BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Metal Culture - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Metal Culture X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://metalculture.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Metal Culture REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230804 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250425 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20221216T103839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T113605Z UID:19179-1691107200-1745539199@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Drawing In The Park DESCRIPTION:Weekly on Thursdays\, 9.30am – 12.30pm\n\n\n£110 for 8 x 3 hour sessions\n\n\nAsk about our special price for taster sessions\n\n\nLed by artist Fern Worsley\n\n\nJoin facilitator and artist Fern Worsley for this ongoing popular eight week course!\n\nExperiment with drawing and painting methods during with these relaxed\, guided sessions at Metal Art School. Discover materials such as inks\, gold leaf\, gouache\, pastels\, stencilling and blow pens as we look at Chalkwell Park and our local foliage in a new way.\n\nTea and cake provided\, and all levels very welcome.\n\n\nContact Fern directly to book your place: info@fernworsley.net\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMetal 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\nTo enquire into hosting a class here\, please fill out this form. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/drawing-in-the-park-2/ LOCATION:Metal Art School : Southend\, Metal Art School\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS0 8NB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Ongoing activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image_6483441-5-600x600-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240903T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240903T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240829T114127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T150522Z UID:22779-1725382800-1725390000@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Brentwood Changemakers Networking: Connections with Villene Hyam DESCRIPTION:Are you a creative\, entrepreneur or creative business owner working or living in Brentwood?  \nJoin us at our first networking event as part of the Brentwood Changemakers programme\, taking place at The Creative Cove on Tuesday 3 September at 5 – 7pm. \nLearn how to navigate and build impactful creative networks with special guest Villene Hyam. Whether you are a small business owner\, a community leader\, or an advocate for local creative development\, this session will provide valuable perspectives\, actionable ideas\, approaches and resources for growing collaborative partnerships with individuals or organisations. Get ready to be inspired by stories of success and understand how nurturing effective community-building practices can enhance your creative project or business. \nAbout our special guest facilitator:\nIntroducing Brentwood Art Trail Project Manager Villene Hyam\, who is incredibly passionate about nurturing strong local economies and delivering dynamic social impact through entrepreneurship. Villene will be sharing her professional experience through a presentation and discussion\, delivering some practical tips\, approaches and resources for creating meaningful connections. \nBook your free ticket via Eventbrite here. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/brentwood-changemakers-networking-connections-with-villene-hyam/ LOCATION:The Creative Cove\, The Bay Tree Centre\, Brentwood\, CM14 4BX\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Final-connections-visual-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240917T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240917T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240905T111554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T122236Z UID:22821-1726567200-1726592400@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Brentwood Change Makers: Open Advice Sessions DESCRIPTION:Calling all artists\, creatives or creative business owners based in Brentwood! Get free support and advice for how to apply for funding\, how to start or set up an organisation and how to collaborate and build relationships with project partners. \nBook yourself a free slot for the second of three upcoming Open Advice Sessions taking place in Brentwood as part of the Brentwood Changemakers programme. The first session is on Tuesday 17 September at Liquorice\, in Shenfield. Each 1-hour session will be led by you and what you would like to discuss. \nThis session will be focused around how to apply for funding\, advice and tips for setting up organisations\, and tips on collaborative approaches for artists\, creatives and creative businesses. Sessions will be hosted by members of the Metal Southend team\, Brentwood Changemakers producer Charlotte Robinson and special guest Emma Edmondson\, artist and founder of The Other MA\, based in Southend-On-Sea. \nParticipants must live\, work in or have a strong connection with Brentwood\, Essex. \nBook your free session slot here. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/brentwood-change-makers-open-advice-sessions/ LOCATION:Liquorice\, 65 Hutton Road\, Brentwood\, CM15 8JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Brentwood-Changemakers-Emma-Edmondson-open-advice-17-Sept.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240918T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240829T173059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T175216Z UID:22786-1726655400-1726678800@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Peterborough: Open Advice Session for d/Deaf\, disabled and neurodivergent artists with Kate Marsh DESCRIPTION:Did you miss our last set of free Open Advice Sessions for local artists? We’ve got some more coming up! \nWe’re 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.     