Open Advice Sessions with Metal Liverpool

Metal produces an exciting multidisciplinary programme of international and UK artists in residence and runs a wide range of events, exhibitions and participatory projects.In Liverpool, Metal work out of Edge Hill Station, the world’s oldest active passenger railway station. Metal completed a major renovation of the previously empty, historic buildings in 2009. The original 1836 Engine House, Boiler Room and Accumulator Tower now serve as a cultural and creative hub for artists, the neighbourhood and wider city region, carrying on the building’s proud history of innovation, aspiration and technology.

Metal Liverpool

Looking to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal can support you!

Metal Liverpool, Platform 1

Looking to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations?Metal’s Open Advice Sessions return for the Summer! 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:<ul><li>Discussing your creative practice</li><li>Talking through a project idea</li><li>Advice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities</li><li>Building relationships with different organisations, voluntary groups, partners or venues</li><li>Budget development or reading sections of draft applications</li></ul> 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 noteOur 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 teamIn 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 <a href="https://metalculture.com/about-us/our-sites/liverpool/" title="https://metalculture.com/about-us/our-sites/liverpool/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.Once you've made your appointment, one of Metal team will be in touch over email.Book an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team. Come along and discuss your ideas - we look forward to meeting you! Project Grants updateWe realise many artists and creatives will have been affected by Arts Council England’s <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-funding-us" title="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-funding-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">decision to pause</a> National Lottery Project Grant funding applications until September.If you would like to speak to the Metal team about Project Grants in particular, please let us know in the email correspondence we’ll share between when you book your place and the date of your Open Advice Session, then we’ll endeavour to prepare options in advance. For example, we can share alternative potential funding routes, or help plan around the delay as best we can.

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