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SUMMARY:Sketchy Kids Art Club
DESCRIPTION:Metal Art School hosts a busy programme of workshops\, classes and creative socials\, led by independent creatives within our local community.By offering our studio space free of charge\, Metal support local creatives in reaching new audiences\, sharing creative practice and building their portfolio as freelance artists. \n\n\nTo enquire into hosting a class here\, please fill out this form.\nFind out more about Metal Art School here. \n\n\n\n\nSketchy Kids Art Club\nWednesdays\n4.15pm – 5.30pm (during term time)\nMetal Art School\, Chalkwell Park\, SS0 8NB\n£8 per session or £30 for 4 consecutive classes\nAsk about Sibling Discount!\nLed by creative facilitator Farida Kamruddin\n\nSketchy Kids is an after school art club for primary school children aged 6 – 11.  We focus on art projects that allow self expression\, empowering our Sketchy Kids to explore their own unique style.  Your child will become an empowered artist growing in confidence with each project\, learning to love art without judgement.  Learning how to use different art materials\, techniques and processes to create fun art & craft projects each week.\n\nClick here to book your ticket.\nOr email sketchysisterhood@gmail.com\n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/sketchy-kids-art-club/
LOCATION:Metal Art School : Southend\, Metal Art School\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS0 8NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured
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SUMMARY:METAL MASTERCLASS #18: MINATURE BOTANICAL PORCELAIN SCULPTURE WITH KATHRYN PARSONS
DESCRIPTION:When: Saturday 18th April\n \nTime: 10am-4pm\n \nVenue: Chauffeurs Cottage\, 1 St Peters Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX\n \nCost: £35 (includes materials and firing)\n \nOnly 8 spaces available\n \nTo book click here  \n  \nInspired by garden plants and lichens\, this workshop will show you how to create your own miniature porcelain sculptures. Under the careful guidance of Kathryn Parsons you will use simple hand tools and a variety of techniques to shape\, texture and work the soft porcelain clay. There will be plenty of time explore the material\, enjoy noticing the small details of nature and create your own small collection of miniature porcelain treasures.  \nThe workshop will start with a short introduction to Kathryn’s work\, her work in porcelain and how she takes inspiration from the natural environment.  \nParticipants are invited to bring in any plant material (small leaves\, flowers or seed heads etc) from gardens etc to inspire their work. There will be opportunity to collect samples from the Chauffeurs Cottage garden as well.  \nPlease wear clothing that you don’t mind getting slightly dirty or an apron. All tools are provided. The workshop fee includes the costs of materials and firing. Participants will be able to collect fired items from Chauffeurs Cottage 3 – 4 weeks after the workshop.  \nMetal is committed to being as accessible and inclusive as possible so please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries in advance of your booking or visit.  \nAbout Kathryn Parsons  \nKathryn is a mixed media artist and visual story teller. She is currently artist in residence with the Langdyke Countryside Trust. She creates intricate\, intimate hand-made sculptures that weave together tales of people\, places and the natural world.  \nHand modelled porcelain is currently at the heart of Kathryn’s practice\, often combined with found natural and vintage objects.  \nIt is the small details of nature that inspire me. Whether I’m looking at a fragment of lichen-encrusted bark or through a lens at a piece of coral\, natural structures\, textures and forms delight me. As I explore these treasures\, and delve into the history of the places in which they are found\, I find myself wanting to share their stories. Through sculpture I select and combine the elements that most fascinate me. Sometimes new species emerge… new wonders of the natural world that have been waiting to be discovered.  \nKathryn has exhibited at The Victoria and Albert Museum\, The National Centre for Craft & Design (solo exhibition) and City Gallery Peterborough\, and as site specific interventions at Burghley House\, John Clare Cottage\, Northampton Museum and Derby Museum. The Herbarium at Derby Museum now includes four tiny porcelain ‘lichen’ specimens.  \nFind out more: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-masterclass-18-minature-botanical-porcelain-sculpture-with-kathryn-parsons/
LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX
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SUMMARY:NetPark Wellbeing Project : Big Screen Southend
DESCRIPTION:Take a visit to The Forum to see original artworks shown on Big Screen Southend\, created by participants of the NetPark Wellbeing Project.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/netpark-wellbeing-project-big-screen-southend/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Letters To The Earth
