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June – october 2014

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ArtiSt roomSloUiSE BoUrGEoiS A WomAn WithoUt SECrEtS18 July – 12 october

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Cover: Louise Bourgeois: 10 am is When You Come to Me, 2006 (detail). Etching, watercolor, pencil, gouache on paper, 20 pages. Each about: 37.1 x 89.5 cm. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by the Artist Rooms Foundation 2013. Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation

Other photography, unless otherwise stated, is the work of eve photography.

nice, relaxing atmosphere – staff are friendly and welcoming... informative yet informal.

Middlesbrough has a real jewel in this gallery.

an excellent exhibition with some truly world-class works. Keep up the good work mima.

it is fantastic: a whole new world is inside mima.

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Thursdays mini mima 10 – 11.30am £3.50 per child NO(term-time only) adults FREE

Thursdays Life Drawing 5.45 – 6.45pm £3.50 or £30 NO for 10 weeks

Last Friday Behind the Scenes Tours 2 – 3pm FREE YESeach month

Saturdays Family Art Trolley 1 – 4pm FREE NO

Thursday 3 Life Drawing – Print-Making Special 5.45 – 6.45pm £3.50 NO

Saturday 5 Family Art Trolley – Print-Making Special 1 – 4pm FREE NO

Saturday 12 Family Art Trolley – Experimental 1 – 4pm FREE NO Drawing Special

Thursday 17 ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois Launch 6 – 8pm FREE NO

Friday 18 Chance Finds Us Tour & Book Signing 12pm FREE NO

Saturday 19 ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois 12 – 1pm FREE YES – Talk & Tour

Tuesday 22 July – ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois Special 11am – 1pm (Tue-Fri) FREE NOSunday 31 August Summer Holiday Art Trolley 1 – 4pm (Sat) 12 – 4pm (Sun)

Sunday 3 Nude Life Drawing with artist Ian Lightfoot 12.30 – 3.30pm £10 YES

Thursday 7 ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois – 1 – 2pm FREE NO Wonder Whys Talk & Tour

Saturday 30 Chance Finds Us – Talk 1 – 4pm FREE YES

Thursday 4 ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois – Talk & Tour 12 – 1pm FREE YES – Symposium: Later Life Artistic Careers 5 – 7pm FREE YES

Thursday 18 Symposium #desiredfutures 9: 5 – 7pm FREE YES Arts and Learning

Sunday 28 Nude Life Drawing with artist Ian Lightfoot 12.30 – 3.30pm £10 YES

Thursday 2 Life Drawing – Middlesbrough 5.45 – 6.45pm £3.50 NO Pride Special

Thursday 2 Refocus: Castlegate mima 2.30 – 4.30pm FREE YES Photography Prize

Thursday 2 Refocus Symposium: Photography 5 – 7pm FREE YES in the Public Realm

Saturday 18 T-Junction Poetry Festival All day VARIES YES

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2 May – 4 Sep Chance Finds Us

5 – 22 Jun ¡VAMOS! avaf

4 Jul – 30 Oct William Cobbing: Transactions of the Duddo Field Club

18 Jul – 12 Oct ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois: A Woman Without Secrets

12 Sep – 4 Dec Wendy Ramshaw: Rooms of Dreams

4 Oct Jewellery Gallery opens

24 Oct – 25 Jan International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-1965

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Clockwise from the top:Louise Bourgeois in 1980. Photo: Mark Setteducati, © The Easton Foundation

Louise Bourgeois COUPLE I, 1996. Fabric, hanging piece, 203.2 x 68.6 x 71.1 cm. ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Lent by the Artist Rooms Foundation 2013. Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation/DACS 2014

Louise Bourgeois, Cell XIV (Portrait), 2000 (detail). Steel, glass, wood, metal and red fabric, 188 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by the Artist Rooms Foundation 2011. Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation

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artist rooMslouise bourGeoisa WoMan Without secrets 18 July – 12 october

“The greatest female artist of the 20th century? The most influential artist of the last 50 years?” The Guardian

A major new exhibition of the great American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), cited by the Guardian as “the last great surrealist”. This show focuses on a new ARTIST ROOMS collection featuring many of her later works including sculpture, painting and prints. It reveals how Bourgeois, working in a variety of materials and scales, explores the mystery and beauty of human emotions. Through recurring motifs such as spiders, spirals and human forms, her deeply personal and moving works examine vulnerability, friendship, fear, death, motherhood, sexuality and love.

