RCA BLK Residencies 

The Royal College of Art Association of Black Students, Alumni & Friends, or RCA BLK, started as a grassroots organisation and community group in 2020.  The association aims to promote, improve and advance education by encouraging and supporting the practice of contemporary visual artists who identify as Black within the RCA’s wider community. They do so by fostering relationships with pre-enrolled students, current students as well as alumni. RCA BLK makes its impact on students' experience from the African diaspora and builds upon the rich legacies of the RCA student body. 

RCABLK is the initiator of the the RCA BLK x Yinka Shonibare Residency, among other such initiatives.  Piloting in 2024 with two spring residencies, they aim to continue to support artists to undertake residencies in Nigeria in the long term.