DESCRIPTION:Join artists\, writers\, creatives and activists for an evening of readings\, music and discussion at Chalkwell Hall on Friday 12th\, 7.30pm – 10pm\, part of Metal’s continued programme of Essex Writers House events: Letters to the Earth. \n​Letters To The Earth is a nationwide response to the climate emergency backed by Royal Court\, Shakespeare’s Globe & National Theatre Wales. \nFor the past few months writers and artists\, school children and members of the British public have been writing letters to the earth about the climate and ecological emergency. Over 1000 letters have been received and are due to be read out on April 12th at venues all over the world  from Zambia to Canada\, from Latvia to New Zealand. Metal Southend will be one of the British venues and is inviting members of the public to come and hear the letters and join in an evening of discussion and music. \nHosted by local writer and activist\, Syd Moore\, readers for the evening  include: \nCouncillor Laurie Burton \nWriter\, Jane Barron de Burgh \nPoet Pablo Giles \nActivist Graham Burnett \nWriter Sean Groth \nPlaywright Sadie Hasler \nActor Sarah Mayhew \nDJ Storm \nand school children from local schools. \n“Hundreds of thousands of school strikers and rebels around the world are demanding action. Local governments all over the world are declaring climate emergencies. It’s time for the arts and cultural sectors to do the same. commented Kay Michael\, theatre director and one of the organisers of the Letters To The Earth project. \nDoors open at 7.30pm and tickets are FREE but please CLICK HERE to book! \nApril 12th \, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Park.\n@CultureDeclares hashtag #LettersToTheEarth \n  \nThe letters will be made rights free and available for anyone to download and present anywhere in the world from 15th – 28th April\, coinciding with the International Extinction Rebellion and School Strike For Climate.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/letters-to-the-earth/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured
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SUMMARY:Future Network Special – GET OFF YOUR ARTS Quiz!
DESCRIPTION:FREE ENTRY \nThursday 10th January 2019: 6pm – 9pm \n  \nNew for 2019 – Metal have decided to shake up Future Network – our regular networking evening for creative people working in any artistic discipline – and try a new format. \nWe are inviting guest artists to curate and host a pub style ‘art quiz’\, putting their spin on the night\, deciding the rounds and themes of the evening; still with a chance to meet other creatives and hear about up coming opportunities. \nEach evening will include an invited guest host\, plus our regular 10 x 3 Minute Wonder open mic spots – open to any artist\, designer\, performer or other creative who would like to talk about their work\, practice or current projects. If this sounds like you and you would like to book your slot\, please email us via ruth@metalculture.com\nTo kick off the New Year and our new format – award winning poet and spoken word artist  Mark Grist will be your very own host. For his quiz\, GET OFF YOUR ARTS! \nAbout Mark\nPoet and performer Mark Grist\, used to be a secondary school English teacher\, lots of his work is designed for teenagers/young adults/teachers/children. Over the past ten years Mark has won countless slams\, titles and awards for his work\, (along with two International Webby Awards) and has clocked up millions of views for both his poetry and rap battles online. Recent commissions include work for The Royal Institute\, Channel 4\, Film4\, Red Bull and Google. He also recently fronted Redbull’s documentary series ‘Mark Grist battles the World\,’ which involved Mark exploring hip hop culture across The Philippines. www.markgrist.com \nWe will be doing all sorts of unusual activities for you to get to know one another and you will be allocated a team when you arrive. \nCome along\, shake off the cobwebs and get motivated for the New Year\, with this activity fun filled quiz\, game show extravaganza – ‘Get Off Your Arts’! \n  \n6pm: Doors / Bar open \n6.30pm: Quiz starts \n7.30pm: 10 x 3 Min Wonders – ‘open mic’ spots for artists to tell you about new ideas\, existing projects\, opportunities. (Sign up for one: ruth@metalculture.com) \n8.30pm onwards: Drinks and Networking \n  \nLet us know your coming by clicking here.  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/future-network-special-get-off-your-arts-quiz/
LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX
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SUMMARY:Inkhead:  Drink\, Draw & More
DESCRIPTION:Friday 5 October \n7pm – 10pm \nDrink\, Draw & More:  Meet the Inkhead Artists \nJoin us for a ‘marketplace of ideas\, artworks\, workshops and 3 Min Wonder talks with 10 Comics artists from across the UK and overseas. \nFollowing an application and selection process 10 artists were selected to spend the week together at Metal\, exploring their practice\, exploring Southend and surrounding areas.  Friday is an opportunity to meet them\, find out about their week and new ideas.  There will also be a space to draw and work on show for inspiration\, so please feel free to bring along a sketchbook. \nFREE entry / Licenced Bar \nBook HERE. \nParticipating artists: \n\nAlexandre Szolnoky\nAmy Ison\nClio Isadora Delcour-Min\nDaniel Locke\nDominique Duong\nEmma Burleigh\nPriya Kuriyan\nRos Asquith\nSean Azzopardi\nWallis Eates\n\n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/draw/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180719T110000
