i’ve always been someone who thought outside the box.

i’ve had ideas for how life could look that didn’t always make sense to the people around me. sometimes they sounded too ambitious, too impractical or simply a little bit strange.

but i never really stopped believing there could be another way.

i wanted to create somewhere for people who felt the same; people with ideas, desires and possibilities they wanted to explore, even when the obvious path didn’t quite fit.

somewhere you could say, “i’ve always wanted to…”

and the answer would be:

yes. let’s see if we can make it happen.

that is the spirit i wanted to create with riónce.

somewhere to explore what could be possible, make things happen and enjoy the life we’re making along the way.

oleta semple
founder, riónce arts club

we believe life is something we can actively design & create.

there are plenty of ideas about what a good life is supposed to look like. work hard, build a career, buy a house, settle down, keep moving.

there’s nothing wrong with any of these things.

but they’re not the only possibilities.

we’re interested in people having the freedom to decide what they actually want their lives to contain.

more creativity, more adventure, more family, more community, more independence, more beauty, more time, more ambition, more rest.

for us, this is part of self-actualisation: becoming more fully yourself and finding out what you’re capable of.

we’re interested in the moment when an idea stops being something you talk about and becomes something you actually do.

a residency can give someone the time to develop their practice. a project can turn an idea into something real. a gathering can put the right people in the same room + create great memories. a creative commission can give someone the opportunity to make exceptional work or make lasting impact.

the format changes.

the principle stays the same:

/// “happiness is when what you think, say & do are in harmony.” ~ gandhi ///

people with ideas.

people with ambition.

people who want to learn.

people who want to make.

people who want to grow.

people who want to experience more.

people who want to spend better time with the people they love.

you don’t have to know exactly what that looks like yet.

you just have to be open to the possibility that your life can be more than the version you were handed.

we’re here to help make that possible.

riónce arts club

somewhere to fulfil your desires and make good memories together.

(oh! & we are proudly neuro-divergent friendly)