YVONNE HUMBLE
How difficult it was to find information about you my love. But I did find your co-workers and colleagues to talk about you. I must say that they all love you, they are really grateful. We are not gonna romanticize but it's true that you gave opportunities and encouraged a lot of people to become artists, or lecturers/art techs and art teachers. One you retired you decided to continue working in the art community. With another two friends you started small and made it big. I end up in your organisation. And I found you and I wanted to know more and more about you and the women that, as you, wanted to share their skills, knowledge and art spaces to make art education free, accessible for everybody. You passed not only knowledge, you passed on an ethos, a way of understanding education, a way to face life and the difficulties that come with living. You created a place where people could gather, talk, discuss, and grow. Everything I read and hear from you is beautiful, brave and challenging. You died in 2020, but nobody knows where you were born or where, is it important? no, I guess you did it on purpose. Because I feel it never matters to you where people came from. All my respects.
"Our aims were met, in giving those who felt they never had a chance, the chance to do something, and it was always their creation, not ours. We were only there to give confidence and encourage discovering." Yvonne Humble, founder of Rosetta Arts.
"The Students. From the start, students realised we offered a different art-based tuition. We called it alternative. There was no way we could choose or select. Everyone who wanted to paint or create was welcome. Who were we to choose one from the other? Everyone was welcome. We attracted students ready to learn in a stimulating atmosphere." Yvonne Humble
