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SUMMARY:Metal Southend: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists with the Metal Southend team on Wednesday 29 April. \nWe’re offering free 1:1 sessions for 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\n\n\n\nDiscussing your creative practice\nTalking through a project idea\nAdvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\nBudget development or reading draft applications\n\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 your session to be online\, please contact us directly via phone or email to confirm and we will arrange a video link. \nBook your free slot here. \nWho is the offer for? \nOur Open Advice Sessions are open to artists 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). \nBook your free slot here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-southend-open-advice-sessions-3/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Southend-on-Imagination - Other Mothers and Staying with the Trouble A Walk into the Woods with Charlie Hurst: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:What happens when we return to our place of origin only to find little sense of belonging\, mutual recognition or an affirming sense of home? How do we reorient afresh in a painfully familiar place? Where can we find new sources of care and connection? How do we remain hopeful when it all feels like starting from scratch? \nOn returning to Westcliff after 10 years away spent in Leeds\, London\, Chicago and New Zealand\, local resident Charlie Hurst invites you to explore some of these questions through this leisurely walk-come-lecture-come-shallow-paddle-through-a-brook\, through both local and personal history. The walk is a part of Southend-on-Imagination project. \nThe walk will begin near Charlie’s gran’s old house on the outskirts of the 1\,000 year old woodland of Belfairs Park and end at their grandad’s commemorative bench hidden in the heart of the bush. Through the course of the walk\, Hurst will touch on concepts of othermothering\, staying with the trouble and the ties that bind (Patricia Hill Collin\, Donna J Haraway\, Sarah Schluman). \nAs we hope some of the walk will include paddling in the brook\, please wear waterproof shoes or welly boots. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink at Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre. \nPlease bring some tools/materials (like a phone\, camera\, sound-recording device etc) to capture your reflections on the walk and any prompts shared by Charlie. Creativity is highly encouraged. Pen and papers will be provided on the walk. \nThe walk will be fully outside\, so please check the weather on the day\, wear a comfortable pair of shoes\, and bring a bottle of water with you. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink\, and you are welcome to join. \nAnyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult. \n  \nSouthend-On-Imagination \nWhen the infrastructure for care and connection is eroded\, how does it affect our memory of a place and sense of belonging? And what happens when we come together to see places we might have never been to or might have passed by hundreds of times from a different lens and imagine their futures by sharing diverse experiences present in Southend? \nSouthend-on-Imagination is an artist project by Gulsen\, commissioned as part of The Unlonely City that brings people in dialogue to explore how our surroundings – beyond brick and mortar – can host and impact our emotions and sense of belonging and collectively imagine how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. \n  \nAccessibility Notes  \nThe distance will be approximately 1.6 miles with no steep gradients. The route may include some uneven surfaces. Please advise us in advance of any additional accessibility needs. If you have any additional questions\, email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nParticipation Guidelines  \nThese walks aim to create a safe and respectful space for all involved. By attending the walk\, you are agreeing to be kind and welcoming to others; approach the walk with curiosity and creativity; be respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences; be mindful of language that may exclude or alienate. Please do not disparage others. \nHarassment and sexist\, ableist and racist\, transphobic or other prejudicial comments or behaviours will not be tolerated. We may ask you to leave the walk if you fail to adhere to this code of conduct. \nPlease keep noise levels low when we are in the residential area and be mindful of not obstructing entrants to the hospital\, buildings etc. Please ask before taking photos of other people on the walk and respect people’s privacy. \nFor any questions please email southendonimagination@gmail.com \nAbout Gulsen  \nGulsen is a multi-disciplinary researcher and artist exploring collective imagination as a way to challenge\, question and interrogate how modern technologies\, systems\, and infrastructures prioritise nebulous concepts of efficiency\, growth\, and innovation instead of\, and often in opposition\, to the real world effects these pursuits have on people. With her practice\, Gulsen looks at what kinds of spaces\, activities\, rituals\, responses\, and conversations might allow us to embrace uncertainty and to come together to imagine different possible futures. \n  \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 Southend 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/southend-on-imagination-other-mothers-and-staying-with-the-trouble-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend-a-walk-into-the-woods-with-charlie-hurst/
