We’re very much looking forward to our next Future Park which is not far away; just in sight beyond our summer break. We’ve got big talks from exciting artist Sophie Chapman who collaborates with Kerri Jefferis, and you’ll get to meet the new artists who will comprise the cohort of boundary-pushing Alternative Art Education Model TOMA 2017-18, who will all be doing […]
A wealth of experience & collaborative skill will be used playfully in the TOMA take-over of the Beecroft Art Gallery by the “budding” artists of the 2016-17 cohort. It’s been a jam-packed year, and 2017-18 looks set to be just as wonderful…
In the house on Time And Space Residency we have artist Anita Delaney… Having worked mainly in moving image, her practice is expanding to include sculpture and installation. She intends to use her time at Metal Southend to develop a script for a new moving image work as well as develop drawings and sketches for new […]
Some beautiful work being created on our Summer Art School here in Chalkwell Park… They made secret sketchbooks of drawings of Chalkwell Park nature, then turned the drawings into mono prints!
This week we are working with the Gateway Academy in Tilbury for our Craft Trade School! We’re here for the whole week running workshops in ceramics, leather work, millinery, textiles and Ikat dying; working with the young people to up-skill them in traditional techniques and thinking about how to build a career in craft. MAKERS: […]
This has been an amazing process from start to finish – from talking plans with SoSlam, to hosting the week-long Young Songwriters LAB here at Chalkwell Hall, to attending the warm-up gigs where the Songwriters bravely previewed their new work live, to their amazingly professional performances at both Village Green and Village Green Next Generation. […]
This is wonderful! Watch! Massive thanks to More Than Meets The Eye Film Co.
ON TIME AND SPACE RESIDENCY THIS WEEK: In demand photographer Kana Waiwaiku Kana is fascinated with the silent dialogue between the sitter and the photographer; with seen and often unseen strength and beauty. While here on residency he is developing an intriguing process of incorporating talk and intimacy with his subjects en route to creating […]
We are really thrilled to see The Guardian have written about Metal & Village Green being reasons to come to Southend, along with our friends Focal Point Gallery, Leigh Folk Festival, and The Railway Hotel. Lovely defence of the culture going on in the town. READ IN FULL
This week on Time & Space Residency in Southend we have the brilliant poet, translator & educator Henry Stead working on his new version of Medea… “the dark magic of antiquity clashing with the blackest depths of modernity” READ MORE
Thanks to the wonderful photographers who give their time, capture the magic of the day, and keep the festival alive all year round in these fantastic images. HAVE A FLICK THROUGH OUR FLICKR! CLARISSA DEBENHAM ANDREW KENYON JON WEBBER MATT ALLEN MARK MASSEY ANDREW WILD FRANCES BECKERMAN SHARIF RADWAN ROB HUMM CHLOE […]
Photos of yet another wonderful VG-NG… Photos by Matt Allen… Photos by Jon Webber…