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SUMMARY:Open Advice Sessions with Metal Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Looking to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? \nMetal’s Open Advice Sessions return for the Summer! We want to support you on your creative journey. \nWe’re offering free one-to-one sessions in-person or online for artists and creatives who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss\, which might include: \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 sections of draft applications\n\nWho is this for? \nWe’re offering these sessions for people to discuss their work with us in-person or online. There 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 to those who live and/or work in Liverpool City Region where we are based. To ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible\, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us in the past 12 months won’t be eligible this time. \nThings to note \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.What 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 Metal Liverpool team \nIn Liverpool we are all practicing artists in our spare time and have various levels of experience developing participatory projects and workshops with clear social and political impacts\, working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have supported a variety of artistic disciplines and support a community of artists in our buildings from theatre\, dance\, film\, music\, writing\, sculpture\, drawing and painting\, as well as arts for health and wellbeing benefits. We have experience applying for Arts Council funding\, as well as smaller locally based trusts and funds. Learn more about our Liverpool site and our access to the building here. \nOnce you’ve made your appointment\, one of Metal team will be in touch over email. \nBook an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team by visiting the link here. Come along and discuss your ideas – we look forward to meeting you! \nProject Grants update \nWe realise many artists and creatives will have been affected by Arts Council England’s decision to pause National Lottery Project Grant funding applications until September. \nIf you would like to speak to the Metal team about Project Grants in particular\, please let us know in the email correspondence we’ll share between when you book your place and the date of your Open Advice Session\, then we’ll endeavour to prepare options in advance. For example\, we can share alternative potential funding routes\, or help plan around the delay as best we can.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/open-advice-sessions-liv-aug-25/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Make Time For Love
DESCRIPTION:Make Time For Love is a project by arts organisation Metal\, with artists YARA + DAVINA\, commissioned by Culture Liverpool\, Liverpool City Council. Make Time For Love is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15\, to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme.   \nEveryone is invited to take part in this week of events from 20 – 28 September. The range of activities and events have been shaped by three commissioned short stories set in Wavertree and Picton. The book\, Stories\, Mystery and Love\, will be shared with all households in the L15 postcode over the course of the week. Copies will also be available in libraries across Liverpool library. Events also take inspiration from James Picton’s Clock Tower (1884)\, created in loving memory to his wife of 50 years\, Sarah Pooley. Make Time for Love celebrates love for families\, neighbours\, community\, and friends.   \nThe programme on Wavertree High Street launches with a day of celebratory events on Saturday 20 September\, and includes a drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop at the Rose Garden\, readings by commissioned writers Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library\, a live musical performance by Capeesh\, and the unveiling of four very special clocks. \nTo sign up – follow the free ticket links here to let Metal know you plan on joining us. Walk-ups are welcome all week at all stages. \nActivity continues with Liverpool’s Heritage Day on 21 September; part of a UK wide programme of Heritage Open Days throughout September.   \n  \nWhat’s On  \nCelebration Day Events\, 20 September  \nThere will be a range of free activities and events for everyone:  \n• Drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop with artists YARA + DAVINA in the Rose Garden at Wavertree Library  \n• Live readings from the recently published book Stories\, Mystery\, and Love by our three commissioned writers\, Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer\, and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library  \n• A live musical performance of original songs by Capeesh at Wavertree Library  \n• An unveiling of four clocks by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree  \n• A curated playlist of love songs playing in businesses along the High Street\, curated by Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree   \n• A chance to collect a special edition pin from Love Wavertree  \n• A soundwalk available for download via the free ECHOES app\, through which you can listen\, in specific locations\, to music\, field recordings and spoken word gathered from around the neighbourhood  \n  \nMake Time For Love: Party at Metal! – Saturday 20 September\, 5pm-8pm \nPlease join us for the Make Time For Love celebration evening at Edge Hill Station. Marking the end of Metal’s Picton Play project with a party\, there will be food\, drink\, music – and cake! \nSign up for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-time-for-love-party-at-metal-tickets-1715023855519 \n  \n  \nCelebration Week Events\, 20 – 28 September  \nArt installation\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Town Hall\, 89 High Street\, L15 8HF\nFour bespoke clock faces will be on display this week in Wavertree Town Hall\, making statements on love and the passing of time.   \n “The ghosts of Sarah Pooley and James Picton still keep time – they slow it down at bus stops\, run it backwards in junk shops\, speed it up at home.”  Sophie Herxheimer\, excerpt from WIN WIN from the newly published Stories\, Mystery\, and Love.  \nThe clocks have been created by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House\, and Love Wavertree\, featuring four clock faces\, through workshops\, which began in the summer of 2025.\n  \nArchival material\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nArchitect Sir James Picton designed many iconic Liverpool buildings including Liverpool’s Corn Exchange\, and was instrumental in the establishment of public libraries\, including Wavertree Library. Over the course of his many travels\, Picton often sent letters to his wife\, Sarah Pooley. Join us at Wavertree Library to see archival material written by the son of James Picton and Sarah Pooley sharing insight into their relationship and love for each other\, alongside a curated selection of books on the theme of love. \n  \nRead-a-long and book discussion\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nJoin us for a chance to read together and share thoughts on the newly published book Stories\, Mystery\, and Love which have been shared with all households in the L15 postcode.  \n  \nLessons on Love: drop-in lunchtime community story sharing\, 20 – 28 September\nInvited local people will share stories of how they have fostered love in their lives and for their area.  Speakers are:   \nFozia Choudhry\, founder of Fozia’s Kashmiri Kitchen\nFozia’s Kashmiri Kitchen\, 155 Picton Road\, L15 4LG\nTuesday 23 September\, 19:00 – 21:00 \nSophie Colligan\, a local non-denominational celebrant \nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP\nThursday 25 September\, 14:00 – 15:00 \nPaul Rivera\, a retired Park Ranger\, and resident of Wavertree since the age of 6\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP\nSaturday 27 September\, 10:00 – 11:00 \n  \nDaily Love Mantra and Art Trail Tour\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Town Hall\, 89 High Street\, L15 8HF\nAn invitation to meet at the Wavertree Town Hall to hear a love mantra of the day shared by a Make Time For Love facilitator. This event will occur at 11:00 every day.  \n  \nPick up a special edition badge\, 20 – 28 September\nLove Wavertree Community Shop\, 203 Picton Rd\, Wavertree\, Liverpool L15 4LG\nIn collaboration with Love Wavertree staff and volunteers\, artists YARA + DAVINA have designed 500 special edition Make Time For Love enamel pins to encourage people to chat about the love they have for their community and Wavertree High Street. Grab one in exchange for a donation\, or any purchase from the shop. \n  \nMake Time For Love floral tribute\, 20 – 28 September\nOccasions Florist\, Wavertree High Street\,169 Picton Rd\, Liverpool L15 4LG\nA chance to see the completed floral tribute spelling out Make Time For Love\, made during the Rose Garden workshops\, in the shop window.  \n  \nMake Time For Love rug\, Wavertree Library\, 20 September – ongoing\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nYARA + DAVINA have created a rug for the children’s area of Wavertree Library\, inspired by workshops with the local community\, which celebrates Picton and Wavertree’s history. The rug will be on permanent display from 20 September. \n  \nCurated playlist\, 20 – 28 September\nAudiences will also have the chance to listen to the playlist of love songs in businesses along the High Street curated by members of the community. \n  \nSoundwalk\, ECHOES app\, 20 September – ongoing\nInspired by the stories we tell each other that tie us to where we live. The Soundwalk can be listened to through ECHOES; a free app where you can listen to music\, field recordings and spoken word in specific locations gathered from around the neighbourhood.  \n  \nInformation for visitors:  \nSaturday 20 September 2025 – Saturday 28 September  \nVenues along Wavertree High Street \, Wavertree\, Liverpool L15\n  \nFor more detailed information and venue opening days and times\, visit: metalculture.com/projects/make-time-for-love  \n  \nMake Time For Love © by YARA + DAVINA\, 2025. A project by Metal. Commissioned by Culture Liverpool and supported by Arts Council England\, Liverpool City Council\, the University of Liverpool and Art Fund.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/make-time-for-love/
LOCATION:Wavertree High Street\, High St\, Liverpool\, Merseyside\, L15 8HF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Make Time For Love - Celebration Day
