To apply fill in application form here. Click for large texts of this information and the application form. As part of our Metal New Artist Network – we’re excited to release (x 12) 1:1 mentoring opportunities with six brilliant and experienced artists, Hector Dyer, Hwa Young Jung, Kate Genever, Rachael House, Jo Melville and Warren […]
Metal is excited to be hosting one of the Radical Reading Rooms, as part of a pilot programme with Pluto Press and the Left Book Club. About The Radical Reading Room Project The Radical Reading Room (RRR) is a new collaborative project opening up local public spaces and providing a wealth of educational tools which […]
Working with Peterborough based LGBTQIA+ groups in the city, The kite Trust and The Q Group, we invited the young people to be part of a programming panel as part of Peterborough Pride 2021. We had a core group of keen young people attend all the sessions, with regular repeat attendees each week. The sessions […]
Future Network is a quarterly virtual event co-programmed by our teams across the UK (in Liverpool, Peterborough and Southend). Throughout the year, we invite 4 x artists to host online sharings in response to a theme and also present accompanying material through a contribution to Metal’s website. Future Network expands on our previous programme, Future […]
Metal is currently working with Thames Festival Trust to bring their national project ‘Rivers of the World’ to Peterborough. They are currently seeking a lead artist to work in schools in Peterborough. For further details please read on.
Metal is working with artist Sa’adiah Khan to deliver creative consultation workshops as a part of Wonder Woman, a project developed by PVCS (Peterborough City Voluntary Service) and Peterborough Woman’s Forum. We have held 2 series of workshops to date at Paston Farm in Gladstone at the Allama Iqbal Centre (Gladstone Connect). During these […]
The Peterborough Cultural Strategy Group – (a partnership between Peterborough City Council, Arts Council England, Nene Park Trust, Metal and other cultural organisations) is excited to announce that the website for the Cultural Strategy is now live! The Strategy website is still very much a work in progress as the recommendations evolve – online you […]
Disability Consultancy for Creative Change (DC4CC) was a disability-led research project in Spring 2021 that aimed to take vital steps in changing the landscape for D/deaf and Disabled professionals in the performance sector. The consultants undertaking the research were Kate Marsh, Linda Rocco, Catherine Turner, Liz Counsell and Jamie Beddard. They invited D/deaf & Disabled […]
In 2019 Metal invited Moroccan artist Aïcha El Beloui to visit Peterborough and spend time meeting local residents and exploring the city
MNAN is a digital programme of support for early-career artists. Artist-led training sessions, creative workshops, networking and sharing opportunities.
To buy your copy of the book click here. £10 plus postage Audio described version of the book – Download here. PDF to support AD here. Watch the In Other Words – Book Club here. This event was in partnership with Live Art Development Agency. In Other Words is a collection of urgent reflections, created by […]
FUTURE NETWORK SHORTS Future Network Shorts was a monthly virtual event co-programmed by our teams across the UK (in Liverpool, Peterborough and Southend). The programme, launched and lasted throughout 10 months of the UK lockdown. It was designed to support artists during this testing time, connecting them with our online communities through diverse, entertaining […]