The month of May saw the creation of a new artwork for the Riu d’art Open Air Gallery. This work is situated in the Barrio of Santo Domingo. It’s history formed the inspiration for the work, with people coming to Riba-roja d’Ebre in the 60s to construct the large hydroelectric dam and simultaneously building their houses in this location.

After a pandemic related hiatus in in the year 2020, we were delighted to host 4 artists as part of our first Grampus Heritage and Training placement. September 2021 saw a new addition created to add to the Riu d’art Open Air Gallery. Entitled ‘Qui Som?’ (the Catalan for ‘Who are we?’), the artists worked collaboratively to create an illustrative response to their experience living and working in Riba-roja d’Ebre for one month.

Riba Rocks has opened the call for the 5th edition of Riu d’art to local, national and international artists of any discipline. From today until the 5th April, artists can present their artistic proposals online.

The Riu d’art presentation takes place on the 22nd June in Riba-roja d’Ebre. Meeting in the Town Hall square at 7pm. We will make a tour of the new artworks culminating in live music and bar service in the Placa del Forn.

9 artists from 8 different countries are currently staying in the village of Riba-roja d’Ebre. They have been selected to make various artistic interventions on the walls of the houses in and around the old town. Riu d’art is an initiative of the Riba-rocks Cultural Association, which is in its fourth edition this year.

Here you can view the artist presentations from Riu d’art 2018. Most presentations are in English, but there are translators into Catalan and Spanish.

Thank you for attending the official presentation of the third international ‘Riu d’art’ residency. Organised by the Association of Riba Rocks with the support of the Town Hall of Riba-roja d’Ebre.

Canal Terres de l’Ebre visited the Mercat d’artesans and interviewed artists about their residency in the village.