LOCATION:81\, 85 Warren Rd\, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 3TT\, 81\, 85 Warren Rd\, Leigh-on-Sea\, Southend\, SS9 3TT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Action with Rainbow Roots: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:Rainbow Roots are hosting their next in-garden to celebrate the jump into spring. Join them on Sunday 29 March from 11am between 40 and 42 Dunster Avenue to grow something great together. \nIn collaboration with St Mark’s Church and Transpire\, Rainbow Roots is hosting their next in-garden session. It’s time for the clocks to “spring forward” and we are ready to Spring Into Action. Time to shake off winter and jump into the garden. \nOpen to all\, no gardening experience needed – just bring yourself. There will be friendly faces\, hot drinks\, and good chats guaranteed.  \nAbout Rainbow Roots with Maddy McMurray\nMaddy is a non-binary poet and writer\, who is involved with a number of local creative and LGBTQIA+ groups. They are a neurodiversity advocate and regularly host talks sharing their lived experience as a person diagnosed with ADHD.  Maddy will be working on Rainbow Roots\, a community gardening project in partnership with Southend Pride\, Transpire\, and HARP Southend. \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. \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/spring-into-action-with-rainbow-roots-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend/
LOCATION:Between 40 and 42 Dunster Avenue\, Westcliff-on-Sea\, SS0 0HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Southend-on-Imagination - Plastic Places with Charlie: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:Join Southend-local Charlie on a walking tour of places from the Beecroft Gallery (the old Southend library) to the Priority Park and Ekco Social and Sports Club that hold formative memories for him\, and learn about how the local environment and infrastructure changed and affected the people that lived here. \nIn this walk\, you’ll explore a part of Southend from local resident Charlie’s personal perspective\, enriched with your reflections\, contemplation and responses. \nPlease bring some tools/materials (like a phone\, camera\, sound-recording device etc) to capture your reflections on the walk and any prompts shared by Charlie. Creativity is highly encouraged. Pen and papers will be provided on the walk. \nThe walk will be fully outside\, so please check the weather on the day\, wear a comfortable pair of shoes\, and bring a bottle of water with you. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink and you are welcome to join. \nAnyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult. \nSouthend-on-Imagination \nWhen the infrastructure for care and connection is eroded\, how does it affect our memory of a place and sense of belonging? And what happens when we come together to see places we might have never been to or might have passed by hundreds of times from a different lens and imagine their futures by sharing diverse experiences present in Southend? \nSouthend-on-Imagination is an artist project by Gulsen\, commissioned as part of The Unlonely City that brings people in dialogue to explore how our surroundings – beyond brick and mortar – can host and impact our emotions and sense of belonging and collectively imagine how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. \n  \nAccessibility Notes  \nThe distance will be approximately 3.5 km with no steps but some uneven surfaces (such as in the park). Please advise us in advance of any additional accessibility needs. If you have any additional questions\, email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nParticipation Guidelines  \nThese walks aim to create a safe and respectful space for all involved. By attending the walk\, you are agreeing to be kind and welcoming to others; approach the walk with curiosity and creativity; be respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences; be mindful of language that may exclude or alienate. Please do not disparage others. \nHarassment and sexist\, ableist and racist\, transphobic or other prejudicial comments or behaviours will not be tolerated. We may ask you to leave the walk if you fail to adhere to this code of conduct. \nPlease keep noise levels low when we are in the residential area and be mindful of not obstructing entrants to the hospital\, buildings etc. Please ask before taking photos of other people on the walk and respect people’s privacy. \nFor any questions please email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nAbout Gulsen  \nGulsen is a multi-disciplinary researcher and artist exploring collective imagination as a way to challenge\, question and interrogate how modern technologies\, systems\, and infrastructures prioritise nebulous concepts of efficiency\, growth\, and innovation instead of\, and often in opposition\, to the real world effects these pursuits have on people. With her practice\, Gulsen looks at what kinds of spaces\, activities\, rituals\, responses\, and conversations might allow us to embrace uncertainty and to come together to imagine different possible futures. \n  \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 Southend 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. \n  \nPhoto credit: Southend Museums\, inside Ekco Factory \n  \nThe route for the walk
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/southend-on-imagination-plastic-places-with-charlie-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend/
LOCATION:Beecroft Art Gallery\, Victoria Ave\, Southend-on-Sea\, Southend\, SS2 6EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260314T140000