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SUMMARY:Café Valise Pop Up:  Seven Weeks of Summer
DESCRIPTION:  \nmusic\, art\, books\, comedy\, food\, coffee\, prosecco and more….\n  \nfrom Thursday 19 July – Sunday 2 Sept 2018\n \nOpen: every Thurs to Sun\, 11am – 6pm (plus evening events)\n  \nMetal’s popular\, travelling Café Valise returns to Chalkwell Hall complete with sunny veranda\, stunning views over the Thames Estuary\, art and music events\, second hand book-shop\, exhibitions and fully licenced bar and café.\nFor seven weeks of summer expect cake\, coffee\, cool drinks\, snacks\, prosecco\, cocktails and a packed programme of things to see and do.\n  \nHighlights include:-   (scroll down to see Programme At a Glance listings – more to be announced soon)\n  \nOpen Mic: 15 Minutes of Fame\nEvery day at 1pm \nA platform for local writers\, poets\, acoustic musicians\, singers and artists to showcase work from our Café stage. To book your slot\, please get in touch at chalkwell@metalculture.com\n\n \nphoto credit:  Doug McDonald \n  \nLazy Sundays\n2pm – 4pm\nLive jazz with some of the UKs best musicians and singers\, curated by our Southend friends\, The Jazz Centre UK.  What better way to while away a summer afternoon?\n \nphoto credit:  Dylan Howe by Alan Smith \n  \nNext Generation Thursdays\n6pm – 9pm \n(except Thurs 16 Aug)\nYoung singer songwriters and musicians from South Essex perform original material alongside creative covers. Performers are all aged 11 – 19 years. Catch the next generation of superstars here. In partnership with SoSlam and Village Green: Next Generation. Open Mic slots available – contact chalkwell@metalculture.com to find out more.\n  \n \nphoto credit:  Caitlin King \n  \nPermaculture Weekend\nSat 21 / Sun 22 July\n1oam – 4pm (café open till 6pm)\nActivities and workshops for all ages exploring Permaculture  – a design process\, that helps create intelligent systems which meet human needs whilst enhancing biodiversity\, reducing our impact on the planet\, and creating a fairer world for us all.  Come along to one\, or all of our workshops to find out more….\nBook on to the free activities by clicking here! \n  \n10am – 11am:  The Web of Life: Explore the web of connections to be found in nature’s ecosystems\, and why these matter for us too!;  11.30am – 12.30pm: Nature Scavenger Art Trail:  Observe and explore the world around you and create your own eco-collages.;  1pm:  Official Launch of the newly created\, permanent\, Permaculture Planters;  1.30pm – 2.30pm:   Sound Maps:  Tune in and turn on to the sounds of the world around you\, and create your own individual sound map art work!;  3pm – 4pm:  Tree Explorer:   Get up close to find out more about the trees in your park.\n  \nRun by Spiralseed (www.spiralseed.co.uk).  New permaculture planters funded through Make Southend Sparkle.\n  \n \nphoto credit:  courtesy of Spiralseed \n  \nUnplugged\nVarious times and dates (check Programme at a Glance\, below)\nA series of acoustic sets peppered throughout the seven weeks by a whole host of talented musicians from Southend and further afield – bringing in turn soulful\, uplifting and energising music to the park.\n \nphoto credit:  Darren Jones and the World Music Band \n  \nComedy Saturdays\nVarious times and dates (check Programme at a Glance\, below)\nJoin us for a series of hilarious stand-up events hosted in partnership with PINTS. With special guests including avant-garde comedians\, comedy writers\, club comic and up-and-comers.\n  \n  \n\n\n\nBeauty and Chaos\nThurs 16 Aug\n7pm – 9pm \nAn opportunity to meet our Time and Space artist-in-residence\, Kana Waiwaiku working with photography\, sound and mental health.\n\n  \nNetPark \n24/7\n15 digital artworks in Chalkwell Park\, from poetry tours\, stories for children to more mindful meanders\, these GPS audio works are in turn funny\, moving\, thought-provoking and informative. Borrow an iPad for FREE from the Café – or use your own.  Guided tours available – focusing on different artworks and stories each time –  at 11am and 2pm on the following dates:  Fri 20 July (Witch Quest);  Sat 21 July (What Said That? Poetry Tour);  Fri 27 July (What Said That? Poetry Tour);   Fri 10 Aug (The Disappearing Spell);  Sat 18 Aug (Hello\, Friend Monster);  Sat 25 Aug (Scentopia).  Places are FREE but limited\, please book by following this link.\n  \n \nphoto credit:  Talking Trees at NetPark by Simon Fowler \n  \nGeocaching\nMetal operates three geocache sites in Chalkwell Park\, activating programme\, games and activities. See www.geocaching.com for more info and join the world’s largest treasure hunt. Vouchers for FREE café drinks and treats left randomly for lucky treasure hunters throughout the summer.\n  \n\nDigital Art Park – Explorers Kit\nA summer special! Our NetPark team have put together a family activity pack of all the fantastic\, digital fun that can be found in the outdoors. From geocache treasure hunts\, GPS poetry and discovery APPs – hours of fun for the iGeneration! Pick up your copy FREE from the café – or download it here.\n  \n \nphoto credit:  Michaela Freeman \n  \nListening Bench\nTake the weight off with a cuppa and a seat on Metal’s newest addition to NetPark\, a bench with changing audio – from poetry to conversations with artists. Originally part of the Essex Records Office\, You Are Hear project the bench has travelled 260 miles\, with 32\,000 ‘listens’ in its two-year round-Essex tour!\n  \n \nphoto credit:  Metal \n  \nBook Shop\nEveryday 11am – 6pm \nNew and second hand literary classics of all genres available to browse and buy with The Book Shop Experience who will be in residence at Café Valise for the summer.\n  \n \nphoto credit:  Metal  \n  \nProgramme to Date – at a glance\n\nEveryday:  1pm: Open Mic: 15 Minutes of Fame.\n\n  \nThurs 19 July:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Anna-Marie Child’s curates).  (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFriday 20 July:\n11am and 2pm: NetPark Tours (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 21 July:\n10am – 4pm: Spiralseed permaculture workshops for all ages.  FREE – just turn up\n1pm: Launch of Permaculture Planters\n11am and 2pm: NetPark Tours (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSun 22 July: \n10am – 4pm: Spiralseed permaculture workshops for all ages. FREE – just turn up\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz – Avanti\, feat. Trevor Taylor. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 26 July:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Genevieve Johnson curates). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 27 July:\n11am and 2pm: NetPark Tours (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 28 July:\n2pm – 3pm : The Care Home Tour (FREE but please book here)\n\n\nSun 29 July:\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz with Mick Foster & Dominic Ashworth. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 2 Aug:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Lottie Mollica curates). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 3 Aug:\n7.30pm – 11pm: Unplugged – Darren Jones and the World Music Band plus Nunhead Folk Circle. (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 4 Aug:\n7pm – 10pm: PINTS presents…. Comedian John Dowie Book Launch.  (FREE but please book here)\n\nSun 5 Aug:\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz with the Alan Clarke Trio\, featuring Heather Simmons. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 9 Aug:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Leo Clemenson curates). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 10 Aug:\n11am: NetPark Tour (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 11 Aug:\n7pm – 10pm: PINTS presents Holly Burn & Sam Fletcher (£5 – please book here)\n\n  \nSun 12 Aug:\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz – Digby Fairweather and Brian Dee. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 16 Aug:\n7pm – 9pm: Meet our artist-in-residence\, Kana Waiwaiku. (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 17 Aug:\n7pm – 11pm: Unplugged – Beckie Margaret; Luke & Jazz (of Asylums); Schubert (of El Ray) Liam (of A.C.I.D). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 18 Aug:\n11am and 2pm: NetPark Tours (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSun 19 Aug: \n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz with Tori Freestone & Harrison Dolphin Trio. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 23 Aug:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Caitlin King curates). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 24 Aug:\n1.30pm – 3.30pm Project 49 presents\, Jump up and Join In. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nSat 25 Aug:\n11am and 2pm: NetPark Tours (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSun 26 Aug:\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz with Laura Jurd & Elliot Galvin. FREE – just turn up\n\n  \nThurs 30 Aug:\n6pm – 9pm: Next Generation Thursday (Josie Tullett curates). (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nFri 31 Aug:\n7pm – 11pm: Unplugged – Abi Wade; Alexander Carson; South Benfleet Folk Orchestra. (FREE but please book here)\n\n  \nSat 1 Sept:\nCAFÉ CLOSED FOR PRIVATE BOOKING\n\n  \nSun 2 Sept:\n2pm – 4pm: Lazy Sunday Jazz – Dylan Howe Trio feat. Special guest Snowboy. FREE – just turn up\n7pm – 11pm: Farewell to Summer – Special Guest DJs Snowboy & Urban Allstars. (FREE but please book here)\n  \n  \nMore details on events and activities to follow soon – please check back here for further updates or be in touch at chalkwell@metalculture.com / 01702 470700
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/cafevalise/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Edge Hill Station Garden Launch