The first Open Advice Session is coming up on Wednesday 18 September for d/Deaf\, disabled\, and neurodivergent (DDN)* artists who live and/or work within our local area (Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, and surrounding villages). This session will be supported by local artist Kate Marsh along with a member of the Metal team. These sessions will have an Arts Council project Grant focus\, but will be led by you and what you’d like to discuss. \nBook your free place here. \nAbout Kate Marsh:\nKate Marsh is a disabled / crip artist researcher. Assistant professor at C-Dare (centre for dance research at Coventry University). Kate’s practice – research is focused on nurturing spaces for disabled and crip artists to develop and realise their ideas and practice. She is interested in re-imaging leadership in the arts in a way that truly makes access for everyone. \nHow to book: \nWe’re offering these sessions in person at ‘The Hangout’\, inside Queensgate shopping centre. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long.  Sessions will be open on a first come first served basis. Book your free place here. When booking on the session\, please let us know of any access requirements you may need.  \nThis ACE Project Grant open advice session will prioritise artists and creatives who are d/Deaf\, disabled\, or neurodivergent. We are also holding further ACE Project Grant open advice sessions that prioritise global majority artists as well as a session open to all. These sessions are being held in response to research and findings from ACE (Arts Council England) which show a lower number of funding applications made by people existing within these underrepresented groups. \n*What do we mean by d/Deaf\, disabled\, or neurodivergent (DDN)?   \n\nd/Deaf: writing d/Deaf in this way acknowledges that some people are born Deaf\, and other people develop deafness later in life.\nDisabled: a term that is used to describe anyone who has a physical condition or illness that impacts the way they live their life. \nNeurodivergent: is an umbrella term used to describe people whose brains work differently. Neurodivergent can be used to describe all kinds of disabilities that affect how people think or develop\, including autism\, dyslexia\, dyspraxia\, ADHD and more.  \n\nOur definitions of these terms have been helped by research carried out by Peterborough Presents via their Reasonable Adjustment project\, you can read more about here.  URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/open-advice-session-for-d-deaf-disabled-and-neurodivergent-artists-with-kate-marsh/ LOCATION:The Hangout\, Queensgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Peterborough-Open-Advice-Sessions.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240919T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240829T175129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T175248Z UID:22794-1726741800-1726765200@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Peterborough: Open Advice Sessions for global majority artists with Yvonne Hercules DESCRIPTION:Did you miss our last set of free Open Advice Sessions for local artists? We’ve got some more coming up! \nWe’re 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.     The second Open Advice Session is coming up on Thursday 19 September for global majority* artists who live and/or work within our local area (Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, and surrounding villages). This session will be supported by local artist Yvonne Hercules along with a member of the Metal team. These sessions will have an Arts Council project Grant focus\, but will be led by you and what you’d like to discuss. \nBook your free place here. \nAbout Yvonne Hercules\nYvonne Hercules is a singer-songwriter/artist & performer based in Cambridge UK. Her music has received nods from publications including Clash Magazine\, The Line of Best Fit\, Afropunk\, and others and she has received support from PRS Foundation\, Arts Council England towards her work. \nHow to book:\nWe’re offering these sessions in person at ‘The Hangout’\, inside Queensgate shopping centre. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long.  Sessions will be open on a first come first served basis. Book your free place here.  When booking on the session\, please let us know of any access requirements you may need. \nThis ACE Project Grant open advice session will prioritise artists and creatives who are global majority\, we are also holding further ACE Project Grant open advice sessions that prioritise d/Deaf\, disabled\, or neurodivergent people as well as a session open to all. These sessions are being held in response to research and findings from ACE (Arts Council England) which show a lower number of funding applications made by people existing within these underrepresented groups. \n*By global majority\, we mean people with African\, Caribbean\, Latin American or Asian heritage including mixed heritage. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/22794/ LOCATION:The Hangout\, Queensgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Peterborough-Open-Advice-Sessions-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240920T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240920T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240903T165627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T121508Z UID:22811-1726855200-1726866000@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Adèle Oliver on Deeping It DESCRIPTION:Join us at Metal Liverpool on Friday 20 September from 6-9pm for a discussion with writer\, artist and researcher Adèle Oliver. With food provided by Raggas\, plus music and conversation. \nAdèle will talk through some of the key points of her book Deeping It: Colonialism\, Culture and Criminalisation of UK Drill\, tracing the aesthetic\, musical\, and liberatory legacies behind the force that is drill. Expect readings\, music and movement in this exploration of Black artistic