The works on display are taken from ARTIST ROOMS, an inspirational collection of modern and contemporary art acquired for the nation. mima is an ARTIST ROOMS Associate and is delighted to be the first Associate to show this Louise Bourgeois exhibition on tour, following a successful exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

“It wasn’t until I saw Louise Bourgeois’ work in person for the first time that I fully understood its beauty.” Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art visitor comment.

The mima team and one of our young people’s groups are working to offer a fresh and engaging perspective to the exhibition.

#LouiseBourgeois

Through the generous support of the Art Fund and Arts Council England, ARTIST ROOMS has provided additional funding for the learning programme at mima.

For information about related

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exhibition Launch event

thursday 17 July 6 – 8pm

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chance finds us2 May – 4 september

An exhibition that looks at the works of eight artists living and working in North East England. The artists have their own distinctive practice and the work ranges from pencil drawings, paintings and sculptures to art made using automated drawing machines. Although the individual artists’ works look very different, they are connected by similar themes to do with systematic or ritualistic approaches.

The exhibition has been co-curated by Anne Vibeke Mou, Nick Kennedy and mima. Many of the artists in the exhibition have exhibited across the UK and internationally: James Hugonin has works in Tate’s and mima’s collections, whilst others represent a new generation of artists emerging from the North East. The artists included in the show are Sarah Bray, Alex Charrington, Rachael Clewlow, Peter J. Evans,

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James Hugonin, Nick Kennedy, Anne Vibeke Mou and Richard Rigg.

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WillaM cobbinGtransactions of the duddo field club 4 July – 30 october

As Lipman artist in residence at Newcastle University, William Cobbing has been developing new works featuring the imprint of letterpress blocks into malleable clay surfaces. Words appear and are then distorted through the act of reworking the surface. The Northumberland countryside provides the background for a surrealist video that documents a firing of a bell and a golem-like figure, and a series of sculptures echoes the eroded contours of the monolithic Duddo Five Stones.

Wendy raMshaW rooMs of dreaMs 12 september – 4 december

As one of Britain’s leading contemporary designers, Wendy Ramshaw CBE is renowned for her jewellery and distinctive, large-scale public art. This major exhibition shows key pieces spanning fifty years of her acclaimed career from her early jewellery in paper and plastic, through jewels in precious metals, stone, glass and ceramic, to a series of images and maquettes representing her public art commissions. Her work is held in mima’s collection as well as those of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Art and Design, New York. Pa

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James Hugonin, Binary Rhythm (IV), (detail), 2012-13. Collection of Gretchen and John Berggruen, San Francisco.Courtesy the artist and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

William Cobbing, Untitled, (detail), 2013. Courtesy the artist.

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¡VaMos! festiVal 2014aVaf installation5 – 22 June

¡VAMOS! and mima are pleased to present a new commission by assume vivid astro focus (avaf – artist duo Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide-Pierson). avaf have created a site-specific vinyl artwork on the glass facade of the gallery featuring motifs of geometric abstraction and transgender imagery that were recently explored in avaf’s solo exhibition Adderall Valium Ativan Focalin (Cantilevering Me) at The Suzanne Geiss Company in New York. ¡VAMOS! (www.vamosfestival.com) is a celebration of Spanish and Portuguese cultures across North East England.

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erhebunGdance–sculPture–sonic art installation

14 august, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

ATMA Dance presents Erhebung, a collaboration between choreographer Mayuri Boonham and the sculptor Jeff Lowe – new classical Indian dance meets abstract sculpture. The dance is performed in mima’s atrium within a sculptural landscape that integrates choreography in its design.

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international exchanGes Modern art and st iVes 1915-196524 october – 25 January

International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915–1965, organised in collaboration with Tate St Ives, explores the national and international contexts which shaped art in St Ives in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Major works by St Ives artists such as Patrick Heron, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth are shown alongside those of their contemporaries from elsewhere in Europe, America and beyond, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko.

