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

Over the next couple of months "8 schools and community groups across Middlesbrough are taking part in a special project for MAW24...to grow an exhibition!" This project is directed by curator Claire Feeley and creative practitioner Sue Loughlin. 

The Auxiliary is inviting applications from Teesside based artists for an artist residency at Redbarn in Youghal, Ireland. The artist in residence can use the week for developing ideas, research or as a retreat to recharge their batteries in an idyllic rural location close to the sea.

MOTHEROTHER is offering support for artists designed with the needs of the caregiver in mind. We will endeavour to meet the needs of the selected artist in order that they have the time and space to develop their creative practice whilst balancing their caring responsibilities.

We had a great time over Pineappleblackarts for a community gathering yesterday afternoon hosted by Sue Loughlin

Let's get snapping! You are invited into The Auxiliary to document your artwork on the 2nd of March from 12-5 PM. We have 10 spaces available each 60 minutes long for you to document your artwork.

As the Arts Council England DYCP Funding deadline draws closer, we are offering 10 support sessions for those who have started their applications and need an extra pair of eyes to check it over!

Funding Opportunity available from The North East Artists’ Fund. The next Round of Funding is available from the 8th January. The application process is designed to be user friendly and each application form should take 5-10 minutes to form out.

Listen up, we are pleased to announce, Olivia Louvel’s LOL has been selected as the Winner of this years Ivor Classical Award in the Sound Art category from a project we commissioned back in 2022

An afternoon of socialising and talks from artists associated with the Auxiliary on their residency at VARC. An informal afternoon to hear about the diverse studio practices of the artists in residence, ask questions and see some examples of the work already produced. Everyone welcome.

Now showing at The Auxiliary until 22 July. This group exhibition features one artwork (or set of artworks) from 74 artists at all stages. Rather than an open call, where submissions are selected through some potentially arbitrary selection process, exhibiting artists responded to an ‘open invitation’ and were welcomed on a first-come first-served basis.

The Auxiliary are really excited to be working with VARC in partnership to offer studio artists from the Auxiliary and a few collaborators a chance for a mini residency up in Rural Northumberland with VARC. This week we commence our residency program which will run from the 8th of July until the 23rd of September, with 13 Artist over 11 weeks.

Join the team here at The Auxiliary, we have two positions available: Project Manger and Marketing Assistant. Founded in 2016, The Auxiliary Project Space CIC is a bold and ambitious artist led organisation. It supports regional artistic development, a full programme of events, studios, exhibitions and workshops, and runs two festivals.

Join Industrial Coast here at The Auxiliary on Monday 3 July for Florain T M Zeisig, an artist producer and musician. The Berlin sound artist explores the creative potential of vibroacoustic research, composing ambient music for therapeutic mattresses that transmit ultra-low frequencies directly to patients’ bodies.

This is not an ‘open call', it’s an ‘open invitation'. Join us on July 6th between 6-9pm for the opening of ‘Now That’s What I Call Art 3; a collaboration between artists, brought to you by The Spaghetti Factory and System Art Gallery.

Join us for an informative session on how to secure funding from Arts Council England, taking place on July 13th at 1pm. Calling all artists and creatives. Want to know about applying for funding from Arts Council England but don’t know where to start? Need a jump start to get you going?

A series of one night exhibition openings happening across a jam-packed week in late June, early July here at The Auxiliary. With summer in full swing, we’ve built a lovely garden gallery pod that will host artists working in different mediums, with painting, photography, sculpture and print on show.

By Film Director John Kirkbride “Throughout the shoot and the edit I remember thinking to myself “this probably wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t got The Auxiliary”. And I can’t wait for its re-opening. I’ll certainly be back to stage another food fight. Or maybe just shoot some music videos that don’t require a 4 hour clean-up.”

Middlesbrough Art Week (MAW) are seeking applications for work by artists and creatives either based in the North East or who have a connection to the area for an exhibition that forms part of MAW23. The selected artists will display their work in a group show or in appropriate interventions across Middlesbrough.

Tees Valley Festivals Volunteering are recruiting and supporting volunteers, working on festivals and events across the Tees Vally. Interested in volunteering at Sonic Arts Week experimental sound festival in July? Find out more here.

In the studio with John Perangie creating new work ahead of their solo show REFASHION now open at Pineapple Black showing until 29th April. ‘Refashion is a solo show by JJ a multidisciplinary Queer Artist mainly working in painting, sculpture and textiles.

April is a special month for The Auxiliary. We moved into our very first space, on Shaftesbury Street in Stockton, in April 2016. We got the keys for the warehouse on Station Street in April 2019. And starting this April 2023, we are now an organisation of the Arts Council's National Portfolio.

From the 15th - 22nd July, Middlesbrough celebrates Sonic Arts Week once again! Brought to you by the team behind The Auxiliary Project Space, SAW is all about living life with the sound turned up to the max… so let your ears lead the way & #comejointheracket

Working collaboratively with key organisations, cultural practitioners and networks across the region since the summer of 2022, Clore Leadership has developed a new strand of programming that responds to leadership and workforce development needs in the Tees Valley cultural sector.

Find out more about the MOTHEROTHER project and the bespoke artist residencies that are on offer. Explore what an accessible residency could look like for an artist who is also a parent or carer. Hear from and talk with other artists and creative professionals with caregiving roles.

The general idea is to bring internationally renowned sound exploration/experimental artists to Middlesbrough who would rarely play beyond London and maybe 1 or 2 other big city shows. Plus news on Sonic Arts Week 2023.