DESCRIPTION:Make Time For Love: Celebration Day – Saturday 20 September\, 11am-5pm \nMake Time For Love is a project by arts organisation Metal\, with artists YARA + DAVINA\, commissioned by Culture Liverpool\, Liverpool City Council. Make Time For Love is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15\, to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme.   \nEveryone is invited to take part in this week of events from 20 – 28 September. The range of activities and events have been shaped by three commissioned short stories set in Wavertree and Picton. The book\, Stories\, Mystery and Love\, will be shared with all households in the L15 postcode over the course of the week. Copies will also be available in libraries across Liverpool library. Events also take inspiration from James Picton’s Clock Tower (1884)\, created in loving memory to his wife of 50 years\, Sarah Pooley. Make Time for Love celebrates love for families\, neighbours\, community\, and friends.   \nThe programme on Wavertree High Street launches with a day of celebratory events on Saturday 20 September\, and includes a drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop at the Rose Garden\, readings by commissioned writers Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library\, a live musical performance by Capeesh\, and the unveiling of four very special clocks. \n  \nMake Time For Love: Party at Metal! – Saturday 20 September\, 5pm-8pm \nPlease join us for the Make Time For Love celebration evening at Edge Hill Station. Marking the end of Metal’s Picton Play project with a party\, there will be food\, drink\, music – and cake! \nSign up for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-time-for-love-party-at-metal-tickets-1715023855519 \n  \nCelebration Day Events\, 20 September  \nThere will be a range of free activities and events for everyone:  \n• Drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop with artists YARA + DAVINA in the Rose Garden  \n• Live readings by our three commissioned writers\, Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer\, and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library  \n• A live musical performance of original songs by Capeesh at Wavertree Library  \n• An unveiling of four clocks by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree  \n• A curated playlist of love songs playing in businesses along the High Street  \n• A chance to collect a special edition pin from Love Wavertree  \n• A soundwalk available for download via the free ECHOES app\, through which you can listen\, in specific locations\, to music\, field recordings and spoken word gathered from around the neighbourhood  \n  \nAll activities are free – book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/metal-liverpool-11181838770 \nLet us know you’ll be joining us – use the hashtag #MakeTimeForLove on socials and follow our Eventbrite page for individual events. \nFor more detailed information and venue opening days and times\, visit: metalculture.com/projects/make-time-for-love  \n  \n \nMake Time For Love © by YARA + DAVINA\, 2025. A project by Metal. Commissioned by Culture Liverpool and supported by Arts Council England\, Liverpool City Council\, the University of Liverpool and Art Fund.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mtfl-celebration-day/
LOCATION:Wavertree High Street\, High St\, Liverpool\, Merseyside\, L15 8HF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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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: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:Get a Room: Metal Social hosted by Artist Alfie Winters of One-Hour Residency
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nJoin us on Thursday 30 October\, 7-9pm\, for Get a Room – a Metal Social offering space for creatives to gather\, connect\, and collaborate. During the evening you’ll share ideas\, plan projects\, and meet like-minded people – all in the welcoming environment of Metal’s home in Southend\, Chalkwell Hall. \nThis Metal Social will be hosted by local artist Alfie Winters\, founder of the one-hour residency at Chalkwell Hall. \nExpect: \n\na warm welcome\nopportunities for connection\ncreative conversation\na tombola of art-making prompts\nfun resources and games including ‘Artist’s Truth or Dare’.\n\nHost Alfie Winters is a visual artist and educator from Essex\, working from Studio 12\, Leigh-on-Sea. His work explores performance\, process\, and archive\, applying these to create lo-fi autonomy. With a photography background\, his lens-based work questions and documents practice-based research in artistic spaces. \nBook your free ticket via Eventbrite HERE \n  \nMetal Socials are part of Get a Room\, Metal’s programme of artist-led hangouts for fun\, solidarity\, togetherness\, and challenge in Liverpool\, Peterborough\, Southend and online. Get a Room asks\, ‘what are the creative spaces we need for fruitful conversations and connection in these times?’ 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/get-a-room-metal-social-hosted-by-artist-alfie-winters-of-one-hour-residency/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Open Advice Sessions for local artists with Metal Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Want to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations?  \nMetal’s Open Advice Sessions for local artists return this Autumn. We want to support you on your creative journey.  \nWe’re offering free one-to-one sessions in-person or online for artists and creatives who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss\, which 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\n\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues \n\n\nBudget development or reading sections of draft applications \n\n  \nWho is this for?  \nWe’re offering these sessions for people to discuss their work with us in-person or online. There 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 to those who live and/or work in Liverpool City Region where we are based. To ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible\, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us in the past 12 months won’t be eligible this time.  \n  \nThings to note  \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. What you share with us in the session will stay in the meeting. We will not share your ideas outside of the session space.  \n  \nAbout the Metal Liverpool team  \nIn Liverpool we are all practicing artists in our spare time and have various levels of experience developing participatory projects and workshops with clear social and political impacts\, working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have supported a variety of artistic disciplines and support a community of artists in our buildings from theatre\, dance\, film\, music\, writing\, sculpture\, drawing and painting\, as well as arts for health and wellbeing benefits. We have experience applying for Arts Council funding\, as well as smaller locally based trusts and funds. Learn more about our Liverpool site and our access to the building here.  \nOnce you’ve made your appointment\, the Metal team will be in touch over email.  \nBook an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team. Come along and discuss your ideas – we look forward to meeting you!  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/open-advice-sessions-for-local-artists-with-metal-liverpool/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Liverpool
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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: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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251107T163000
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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:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251113T200000
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CREATED:20251020T160333Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251115T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251119T170000
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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:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251120T200000
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SUMMARY:Get a Room: Social — Dream Access Terminal with Lawrence Becko
DESCRIPTION:Get a Room: Social — Dream Access Terminal with Lawrence Becko \nThursday 20 November\, 6–8pm \nDream Space\, Unit 27\, Queensgate\, Peterborough   \nFree   \n \nAre you an artist / creative looking to network\, share your latest projects\, or simply connect with like-minded individuals? Come along to our next at Get a Room Social at Metal Peterborough – space for the creative community to come together\, spark new ideas\, and collaborate.  \nIn our pop-up Dream Space in Queensgate\, join artist Lawrence Becko to explore the Dream Access Terminal. Built from vintage computer components and analogue music equipment\, this interactive installation will playfully reimagine what it might mean to generate and browse dreams.   \nParticipants are invited to explore a world of 8-bit dreamscapes\, retro sci-fi visuals\, and video game–inspired animations — the artist’s own collection of digital ‘dreams’ created since his SPILL festival Residency in 2024. As you move through the space\, you’ll encounter mellow ambient soundtracks and dreampop cassette players to accompany your journey\, creating a sensory mix of nostalgia and imagination.   \nThe evening will also feature a live ambient DJ set by Lawrence\, blending low-tech loops and gentle electronic soundscapes inspired by imaginary worlds and surreal encounters. Expect conversation prompts\, a touch of nostalgia\, and the chance to share your own dream stories — from the strangest places you’ve visited to the unexpected people you’ve met there.   \nCome connect\, unwind\, and explore.    \nBook your free space here.  \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/get-a-room-social-dream-access-terminal-with-lawrence-becko/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T114819Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251125T180000
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SUMMARY:The Connective Tissue of Cambridge – Workshop with Amy Vaughan