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dereK eland diary rooMs11 november – 26 february

Derek Eland is a multi-media artist whose work focuses on what it is like to ‘be human’ in stressful and difficult situations. Diary Rooms is the result of Derek Eland’s time as an official war artist in Afghanistan in 2011. He circulated blank cards to British and Afghan soldiers for them to write down their thoughts: these moving testimonies are displayed alongside photographs and video.

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ha[soft]rdIn 2012, Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva was appointed as Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award (ARMA) Artist in Residence at mima. She has produced a new site-specific sound sculpture for mima’s garden. Elpida worked closely with mima’s Creative Apprentices as well as local communities and businesses to capture memories of Middlesbrough. HA[SOFT]RD stands tall like a machined jewel using industrial parts and materials that reflect the town’s local economy and recent business growth. See www.visitmima.com/whats-on for more information.

MiMa’s buildinGAs well as exploring the building itself, designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects, you can admire several works of art incorporated into the building. Going up the Italian slate and Turkish limestone staircase, look out for the gold leaf wall drawing by 2009 Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright. On the third floor, in the corridor to the event space usually used for private events (see page 15), is another original artist commission – Michael Rowe’s light installation was created to animate the corridors. Pick up our free architecture guide for more information. We aim to have a work or works from our collection on display in the public areas of the building, as well as a drawing from our life drawing classes on the ground floor.

MiMa’s collectionmima’s collection of around 2,500 artworks (fine art, ceramics and jewellery) are stored at mima. As well as the work on display in the public areas and any works included in exhibitions – or from October in the new jewellery gallery – the collections are often available to view on one of our Behind the Scenes Tours (see page 13) or by appointment: our full collection is also listed on our website and work is ongoing to put images of all the works online.

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neW JeWellery Gallery opening saturday 4 october

mima has an outstanding collection of contemporary jewellery, one of the finest publicly-owned jewellery collections in the UK, to rival those of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the National Galleries of Scotland. Featuring beautiful, provocative and fascinating pieces, the collection has not previously been on permanent display. That is set to change. mima and Teesside University, in a joint project, are currently converting a space that was previously a storeroom into a purpose-built gallery for the collection. As well as the exciting new display and accompanying education and events programmes, mima and Teesside University have appointed two jewellers in residence, Janet Hinchliffe McCutcheon and Gemma Draper, who will be leading masterclasses and workshops. For updates on the progress of the building project, linked events and workshops, see www.visitmima.com/jewellery.

A joint project with Teesside University, with funding from Arts Council England.

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Felieke van der Leest, Emperor Penguin Freddie with Polar Bear Claw Necklace, 2005. Plastic, textile, gold, cubic zirconia

Mini MiMathursdays (term-time only: last session 17 July, resuming 4 september),10 – 11.30am

Fun, interactive art activities for 0-4 year olds and their parents/carers. The sessions respond to mima’s building and current exhibitions. Juice and a biscuit included. £3.50 per child. Accompanying adult free.

Did you know that mima has family activities and events all year round, most of which are free? Pick up our family guide that leads you round mima with lots of fun adventures to do. All our family resources and information can be found in our special family area on the ground fl oor. If you’re coming in for an event, please go to reception when you arrive.

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faMily art trolleyevery saturday, 1 – 4pm, free

Children of all ages and their families can enjoy mima’s popular art trolley. Get involved, create and make something to take home. Our trolley is packed with all sorts of materials to inspire budding artists.

Print-MaKinG sPecial art trolleysaturday 5 July, 1 – 4pm, free

Join us to celebrate the International Print Biennale by designing and making your very own printing stamp. Children of all ages and their families can make and create their own stamper to take home and print with.

exPeriMental draWinG sPecial art trolleysaturday 12 July, 1 – 4pm, free

Join us for a special experimental drawing-themed art trolley with activities inspired by our Chance Finds Us exhibition.

mima|young friendsmima young friends is a FREE membership adventure for young people aged 14 to 24. The MYF membership is for creative, savvy, fun-loving young people. Membership benefi ts include:

• invites to VIP events and exhibition openings

• volunteer and work experience opportunities

• meeting, working with and interviewing artists

• free workshops and events

• portfolio and career advice

• cool competitions

it’s easy!Email your name, age and mobile number to mimayoungfriends@middlesbrough.gov.uk. You will be added to the mima young friends text alert list and contacted when mima holds an event, workshop, talk or tour and with good news stories.

