Interdisciplinary artist Edi McGurk shares a beginner's guide to Access Riders this month with Metal New Artist Network on Thursday 25 April. Come along to find out what an access rider is, gain top tips on how you might write your own and learn ways to invite and act on these from your own creative […]

Hosted at Metal Southend, Elevator Arts are delighted to welcome you to the exhibition of work created during the Labour of Love project. Come along for a celebration of creativity. Elevator Arts' Labour of Love Community Quilt showcases the handiwork and experiences of mothers throughout Southend. Made in partnership with Labyrinth House, textile artist Laura […]

Returning to Metal after 10 years after their residency with us, Three Acres And A Cow will be performing in our space on Wednesday 1 May from 7pm. Three Acres And A Cow is a history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. The show connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt […]

WoWFEST: FAHRENHEIT 2024 - One Night. Ten speakers. Three Minutes Each. One Planet to save… We’re all well aware of the urgency the climate crisis is placing on humanity.

All aboard! Next stop, ZINE STATION. On Saturday 4 May, Metal Liverpool, LCPS and Prints N Tha are hosting an alternative Zine and Print Fair. Celebrating DIY publishing, zine, print and comic culture in Liverpoool and Merseyside. Hop on for a selection of Liverpool’s finest Zine & Print stalls, meet the artists and check out […]

Funding advice for Creatives and Curious Minds – hosted by Metal Are you an artist or creative? Budget woes? Look no further! This workshop will talk you through everything you need to know about preparing your budgets and finances when you’re applying for Arts Council Project Grant funding. Join Laura Hensser as they explain how […]

“South Africa from a Black perspective… it’s about time.” - Spike Lee Hosted at Metal Liverpool, members of LADFN are screening a new 4K restoration of Mapantsula - a classic of guerilla filmmaking produced under extreme censorship. The film is screening on Thursday 16 May at Edge Hill Station to celebrate the 30th anniversary of […]

Hosted at Metal Liverpool, AMQH presents, fresh from their acclaimed performance at Liverpool International Jazz Festival, Nick Branton's two-reeds-plus-guitar-and-drums quartet Kippers. Kippers will play a quasi-improvised set of music in Metal's Engine Room. Opening up the evening's proceedings in support will be the Leeds city trio of Stillablower/Carrol/Windsor. Tickets are priced from £5 and available […]

Join us for a creative workshop exploring the stories and histories of community gardens along the Liverpool-Manchester railway on Saturday 18 May at Edge Hill train station from 1pm! Planting and Placemaking Project (PPP) is a participatory mapping project by Zhuozhang Li that focuses on and celebrates community-based railway gardens along the Liverpool-Manchester railway. Are […]

Join us for a creative workshop exploring the stories and histories of community gardens along the Liverpool and Manchester railway on Sunday 19 May at Lady James' Hall from 1pm-3pm! Planting and Placemaking Project (PPP) is a participatory mapping project by Zhuozhang Li that focuses on and celebrates community-based railway gardens along the Liverpool-Manchester railway. […]

Metal is working with Arts Council England (ACE) to host a series of talks and open advice sessions about how artists, creatives, community and voluntary groups can apply for a Project Grant to fund their work. ACE are keen for more people from the Peterborough and Fenland area to apply. On Wednesday 23 May, we’re […]

Metal is working with Arts Council England (ACE) to host a series of talks and open advice sessions about how artists, creatives, community and voluntary groups can apply for a Project Grant to fund their work. ACE are keen for more people from the Peterborough and Fenland area to apply. We’re offering free sessions for […]

Metal is working with Arts Council England (ACE) to host a series of talks and open advice sessions about how artists, creatives, community and voluntary groups can apply for a Project Grant to fund their work. ACE are keen for more people from the Peterborough and Fenland area to apply. We’re offering free sessions for […]

Join us on Bank Holiday Monday for our next Drawing Social event taking place at Granby Winter Garden on 27 May from 5pm – 6.30pm. The Drawing Social is a bi-monthly, informal drawing network. The events are open to any creatives, of all skills and backgrounds, interested in exploring storytelling through print, zines, and comics […]

Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms. On Wednesday 29 May we’re offering free 1:1 sessions for artists 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: - Discussing your creative practice - Talking through […]

In late 2019, Josh Coates made the decision to change up his practice. He wanted to work in a more socially engaged way. Then a pandemic hit. Over the last 4 years, he has explored what socially engaged practice means within his work, and what it means to the communities, organisations and people he creates […]

Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. Whether you’re on the east or west side of the building, you are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary, along with some space to think. There are three desks available per day. If you miss out on […]

Book a slot within our Essex Writers House edition of Open Advice Sessions Thursday 6, 13, 20 and 27 June. 11am-12noon, 12.30pm-1.30pm, 2.30pm-3.30pm and 4pm-5pm. These free sessions are available for Essex writers of all genres and experience levels. Book an hour-long slot, with a panel of the Metal team and our associate writers, to […]

Metal is supporting artist Xavier de Sousa for their multidisciplinary exhibition What Becomes... The exhibition explores the processes of adaptation that migrants go through when moving to a new place and to a new community. “When you move somewhere, is the onus on you to adapt or others? And what becomes of us, over time, […]