Metal Liverpool

28/04/2026

Are you an artist/creative with an interest in environmental practices? 🌏

We’re especially interested in connecting with anyone who may feel marginalised or underrepresented within current approaches to climate action in the cultural sector.

Why? 🤔

We know that there is no climate justice without social justice. There are lots of different ways to engage with environmental issues through artistic practice, and we’d like to learn more about any iindividuals and organisations that are working across environmental sustainability and creativity, radical rest and nature restoration. We’re also developing new carbon reduction tools for the sector in partnership with the Design Museum and UP Projects, and we want to make sure your voices are heard and considered within any approach to reducing our carbon impacts as a sector.

If that sounds like you, comment or follow the link below to learn more and fill in our interest form.

https://bit.ly/4dJWer9

Image credit: Camilla Greenwell

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22/04/2026

This , we’re diving into ‘A Climate (In) Conversation’ - a recent (virtual) discussion between Jenny Porter, our Shift Organiser and Liverpool Site Director, and Pip Tuffin, Community Engagement Manager at SAIL 🌍

Shift Liverpool connects the cultural sector across the Liverpool City Region to drive sustainable change, while SAIL empowers the creative and cultural sector to take real, practical action towards environmental sustainability. Together, we’re asking: where are we at and what comes next?

From climate action to sustainability, funding, policy and the barriers stopping people from getting involved, we covered a lot. Plus, our hopes and fears for the future of this space, and ultimately the world around us.

Read the full conversation here: https://bit.ly/4cBrNBj

Follow the link to discover one practical step you can take today to live more sustainably this and every day.



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08/04/2026

Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this April!️

Want to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal is here to support you. On Wednesday 29 April, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area.

These sessions will led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss, which might include:

👉 Talking through your creative practice
👉 Developing or sense-checking a project idea
👉 Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities
👉 Building relationships with organisations, voluntary groups, partners or venues
👉 Budget development or reading draft applications

Sessions are available in person from Metal’s home at Edge Hill Station, or online if you prefer.

Each artist can book one session, and sessions last 1 hour.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis for those who live and/or work in our local area. Book here: https://bit.ly/4s43S3b

We look forward to seeing you!

ID: A photo of Edge Hill Station, with the big yellow wooden doors open, as someone enters. The insides of the doors are painted dark green and there is a white arched window above it. The bright sky can be seen behind the building.

23/02/2026

We’re hiring 📣 We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Programmes & Operations Administrator to join our Liverpool team.

You will be central to the smooth running of Edge Hill Station and the first point of contact for artists, partners and visitors. The role combines office management, programme support, hospitality, and systems administration, and also plays an important part in delivering Metal Liverpool’s earned income strategy.

Our new Programmes & Operations Administrator will enjoy working with people, developing effective systems, and creating welcoming, well-run environments where artists and communities can thrive. This is a hands-on role within a small, collaborative team, requiring flexibility, initiative and care.

The role is full-time and you’ll be based on-site at Edge Hill Station. We’re running a guaranteed interview scheme for this role as part of our commitment to addressing the imbalance of underrepresented communities within the cultural sector and within our own organisation. You can also apply for this role in a way that meets your access requirements.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3n2vdY3

Applications close at 9am on Tuesday 24 March.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Image credit: Make Time For Love, 2025. Photo: Radna Dolinska

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16/02/2026

Our next Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness project comes from Tool/Toy Project.

Have you ever wondered how sheep's fur gets made into wool?

Join us for an intimate workshop bringing a group of strangers together to do some hands-on making, storytelling, making spindles and spinning yarns after dark.

Hosted at the Tool Library in Aspen Yard, off Lodge Lane on Friday 20 February at 6-8pm.

https://bit.ly/4aF0dSN

Can’t make it? There’s another event on Saturday 21 February at Kitty’s Launderette. Email [email protected] for more details.

Events are free and open to anyone.

This event is part of The Unlonely City programme which is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.

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05/02/2026

Introducing one of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness events!

Artist Dora Colquhoun invites you to share the iconic Liverpool dish, Scouse, with friends old and new on Thursday 26 February and Thursday 19 March from 6pm 🍲

Dora’s lived in Liverpool for 13 years but has never had a home-cooked bowl of Scouse made by a Scouser. Dora calls Liverpool home and wants to uncover the secrets behind what makes this stew so special.

Is it beef or lamb? Do you add turnips? Things could get controversial! But at the heart of Scouse is a big pot of nutritious, warming stew designed to bring people together.

Joined by experienced chef Alex M***i, you’re invited to come create a bowl of Scouse, connect with others and take home a receipt card so you can make Scouse (and a veg version) at home.

Want to come along? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3McjkLE

This event is part of The Unlonely City programme which is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.

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You’re invited to share the iconic Liverpool dish with friends old and new, and enjoy a warm evening of socialising while learning a new skill.

04/02/2026

We’re launching three new creative commissions to disrupt loneliness in unique and interesting ways in Liverpool.

Created by artists, each project features ideas that will bring moments of laughter and connection, in ways which are incidental and that might go on to be long-lasting. These three projects were chosen by a citizen-led panel of Liverpool residents, letting local people do the creative decision making.

In Liverpool, we’re working with artists Dora Colqhoun, Mark Brogan and Omima Hasbelrsoul Ahmed Mohamed in collaboration with Asylum Link and Tool/Toy Project. More on the projects disrupting loneliness near you:

💥 Dora will be hosting a series of ‘Making Scouse with a Scouser’ cooking sessions, a chance to learn how to make Scouse and share stories with friends old and new.

