Picton: Picton Play - Culture Liverpool

As part of its Creative Neighbourhoods programme, Liverpool City Council commissioned Edge Hill-based arts organisation Metal to deliver a series of artistic interventions in the Picton area over a period of three years, which will culminate in large-scale celebration in 2025.

Bringing together artists, community organisers, young people and other curious residents, the project is based around the idea that play builds resilience, instils confidence and helps us develop.

Delivered across three phases: Listening, Gathering and Celebration, the programme aims to spark curiosity for people living and working in the neighbourhood.

The Listening phase saw a series of artist residencies with artists Josh Coates, Andrew Ku and Nicki McCubbing. You can read more about each residency by clicking the links below.

For the Gathering phase, Metal recruited 10 Mystery Dreamers to help dream up something big inspired by the theme of Mystery, the well-known name of the local park.

Pushing the boundaries of mass, cultural participation events, the programme will culminate with the Celebration phase. We don’t know what this looks like yet as it will be shaped by the residents but watch this space.

For more information, read Metal’s Director Jenny Porter’s blog here.

If you live or work in the Picton area and want to learn more, email edgehill@metalculture.com