The Retracing Ribeiro project has delivered an extensive education and community outreach programme tracing Ribeiro’s early life in an India still under the British Empire and his journey to a bomb-damaged Britain in 1950, exploring his experiences both professionally as a painter and personally.
Interactive workshops have been held across London for different age-groups and family groups in collaboration with the V&A, Central Saint Martins, the Burgh House & Hampstead Museum, Rosetta Arts Centre, Bromley by Bow Community Centre and Holborn Community Association.
These workshops have explored Ribeiro’s innovative use of recyclable materials, his cityscapes and his fascination with ‘Heads’ utilising a range of mixed media.
These workshops were facilitated by Creative Director, Emily Phillips, Marsha Ribeiro and the ceramic artist Mürüde Mehmet – who joined us as part of the V&A Ribeiro ‘Community Arts Project’.
The Primarily, Primary Colours family education workshop was held at the Burgh House & Hampstead Museum and led by their Learning and Access Officer, Maria Gomes-Diez.
Read MoreAt East London’s Rosetta Arts Centre, pre-GCSE children were shown Ribeiro’s maquettes, painted on old medicine boxes...
Read MoreRibeiro’s oil cityscapes, which bear the influence his ancestral home of Goa had for him, were used as a stimulus for the ‘Young@Arts’ Over 50s group.
Read MoreBased on the Retracing Ribeiro exhibition at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, Holborn Community Association partnered with the team to offer an interactive family art session.
Read MoreBased on the Retracing Ribeiro exhibition at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, Holborn Community Association partnered with the team to offer an engaging session for the Under 5s at Bedford House.
Read MoreThe Social Care Group were tasked by artist Mürüde Mehmet to paint portraits or townscapes on ceramic plates, referring to their choice of Ribeiro’s artwork that aligned with their own sense of identity.
Read MoreFor our ‘After Adoption’ sessions aimed at families, Creative Director Emily Phillips had taken her inspiration from book covers Ribeiro had designed.
Read MoreOur Bengali Grandmothers from the ‘Grandmas That Brunch Club’ who - like Ribeiro - had left the subcontinent in search of a new life in Britain, were tasked with painting their self-portraits on silk.
Read MoreFor our workshop with NOVA’s Grenfell families group, Emily Phillips had selected Ribeiro’s mystical paintings entitled ‘Divinities’ as an activity the families could do as one.
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