@mimaYF @mimaYF

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Look out for the new-look mima family area on the ground fl oor. It includes our new Teesside-inspired covered sofas, tabletop activities, doodle sheets, drawer of goodies and more. With special thanks to Stephy Sparkles of Neon (www.designbyneon.com), a local creative partnership making fun and educational play spaces for families.

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artist rooMs: louise bourGeois sPecial suMMer holiday art trolley tuesday 22 July to sunday 31 august tuesdays – fridays, 11am – 1pm saturdays 1 – 4pm & sundays 12 – 4pm, free

Join us for our special Summer Holiday Art Trolleys – now running on Sunday too – exploring the life, works and wonders of American artist Louise Bourgeois. Her most famous works are giant spider sculptures; she also often used textiles, as well as drawing and collage, and her art was inspired by love, families and friendship. You can see her works on display at mima.

DOnAte...mima relies on the generous support of individuals to help

fund our world-class exhibitions and education programmes.

See www.visitmima.com/support-us/donate

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life draWinGthursdays, 5.45 – 6.45pm, £3.50;save £5 by purchasing 10 weeks for £30

A clothed model is used: materials are provided.

life draWinG – Print-MaKinG sPecial thursday 3 July, 5.45pm – 6.45pm, £3.50

As part of the International Print Biennale, join us for an informal session that explores a variety of approaches and print-making techniques. A clothed model is used and materials are provided.

nude life draWinGWith artist ian liGhtfootsunday 3 august and sunday 28 september12.30 – 3.30pm, £10, booking required

In this session, a variety of approaches to drawing from a model are explored, interspersed with power-point images to guide you. These are designed to help you to make progress and you can take away impressive studies. Beginners are welcome and all materials are provided.

life draWinG – MiddlesbrouGh Pride sPecialthursday 2 october, 5.45 – 6.45pm, £3.50

This life drawing special celebrates the human form in all its diversity. Come along and practice your drawing skills with a partially clothed transgender model. This event is part of the Middlesbrough Community Pride celebrations.

Try something new, brush up on your skills, meet like-minded people and discover your creative side at one of our adult workshops.

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For bookings or to fi nd out more, call mima reception on 01642 726 720 during gallery opening times, email mimabookings@middlesbrough.gov.uk,or go to visitmima.com for online booking.

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For bookings or to fi nd out more call mima reception on 01642 726 720 during gallery opening times, email mimabookings@middlesbrough.gov.uk, or go to visitmima.com for online booking.

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chance finds us – talKsaturday 30 august, 1 – 4pmfree, booking required

Join us for a talk and panel discussion looking at the themes within the work of the Chance Finds Us group, and how their artistic practice is linked to the sciences. This talk features special guest David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at Cambridge University, and members of Chance Finds Us.

artist rooMs: louise bourGeois – syMPosiuM: later life artistic careersthursday 4 september, 5 – 7pmfree, booking required

Join arts professionals and practitioners for a panel discussion taking inspiration from our ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois exhibition, looking at artists who achieve recognition or begin their careers in later life.

t-Junction Poetry festiValsaturday 18 october, events all day, booking required

A day of readings and masterclasses as part of a new Teesside poetry festival, including an evening reading featuring Paul Smith of Maxïmo Park. The festival also includes a talk with John Berger, one of the major European intellectuals of our time and author of the acclaimed essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written to accompany his seminal BBC series.

behind the scenes tourslast friday of each month, 2 – 3pmfree, booking required

Come along to this fascinating tour behind the scenes of the gallery looking at our collection stores.

artist rooMs: louise bourGeois – talK & toursaturday 19 July, 12 – 1pm thursday 4 september, 12 – 1pm free, booking required

Join Kath Wood, mima exhibition Project Manager, for a fascinating walk and talk around ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois. The talk explores the varied exhibition, and the life and work of this signifi cant American artist.

artist rooMs: louise bourGeois – Wonder Whys talK & tourthursday 7 august, 1 – 2pm, free

As part of our interpretation for ARITST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois, our young people’s group the Wonder Whys are producing their own gallery guide in response to the exhibition and its themes. Join them for a tour with a twist.

chance finds us tour & booK siGninGfriday 18 July, 12pm, free, booking required

Join some of the Chance Finds Us artists for a tour of their exhibition followed by the opportunity to buy and have your copy of their publication signed.

mima|friendsmimafriends are passionate about supporting mima.

