidated state of disrepair. A young woman\, a dreamy new friendship\, and a curse. An unorthodox relationship\, but one which has utterly lifted her from a state of melancholia.  \n  \nSuddenly this friendship takes a sinister turn\, and she finds herself in a nightmarish scenario – where comfort is replaced by claustrophobia and trust by terror.   \n  \nRule one – never ever share your innermost secrets.  \n  \nRule two – old houses are not to be trusted.   \n  \nEntanglements between chronic illness and a repetitive dream inspired Joanna’s auto-fictional tale of love\, loss and unpredictability. Reverie is performed as a dreamlike monologue by award-winning actress Louise Kim Salter. Directed by Stéphanie Joalland.  \n  \nThe performance will be followed by a Q&A with writer Joanna and actress Louise.   \n  \nPresented by METAL Peterborough\, funded by Arts Council\, England.  \n  \nThis performance is part of The Haunted. Running over the course of a year\, The Haunted is a collection of performances\, talks\, readings\, and soundscapes which explore liminal space\, dreaming\, sick bodies\, horror\, and the uncanny. Female-led narratives by Disabled and non-Disabled artists share what it’s like to exist in an ever-shifting\, ‘in between’ space.   \n  \nContent information: Reverie – a dream of autoimmunity features themes of horror\, chronic illness\, parasomnias\, nightmares\, visions\, pain and death. It has an unnerving and extremely loud soundtrack\, with some sudden noises\, moments of darkness and flashing lights.   \n  \nTickets are £7.50 or free for people who identify as living with chronic illness\, Disabled\, D/deaf or neurodiverse  \n  \nBook your ticket here: https://peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/events/reverie \n  \nFind out more about the project at https://www.hollandsyntax.uk/   \n  \nImage Credit: Louise Kim Salter in Reverie © Chloe Page 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/invited-by-metal-reverie-a-dream-of-autoimmunity-by-joanna-holland/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Positive Notes Collage Workshop with Joel Rodriguez at Dream Space
DESCRIPTION:Looking for something creative to do this half-term?  Join artist Joel Rodriguez at Dream Space for a hands-on collage workshop. We’ll be mixing up images\, textures\, and words to imagine future stories of Peterborough and Joel will be taking portraits of participants\, with their consent\, to capture the people behind the stories.  All part of our Positive Notes project.   \nCollages made during the workshop will form part of an online exhibition linked to Positive Notes\, celebrating the imagination and voices of young people across the city.  \nDrop in\, make\, chat\, and add your story to Peterborough’s future.  \nNo experience needed\, just curiosity and open minds!   \nPositive Notes is an arts project developed with young people (aged 13–25) from across Peterborough. Working with artist Joel Rodriguez\, it uncovers and celebrates the hidden gems of the city\,  stories of amazing people\, places and events. Community groups and young people have been shaping these artworks\, inspiring a series of colourful tile-based artworks that will soon be installed across the city centre\, forming a trail of creativity\, connection and pride.  \nDream Space is Metal’s new pop-up creative hub in Queensgate\, transforming an empty shop into a welcoming space for reading\, reflection\, and making. At the centre of Dream Space is our Pop-Up Reading Room\, a place where ideas are cooked up\, books are shared\, and conversations spark. Featuring titles from Left Book Club\, Pluto Press\, and local artists\, the Reading Room invites visitors to slow down\, explore\, and connect through creativity.  \nFor more information please contact Sarah at sarah@metalculture.com   \nImage Credit: Anthony Ashely
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/positive-notes-collage-workshop-with-joel-rodriguez-at-dream-space/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Vanquishing the Cultural Ghosts of Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:A workshop with artist and facilitator Kate Genever \n20 October 2025 \n12 – 2:30pm  \nRoom LAB:006\, Anglia Ruskin University\,\nEast Rd\, Cambridge CB1 1PT \nFree\, booking recommended. \n  \nIs it possible to imagine a bold cultural future for Cambridge\, without addressing our ghosts?  \nIn this hands-on\, thought-provoking workshop\, artist and facilitator Kate Genever will guide Cambridge’s creative community through a collective exploration of the ‘ghosts’ that linger in the city’s cultural and artistic life.  \nKate Genever is an artist and facilitator who works alongside communities to imagine and shape the future.  \nTogether\, we will:  \n\nConsider the hauntings that shape our cultural landscape \n\n\nGive form to these literal and metaphorical ghosts\, bringing the unseen into view \n\n\nReflect through conversation and creative acts\, as we make space for new visions. \n\nTimed just before Halloween\, this session invites artists and creatives of all disciplines to gather\, reflect and take part in a collective act of cultural exorcism.  \nThis workshop is part of Create Cambridge\, the city’s cultural compact bringing together artists\, cultural organisations\, academic institutions\, industry and civic partners to shape a bold new cultural vision for Cambridge.  \nOpen to artists and the creative community of Cambridge.  \nLet us know you’re coming by booking your place here. \n  \n  \nAbout Create Cambridge  \nCreate Cambridge is the city’s cultural compact\, bringing together artists and cultural organisations with academic\, industry\, and civic partners to lead on a bold new vision for culture in Cambridge.  \n\nChampioning Culture – Making Cambridge a globally recognised champion of creativity and artistic innovation\, where arts organisations\, artists and citizens flourish together. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/vanquishing-the-cultural-ghosts-of-cambridge/
LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University\, Room LAB:006\, Anglia Ruskin University\, Room LAB:006\, East Road\, Cambridge\, CB1 1PT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Creative Peer Meet-up and Sharing
DESCRIPTION:Part of: Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay\, Platfoma festival \nSunday 5 October \, 3 – 4:30pm | Peterborough Museum | Free | Open to artists\, producers\, creatives  \nDo you explore themes of home\, movement\, or identity in your work?\nAre you looking to connect with others on a similar path?  \n  \nAs part of Platforma Festival 2025\, we are inviting artists\, producers\, and creatives to a creative peer meet–up and sharing session led and hosted by artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan.  \n  \nThis friendly and reflective session is for creatives working with themes such as migration\, memory\, and belonging – whether you’re early on in your practice or more established. Together\, we’ll explore how peer mentoring can support artistic growth\, spark new ideas\, and foster meaningful connection.  \n  \nYou’ll have the chance to:  \n\nShare your work in a supportive space \n\n\nConnect with other artists working around similar themes \n\n\nReflect on your creative practice through conversation and collaboration \n\n  \nCome along to share\, reflect\, and build creative solidarity\, in the first of what we hope will be many gatherings.  \n  \n Book your free peer sharing spot  \nA piece of artwork by Olga Jurgenson titled Aleksander and Arnold from Snezhinki (Snowflakes) 2025.\n  \nThe address for the Museum is:   \nPeterborough Museum and Art Gallery\, Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF  \nThe what3words location is: vest.spaces.posed  \n  \n  \nThis meetup is part of the wider Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay project / exhibition\, centred around a group exhibition at Broadway Gallery\, Letchworth by four female artists with family history of migration (4 September – 18 October). The project is supported by Metal\, Platforma Festival 2025\, and Arts Council England.  \n  \nYou can find more about the exhibition here: https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/leaving-were-the-ones-who-could-not-stay/    \n  \nAbout the facilitators:   \n  \nOlga and Idit are collaborators in a long-standing peer mentoring group at Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridge\, as well as exhibiting artists in the exhibition\, Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay at Broadway gallery in Letchworth (part of Platforma Festival 2025).\n \nOlga Jürgenson \nOlga Jürgenson was born in Siberia and raised in Estonia; she is currently based in Cambridge and works and exhibits internationally. Participant in significant group exhibitions globally\, including 56th Venice Biennial\, MANIFESTA 10\, Liverpool\, Moscow and Ural biennials\, awarded numerous grants and awards from several European foundations. Olga produced and curated the National Pavilion of Mauritius at the 56th and 57th Venice Biennale. Her current artistic work involves rummaging through the archives of her ancestors and learning from their experiences in carpentry\, crocheting\, and surviving bloodthirsty dictators.\n  \n\nIdit Elia Nathan  \nIdit Elia Nathan grew up in Jerusalem and is currently based in Cambridge. Her work is exhibited and held in collections in the UK and abroad. She is a conceptual artist whose work includes interactive installations\, live events\, games\, audio-visual works\, walks and artists’ books where play and audience participation operate as a productively provocative space to challenge accepted understandings. Using found objects\, playing with optics\, scale and perspective\, her current projects document and investigates the challenging historical and cultural context we find ourselves in.    \n  \n  \nAbout Platforma festival  \nCo-produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with local artists and organisations\, Platforma is a festival that takes place every two years in a different part of England. The aim is to present work by\, with and about refugees to a wide audience\, build capacity and share learning. Platforma 2025 will include more than 35 arts events across music\, theatre\, film exhibitions\, and more.   \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community.  \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity\, and the Aziz Foundation  \nFind out more about the Peterborough Platforma here.   \n  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/creative-peer-meet-up-and-sharing-part-of-leaving-were-the-ones-who-could-not-stay-platfoma-festival/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Where We Are... Taster Session: Mini Museums with Fi Cifaldi
