The exhibition with free entry runs from July 12 – August 24, 2025, Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm. There will also be a Children’s Exhibition at the Redcar Palace (Tees Valley Arts) – see below about events.

The gallery is at 13 West Terrace, Redcar, TS10 1DS, United Kingdom, positioned between the town’s iconic Clock Tower and the Redcar Beacon on the seafront. Tel: 01642307450 during exhibition opening hours.

By Train: The closest train station is Redcar Central, served by Northern Trains and TransPennine Express. It’s just a few minutes’ walk from the train station to 13 West Terrace. Local Arriva North East buses also serve Redcar with the nearest stop to the gallery being the Clock Tower.

By Bus: The X4 bus from Middlesbrough bus station will get you to Clock Tower stop near the gallery in approximately 20-25 minutes. The X4 also serves Redcar from places such as Whitby.

Parking: There is no on-site parking, West Terrace is close to central Redcar’s public car parks—within a few minutes’ walk. Street parking and pay-and-display lots are available along the sea front. (https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/roads-and-parking/car-parks/redcar-car-parks)

The 2025 theme is “About Time”—artists explore concepts related to time like deep time, tidal time, environmental urgency, and temporality across all media. The exhibition is curated by Prof. Susan Collins, former Director of the Slade School of Fine Art.

50 artists were selected from 180 who applied for entry to the Summer Exhibition. In addition to the selected artists work by 6 invited artists will be on display. See the online Summer Exhibition Catalogue for details about the exhibited work and the artists. Overall there will be around 60 artworks on display covering the mediums of painting, sculpture, moving image, installation and sound.

Yes, here are several events open to all:

July 11: Exhibition preview 5-8pm

July 12: Curator’s talk by Prof. Susan Collins from 2-4pm, preceded by a talk by Liam Slevin from Auxiliary in Middlesbrough about the art scene across the Tees Valley from 12pm–1pm and a poetry reading live streamed from Gallery Goto, Tokyo from 1;30-2;00pm. Bookings for Curator talk can be made via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-talk-by-prof-susan-collins-tickets-1330873792339?aff=oddtdtcreator

July 13: Professional development/networking, 11am – 3pm at the Redcar Palace (Tees Valley Arts) 28 -29 Esplanade, Redcar TS10 3AE. Several speakers from the artworld will share insights into their journeys and creative practice and talk about career development Booking for this event is via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/about-time-art-networking-tickets-1355953014969?aff=oddtdtcreator

Date to be confirmed: Children’s Exhibition, Redcar Palace

Date to be confirmed: One-to-one artist consultation event

Date to be confirmed: Redcar Summer Exhibition closing event

The 2025 Summer Exhibition has been made possible because of a grant from Arts Council England made to the Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery. Partner organisations who have supported the exhibition either financially or in kind include Tees Valley Arts and the House of Foliage. The Redcar and Cleveland Councillors for the local Coatham Ward, Carl Quartermain and Lynne Rynn, also contributed financially. Through a cloud-funding programme several artists also made donations to support the exhibition.

Yes, work exhibited at the Summer Exhibition will be for sale either in the gallery or online via the RCCAG’s virtual shop.