ROCK PAPER SCISSORS Habiba Nabisubi 1 Sep 2023 – 30 Aug 2024 Back Over the autumn term and spring term, Habiba Nabisubi worked with a group of children from Grange Primary School for a weekly afterschool club. They have been exploring hair and identity but the club also became a creative space for them to process emotions around news and current affairs. The project culminated in a DIY exhibition and as a farewell Habiba gifted portraits of all the children! These beautiful portraits were then installed as part of the ROCK PAPER SCISSORS: A Snapshot – a trail of exhibits around Drawing Room to coincide with the Drawing Biennial 2024. Habiba’s recent Teacher Assembly: Drawing Race encouraged local primary school teachers to think critically about how drawing techniques, materials, tones and references provided in the classroom can better reflect the diversity of our communities. This important shift will allow all children to feel seen and have the confidence to draw themselves and each other. Habiba Nabisubi is a British-Ugandan multimedia artist-illustrator, educator, mental health advocate based in South London. Through drawing she celebrates Black people in authentic and beautiful ways and views her artworks as an opportunity for others to learn, grow and reflect. She graduated from Camberwell College of the Arts in BA Illustration 2016; then went on to participate in Arts Council funded Pathways Into (2019-2021). Selected projects include Hair, Untold Stories, Horniman Museum, 2020; illustrated ‘Our Rights: Stories and Poems about Children’s Rights’ edited by Jake Hope. Thank you to all involved: Ahsen, Alice, Alina, Angel, Anissa, Augustina, Cheryl, Ibrahim, Justina, Madina, Nabila, Rayane, Rozzena, Sana, Stephen, Solihom, Yusra: Afterschool Club Children, Grange Primary School Betsy Dadd, Learning Curator, Drawing Room Habiba Nabisubi, Artist Genevieve Miller, Learning Coordinator, Drawing Room Inemi Ese, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room Jesse Ajilore, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room Solomon Williams, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room https://drawingroom.org.uk/app/uploads/2023/12/Art-Club-Loop.mp4 Scrapbook Beautiful out of a brown envelope portraits of the workshop participants made my heart melt - one very special moment that I got to share with you - such a generous and unexpected act - that's why art is important and necessary - it reminds us what it means to be human. I've never been able to make a big inky mess before! Ahsen, child. Oh my! What energy! What joy! What chaos! What accomplished work from young people! What love! What drawings! David Bickle, Board Member I like the amount of tools we get to use, my favourites are the paint sticks. Augustina My favourite thing was having Biba in art club she’s very kind and shows a lot of love. Ibrahim, child.