💥 Mark and Omima will be working with a group of people seeking asylum and refugees to create a large wall-painting / mural for the main recreation hall at Asylum Link Merseyside.

💥 Tool/Toy Project will be hosting a series of creative fibre-spinning parties designed to disrupt loneliness and foster connection among those living with chronic illness and pain.

👉 Keep a look out for opportunities to get involved with each project and learn more about each artist here: https://bit.ly/4bZ6aMq

Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness is part of The Unlonely City, a programme taking place at Metal’s other sites as well. The Unlonely City is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.

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27/01/2026

We're opening up and inviting you to our Shift meeting this February as part of LOOK Climate Lab at Open Eye Gallery 🌏

Shift is the sustainability network for cultural organisations in Liverpool City Region co-ordinated by Metal Liverpool.

As well as updates from members, there will be a presentation from artist Hwa Young Jung about their Flow.Walk.Drag project and the walking tours that happened in Liverpool and Margate last year, led by drag artists as microorganisms (cholera & E. coli).

Join us on Tuesday 3 February at 2.30pm and expect a transdisciplinary artistic response to the climate emergency.

For more information see: shiftliverpool.com and fwdrag.art

Image credit: Tim Brunsden, 2025.

ID: Photo shows a group of seven people walking towards a pedestrian crossing as they approach the camera. To the left in the foreground is drag queen Auntie Climax part-way across the street, stood dressed in a red plastic bag to depict the cholera disease; in the background six people walk candidly in pairs mid-conversation down the central reservation of a residential main road in Toxteth, Liverpool.

19/11/2025

We want to take the opportunity to celebrate an amazing week we had earlier this summer, hosting our first Working Artist Week for aspiring artists looking to explore what making art means as a career.

Working Artist Week was a cross between an artist residency meets work experience, by pairing up an artist with a teacher, student, and their parent. The aim of the week was to delve into perceptions of arts careers, young people’s ownership of creative spaces, teacher confidence in supporting young global majority artists, and more.

Joining Working Artist Week in Liverpool we had student Lona receiving mentorship by artist and creative psychotherapist Claire Beerjeraz, along with their teacher Jade, and parent Mervat. Lead by Claire, we made the city Lona’s campus, visiting film studios, theatres, exhibition galleries and museums, giving her a feel for what’s possible in creating and showing your work, and how skills in the painting can be used in things like stage design, costume and makeup, and sculpture.

After all the inspiration provided by Claire and Jade, Lona created new pieces of work exhibited at Edge Hill Station, reflecting her week and presented to her family and art teachers. It was the first time Lona painted large scale work, and experimented with more abstract ways of expression to make a bold and colourful painting based on Liverpool’s skyline. To round off the week, Lona and Mervat headed to the Everyman to see a performance of The Snow Dragons by the Young Everyman Playhouse

A huge thank you to Claire Beerjeraz for expertly guiding the week, and introducing First Take, Everyman Theatre, Open Eye Gallery and Victoria Gallery & Museum to Lona, Jade and Mervat.

Working Artist Weeks is supported by Freelands Foundation.

05/11/2025

📣 We’re Hiring! 📣 Could you be Metal's new Producer in Liverpool?


We are looking for a creative, flexible and inspiring Producer, with a passion for climate sustainability and creative practice, to support the Director and wider Metal team.

The Producer plays a key role in shaping our future artistic programme and deepening our impact in our neighbourhood, across Liverpool and in the wider region.

This is an exciting time to join Metal, following the launch of our new collaborative strategy in 2024, and the role comes with the opportunity to contribute to Metal’s national programme, connecting Liverpool’s work with our sites in Southend and Peterborough, and sharing creative approaches that inspire positive change.

👉 Applications close on Friday 28 November at 5pm.

Visit our website to find out more https://metalculture.com/get-involved/vacancies/

We look forward to hearing from you!

Photo credits:

Contains Joy, Recycling Residency, Andrea Ku



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23/10/2025

Want to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations?

Metal’s Open Advice Sessions for local artists return this Autumn. We want to support you on your creative journey.

We’re offering free one-to-one sessions in-person or online for artists and creatives who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss, which might include:

Discussing your creative practice
Talking through a project idea
Advice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities
Building relationships with different organisations, voluntary groups, partners or venues
Budget development or reading sections of draft applications

Who is this for?

We’re offering these sessions for people to discuss their work with us in-person or online. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long. Sessions are free and will be open on a first come first served basis to those who live and/or work in Liverpool City Region where we are based. To ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us in the past 12 months won’t be eligible this time.

Things to note

Our team will share their experience and backgrounds with the disclaimer that that some things brought into the Open Advice Sessions might be outside of our expertise. In this instance, we will try our best to help in the session. What you share with us in the session will stay in the meeting. We will not share your ideas outside of the session space.

About the Metal Liverpool team

In Liverpool we are all practicing artists in our spare time and have various levels of experience developing participatory projects and workshops with clear social and political impacts, working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have supported a variety of artistic disciplines and support a community of artists in our buildings from theatre, dance, film, music, writing, sculpture, drawing and painting, as well as arts for health and wellbeing benefits. We have experience applying for Arts Council funding, as well as smaller locally based trusts and funds. Learn more about our Liverpool site and our access to the building here.

Book an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team. We look forward to meeting you!