We are very excited to be working with artists Rosa Amora and Riley Summer to put together some fantastic workshops for attendees of our imminent weekend at Elmley Nature Reserve, taking place 15th-17th May.
Riley Summer is a South London–based multimedia artist and recent graduate of UAL London College of Communication. Her practice is hands-on and largely analogue, with a strong focus on screen printing. Rosa Amora is a Bristol–based illustrator whose practice combines digital and analogue drawing techniques, blending traditional mark-making with contemporary processes. Riley’s work explores people and human connection, focusing on emotion and how we interact with one another. Rosa’s background in ecology leads her towards themes of nature and our environment. Both artists draw inspiration from their surroundings and from lived experience.
The artists state: “We are working together to build a body of work that celebrates migration in the UK. Where fear-mongering narratives are loud, we believe the shared joy of movement is louder. We want to uplift these voices and show the UK for what it truly is: a rich collage of culture, stories and community. Movement is survival. Migration is life.”
Rosa and Riley will be running two kinds of workshop at Elmley Nature Reserve at our Caught by the River weekend:
Gel Plate Printing Workshop
A drop-in printmaking workshop where participants create layered prints and collages inspired by movement and migration. From the birds passing over Elmley to the people and patterns that have shaped the UK. Using gel plates and hand-carved lino stamps, everyone leaves with something unique and handmade. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Collage Workshop
Participants create unique, personal pieces drawing on their own experiences of nature and the world around them. Using a mix of materials and techniques, everyone is encouraged to make something that feels genuinely theirs and to share what collage means to them. A space for open conversation about how the UK itself is a collage of nature, culture and people. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Look out for more from Rosa and Riley on the Caught by the River site this summer.
Find full details of our Elmley event — for which day tickets are now available! — here.