About mima friends

mima friends is a registered charity that supports the development and promotion of mima. As a mima friend you will have unique access to mima and you will be the first to know what is happening at the gallery. As well as enriching their enjoyment of the arts, mima friends also have the opportunity, if they wish, to actively support the gallery.

As well as enriching their enjoyment of the arts, mima frien ds also have the opportunity, if they wish, to actively support the gallery.





mima friends membership benefits
  • Invitations to mima private views
  • The opportunity to attend artist and curator talks
  • 10% discount in mima's shop and Cafe Prego
  • Exclusive art trips, social events and behind the scenes collection tours
  • News updates

Choose a mima friends membership for yourself or as a gift!
Latest News

mimas Fifth Birthday

mima's 5th birthday celebrations went with a bang last Saturday. mimafriends were engaged in meeting and greeting throngs of excited young children (and their parents) with stickers and balloons, birthday cake and giant cookies. The noise levels were nearly explosive as kids jostled to decorate fairy cakes and queued the length of mima's atrium to have their faces painted. The atmosphere was joyful, exciting and vibrant.

The mima staff and mimafriends volunteers were thrilled with the turnout which, in itself, demonstrates the positive role mima now plays within the community. Visitors of all ages swarmed the galleries as the steel band kept things bouncing in the atrium. The Friends extend a special thankyou to Amy, our departing administrator-volunteer, and Sarra who bravely turned up on the day to help out.

Another Friend, Meena, suggesting resuming our social coffee mornings. These seem to have petered out due to poor uptake but we've recently been kindly donated lots of coffee and specialist beverages by Ringtons so perhaps we should try again. If anyone is interested in a regular get-together, let us know and we'll set up a date for you to meet up and Meena can take it from there!

Events

A Special Event For Friends 12.30pm Friday February 10th at mima

Many of you will have seen the current mima exhibition, What Friends have done for Middlesbrough, which charts the amazing work of the friends of Middlesbrough Art Gallery, started by Lady Crathorne, through its archives and acquisitions purchased for the gallery in the 1950s and 60s. The exhibition has been sponsored by mimafriends as part of the fifth birthday celebrations and, though we say it ourselves, has received a lot of praise from visitors far and wide. Much of the interesting story of this time is told through letters and other documents which from part of the archival material of the Crathorne family.

As a special event for mimafriends Lord Crathorne, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, has offered to give a short introduction to the show followed by a talk through the exhibits from curator James Beighton, who researched the archives and organised the work on display. This is a great opportunity for mimafriends to get together over a glass of wine and enjoy a fascinating insight into our second sponsored exhibition.

Do come along and support your event!
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