DESCRIPTION:For EU DAY OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY on Wednesday 21 March Metal will be formally re-opening the Edge Hill Station Garden for the growing season with the launch of a new artwork by Dave Evans. \nFollowing a three month residency in the garden Dave will be un-veiling an organic wi-fi mast with the capability of emitting an open access network accessible to garden users and commuters. Developed in collaboration with rail users and garden volunteers this online space will aim to provide an alternative experience to people looking at their phones during the boring commute\, who otherwise would not think of gardening or communicating with each other. It will bring attention to the hidden parts of the internet\, the radio waves\, the rhythms and the physical real world objects the internet needs to function. \nJoin us from 5pm on Wednesday 21 March for an evening of food\, music and the ceremonial unveiling of the totemic wi-fi mast. \n\nPlease note our garden is only accessible via a small number of steps. If you have any access requirements then please get in contact with us at edgehill@metalculture.com \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/edgehill-station-garden-launch/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured
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SUMMARY:PETERBOROUGH ~ Even You Song
DESCRIPTION:The World Premiere of Even You Song\, a new work for choir and organ inspired by the structure and themes of Choral Evensong \nThe World Premiere of Even You Song\, a new work for choir and organ inspired by the structure and themes of Choral Evensong. The piece will be performed by Peterborough Cathedral Choir and 120 singers from St Augustine’s\, West Town\, Bishop Creighton and William Law schools. \nDevised by Bettina Furnée and Lucy Sheerman. Composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Directed by Steven Grahl. The organist will be David Humphreys. \nThe project is a collaboration with Metal\, Peterborough. \nTickets\n£10 (£8 concessions)\, including free\, limited edition libretto. Unreserved seating. \nAvailable (from 1st Dec) online via Peterborough Cathedral’s page at Oundle Box Office on 01832 274734\, or from Peterborough Information Centre on 01733 452336. \nBOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE.  \n  \nEven You song has been devised by Bettina Furnée and Lucy Sheerman\, artists in residence at Metal\, Peterborough. The artists wanted to imagine what it would be like if people from Peterborough had the chance to take a journey to the moon with someone they loved. This idea echoes the recent search of the Mars Foundation for ‘mature couples’ to travel to Mars\, which had many respondents. \nThe new town of Peterborough was created around the time of the first moon landings although its cathedral\, situated at the heart of the ancient city\, will soon be celebrating its 900th anniversary. Even You Song combines the ancient traditions and rituals of the cathedral with the voices of people living in one of the fastest growing cities in Britain now. \nLucy and Bettina interviewed twelve Peterborough couples to find out whether they could make a one-year journey to the moon together\, and used these words to create a libretto. Then they invited the award-winning young composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad to set the words to music to the format of Evensong. In making the piece they wanted to invite Peterborough residents to experience the wonderful music that is performed in the Cathedral every single day. They also wanted the voices of local people to be heard in the piece.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/even-you-song/
LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX
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SUMMARY:Waste Not\, Want Not
DESCRIPTION:  Almost 50% of the total amount of food thrown away in the UK comes from homes. This equates to 7 million tonnes of food and drink each year\, and more than half of this is food we could have eaten. \n·         4600 KILOCALORIES per day of food are harvested for every person on the planet; of these\, only around 2000 on average are eaten – more than half of it is lost on the way. \nBOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE.  \nWaste Not Want Not brings together a wealth of inspiration and experience from activists keen to reduce food waste and find new ways to make sure everyone has access to good food. Chaired by Ian Tennant this won’t be a case of telling us what to do – more a case of sharing some view points and inviting us all to join the discussion on what we can do to make an impact both nationally and locally. Locally initiatives such as Food Cycle\, Peterborough in Transition and the Women’s Institute will provide solid examples of what is already happening locally as well as offering ways to get involved. \nAbout the panel: \nCorin Bell is Director of Manchester’s Real Junk Food Project (RJFP). She is also a trustee at the Real Junk Food Charitable Foundation\, which launched towards the end of last year and supports