DESCRIPTION:Date:  25 November 2025\nTime: 4 – 6pm\nLocation:  Cambridge Room\, Unit 57\, The Grafton Centre \n \n  \nCambridge’s cultural scene is full of energy\, talent\, and ideas – but how can we strengthen the connections that bring it all together?  \nJoin cultural leader Amy Vaughan for an inspiring\, hands-on workshop all about the ‘connective tissue’ of Cambridge’s creative life. Together\, we’ll explore what could happen if we shifted to a ‘yes\, and’ mindset – opening up new ways to collaborate\, imagine\, and make things happen.  \nDuring the session we will:  \n\nGenerate imaginative ideas about the connective tissues and potential networks that could exist between artists\, organisations\, and communities. \n\n\nWork collaboratively to envision new futures of connection and cultural collaboration in the city. \n\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  \nOpen to artists\, makers\, and creatives of all disciplines.  \n   \nAbout Amy and Creative Cambridge   \nAmy Vaughan is a cultural leader based in Cambridgeshire\, known for her strategic work in shaping creative ecosystems and championing collaborative cultural futures.   \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   \nHow to find the Cambridge Room:\nUnit 57\, The Grafton centre – opposite H&M Home and Boots  \nBookings can be made by clicking here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/the-connective-tissue-of-cambridge-workshop-with-amy-vaughan/
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
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251130T150000
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SUMMARY:Get a Room: Social — The Exhale with artist Hana Sayeed (Malika Speaks)
DESCRIPTION:Get a Room: Social — The Exhale with artist Hana Sayeed (Malika Speaks) \nSunday 30 November 1-3pm  \nDream Space\, Unit 27\, Queensgate\, Peterborough    \n\nAre you an artist / creative looking to network\, share your latest projects\, or simply connect with like-minded individuals? Come along to our next Get a Room Social at Metal Peterborough – space for the creative community to come together\, spark new ideas\, and collaborate.   \n  \nIn our pop-up Dream Space in Queensgate\, join artist Hana Sayeed @MalikaSpeaks to explore The Exhale. designed as a gentle invitation to slow down\, rest\, and simply be.  \nInspired by Erich Fromm’s The Art of Being\, The Exhale offers a space for artists and creatives to step away from doing\, and return to being. This gathering provides time to rest\, reconnect\, and reflect on what it means to exist outside the pressure of productivity.   \n  \nTogether\, we’ll create a collective exhale\, a shared act of self-nourishment and renewal.  \nThe evening will transform Metal’s Dream Space into a calm\, sensory environment filled with soft lighting\, slow instrumental soundscapes\, and the subtle scent of essential oils.  \n  \nWhat to expect:  \n\nThe Tea Corner – A choice of herbal teas\, each with its own properties and reflective prompts\, offering warmth and grounding. \n\n\nThe Soundscape Space – A stillness zone with guided meditation and gentle breathing exercises through headphones. \n\n\nThe Reflection Table – Creative prompts and provocations to explore the question: What would life look like if we were allowed to just be? \n\n\nBook your free space here. \n  \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/get-a-room-social-the-exhale-with-artist-hana-sayeed-malika-speaks/
LOCATION:Unit 27\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251202T161500
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251203T161500
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20251022T141443Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251209T161500
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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:20251215T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251215T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20251205T141100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T141622Z
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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:20260119T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20251216T165708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T103727Z
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SUMMARY:Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark
DESCRIPTION:👉 Get a Room for DDN artists and creatives — John Clark \n📅 19 January 11am – 1pm \n📍In Person at RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT \n\n\n\n\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? \nAutistic 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 in person gathering. They’ll be an opportunity to; further network\, collaborate and potentially make together. \nThis session is welcome to anyone who identifies as DDN \, (as well as friends\, support workers and Carers). \nThe session 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. \nLet us know you’re coming by booking your slot here. \nWe look forward to seeing you! \nID: A black and white photograph of artist John Clark working on a large piece of paper with an ink stamp.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/get-a-room-for-ddn-artists-and-creatives-john-clark/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260123T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260123T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260108T133714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T111328Z
