We're launching nine unique commissions to disrupt loneliness in interesting ways across Liverpool, Peterborough and Southend.
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The Unlonely City
The Unlonely City isan arts programme disrupting loneliness, nurturing moments of solidarity, surprise and laughter.
Metal Welcome
How can we make our spaces feel more open, inclusive, and human? How can policy reflect care, collaboration, and real change?
Working Artist Weeks
Working Artist Weeks is an artist residency and work experience programme exploring the relationship between home, school, and art spaces.
Artists for Future Policy
Artists for Future Policy is a pilot programme empowering artists to become catalysts for social change by actively engaging in the policy making process.
As We Gather
Artist Luca Rutherford’s As We Gather was an invitation to imagine, to pause, to listen.
The Unlonely City: Structural Change Artist
The Structural Change Artist is part of our long-term aim to inspire positive change through art and creativity.
The Citizens in Power Network
Metal has joined The Citizens in Power Network.
Studio 459
Studio 459 is a new co-living artist residency space, set in the beautiful, forested hills on the outskirts of Tomar (UNESCO world heritage site) in central Portugal.
Anvil – Metal New Artist Network Zine
In April 2022, Metal announced a call out for submissions of artwork, essays, prose and more, that capture the experiences of being an early career artist. These submissions were curated […]
Processions
We had an absolutely fantastic time on the Processions 2018 march in London on Sunday 10 June. Tens of thousands of women and girls came together in celebration of 100 […]
CHANGE MAKERS
Metal Presents – The Space In-between from Metalculture on Vimeo. The Space In – Between, curated by Kate Marsh and arts organisation Metal, took place on 6th September 2018 at […]
Change Makers
Change Makers is funded by Arts Council, England aimed at Increasing the diversity of senior leadership in art and culture by helping to develop a cohort of leaders who are […]

















