Campaigns
Open Call for Ukrainian Hosting Institutions

Ukrainian cultural institutions, art centres and artist-in-residencies! Join the AR-Network of hosting institutions in Ukraine! (For Ukrainian see below) Artists at Risk (AR) has been supporting Ukrainian artists at safe locations within Ukraine since August of last year and … Continue reading
AR-Production Fund launched at Gorki Theatre’s premiere of THE LAST WORD

PRESS RELEASE 30 December 2022 For Immediate Release Artists at Risk (AR) Production Fund launched at the Maxim Gorki Theatre’s premiere of THE LAST WORD A play about dissident female activists in Russian courts Artists at Risk (AR) is honoured … Continue reading
OPEN CALL FOR UKRAINIAN ROMA ARTISTS AT RISK

Artists at Risk (AR) has joined forces with the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) to offer artistic residencies for Roma contemporary artists, curators, and other art practitioners from Ukraine. Are you a Roma artist or cultural worker … Continue reading
OPEN CALL FOR HOSTING INSTITUTIONS

🔊OPEN CALL FOR NON-EU AND NON-SCHENGEN INSTITUTIONS‼️ Artists at Risk (AR) and its partners can offer funds to relocate, accommodate and host artists and cultural workers fleeing their countries of origin in residencies around the world. If you are a … Continue reading
Joint NGO Statement: States break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body

AR joins international NGOs and Finnish-led coalition of states in condemning systematic human rights violations in Egypt March 12, 2021 Earlier today, the Finnish Ambassador to the UN in Geneva delivered a joint statement on behalf of 31 countries urging … Continue reading
Masha Alekhina & Yulia Tsvetkova on International Women’s Day 2021

Subscribe to our newletter On the occasion of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, Artists at Risk (AR) is celebrating two prominent Russian artists, feminist activists and political dissidents, Yulia Tsvetkova and Maria (Masha) Alekhina. Alongside many friends, … Continue reading
Artists at Risk (AR) part of call to stop the execution of Yahaya Aminu Sharif

Yahaya Aminu Sharif, a 22-year-old musician, has been sentenced to death by a Sharia court in the Northern Nigerian state of Kano for using derogatory expressions against the Prophet Mohammed in one of his songs. Artists at Risk joins Freemuse, … Continue reading
Open Letter: European Democracy Action Plan

September 14, 2020 This open letter is being submitted in response to the public consultation launched by the European Commission on the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP). We, the undersigned, welcome the initiative to develop a European Democracy Action Plan … Continue reading
Former Ecologists at Risk (ER) resident and AR musician Mohamed Jawad’s attendance in European Music Council Online Panel Discussion on 5th June 2020
Good news! Former Ecologists at Risk (ER) resident and AR musician Mohamed Jawad will attend the European Music Council Online Panel Discussion: Act Now – Music & Climate Action as a speaker on this Friday the 5th of June. Find … Continue reading
Mustafa Gamal to be released from pre-trial detention
Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to hear that Mustafa Gamal is to be released from pre-trial detention. Following a concerted campaign for his release, led by AR and partners, the Public Prosecution Office announced at the beginning of June … Continue reading