DESCRIPTION:Come and create your own tiny “museum exhibits” that explore identity\, storytelling\, myths and legends of the city\, or perhaps a vision of Peterborough’s future.    \nWorking with Fi Cifaldi\, folks will decorate and display objects (real or symbolic)\, which can be made through air dry clay\, drawing\, painting\, mixed media\, collage and with various other crafting supplies or found objects.   \nIn groups\, we will make little plaques for our ‘artefacts’ which will include information about where the objects may have been found\, who the artist is\, a story of how the object came into being\, where in Peterborough it’ll be displayed next etc. Over the course of the day\, we will display our mini museums for people to explore and learn from what one another have shared.     \nThis taster workshop is part of Where We Are… Peterborough a UK wide youth-led project with the British Museum. This is a chance to find out about the project\, and how to get involved in creating something together that is special and powerful for the city and your community.  \nSnacks included!   \nWho is this session for?  \nThis session is aimed at young people aged 16 – 19 year olds\, particularly those who identify as LGBTQ+ and / or disabled and / or neurodivergent.  \nAccess  \nThe RBI Centre is based in Queensgate shopping centre\, opposite where the old John Lewis store use to be based. Queensgate and the RBI Centre has step free access and accessible by wheelchair. The space will have chairs and tables\, which can be moved around and adjusted. There is some noise pollution from the main shopping centre that goes into the shop.    \nAbout Fi Cifaldi   \nFi is a multi-disciplinary creative with a strong commitment to community and inclusivity with a firm belief in pursuing self expression through fun and play at all ages. With nearly ten years of experience in design\, illustration\, and facilitation\, they enjoy helping individuals and groups communicate effectively and connect through impactful storytelling\, shared experience and imaginative exploration. Fi’s work spans from graphic design and digital art to hands-on crafts and youth work\, always with a focus on stress-free creative environments.   \nAbout The Kite Trust  \nSince 1993\, The Kite Trust has been at the forefront of delivering LGBTQ+ youth programmes\, offering peer-to-peer support and safe social spaces for young people facing discrimination and marginalisation. Each year\, they support over 500 young people aged 13–30 through a range of services\, including weekly social groups\, family events\, residential trips\, one-to-one support\, and youth leadership initiatives.  \nYou can find out more about The Kite Trust here: https://thekitetrust.org.uk/  \nAbout the Where We Are… programme  \nWhere we are… is a UK wide youth-led programme for those aged 16–24\, which places them at the heart of shaping arts and culture in their local communities\, empowering young people through the co-creation of arts and culture. Each year\, the British Museum invites cultural and third-sector organisations from across the UK to co-create projects with young people – and we’re thrilled to have been chosen to lead this exciting programme in Peterborough.  \nYou can find out more about the previous rounds of the Where We Are programme here. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/where-we-are-taster-session-mini-museums-with-fi-cifaldi/
LOCATION:Roots to Rise\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Where We Are... Peterborough Taster Session - Pockets of Protection with Rose Croft  
DESCRIPTION:What or who makes you feel safe in Peterborough? How do you show others that they’re safe with you?   \nJoin artist Rose Croft for a drop-in workshop for folks aged 16 – 19\, to create your own pocket of protection; a stitched or printed handkerchief or small fabric pouch that holds something important to you. Using a mix of fabric painting\, stitching\, or printing\, add secret pockets or coded symbols\, that might symbolise protection\, queer or divergent identities\, show your identity loudly and proudly\, or quietly let someone know they are not alone.  \nProtective marks have long been carved into buildings and charms sewn into clothing to protection. Locally there are various buildings with secret markings or sigils to ward off evil and many an offering has been found in fens waters.    \nQueer people and others who’ve felt unsafe being open have also long used colours\, gestures or coded objects to signal who they are to those who would understand; eg. green carnations and lavender handkerchiefs or ways of speaking or dressing that signal alternative subcultures.  \nThis session will invite reflection on how we create safety for others or show who we really are when we don’t always feel safe to be fully seen.  \nThis taster workshop is part of Where We Are… Peterborough a UK wide youth-led project with the British Museum. This is a chance to find out about the project\, and how to get involved in creating something together that is special and powerful for the city and your community.     \nSnacks included!   \nWho is this session for?   \nThis session is aimed at young people aged 16 – 19 year olds\, particularly those who identify as LGBTQ+ and / or disabled and / or neurodivergent.  Tickets are free. \nBook here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pockets-of-protection-with-rose-croft-tickets-1372491130919?aff=oddtdtcreator  \n  \nAccess  \nThe Musuem has step free entrance along with an allocated disabled parking space. There are accessible bathrooms on the ground and first floor of the building\, with a lift that takes you from the ground floor to floor 1. You can find the full accessibility page for the Musuem here   \nAbout Rose Croft   \nRose Croft is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience and deepen cultural connection.  \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years.   \nAbout The Kite Trust   \nSince 1993\, The Kite Trust has been at the forefront of delivering LGBTQ+ youth programmes\, offering peer-to-peer support and safe social spaces for young people facing discrimination and marginalisation. Each year\, they support over 500 young people aged 13–30 through a range of services\, including weekly social groups\, family events\, residential trips\, one-to-one support\, and youth leadership initiatives.  \nYou can find out more about The Kite Trust here: https://thekitetrust.org.uk/   \nAbout the Where We Are… programme  \nWhere we are… is a UK wide youth-led programme for those aged 16–24\, which places them at the heart of shaping arts and culture in their local communities\, empowering young people through the co-creation of arts and culture. Each year\, the British Museum invites cultural and third-sector organisations from across the UK to co-create projects with young people – and we’re thrilled to have been chosen to lead this exciting programme in Peterborough.  \nYou can find out more about the previous rounds of the Where We Are programme here 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/where-we-are-peterborough-taster-session-pockets-of-protection-with-rose-croft/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum and Gallery
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Citizen Leadership and Marketing with New Art Exchange
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive session\, New Art Exchange (NAE) will share their citizen-led approach to cultural programming—placing community voice at the heart of decision-making. Through case studies and discussion\, the session will explore how citizen led models can shape more inclusive\, resonant and far-reaching activity. Participants will consider how citizen leadership can inform not only programme content but also build authentic\, organic marketing and deeper audience connection.  \nAbout New Art Exchange:  \nNew Art Exchange (NAE) is the UK’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary visual arts from the Global Ethnic Majority. We set out to reshape the contemporary art narrative by championing diversity and inclusivity and by providing a platform for underrepresented voices in the art world. Our focus on co-design and collaboration means we nurture citizen leadership by allowing local voices to guide how we do things. We are the first cultural institution in the world to establish a permanent citizen assembly as a key part of our leadership. This is how we ensure continuous community representation and involvement—demonstrating the power of culture when it’s built with\, not just for\, communities.  \nAbout the Large-Scale Event Network  \nTogether with the Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal is hosting a Large-Scale Event and Festivals Network\, bringing together groups\, individuals\, organisations and the people who work hard behind the scenes\, from in and around Peterborough. This new network will be led by those involved and exists to help support the wealth of brilliant large-scale events happening across the city\, creating a space for inspiration\, sharing knowledge and expertise\, troubleshooting and collaboration.  \nTo find out more about the Large-Scale Event Network click here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/citizen-leadership-and-marketing-with-new-art-exchange/
LOCATION:Gladstone Connect (Iqbaal Centre)\, 157 Cromwell Rd\, Peterborough\, PE1 2EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Write Now: Writing applications doesn’t have to be solo 
