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

Call for Volunteers- mimas 5th Birthday Family Fun Day!

You are invited to celebrate mimas first five years with a Free Family Birthday Party on Saturday 28th January 12.30pm-4pm. There will be cupcake decorating, singing along with the Steelworks Steel Band, bunting and party hat making.
  

We are looking for volunteers to help us out on the day to meet and greet and hand out the itinerary. Anyone can join us and we would much appreciate if you could spare a few hours of your time on this special day for mima.

 

If you think you can help, please email us soon at mimafriends@gmail.com with your name and contact number (your details will not be passed on) and we will message back with further information. We hope to hear from you soon and see you there!
Events

Track Across Time

mima friends are cordially invited to the launch of Track Across Time, an exhibition of new work by Cluster Arts in conjunction with the National Railway Museum at Locomotion, Shildon.

 

The five northeast artists involved were asked to make work in response to Shildon's unique role in the history of railways.  Tish Bloom, Carolyn Corfield, Vera Hynes and Michael Kusz, collectively known as Cluster Arts, work in various media: sculpture, ceramics, painting and film. On occasion a guest artist joins them, in this case photographer Graeme Rowatt. Interspersed with the Museum's magnificent permanent and visiting exhibits their original pieces aim to add to the visitor experience by delivering an evocative journey through the artists' imaginations.

 

The launch, which takes place on Saturday January 14th, 12 noon - 2.30 p.m., takes place in the Collection Building, accessed through Dale Road Industrial Estate.  Weather permitting, it will include a complimentary 'loco' trip and privileged access to some of the nation's railway icons.  Confirmation of your attendance is necessary so if you intend to come, please email Pam Porter, Events Officer at Locomotion pam.porter@nrm.org.ukor telephone 01388 771439 as soon as possible, stating you are a mima friend.

 

For a map, visit http://www.nrm.org.uk/locomotion

 

The exhibition runs from January 14 to March 5 2012.

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