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SUMMARY:Southend-on-Imagination - Learning to Ride a Bike in Westcliff: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:When the infrastructure for care and connection is eroded\, how does it affect our memory of a place and sense of belonging? And what happens when we come together to see places we might have never been to or might have passed by hundreds of times from a different lens and imagine their futures by sharing diverse experiences present in Southend? \nSouthend-on-Imagination is an artist project by Gulsen\, commissioned as part of The Unlonely City that brings people in dialogue to explore how our surroundings – beyond brick and mortar – can host and impact our emotions and sense of belonging and collectively imagine how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. \nIn this walk\, you’ll explore a part of Southend from Sabine’s personal perspective\, enriched with your reflections\, contemplation and responses. \nPlease bring some tools/materials (like a phone\, camera\, sound-recording device etc) to capture your reflections on the walk and any prompts shared by Sabine. Creativity is highly encouraged. Pen and papers will be provided on the walk. \nThe walk will be fully outside\, so please check the weather on the day\, wear a comfortable pair of shoes\, and bring a bottle of water with you. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink and you are welcome to join.  \nAnyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult. \nAccessibility Notes\nThe distance will be approximately 1.6 miles with no steep gradients. The route may include some uneven surfaces. Please advise us in advance of any additional accessibility needs. If you have any additional questions\, email southendonimagination@gmail.com \nParticipation Guidelines\nThese walks aim to create a safe and respectful space for all involved. By attending the walk\, you are agreeing to be kind and welcoming to others; approach the walk with curiosity and creativity; be respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences; be mindful of language that may exclude or alienate. Please do not disparage others. \nHarassment and sexist\, ableist and racist\, transphobic or other prejudicial comments or behaviours will not be tolerated. We may ask you to leave the walk if you fail to adhere to this code of conduct. \nPlease keep noise levels low when we are in the residential area and be mindful of not obstructing entrants to the hospital\, buildings etc. Please ask before taking photos of other people on the walk and respect people’s privacy at the hospital site and at the children’s park.  \nAbout Gulsen\nGulsen is a multi-disciplinary researcher and artist exploring collective imagination as a way to challenge\, question and interrogate how modern technologies\, systems\, and infrastructures prioritise nebulous concepts of efficiency\, growth\, and innovation instead of\, and often in opposition\, to the real world effects these pursuits have on people. With her practice\, Gulsen looks at what kinds of spaces\, activities\, rituals\, responses\, and conversations might allow us to embrace uncertainty and to come together to imagine different possible futures.  \n  \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 Southend 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.  \nPhoto Credit: Camilla Greenwell  
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/southend-on-imagination-learning-to-ride-a-bike-in-westcliff-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Southend: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this February!️ \nAs winter softens and the first signs of spring appear\, we’re delighted to offer free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area. A chance to reflect\, reset and nurture new ideas as they begin to bloom. \nOn Wednesday 18 February we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss\, which might include:  \n– Talking through your creative practice\n– Developing or sense-checking a project idea\n– Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities\n– Building relationships with organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\n– Budget development or reading draft applications  \nSessions are available in person from Chalkwell Hall\, or online if you prefer. Each artist can book one session\, and sessions last 1 hour.  \nPlaces are offered on a first come\, first served basis (for those who live and/or work in our local area). Follow the link to book your free place: https://bit.ly/4r4WDbj
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/southend-open-advice-sessions-3/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Metal Southend: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this January!️ \nAs we settle into the new year\, we’re delighted to be offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work within our local area. Reflect\, reset and plan your next creative steps with us\, all while enjoying the winter sunshine from our top floor at Chalkwell Hall. \nOn Wednesday 28 January\, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss\, which might include: \n– Talking through your creative practice\n– Developing or sense-checking a project idea\n– Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities\n– Building relationships with organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\n– Budget development or reading draft applications \nSessions are available in person from Chalkwell Hall\, or online if you prefer. Each artist can book one session\, and sessions last 1 hour. \nPlaces are offered on a first come\, first served basis (for those who live and/or work in our local area). \nBook your free place here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-southend-open-advice-sessions-2/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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