DESCRIPTION:   \n\nThursday 27th March 12pm-3pm (RBI Arts Centre\, Queensgate) \nThursday 3rd April 4pm – 7pm (online)\n\nWho says writing funding applications has to be a lonely task? Welcome to Write Now a drop in space where artists and creatives can work on and tackle their Arts Council Funding applications\, residency\, or commission proposals in a friendly and supportive space. Whether you’re stuck on a tricky question\, need to brainstorm a sentence or two\, or just want other folks to hold you accountable\, artists Kate Marsh and Yvonne Hercules and a member of the Metal team will be there to offer advice and support.   \nThis informal hangout might just give you the boost you need to hit that submit button\, knowing you’re not in this alone. Let’s try and make the process easier\, more collaborative\, and tastier with refreshments and snacks on hand!   \nWrite Now has come out of conversations from artist John Clark’s Hiding in Plain Sight sessions\, and our Open Advice sessions.   \nAbout Yvonne Hercules   \nYvonne Hercules is a singer-songwriter/artist & performer based in Cambridge UK. Her music has received nods from publications including Clash Magazine\, The Line of Best Fit\, Afropunk\, and others and she has received support from PRS Foundation\, Arts Council England towards her work.  \nInspired by Folk\, Blues\, Rock & Soul\, her songs are a culmination of these genres underpinned by honest\, thought-provoking lyrics. She also draws on inspiration from visual mediums outside of music including art & film\, with visual concepts often coinciding alongside her songs.  \nAbout Kate Marsh   \nKate Marsh is a disabled / crip artist researcher. Assistant professor at C-Dare (centre for dance research at Coventry University). Kate’s practice – research is focused on nurturing spaces for disabled and crip artists to develop and realise their ideas and practice. She is interested in re-imaging leadership in the arts in a way that truly makes access for everyone.  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/write-now-writing-applications-doesnt-have-to-be-solo/
LOCATION:RB7 Arts Centre\, Queensgate\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\,\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Hiding In Plain Sight – A Gathering with John Clark
DESCRIPTION:Autistic Filmmaker John Clark is inviting Deaf\, Disabled and Neurodivergent (DDN) artists and creatives to come together for an informal chat about the current day-to-day barriers facing DDN artists and how to collaborate and create ways to help those hiding in plain sight to thrive.    \n  \nJohn wants to invite “Deaf\, Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists of any artform for an informal chat and get together over food (or Zoom call)\, discussing the often-additional day to day barriers faced alongside the current climate of arts funding. ” They’ll be an opportunity to; further network\, collaborate and create practical solutions moving forward with how to help those hiding in plain sight thrive together to create meaningful\, thought-provoking work.  \n  \nFolks are welcome to attend both sessions. At the in-person session there will be vegetarian pizzas and snacks with soft drinks for attendees.    \n\nThursday 6th February (in-person): 6pm – 7:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiding-in-plain-sight-a-dinner-for-ddn-artist-creatives-with-john-clark-tickets-1151502026559   \n\nLocation (in person): Gladstone Connect\, Allama Iqbal Community Centre\, 157 Cromwell Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 2EL  \n\nThursday 13th February (Online – Zoom): 6pm – 7:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiding-in-plain-sight-a-online-gathering-for-ddn-artists-with-john-clark-tickets-1204918265969\n\n  \nAccess  \n  \nThe in-person session is being held at Allama Iqbal Community Centre on Cromwell Road. The what3words location is: dozed.album.caller  \n  \nThe venue is wheelchair accessible with a wheelchair accessible bathroom. A BSL interpreter will be available during the in-person event on 6th Feb\, with captioning available for the online gathering on 13th Feb. Please let us know if you require BSL interpretation for the session if you’re booking.   \n  \nThe space will have tables and a series of different chairs available\, all of which can be moved around. You can access images of the space here: https://www.gladstoneconnect.org/private-hire/    \n  \nOn arrival John and two members of Metal staff (Jack & Hana) will be there to welcome you. If you are running late or are having difficulty finding the venue on the day\, you can contact us on 07523873786  \n  \nThe online session will take place on Zoom\, with closed captions enabled. People are welcome to have their cameras on or off for the duration of the session\, to use their microphones or just use the chat box function.   \n  \nPlease do let us know of any access needs that you have\, and we will do our best to accommodate them.  \n  \nIf you have any further questions or queries\, then please feel free to get in touch by emailing Jack@Metalculture.com or calling 01733 893077 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/hiding-in-plain-sight-gathering-with-john-clark/
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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