I don’t usually regurgitate press releases wholesale but I’ll make an exception here:
Due to new challenges over the last 2 years, Rhubarb-Rhubarb has found it necessary to enter a period of transition. The core ethos of the company will remain at the centre of what we do. We will continue to offer support to established photographers whilst also nurturing both regional and world wide talent.
Rhonda Wilson is taking a sabbatical. In her absence a temporary board has been set up to steer the company whilst the management of Rhubarb-Rhubarb has been put in the very capable and safe hands of Lorna-Mary Webb.
The focus of the company for the next twelve months will be with Rhubarb East which will be launching a new web site. This will not just provide our usual information but will develop, as a priority, an online photographic community that networks the photographic client base with image makers.
As this priority demands much of the team’s time in research and development and will use new technologies to offer photographers links with the wider world of image buyers, it is more financially viable to procure this than run this years Rhubarb – Rhubarb festival. We look forward to reigniting the festival in the future when it can run parallel to the online platform.
Rhonda Wilson extends her thanks and gratitude, firstly to her team and temporary board. She also sends out thanks to Arts Council England and of course to the many supporters and friends that have helped Rhubarb-Rhubarb over the course of its inspiring journey.
All the best to Rhonda, Lorna and the rest of the Rhubarb-Rhubarb team.