Culture and Creative
Fostering a new era for culture and creative in the North East
We are empowering our region to become a global hub for collaboration in the creative and cultural industries through everything from games animation and immersive technologies to fashion design and curation.
We offer a range of courses, apprenticeships, and qualifications to suit, as well access to cutting-edge research techniques and state-of-the-art facilities.
Research & Innovation
Connecting researchers and practitioners from across the arts and humanities, we conduct research that seeks to enrich cultural understanding, increase cultural engagement, enhance public debate, further creative and applied practice, and drive positive social change.
We also provide businesses with consultancy and expertise across disciplines encompassing graphic design, comics, fashion to interior design, curating to film, tv and more.
Workforce Development
Accredited/non-accredited CPD
Our Creative Academy will launch in April 2024 comprising a subscription model for SMEs and a combined consultancy, masterclasses, and a live student project. We are also running Summer School for 14-16 year-olds and non-accredited public workshops delivered by MIMA. The topics covered include:
- Creative Academy: Launching in April 2024, our Creative Academy offers a membership model for organisations hoping to embed innovation and design thinking into their work. It includes a combination of consultancy, masterclasses, and a live student-led Research and Development project.
- Arts psychotherapy
- Design thinking
- Media training
- Communicating with confidence
- Interior design
- Creative Summer Schools
Apprenticeships
- Arts Therapy apprenticeship
- Creative Industries Production Manager
- Curating apprenticeship
- Senior Leader Creative/Cultural industries
- Professional Doctorate
TU Online Courses
- Photography MA - Forge a specialism and career as you explore artistic, documentary, commercial and socially engaged photography at an advanced level of technical and conceptual creativity.
For more information please contact business@tees.ac.uk
Facilities
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) is an art museum and gallery showcasing international collections and exhibitions. MIMA has changing seasonal exhibitions, collection displays, learning activities and community-focused initiatives involving collaborators locally, nationally and internationally.
The institute is renowned for its civic mission and community engagement, and it is a Tate Plus Gallery with a steady stream of international and national artists, curators, policymakers, funders and audiences visiting the gallery each week.