RIEKO by Mika Kailes
Term 1: Writing for a Multidisciplinary Artistic Practice with RIEKO
Led by Diasporas Now member RIEKO, this first term explores writing as both a creative practice and a practical tool for artists working across disciplines.
Participants will engage with a variety of artistic writing forms—including poetry, songwriting, and creative fiction—while also building key skills for professional contexts such as curatorial statements, press releases, and institutional proposals.
Throughout the term, the group will explore how writing can act as a generative force for multidisciplinary world-building, both personally and collectively.
Bio
RIEKO (Rieko Whitfield) is an artist, composer, and neoritualist, and the Founding Director of Diasporas Now. Her practice weaves music, myth, and performance into expansive worlds of spiritual transformation. She has mentored young creatives as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the Arts London (Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts), and as a workshop artist commissioned by the Royal College of Art, the V&A Museum, Whitechapel Gallery, Gasworks, Turner Contemporary, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and the Rupert Alternative Education Programme in Lithuania. She is a 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence at the ICA, a 2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence at Tate, and a 2021 graduate of the Royal College of Art. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, Jerwood Foundation, PRS Foundation, Sound and Music, and Help Musicians.
Applications are now open
Deadline: 14 September 2025
Apply here
Term 1 takes place between 27 September – 6 December, on the following dates:
• Saturday 27 September
• Saturday 11 October
• Saturday 25 October
• Saturday 8 November
• Saturday 22 November
• Saturday 6 December
Further Information
• Participants must commit to all session dates.
• All workshops take place between 2 – 4.30pm.
• Workshops take place in the ICA Studio. The Studio is wheelchair accessible through the Carlton House Terrace entrance. Please contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647 in advance for more information or to arrange access.
• The Studio has hard backed seats.
• Please note there isn’t a wheelchair accessible toilet in the Studio. For further questions, please contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647.
• For more info about the venue, photos, and maps, go to the Access page.
no. 236848.