We’re growing an exhibition
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

We’re growing an exhibition

What happens when you organise an art festival but don't have your central exhibition space? Well, you decide to grow one!

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Saeborg: Pigpen
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

Saeborg: Pigpen

Hello. I’m Saeborg. I am so grateful to have this chance to present my work to this year’s Middlesbrough Art Week. As an artist I produce my own latex outfits, developing performances in which I myself wear them >

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Ben Long - Moving Landscape
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

Ben Long - Moving Landscape

Derived from observations made in transit, these motion-blurred vistas are digital manipulations of historically significant 19th Century oil landscapes, captured as if moving at high velocity through these idyllic rural environments >

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Tish: film screening
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

Tish: film screening

Tish celebrates the vision and profound humanism of the artist Tish Murtha, a photographer whose powerful imagery captured the essence of working-class communities >

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industrial coast at MAW
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

industrial coast at MAW

Industrial Coast will present one show as part of MAW. Its Thursday 5 October, at the Auxiliary, and will feature A Man Called Adam & very special guest the Andrea Parker >

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art week is days away from opening
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

art week is days away from opening

That’s the wonderful thing about art, it is the touch paper for conversations between creator and audience, it allows us to observe each others world and reflect on our own human condition >

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summat for the bairns
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

summat for the bairns

Introduced by Sue Loughlin. Mini MAW is dedicated to young audiences visiting Middlesbrough Art Week. We have lots of free activities >

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NE open call
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

NE open call

Judging the North East Open Call by new curator Penelope Payne. Earlier this year the team at Middlesbrough Art Week, the new extended version of Middlesbrough Art Weekender >

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open invitation
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

open invitation

On Thursday 6th July Spaghetti Factory and System Gallery will launch ‘Now That’s What I Call Art.’ In the main gallery here at The Auxiliary. This is not an ‘open call', it’s an ‘open invitation' >

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7xseven
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

7xseven

7XSEVEN is a series of one night exhibition openings happening across a jam-packed week in late June, early July. With summer in full swing, we’ve built a lovely garden gallery pod >

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thematic
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

thematic

We are excited to announce that this year, the Middlesbrough Art Weekender is turning into Middlesbrough Art Week. Work selected this year focuses on work that asks us to notice >

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new graduate award
Rachel Deakin Rachel Deakin

new graduate award

The awards are a unique opportunity for two graduating artists to undertake a period residency period where they can reflect, take risks, create networks, receive support and mentorship >

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