Unelected Middlesbrough Tourism Board

08/12/2023

👀 Free, Limited run, individually numbered fine art postcard prints - free today @ The Masham Gallery (Navigator North) (1-3pm)

We made our commissioned painting of the A66 ‘Ladle of Steel’ sculpture into a mini-print, a little bit of local Middlesbrough culture, free if you want it. Keep it or send it to a friend - if you do get one, tag us and let us see where they end up 👀

The Masham Gallery, next to the hillstreet centre. Available today (Friday)

06/12/2023

Our FREE fine art Postcards from the ‘Wish you were Here’ project are available from The Masham Gallery THIS Friday.
These postcard prints were created by local artist Aimee Charlotte, and are very LIMITED edition (There are 32, each numbered) - see post for details

07/10/2023

Our recent colour in landscape workshop was very serious and very dramatic, as you can see from the photos. The concentration is palpable 🙃

Although landscape painting is a serious business, I’m glad everyone still had a good time and we got some excellent mini contemporary landscape paintings out of it
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With thanks to for hosting

30/09/2023

Our project board for (to create a postcard for ) is starting to look quite full of ideas… see anything you like?
We’re in the space for all of the

22/09/2023

Our live project to make a postcard for continues today at The Masham Gallery / we’ll be onsite 11-2pm, YOU are invited to come along and WITNESS our artistic process*


*artistic process may involve deciding everything we’ve ever painted IS terrible, and giving up. Really depends what time you get here
Navigator North

18/09/2023

This Saturday! As part of our 'Make it More Middlesbrough' project, artist Aimee Charlotte is running a super-easy painting workshop at The Masham Gallery.

You’re invited to join us and create your own mini contemporary landscape painting - we’ll be looking at the element of colour, and how artists use it to tell a story within a painting - perfect for beginners

Free, but booking is essential. All materials included: email hiddenmbro@navigatornorth

https://fb.me/e/12yFv44ZE

SAT 23rd, 13:00 - 14:30, The Masham, 27 Linthorpe Road, TS1 1RL

17/09/2023

ANOTHER day spent on the fandom page, doing my research 🧐

15/09/2023

Imagine the future…of Middlesbrough (as predicted by AI)

Some of the other live projects currently on show @ the Masham

- Imagine Middlesbrough’s distant future using AI-generated digital images. is using AI to depict both utopian and dystopian visions, providing a glimpse into what lies ahead. Visitors can share their future ideas for Middlesbrough, and the exhibition will grow with AI-generated images reflecting these visions

Health and Arts invite you to write a love letter to Middlesbrough - which Tatty Annie and the friendship group will embroider into art

is sharing some brand new designs for a pedestrian crossing in Middlesbrough’s historic quarter on Zetland road through the HSHAZ Historic England

All projects will develop and change through the month depending on how you interact with them ❤️

Do join us
Heritage Open Days Navigator North

14/09/2023

Week 1 - IN the WINDOW of the Masham Gallery, you can see pieces by our project artist

👉Aimee has been commissioned to deliver ‘Wish you were Here’, our little contribution to ‘Make it More Middlesbrough’ (produced by Navigator North )

🖼 A contemporary visual artist based in the North East; Aimee Charlotte explores our shared culture through painting and , both traditional and digital. Her work combines themes of psychology and mythology with popular imagery, as well as drawing from the post-industrial landscape and the culture of the North East
Aimee’s work is laced with narrative, symbolism and dark humour, presented in a colourful and surrealist style

Today is her first day working in the project space, wish her luck.

Model:

10/09/2023

What beautiful places do you notice that other people don't?

What do you wish people knew about your town?

🦕 Sometimes I go to the dinosaur park, sit in the car park and eat my lunch. I have no idea why there's a dinosaur park here. But there is.

I wouldn't be surprised if hardly anyone knew we have a park full of giant steel dinosaurs.

🦋 I’m also not sure why the town centre skyline is full of butterflies, I like it though.

'Wish You Were Here' is a visual arts project designed by us and produced by Navigator North as part of the Heritage Open Days

Inspired by Middlesbrough’s culture, venues and heritage - we're exploring Middlesbrough from a local perspective; as a destination with places of beauty, significance and interest that anyone would love to visit.

The project aims to create a series of artist works about the area, which will be printed as a range of postcards. The postcards will be distributed, and hopefully shared with the world to show what the town has to offer to its visitors and residents.

Artist Aimee Charlotte will be running a live studio space in the Masham Gallery for the duration of September - Visitors will have the chance to find out about the methods being used to create the work and see the final image.

'Make It More Middlesbrough': The opening exhibition is Saturday 9th September 11am - 4pm.

🖼 The Masham, 27 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1RL
Live project runs from Sat 9 Sep - Sun 8 Oct

📸 Image title ‘Line Butterfly’ photo credit Aimee Charlotte

10/09/2023

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Excited to announce a brand new collaboration with our good friend and all round good egg Bobby Benjamin 🙌

“FLIP THE SCRIPT “ is a twice monthly open call for poetry, performance art, spoken word, ranting, rapping or anything in between.

To get involved please message the page or contact
Bobby directly, even just turn up and wing it we love a bit of spontaneity !

Starting 21/09/23 then every other week after .
A free drink for every performer.

The scene is set . The stage is yours . Let’s go !!

📣❤️🎤👀💫📜📣🎬🎶⚡️📣

09/09/2023

Working in partnership with Navigator North we're quite excited to announce our contribution to their LIVE project: ‘Make it More Middlesbrough'- (as we're in Middlesbrough, and making more of it is a great idea.)

🎤 “Acting as a live project space our exhibition will grow and develop during the programme, allowing people to share their own stories and creative responses with each other and the public. We’ll be sharing the work of artists and creatives and offering opportunities to learn new skills and get involved in activity programmes, meet new people and perhaps get to know Middlesbrough and its heritage a little bit better." - Navigator

✏️As part of an artist residency, we've commissioned artist to run 'Wish You Were Here'- a postcard from Middlesbrough - where she'll be exploring the lesser-known tourist attractions of Teesside

🌇 Make It More Middlesbrough: opening exhibition is TODAY (Saturday 9th September 11am-4pm.) Everyone welcome. Almost certainly refreshments provided

🏫The Masham Gallery, 27 Linthorpe Road (Town Centre)
Live project runs from Sat 9 Sep - Sun 8 Oct