Metal

6 Marmaduke Street is Metal Liverpool’s artists residency space.  In 2004 Community Seven invited Metal to occupy one of their empty properties in Kensington - a three story Georgian terrace house to provide a North West ‘home’ for Metal’s artistic activities and investigations with an added focus on how Metal and its associated artists can contribute to rebuilding the social and economic health of the area through arts-led social inclusion and educational projects.
Since moving to Liverpool our work has become focussed on how artistic process, and the practice of artists of all kinds, situated at the heart of interesting neighbourhoods, can contribute to, and make a positive impact on, community life and potentially affect the political thinking around major urban regeneration strategies.

From this unique environment we invite artists, thinkers and makers from the local community and across the globe to collaborate together to inspire, innovate and exchange.  Over four years we have accommodated over 250 artists from at least 15 different countries.  The house on Marmaduke Street is an essential resource that has provided space for these artists to live and work in Kensington, engaging with the community and sharing ideas and practice with our neighbours as well who have working in partnership with other local artists, residents, schools and groups, working in the region.  Our intention is to create spaces that embody Metal’s belief in how culture can contribute to the general well-being and development of communities.
AGA have extended their support of Metal and we have a second AGA oven in Liverpool for the Metal House.