sustainable and food waste projects across the UK. Corin started the Real Junk Food Project Manchester after becoming disillusioned with existing models attempting to tackle food waste and food poverty. Social exclusion is increasingly affecting our society\, and a great number of projects that target those in food poverty also segregate and isolate those people from the mainstream. She became interested in alternate economic models and operates Real Junk Food Manchester on a pay-as-you-feel basis. Their project also aims to balance practical action with constant campaigning to shift our broken food system. She feels very strongly that when working in a social or environmental problem\, the only ethical stance is to aim to make your role redundant by creating a system where you are no longer needed. \nRead more about Corin and the Real Junk Food Project here: \nhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-food-waste-supermarket-uk-leeds-real-junk-food-project-a7317906.html \nhttp://therealjunkfoodproject.org/ \nhttps://www.theguardian.com/membership/2015/jul/03/the-real-junk-food-projects-corin-bell-on-fighting-food-waste-in-manchester \n·         Food Cycle is a national charity that combines volunteers\, surplus food and spare kitchen spaces to create tasty\, nutritious meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation. The Peterborough Food Cycle was set up earlier this year and serves tasty three-course meals on Thursdays (12.30 – 2pm) from Westgate Church. They provide communal dining experiences to those in need or anyone who wishes to attend. \n·         Find out more at: http://foodcycle.org.uk \nVera Zakharov is the Love Food Hate Waste Project Coordinator at the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership. She works across sectors in Brighton & Hove to support a joined up effort to tackle food waste and promote more food-sharing. Since 2010\, the project has worked with individuals\, community groups\, food businesses\, the council\, universities\, and projects utilising surplus food in promoting and facilitating the actions outlined in the Food Waste Hierarchy.  Vera is also the Sussex Gleaning Coordinator for the Gleaning Network UK\, coordinating volunteers\, farmers and food redistribution charities to harvest farm surplus produce and direct this fresh\, nutritious food to people in need. The project aims to raise awareness about the urgent issue of food waste on farms\, and to change the retailer policies and consumer cultures that lead to this waste. \n\nMore info about food waste action in Brighton & Hove: http://bhfood.org.uk/Blog/top-10-fabulous-food-waste-projects-in-our-city \nMore info about the Gleaning Network: http://feedbackglobal.org/campaigns/gleaning-network/ \nInfo & video about Feeding the 5000 Brighton: http://bhfood.org.uk/feeding-the-5000-brighton \n\n\nThe Women’s Institute: We are joined by representatives from peterborough and Huntingdon WI. Formed in 1915\, the WI has a long history of campaigning on a wide range of issues. WI Campaigns are about changing things for the better and tackling the issues that matter to members.83% of delegates voted in support of the NFWIs 2016 resolution to ‘avoid food waste and address food poverty’. The resolution calls on supermarkets to sign up to a voluntary agreement to avoid food waste\, as well as to pass surplus food on to charities to help address the issue of food poverty in the UK. \nFind out more at: https://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns-and-initiatives/avoid-food-waste\,-address-food-poverty
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/waste-not-want-not/
LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX
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SUMMARY:RESIDENT
DESCRIPTION:  \nMost cities share a complex and evolving dialogue between the rural and urban\, the industrial and agricultural\, the built environment and green spaces. This is particularly true of Peterborough now\, with its rapid expansion of housing\, population and economic growth alongside its environmental aspirations. \nLand and the environment more generally\, is becoming a contested space with its uses debated and strategized over. \nArtists Jessie Brennan\, Marc Atkinson and Matt Lewis have all spent the last year ‘in residence’ in the city\, hosted by arts organisation Metal\, exploring these tensions and working directly with local residents to capture the changes\, and their views and concerns through sound recordings\, video\, and photography. \n  \nFriday 22nd July – Sunday 28th August 2016 \nCity Gallery Peterborough \nOpen: Tuesday – Sunday\, 10am – 5pm \nOpen Mondays (School holidays and Bank Holidays)\, 10am – 5pm (last admission 4.30pm) \nRead more about the exhibition Resident here.  \n  \n \n \n \n  \n \nHave a listen to the Resonance FM show who feature an interview with all three artists here…Resonance FM.  \nPhotos by Sandra Keating and Marc Atkinson.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/resident/
LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX
CATEGORIES:Featured
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