Membership fees help us to:

• continue delivering our world-class exhibitions and education programmes

• look after our collections and buy new works of art

• maintain mima for everyone to enjoy free of charge

From only £24 a year (£14 concessions), mimafriends get a range of benefi ts, while making a real contribution to the cultural life of our region.

See www.visitmima.com/support-us/friends for more information.

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coMMunity Partners mima has a long history of working in the community with a variety of regional and national organisations: see www.visitmima.com/communitypartners for more information and to get involved.

Children’s University – Learning activities outside school hours for 5 to 14 year olds. mima is a registered Learning Destination where you can have your Passport to Learning stamped: visit www.childrensuniversity.co.uk to get your passport.

Percy Scrapstore – Provides safe, clean scrap that’s used on the mima Art Trolley and in the schools programme to make exciting, fun masterpieces in response to our exhibitions. See percymiddlesbrough.moonfruit.co.uk to become a member.

Arts Award and Artsmark –Inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents in and out of school. mima offers a range of training events to suit all. To book your place, go to www.vistmima.com/learning/artsmark-arts-award.

national Literacy trust: early Words together – Works with families to improve early years reading in and around Middlesbrough. Remember to explore our family area for exciting reads about all things arty when you visit. See www.literacytrust.org.uk for more cool places to read.

Streetwise Opera – Uses music to help homeless people make positive changes in their lives through weekly workshops in and around mima. Pop in on a Friday to have a listen: to get involved visit www.streetwiseopea.org.

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mima|hireOur award-winning building can be hired for special events including exclusive VIP receptions with private gallery tours, product launches, dinners and parties. We also have a bespoke space that offers the perfect setting for meetings, networking events and training sessions.

To find out how we can help you create that perfect event, please call Jessica Murphy on 01642 726 704 or email jessica_murphy@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

offers a UniqUe shopping experience with a specially selected range of design-led products that you won’t find on the high street. We choose suppliers from the North East and beyond, to offer a great selection of jewellery, homeware and stationery. With exhibition related items and plenty of pocket money gifts for the family, you’ll want to allow plenty of time for a browse.

mima and teesside universityWe have worked closely with Teesside University – particularly on the new jewellery gallery (see page 8) – for several years. On 1 August, the management of mima transfers to Teesside University with Middlesbrough Council remaining a key partner. This brings many advantages to both partners who share a commitment to education, to community engagement and the local communities of Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley, to raising the profile of the area, and to culture and the arts.

Our friendly café mima, managed in partnership

with teesside University, serves hot drinks, a selection of beers

and wines, breakfast and lunch menus, homemade cakes and light bites. café mima is family friendly with

a children’s menu, highchairs and drawing activities.

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mima works with arts organisations and artists’ networks across Tees Valley to expand opportunities available within the creative sector. To find out more contact Kerrie Page on 01642 729 086 or kerrie_page@middlesbrough.gov.uk. The events below are open to everyonebut are particularly relevant to artists and those working in the arts.

#desiredfutures 9: arts and learninGthursday 18 september, 5 – 7pmfree, booking requiredArts professionals and practitioners explore art, learning and the value of knowledge sharing. Organised by mima and Platform A Gallery.

refocus: castleGate MiMa PhotoGraPhy PriZe thursday 2 october, 2.30 – 4.30pmfree, booking required

A talk reflectiing on the development of Gayle Chong Kwan’s public artwork Arripare, and the aspirations of the REFOCUS: Castlegate mima Photography Prize.

refocus syMPosiuM: PhotoGraPhy in the Public realM thursday 2 october, 5 – 7pmfree, booking required

Panel-led discussion on the context, role and impact of photography in the public realm.

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Email: info@teesvalleyarts.org.uk to receive regular updates about visual art opportunities, exhibitions and events.

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find usWe are based in Centre Square, in the heart of Middlesbrough. We are just 5-10 minutes’ walk from both the train and bus stations. The nearest bus stop is on Albert Road / Centre Square. There is a short stay pay and display car park behind mima: it is free for the first two hours and for motorbikes and Blue Badge holders. For more parking information, see www.lovemiddlesbrough.com.

If you have special access requirements, call us and we will do our best to assist you.

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