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, […]

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 Friday 7 June, we’re […]

Essex Writers House Saturday 15 June 11am – 1pm £12 per person Book here! How to Start Your Novel and How to Keep Going with Louise Doughty How do you open a book in a compulsive way, and how do you carry on from there? What makes good storytelling in a full-length work of fiction, […]

Essex Writers House Saturday 15 June 3pm – 5pm Book your free ticket here Blood and Belonging  Raine Geoghegan, Richard O'Neill and Damian Le Bas: three different writers from a variety of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) backgrounds come together for a reading and discussion hosted by Louise Doughty. Blood and Belonging is the title […]

EXTRACTS: An evening to write, read and share at Essex Writers House Keen to share your own written work with an audience? EXTRACTS invites you to find kinship and confidence through writing and creative community. Our host for the evening is colourful author and content creator, Ellen Rosemarie Harvey. Ellen joined us at Essex Writers […]

Free advice for artists and creatives based in Liverpool! We want to support you and your creative journey. On Thursday 20 and Tuesday 25 June, we’re hosting 1:1 Open Advice Sessions for artists who live and/or work in Liverpool. You can set the agenda and talk to us about anything related to your creative practice, […]

Hosted at Metal Liverpool, join author and researcher Paul Rekret for a talk and discussion on his recently published book Take This Hammer, a study of contemporary music in light of transformations to work and social life. Paul will be joined by artists and curators Ashley Holmes and Ronald-Rose Antoinette, who both centre music in […]