Middlesbrough Art Week returns from 28 September – 5 October 2024 with an eight-day packed programme of exhibitions, events and new commissions filling the streets in Middlesbrough town centre. Mark your Calendars and visit here to see the full festival programme.
This fantastic festival showcases work by both established and upcoming artists, from near and far. Middlesbrough Art Week 2024 includes works by international artists Francis Alÿs, Kyriaki Goni and Karrabing Film Collective; new commissions by Natasha Thembiso Ruwona and Alia Gargum; performances by Amy Dover, Olana Light and a mass participation project called Uproot Collective. This year Middlesbrough Art Week been working with community leaders, migrant support networks and schools across the Tees Valley to form Uproot Collective. Uproot is this year’s festival hub at Pineapple Black.
Look out for artist talks by acclaimed artist and writer Jace Clayton, civil rights activist and author Gracie Mae Bradley. Alongside seed harvesting drop in sessions where you can learn about wildflower seed harvesting and have a go at gathering some of your own seeds.
Within the festival Summat for the Bairns offers fun FREE creative and playful drop-in workshops for families and kids of all ages. Discover what is ‘growing on’ at the festival hub. With multiple workshop stations where kids of all ages can get creative using drawing, sculpture and design.
Middlesbrough Art Week also sees the return of the North East Open Call and the New Graduate Award, both of which celebrate artistic practice across Tees Valley and beyond. Keep an eye out for new public artworks and participatory initiatives at this year’s festival, including Most Creative Station delivered by Navigator North, Comedown Comedy, SPARK and Words Per Minute.
Across Middlesbrough, visitors can expect an inventive and richly diverse programme of free exhibition and events by partner venues & cultural organisations including MIMA, Navigator North, Platform A, Hypha, Industrial Coast, Python Gallery, Eden Arts, The Word, 2b Creative, and Freestyle amongst many more.