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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:20260124T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260108T134000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T111258Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260128T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260128T173000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260116T110031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T104203Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260203T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260121T090515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T090534Z
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SUMMARY:LOOK Climate Lab 2026: Shift Members' Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Shift Members’ Meeting – LOOK Climate Lab 2026 – Tuesday 3 February at 2:30pm – Open Eye Gallery. \nShift is the environmental sustainability network for cultural organisations in Liverpool City Region co-ordinated by Metal Liverpool. February’s Shift meeting will be made open to the public as part of LOOK Climate Lab at Open Eye Gallery. \nThere will be updates from members and a presentation from artist Hwa Young Jung about their Flow.Walk.Drag project and the walking tours that happened in Liverpool and Margate last year\, led by drag artists as microorganisms (cholera & E. coli).  A transdisciplinary artistic response to the climate emergency. \nFor more information see: shiftliverpool.com and fwdrag.art
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/climate-lab-shift-members/
LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, 19 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T173000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260210T114433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T114433Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T190000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20251105T143539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T151101Z
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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:20260220T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260216T110030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T114528Z
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SUMMARY:Spinning Yarns with Tool/Toy Project: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how sheep’s fur gets made into wool? \nJoin us for an intimate hands-on workshop brining a group of strangers together to do some making blending ancient craft\, sharing stories and spinning yarns after dark. Make your own spindle and learn to spin a yarn! \nHosted at the Tool Library in Aspen Yard\, off Lodge Lane on Friday 20 February\, 6-8pm. \nCan’t make it? There’s another event on Saturday 21 February. Email edgehill@metalculture.com for more details. \nEvents are free and open to anyone. \nAbout Tool/Toy Project \nTool/Toy Project are artist duo Rachel Jones (social researcher and artist based in Norwich) and Maegan Icke (architect and artist based in Liverpool). \nThey explore the objects of work and play\, and create projects with tools and toys that tell us something about their societies of origin. Their work includes themes of degrowth\, play\, domesticity and urban planning with the aim of imagining alternative societal structures that don’t incentivise ecological destruction and social exploitation. \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 Liverpool 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/spinning-yarns-with-tool-toy-project-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Aspen Yard\, 1 Aspen Grove\, Liverpool\, L8 0SR
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260221T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T031418
CREATED:20260216T112821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T114456Z
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SUMMARY:Spinning Yarns Again with Tool/Toy Project: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how sheep’s fur gets made into wool? \nJoin us for an intimate hands-on workshop brining a group of strangers together to do some making blending ancient craft\, sharing stories and spinning yarns after dark. Make your own spindle and learn to spin a yarn! \nHosted at Kitty’s Launderette on Saturday 21 February\, 6.30-8.30pm. Email edgehill@metalculture.com for more details. \nEvents are free and open to anyone. \nAbout Tool/Toy Project \nTool/Toy Project are artist duo Rachel Jones (social researcher and artist based in Norwich) and Maegan Icke (architect and artist based in Liverpool). \nThey explore the objects of work and play\, and create projects with tools and toys that tell us something about their societies of origin. Their work includes themes of degrowth\, play\, domesticity and urban planning with the aim of imagining alternative societal structures that don’t incentivise ecological destruction and social exploitation. \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 Liverpool 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/spinning-yarns-again-with-tool-toy-project-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Kitty’s Launderette\, 77 Grasmere Street\, Liverpool\, L5 6RH
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com
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