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AR on TV: Discover the Stories Behind the Artists Who Refuse to Be Silenced
The prime-time cultural programme “La Brama” on Barcelona’s betevé shone a spotlight on Artists at Risk (AR) last month. The wonderful Laura Sangra, who leads the programme that has its finger on the pulse of Barcelona’s cultural life, has been … Continue reading
Betevé’s “La Brama”: Artists at Risk: the global platform helping artists keep creating from exile
The prime-time cultural programme “La Brama” on Barcelona’s betevé shone a spotlight on Artists at Risk (AR) last month. You can find the full original article at this link and the English translation below: https://beteve.cat/cultura/artists-at-risk-artistes-exili/ In Barcelona, Palestinian writer Marwa … Continue reading
Screening & Festive Gathering: Fragile Memory
We are thrilled to welcome you to a screening of our Ukrainian Artists at Risk (AR)-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Alexandra Bratyshchenko’s film Fragile Memory in the Auditorium of Lapinlahden lähde. Following the screening, we will have a Festive Season Gathering … Continue reading
AR-Alumna Polina Kuznetsova featured in Karjalainen Newspaper
Polina Kuznetsova is a Belarusian textile artist and AR-Alumna who fled Belarus in 2022 and got an Artists at Risk (AR) residency at @vartsilaresidency in Northern Karelia. Polina was interviewed for the newspaper @karjalainenfi recently. For a long time Polina … Continue reading
Introducing Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Ukrainian film producer working on new documentary Circle of Choice at AR-Helsinki !
Alexandra is a Kyiv-based producer who works across documentary and fiction. Since 2014, she has focused on documentaries, joining the #BABYLON’13 collective. There she has focused on socially engaged documentaries while also working as a line producer, executive producer, and … Continue reading
The play “Winter Under the Table” in Helsingin Sanomat & Laura Kytölä – Uladzimir Ushakou’s escape from Belarus to Helsinki via Ukraine
Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to highlight the recent Helsingin Sanomat feature on AR-Alumnus Uladzimir Ushakou and the play “Talvi pöydän alla” (Winter Under the Table) which he directed at Helsinki -98. Premiered on 19 November, the production resonates … Continue reading
Introducing Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art: a new hosting partner in the AR-Network!
Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to welcome the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw as a new hosting partner in our global network supporting artists at risk. With a mission to foster international collaboration and creative exchange, its … Continue reading
Meet Mariia Pelishenko, Ukrainian artist and AR-Resident at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen
Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Mariia Pelishenko to Bremen, where she began her two-month residency at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen! Born in 2004 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Pelishenko has lived and worked in Uzhhorod since 2015. Her artistic practice spans … Continue reading
🎉 The finalists for the Minna Canth Award have been announced!
We’re honoured that Artists at Risk (AR) is among the nine finalists for the Minna Canth Award, to be presented on the 19th of March 2026 in connection with the Minna Canth Seminar in Kuopio. A total of 137 individuals … Continue reading
HFBK University of Fine Arts, Hamburg on Monday: Co-Directors Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen on current affairs at AR/ER
Artists at Risk (AR) / Ecologists at Risk (ER) co-directors Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen will present our recent work at AR/ER at HFBK Hamburg – University of the Arts on the kind invitation of Professor Nora Sternfeld on Monday … Continue reading
