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Presented by Black Girl Watching Film Club at Edge Hill Station, Black Girl is a thought provoking and elegant film that tells the story of Diouana, a young woman who moves from Senegal to France in the hopes of progressing her career and exploring a new country. However, when the couple she works for starts […]
You’re invited to a night of performances hosted at YMCA Community Hub, as part of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness commission! Artist Sarah Saxby has teamed up with young people at YMCA Community Hub in Bretton to create Stick & Scratch - a youth-produced event spotlighting local talent, creativity and fresh ideas. Celebrate emerging artists and the community selected by local young people in Peterborough. Whether you […]
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. In this walk, you’ll explore […]
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. In 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 […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private […]
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 […]
A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels, it needs filling with artwork. Join artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private […]
Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this April!️ Want to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal is here to support you. On Wednesday 29 April, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or […]
Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists with the Metal Southend team on Wednesday 29 April. We'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: Discussing your […]
International music improvisor Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is coming to Liverpool for a performance of his ‘Loopadelica’ project improvising on and processing the electric bass live. Also performing is Phantom Leg, an eclectic collective mixing ambient, ethnic, electroacoustic, and noise. Come along and experience the sounds on Friday 1 May from 7.30pm at Edge Hill Station. […]
After a short pause, we’re restarting activity and creating space to reconnect with people working across festivals and events in Peterborough. Previously the Large Scale Festival Network, this next phase is a soft re-start shaped by what’s needed now. Festival Exchange: Plans, Needs & Opportunities On Tuesday 5 May, we’ll be hosting an evening social gathering from 6–8pm facilitated by […]
Feeling stuck working on your own? Missing creative conversation, shared thinking, or simply being in a room (even a virtual one) with people who get it? Join artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan for a relaxed and welcoming peer mentoring introductory session as part of Get a Room - space for creatives to come together, spark new ideas, […]
Meeting at Metal, Edge Hill Station at 10.30am for an 11.00am start. Step into the stories of Picton and Wavertree this May, as we gather for Beating the Bounds - a communal Rogation Day walk shaped by memory, sound and shared experience. Together, we’ll retrace the route of the Picton Play Soundwalk, created by sound artist Sara Wolff - an immersive […]
Clocks went forward on 29th March, and we "lost" an hour. What if we used this seasonal shift to find a different kind of time? In this edition of Get A Room, artist and writer Jeffrey Choy invites you to a low-pressure social setting centred around the ups and downs of the creative process. This […]
By re-connecting the mind to the heart, can we remember ourselves? How can we live harmoniously in a world crumbling through harm? How can we creatively resist Despair from entering and Hope from leaving our ‘Guest House’? Join Khaver Idrees of Anam Cara Collective for a soul making, poetic walk. Taking its name from O’Donohue, the walk aims to re-discover the infrastructure […]
Looking to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? We’re offering free 1:1 sessions in person for artists who live and/or work in Fenland and surrounding areas. Hosted by Viviana Checchia, our Director of Metal Peterborough, and Creative Fenland. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss, which might include: […]
Join Black Girl Watching for a screening of Basquiat at Edge Hill Station on Thursday 28 May. Part fact and part fiction and told through the lens of one of his artist friends, Basquiat tells the tale and troubled life of one of the most prominent figures in the 80’s art scene. From his humble […]
Join us for a creative session to dream into how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. Collective imagination enables us to listen to, engage with and embody different perspectives, weave together diverse values and worldviews, and rethink what we believe is possible for now and in the future. In this imagining […]
Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. You are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary too. Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm Every weekday Monday - Friday, 01 - 30 June. Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to […]
Book a Wild Desk - A unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our garden area, away from digital distractions. Wild Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm every weekday, 01 - 30 June. We’re offering one 'Wild' Desk - a unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our enclosed Peacock garden area. You will be […]