resistance\, expression\, and suppression. \nAbout Adèle Oliver \nAdèle Oliver is a writer\, artist and scholar from Birmingham. Her book Deeping It: Colonialism\, Culture and Criminalisation of UK Drill counters panic-fuelled discourse on UK drill\, gang violence\, and knife crime\, ‘deeping’ drill as a complex Black artform\, born out of generations of commentary on and resistance to technologies of colonialism\, consumerism\, anti-Blackness\, and more. Adèle is also a core member of Art Not Evidence and works as an expert witness in cases that use Black youth culture\, music\, and idiomatic language as evidence of bad character\, criminality and/or gang affiliation. Outside of this work\, Adèle is a musician\, producer\, and avid capoeirista. \nThe ticket price (£5) includes a portion of Raggas curry\, rice and peas. Reserve your place here. \nThe talk’s audio will be recorded for release at a later point. \nIf you would like to attend but can’t commit to the ticket price\, please email edgehill@metalculture.com to be added to the event guest list free of charge. \nWalk ups (unticketed customers) are welcome on the day. We can accept cash or card payment contributions on the door. \nThis event is presented by Without Fanfare in collaboration with Metal. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/artist-talk-with-adele-oliver-on-deeping-it/ LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Adele-socials2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240921T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240921T223000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240916T123852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T094941Z UID:22839-1726947000-1726957800@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Hosted at Metal Liverpool: AMQH presents Eternal Triangle DESCRIPTION:Hosted at Metal Liverpool on Saturday 21 September\, Eternal Triangle is: Trevor Watts (saxophones)\, Veryan Weston (keyboards)\, and Jamie Harris (percussion). Trevor Watts is one of the first wave of British improvisers\, having been at the forefront of the UK improvised music scene since its emergence in the 1960s. Piano virtuoso Veryan Weston played in Trevor’s Moire Music\, as well as collaborating with a wide range of notable artists. Jamie Harris has been playing with Trevor since 1999\, so this is a trio with an illustrious history of fine music making. \nPlus SWM Trio: Fran Bass (electric bass)\, Phil Hargreaves (reeds) and Richard Harrison (drums). \nLearn more and book your tickets here. \nPlease note: this event is ‘hosted at’ Metal Liverpool and functions outside of our programme as a dry hire. For more information on the organisers\, please visit their website here or contact them online here. For more information about Metal and our public programme\, please click here. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/hosted-at-eternal-triangle/ LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AMQH-External-Triangle.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240923T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240924T173000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240730T162553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T163456Z UID:22710-1727089200-1727199000@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Hosted At Metal Peterborough: Killing Time workshop with artist Stacy Makishi DESCRIPTION:Hosted at Metal Peterborough\, a workshop with performance artist Stacy Makishi\, for anyone who is struggling with procrastination and motivation when making work and has a curiousness about live art and performance. \nDate: Monday 23 September\, 11am – 5:30pm and Tuesday 24 September\, 11am – 5:30pm (attendees can attend one or both workshops)  \nDo you kill your creative ideas before they’re born? Do you notice that the more time you have\, the less you get done? Are you constantly getting in your own way?  \nStacy Makishi introduces Killing Time. This workshop will motivate participants to:   \n\nMove faster than think\nCreate faster than critique\nResist resistance \nPulverize procrastination\n\nKilling Time is a physical workshop that welcomes anyone who is curious about live art and performance and those who want to learn from other artists or other art forms. There will be movement\, writing\, making images\, flash performances\, and making performance responses. \nParticipants are encouraged to come along with a willingness to try out new ideas and an adventurous spirit to walk out into the unknown. No experience necessary. Attendees can attend one or both workshops.  \nAbout Stacy Makishi \nHawaii born Stacy Makishi frolics with many forms including live art\, film\, visual art and physical theatre. She has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Royal Albert Hall\, TATE Modern and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Stacy Makishi has over twenty year’s experience as a facilitator and has been carefully cultivating crafty ways to catch artists off-guard. She has taught at Harvard\, MIT\, UC Berkeley\, Wellesley College and University of Massachusetts and has been resident artist and guest lecturer at Queen Mary University\, London. \nStacy Makishi’s work has been presented at the Wellcome Collection\, Southbank Centre for Yoko Ono’s Meltdown\, In Between Time Bristol International Festival\, the Traverse Edinburgh and BRUT : Vienna. She has been awarded an ICA Attached Artist Award\, a Millennium Fellowship Award\, a Live Art Development Agency One to One Bursary and the Franklin Furnace Award. Her work has been produced by Artsadmin. www.stacymakishi.com \nLet Stacy know you’re attending by RSVPing here: https://bit.ly/3Wt65ai  \nPlease note: this event is ‘Hosted at’ Metal Peterborough and functions outside of our programme as part of a Time and Space residency. For more information on the organisers\, please visit their website here. For more information about Metal and our public programme\, please click here. