Refractions: New Conceptions of Film + Photography (15 January—18 March) was a free programme of events co-created by Rhubaba and the EAF Civic Programme. The programme aimed to connect marginalised people with creativity through film, theatre, photography, ceramics, writing, and more.
Attendees joined us for workshops exploring creativity across mediums: create experimental theatre, document a nature walk through photography, wield collective art criticism, or shape clay in response to sensual film. The workshops were led by an exceptional collection of local creatives, with care at the core. The programme closed with an evening of shared queer joy in a short film screening in collaboration with SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival).
Attendees could choose one event, or one of everything — each event was ticketed separately, with limited capacity for workshops. All events are free, with an optional donation which will feed back into the Rhubaba x EAF Civic programme.
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About Rhubaba
Rhubaba was an artist-run initiative producing development programmes and curating a wider public programme of events and exhibitions for emerging artists in Edinburgh and beyond. Rhubaba addressed the barriers facing emerging artists and strives to support and affirm their creative practices with full care, fostering deep relations to uplift artists effectively.
At Rhubaba’s core was the belief that artists of colour deserve to experience joy. They worked towards an ecology of reciprocity, to leave a world better than the one they entered.