Metal Future Network
Future Network is a quarterly, informal evening hosted by Metal for artists, organisations and creative businesses working in all disciplines to come together to discuss ideas, meet others and learn new skills.
The next event is on Thursday 15th January at 6pm at Chauffeurs Cottage, St Peter’s Road, Peterborough PE1 1YX.
The format of the evening is as follows:
6pm – 7pm: Sergio Aschettino with opportunity for Q&A
A practical session ran by Sergio Aschettino on how to go self employed and understanding tax. Sergio is SFEDI accredited business adviser specialising in start up businesses and social enterprises.
He provides free of charge, 1 – 1 business advice sessions and training on all aspects of starting, running and growing your business including topics such as, finance, grants for innovative businesses, business planning, financial forecasting and monitoring, marketing support and mentoring and social Enterprise business support .
As part of a ‘not for profit’ Enterprise Agency he can also help local businesses with, business skills workshops , networking, meeting room hire , conference Facilities , office Space and virtual office services.
7pm – 7.30pm: Up to 10 x 3 minute ‘open mic’ spots for artists to tell you about new ideas, existing projects, opportunities coming up etc. If you want to sign up for a slot, email [email protected]
8.00pm: Guest Speakers, Dancer Kate Marsh and Visual Artist Barbra Dougan
Two of our new Time and Space artists, Kate Marsh (Dancer) and Barbara Dougan (Visual Artist) will be in conversation with each other about their practice ahead of their residencies here at Metal Peterborough.
Kate Marsh (based in Peterborough) will use her time at Metal to continue her research and development of a new dance duet with Welly O’Brien . As two dancers with missing limbs, they are both interested in the specificity of their own physicality and how this informs and enriches their collaborative practice and performance. The process will also develop them as choreographers, moving from dancers who perform the work of others to creating and directing themselves. They will work with film maker, Charlotte Darbyshire and creative facilitator Luke Pell to develop ideas for the duet.
Barbara Dougan is a visual artist based in Bury St Edmunds. Her practice explores concepts of threat, constraint, resistance and adaptation articulated through film, animation, print and drawing. Since February 2014 she has been working with the choreographer Darren Ellis. Together they have been developing new works with a dancer, trialling ideas for films, live performance and/or dance based film installation. They will use their time at Metal to create a new installation to showcase their film and live work, and to gain public feedback to inform the development of the work.
Book your free place here…
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metal-future-network-tickets-14958560457
