Learning & Participation
MEET THE ARTISTS & SCHOOLS
Annie Frost Nicholson
Resident Artist, UK
Annie Frost Nicholson is a London-based interdisciplinary artist exploring the uncomfortable and tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Her work Fandangoe Discoteca, a mini club commissioned by the Southbank Centre, toured the UK and Europe from 2023 inviting the public to dance out their grief from climate rage to Brexit fury to bereavement, all intersections of loss were welcomed.
Annie’s public realm work intersects with her painting practice, which has evolved into large scale wall hangings with textile narratives, reflecting upon memory, the human condition, the stories we tell one another and how our cultural and anthropological experiences of the world coexist. Her painting has been shortlisted for the John Moore’s Painting Prize 2025 and recognized by Delphian Gallery in their Open Call 2024.
Working with such brilliant young people has really restored my faith in the world. They are carrying so much and yet they are articulate, engaged, razor sharp and full of fire for a better future and one that they deserve to see. Working on this project has given me such a bounce in the step and I’ve learned as much from them as they have (hopefully) learned from me. Thank you to all the students and to Artichoke, it has been such a privilege.
Annie Frost Nicholson
Resident Artist, UK
Marcela Cantuária
Resident Artist, Brazil
Marcela Cantuária is a visual artist, based in Rio de Janeiro, whose work recuperates histories of resistance, especially those led by women and popular movements from the Global South.
She holds a degree in Painting from the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA-UFRJ). Her vibrant aesthetic merges historical tradition with contemporary visual culture to construct counternarratives to colonialism and patriarchy. Her practice extends beyond painting, encompassing murals, oratories, folding screens, textiles, and ceramics, with a strong presence of symbols drawn from tarot, astrology, and figures of Latin American resistance.
Her works are part of the collections of institutions such as the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and the Museu da Maré. With residencies in Portugal, France, Spain, the United States, Mexico, and Brazil, Cantuária reaffirms art as a tool for social transformation, creating poetic and insurgent images that challenge contemporary narratives.
Participating in The Gallery project was a profoundly transformative experience for me. Being able to paint alongside young people, entering this playful territory where imagination flows freely and where art meets social thought so directly, reminded me why I paint. In this context, school plays a fundamental role: it is a space for learning, listening, discovery, and world-building. Developing these activities within this environment was especially meaningful, because it is there that many questions are born and where art can act as a tool for expansion, sensitivity, and awareness. It was a great pleasure to share experiences, feelings and stories, and to see how creation connects to the origins of our folklore, our land and our collective memories. Being able to take this universe to other places, in this collective and sensitive format, is very powerful. Without a doubt, it was a great learning experience for me, as an artist and as a person.
Marcela Cantuária
Resident Artist, Brazil
Colégio Estadual Ignácio Azevedo do Amaral
The Colégio Estadual Ignácio Azevedo do Amaral, located in the Jardim Botânico neighbourhood in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, was founded on 15 October 1959 and has been training teachers ever since, offering both normal and evening high school courses.
The Colégio Estadual Ignácio Azevedo do Amaral was named in honour of the academic, honorary frigate captain and professor Dr. Ignácio Manuel Azevedo do Amaral, a Brazilian educator at the former Normal School of the Federal District and professor at the Polytechnic School. He was also director of these schools and dean of the University of Brazil.
The Pedagogical Political Project of this institution has the following objectives: to train citizens who are aware of their responsibilities towards other human beings, the environment and the society in which they live, and who are capable of participating in the construction of a more just society, guided by the principles of democratic ethics, human dignity, mutual respect, participation, responsibility, dialogue and solidarity.
Students
Sofia Gonçalves de Almeida, María Gabriella Diniz de Andrade, Aline de Lima Araujo, Ane Luiza Monteiro Benasio, Ana Cristina Pimentel Soares Brasil, Victoria da Costa Cabral, Rafael da Costa Carvalho, Maysa Ferreira Diniz, Levi Lima Fernandes, Davi Gomes de Lima, Giulia Oliveira Medeiros, João Gabriel Queiroz de Almeida Melo, Suzanna Cruz Muniz, Bruna Ferreira do Nascimento, Manuella Rondão Oliveira, Sofia Ribeiro de Carvalho Passos, Ana Beatriz Soares dos Santos, Gyovanna Guedes da Silva, Jean Borges da Silva, Jheniffer Karoline da Silva, Pedro Alves Gregorio da Silva, Jéssica de Sousa, João Vitor do Nascimento de Sousa, Maria Vitória do Nascimento de Sousa and Joanna Miranda de Souza
Staff
Arthur Barcellos Leal Morsch
Greig City Academy
Greig City Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Hornsey, Haringey, serving students aged 11–18. The academy offers a broad academic curriculum alongside distinctive enrichment pathways, including STEM, outdoor education, and competitive sailing. The school maintains strong links with universities — particularly through its sixth form, where a high proportion of students progress to higher education. The academy is recognised for strong personal development and a supportive school culture with particular strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and enrichment provision. With a commitment to aspiration and inclusion, supported by the Greig Trust and the Church of England, the school continues to provide a dynamic and ambitious environment for its diverse student community.
Students
Andres Buitrago Garcia, Theo-Jay Coleman, Alice De Paiva Leite, Jayden Elliott, Dominik Malabrigo Mendoza, Mia Tadman, Hazel Ozbay, Theo Adams, Aliyah Ahmed, Ruby Chase, Jessica Guillen Rodriguez, Piotr Podgorski, Joseph Samuel, Jessica Seputyte, Summer Stone, Kafirah Tshiteya, Alice De Paiva Leite and Guilherme Santos
Staff
Daniel Chorley and Jordan Simpson
Colégio Notre Dame Ipanema
Colégio Notre Dame Ipanema is a school located in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most iconic neighbourhoods and is part of the Notre Dame Education Network. With a long tradition and established track record, it caters for students from early childhood education to secondary school, offering an education that combines academic performance with human development.
Actively present in the community for 93 years, the school maintains constant dialogue with families and the cultural context of the Ipanema neighbourhood. Its educational proposal combines historical institutional references with practices aligned with contemporary demands, keeping pace with social and educational transformations over time.
The institution is recognised as a Blue School, with a seal endorsed by UNESCO, a certification that attests to its commitment to ocean culture, sustainability and the promotion of global citizenship in the school environment.
Students
Karen Ferreira Ahlert, Felipe Diniz Gonçalves Amorim, Marina Heineman De Castro, Alice Costa Visconti Cavalleiro, Beatriz Da Rocha Grisolia, Mariana Pachá Vieira Guimarães, Felipe Nogueira Marinho, Daniel Augusto Carvalho Mendonça, Miguel Corrêa De Souza and Valentina Severo Reis Gonçalves Veras
Staff
Patricia Alves de Abreu, Monica Lopes Bezerra and Max Nunes
St Saviours & St. Olave’s School
St Saviours & St. Olave’s School is an all girls Church of England School in South London that has roots tracing back to the 1500’s. The school’s motto ‘heirs of the past, children of the present, makers of the future’ is visible within the talented students in the school. Whilst tradition is centric to the school, innovation is at the forefront and our students are independent, want to change the world, and question the status quo. Our students are passionate about the world around them, and they want to see a better world not only for themselves but for all beings.
Students
Amina, Arina, Jahnaey, Maia, Neriah, Patrycja, Sofia and Sofia
Staff
Selene Mortimore Damian
