A Celebration of Creativity in Riba-roja d’Ebre!

After a year of preparation, exchanges, and artistic exploration, the Riu d’Art Street Fest took place on 13th December, bringing together local, national, and international artists in a vibrant celebration of culture and creativity.

Throughout the year, the event has been shaped by artist residencies, which allowed participants to learn about the area, engage with local communities, and exchange ideas across borders. From heritage visits to social and cultural meetings, every moment built toward this culminating celebration of artistic collaboration.

We’re excited to share this great news from NTU Sustainability – leading environmental management at Nottingham Trent University.

Students from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) taking part in the Riba Rocks creative eco-residency, can earn points for doing so on the NTU Green Rewards app. Students gain points by logging their activities such as carbon conscious travel, reducing waste, being mindful and more during their time with us. Points are added to the leaderboard where users can win vouchers for ethical shops.

This September, Riba Rocks was proud to welcome six creatives from the Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) for a three-week Creative Residency in Conservation, Sustainability in Art Practice, and Catalan Culture. The group included two fashion designers, three fine artists, and one fashion management student and their activities and research during their stay will form part of the Riu d’art Street Fest.

Celebrating Creativity and Collaboration: A Spring Residency with Nottingham Trent University. This Spring, Riba Rocks had the absolute pleasure of hosting Fine Artists and Photographers from Nottingham Trent University. With the support of the Turing Scheme UK, the residents joined us at the Riba Rocks Association for what we hope was an unforgettable creative and cultural experience.

What a pleasure it was to host 5 students from University of Southampton and Winchester School of Art this August. With financial support from the Turing Scheme UK, the students were hosted by the Riba Rocks Association for 32 days.

A month packed full of creative activities as well as volunteering for Grup de Natura Freixe at the Riba-roja d’Ebre lagoon to help improve biodiversity. The month culminated in the Riba-roja cultural fiestas, which were enjoyed as a closing week for the student group.

NEXE Rural: The first day of entrepreneurship and rural co-working in Riba-roja d’Ebre! Taking place on Friday, April 26th, NEXE Rural is an all day event with lunch and afterwork get together with the Riba Rocks Pop-Up Bar. Here at Riba Rocks, we are really excited to be collaborating with the Zona Líquida in Riba-roja d’Ebre for the first NEXE RURAL day. We will bring an afterwork celebration to end the day of networking and team building for the delegates registered, starting at around 6:30pm until 8pm. We will have the venue available to attendees to have a drink at the Pop-Up-Bar that will be staffed by members of the Riba Rocks association and with some background music.

The Riba Rocks Winter Party, on the 16th of December 2023, celebrated 10 Years since the first ever festival on the finca. We danced through a decade of memories with a wonderful group of party goers, thank you for joining us! We also raised 120 euros for the La Marató foundation as an entry fee to the event. Thank you for your collaboration!

We enjoyed headline beats by Ibiza’s own DJ Doctor Feelgood, and we grooved to the sensational sets by Els Mes Sonatts, Joint Chief, David by the Face, and Santiago del Blass.

Members of the Riba Rocks Association volunteered at the 18th edition of the infamous Clotxa Festival in Riba-roja d’Ebre this weekend.

The Clotxa is a traditional farmers’ breakfast comprising a large hollowed out loaf of bread, filled with grilled sardines, tomato, garlic and plenty of olive oil!

Members of the Riba Rocks Association supported artist Sarah Misselbrook with the presentation of a new live performance for Cultura Verda at Medol Contemporary Art Gallery in Tarragona. The Riba Rocks team of artists and designers were collaborators in the audience to begin the ruining of the series of drawings presented in the gallery space.

From October 16 to 22 2023, the Riba Rocks Association provided an alternative drawing workshop at the Zona Liquida here in Riba-roja d’Ebre. The workshop was one of the 50 cultural, educational and experiential activities that 20 spaces of the Cowocat Rural network scheduled: these included presentations, talks, workshops, debates, open days and networking.