LOCATED IN THE TEES VALLEY, A ONCE PROMINENT INDUSTRIAL AREA OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND, THE AUXILIARY IS A RAW ARTIST LED SPACE SPREAD OVER THREE FLOORS OF A 1920'S TOWNHOUSE. THE AUXILIARY INCLUDES STUDIOS, A RECORDING suite AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE FOR OUR AIR PROGRAMME.
WE PROVIDE THE TIME AND SPACE FOR ARTISTS TO CHALLENGE, DEVELOP AND EXPAND THEIR CREATIVE IDEAS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ARTISTS WORKING OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL ART MEDIUMS WHO SEEK OUT BOLD AND CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES. ARTISTS ENGAGING IN TRANS AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY METHODOLOGIES, OR WHO HAVE A STRONG D.I.Y AESTHETIC, ARE ALSO MOST WELCOME TO APPLY.
WE ALSO AIM TO ENABLE LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IN DEVISING INDEPENDENT ART PLATFORMS AND STRUCTURES FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES THROUGHOUT TEESSIDE, AS WELL AS THE CROSS POLLINATION OF PRACTICES THROUGH THE MOBILITY OF A NEW TRANS-CULTURAL DEMOGRAPHIC.
THE AREA.
STOCKTON IS A LARGE MARKET TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 85,000. AN HOUR SOUTH OF
NEWCASTLE AND A THREE HOUR DRIVE FROM THE SCOTTISH BORDER, STOCKTON ONCE THRIVED IN THE SHIPBUILDING AND IRON INDUSTRIES, BUT THIS BEGAN TO DECLINE IN THE 1930’S, WITH A FULL STOPPAGE OF IRON PRODUCTION IN THE AREA IN 2015 RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF OVER 2,000 JOBS.
THE TEES VALLEY IS CULTURALLY DIVERSE – THROUGH THE 1960’S THERE WAS AN INFLUX OF ASIAN
IMMIGRANTS, AND IN 2015, MIDDLESBROUGH HOUSED MORE ASYLUM SEEKERS PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE UK. MANY CHARITIES AND RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO AID ASYLUM SEEKERS HOUSED HERE.
THE AREA IS BORDERED BY THE A19 MOTORWAY, THE SEA, NATURE RESERVES, AND A 290 HECTARE
BIOLOGICAL SITE OF SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC INTEREST CALLED SEAL SANDS.
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