Navigator North

02/09/2026

28/08/2026

You can now find us on Artist Studio Finder as a Studio Provider in the North - a free online platform connecting artists and arts organisations to available spaces.

Our spaces partner East Street Arts have teamed up with Bow Arts to create a new way to find affordable studio spaces across the North of England.

Look out for further listings, as we have plenty of space available at the moment at our HQ Dundas House in the centre of Middlesbrough.

Monthly studio costs from £60/month.

More info on our application process is available on our website too.

22/07/2026

Read all about how, with support from Middlesbrough Council's Creative Places programme, we've been able to extend and build on the WE SHALL BE murals along Wilson Street underneath the A66.

We're really pleased with the new series of artworks created by artists Nick Blaney and Nic Golightly - informed by the heritage and communities of Middlesbrough.







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The artwork produced by Navigator North have seen the archways beneath the A66 close to the railway station transformed

08/05/2026

Looking forward to this next week and sharing our work on FORGED.






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28/04/2026

Fancy a day of creative relaxation and inspiration in June?

Check out Make & Mend Company and their festival link below.

Take some time out for you this summer and join us at Make & Mend Festival!

28/04/2026

Check out who's up for this years Turner Prize, hosted in Middlesbrough by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

For visual arts, Middlesbrough is smashing it at the moment!

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28/04/2026

Looking forward to morbid's next talk on one of our favourite Middlesbrough heritage subjects - Middlesbrough Winter Garden, which once stood where our HQ Dundas House and Dundas Shopping Centre & Indoor Market are today.

11am, Saturday 9th May
Middlesbrough Central Library
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£5 entry

Winter Garden talk 9th of May. Discovery Space, Middlesbrough Central Library. 11am. £5 entry.

23/04/2026

Last week we took our 2026 Studio Bursary artist Ayodeji Faturoti on a road trip to Leeds, to meet with our space partners East Street Arts, get some insights from industry professionals and attend the opening of an amazing exhibition ‘Lens on Gaza: The Sun and Moon Still Rise’ by photographer and activist Fadi A. Thabet.

Read all about it here -

https://navigatornorth.co.uk/my-first-trip-to-leeds-a-day-of-missed-trains-new-connections-and-creative-inspiration/

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02/04/2026

There's 10 more days left to visit Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art to see Desire Lines: Art, Place & Possibilities.

We were delighted to be invited to explore and share some of our journey in Middlesbrough, to feature alongside some fantastic artists and arts organisations.

Whether you've been already, are planning a first or repeat visit, the review here written by Kate Sweeney for Corridor 8 is a good read -

Desire Lines: Art, Place & Possibilities is a multi-installation presentation over four rooms that draws together contemporary artworks produced by

02/04/2026

Over the last 6 months with funding from Historic England through the UK Government’s Know Your Neighbourhood Fund we ran our Open House programme.

Based in the ground floor space at Dundas House Dundas Shopping Centre & Indoor Market through our work with East Street Arts we've taken that work out on to the streets of Middlesbrough - Bridge Street West to be precise!

We couldn't have done this without the support of our volunteers with 92 volunteer hours spent on creative and heritage research activities as well as 408 volunteer hours in the Open House space supporting our public programme every Saturday between October 25 and April 26.

Now that programme has come to an end, we're planning what comes next, so watch this space for future announcements and ways to get involved.







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