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/hosted-at-metal-peterborough-killing-time-workshop-with-artist-stacy-makishi/ LOCATION:Metal Peterborough\, Chauffeur's Cottage\, St Peter's Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1YX CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DSC_68076.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240925T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240829T180717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T180717Z UID:22801-1727260200-1727283600@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Peterborough: Open Advice Sessions for local artists with Kate Marsh and Yvonne Hercules DESCRIPTION:Did you miss our last set of free Open Advice Sessions for local artists? We’ve got some more coming up! \nWe’re 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.     The first Open Advice Session is coming up on Wednesday 25 September for local artists who live and/or work within our local area (Peterborough\, Cambridgeshire\, and surrounding villages). This session will be supported by local artists Kate Marsh and Yvonne Hercules along with a member of the Metal team. These sessions will have an Arts Council project Grant focus\, but will be led by you and what you’d like to discuss. \nBook your free place here. \nAbout Kate Marsh:\nKate Marsh is a disabled / crip artist researcher. Assistant professor at C-Dare (centre for dance research at Coventry University). Kate’s practice – research is focused on nurturing spaces for disabled and crip artists to develop and realise their ideas and practice. She is interested in re-imaging leadership in the arts in a way that truly makes access for everyone. \nAbout Yvonne Hercules\nYvonne Hercules is a singer-songwriter/artist & performer based in Cambridge UK. Her music has received nods from publications including Clash Magazine\, The Line of Best Fit\, Afropunk\, and others and she has received support from PRS Foundation\, Arts Council England towards her work. \nHow to book: \nWe’re offering these sessions in person at ‘The Hangout’\, inside Queensgate shopping centre. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long.  Sessions will be open on a first come first served basis. Book your free place here. When booking on the session\, please let us know of any access requirements you may need.  \n  URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/peterborough-open-advice-sessions-for-local-artists-with-kate-marsh-and-yvonne-hercules/ LOCATION:The Hangout\, Queensgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Peterborough-Open-Advice-Sessions-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240926T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240926T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240916T120250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T163053Z UID:22834-1727375400-1727386200@metalculture.com SUMMARY:Hosted at Metal Liverpool: Rockers film screening and discussion - extra date added DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand: a second screening of the film Rockers at Metal Liverpool on Thursday 26 September. Come watch and hear an all-star soundtrack through our Engine Room speakers at Edge Hill station. \nHosted at Metal Liverpool\, Black Girl Watching Film Club in collaboration with LADFN presents a screening of Rockers (1978) with snacks and refreshments\, followed by a discussion about the film. \nLegendary reggae artists play themselves in this exuberant tale of struggle and triumph. Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace and Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall recruit a ‘Robin Hood’ band of friends to get even with some oppressive mafia types. \nWhat began as a documentary about the reggae scene in the 1970s and turned into a feature length film\, Rockers is a great lightning in a bottle film with a stellar cast of iconic Jamaican musicians. Not only is it a fantastic film with an amazing soundtrack but it also encapsulates this era of music in an extraordinary way. So come along\, have some bun and cheese and share your thoughts. \nRunning order: \n6:30pm: Doors open and refreshments are served\n7:15pm: Rockers begins (Runtime 1 hour 40 minutes)\n9:00pm: Post-screening discussion \nTickets start from £1 – get your ticket here. \nWatch the trailer for Rockers below. \nLocation: Metal Liverpool’s Engine Room at Platform 1 of Edge Hill train station on Tunnel Road\, Liverpool L7 6ND. \n \n  URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/hosted-at-rockers-extra-date/ LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/rockers-md-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240930T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240930T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T225420 CREATED:20240925T093219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T093220Z UID:22894-1727715600-1727722800@metalculture.com SUMMARY:The Drawing Social DESCRIPTION:The Drawing Social is back at Granby Winter Garden on Monday 30 September from 5pm – 6.30pm. \nA bi-monthly\, informal drawing network open to any creatives\, of all skills and backgrounds\, interested in exploring storytelling through print\, zines\, and comics (over 18 years of age). We bring together like-minded artists to share skills\, interests\, and develop the DIY print and comics scene in Liverpool. \nDuring the event\, we’ll invite you to share your own projects\, participate in discussions and enjoy vegan food and snacks. \nThis month’s inspiration themes are zines and winter’s approach. \nCome along and bring your own drawings to share! \nGrab your free ticket here. URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/the-drawing-social-6/ LOCATION:Granby Winter Garden\, 37-39 Cairns Street\, Liverpool\, L8 2UW\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://metalculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Drawing-Social-September-2160px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR