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ARTISTS AT RISK (AR) LAUNCHES COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND

20 April 2020 Artists at Risk (AR) has today launched an emergency fund to support artists who face threats to their freedom or lives and are unable to reach a country of safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Pussy Riot member … Continue reading

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Welcoming Gulled Simba to AR-Helsinki

A big welcome to Gulled Simba as an Immigré Artists (IA) Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki! Simba is a Somali pop musician who has been based in Finland since 2014. During his IA-residency he will be working on a new … Continue reading

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PRESS: Kurdish artist Fatos Irwen released from Turkish prison – Rûdaw

Related: Bio Fatoş İrwen BREAKING NEWS! Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison! SOURCE: Rûdaw, Yasmine Mosimann & Shawn Carrié, March 6, 2020 PRESS TEXT: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Fatos Irwen, a Kurdish artist from Diyarbakir, was released from a … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS! Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison!

2 March 2020 BREAKING NEWS Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison!! Congratulations! Welcome back! ——– Artists at Risk (AR) has long been advocating for the release and just treatment of Fatoş İrwen (bio page).  Since 2016, İrwen faced … Continue reading

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Jobs at PM/AR: EU PROJECT MANAGER

Artists at Risk (AR) is looking for an experienced EU Project Manager who will be responsible for the overall management of the EU-funded “Artists at Risk (AR)-A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH) project and further tasks at PM/AR. Responsibilities … Continue reading

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EVENT: Kansallisteatterin Undocumented Love tuo näyttämölle viisi esiintyjää ja tositarinaa Suomesta, Irakista ja Syyriasta – Kansallisteatteri

Dokumenttiteatteriesitys tuo näyttämölle rakkautensa vuoksi maastaan paenneen henkilön ja hänen tulkkinsa, isännän ja orjan sekä turvapaikanhakijan, joka saa Helsingissä perheenjäsenensä kuolinuutisen Bagdadista. Kaikki esityksen henkilöt ovat välitilassa ja joutuvat taistelemaan oikeudestaan olla olemassa. Voiko ihminen oikeasti asettua toisen ihmisen asemaan? … Continue reading

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Welcoming Angela Aldebs to AR-Safe Haven Helsinki

  We warmly welcome Angela Aldebs as an Artists at Risk (AR) Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki. Aldebs is a Syrian contemporary dancer and performance artist working in the fields of contemporary dance, ballet and physical theatre. Based in Damascus, … Continue reading

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Event: Panel talk at L̶a̶ ̶C̶o̶l̶o̶n̶i̶e̶ for ‘From Flood to Flight’

28 November 2019 Artists at Risk (AR) co-founders Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky will present Artists at Risk’s (AR) work at the intersection of the arts and human rights as part of the public programme for the exhibition ‘From Flood … Continue reading

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PRESS: Die müssen da raus, in “art – Das Kunstmagazin”

SOURCE: art – Das Kunstmagazin, Tim Holthöfer, August 2019 PRESS TEXT: INTERVIEW Die Kuratoren von »Artists at Risk« über ihre Arbeit mit Künstlern in Not Die Organisation »Artists at Risk« verschafft bedrohten Künstlern Stipendien und Residenzen in  sicheren Ländern, organisiert … Continue reading

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PRESS: Euroopan muusikkojen liitot kokoontuivat Madridissa by Muusikkojen liitto

SOURCE: Muusikkojen liitto Muusikkojen liitto 18.11.2019 PRESS TEXT: Euroopan muusikkojen liitot kokoontuivat Madridissa Kansainvälinen muusikkojen liitto (FIM) järjesti Madridissa 14.–15. marraskuuta 2019 yhteistyössä Espanjan muusikkojen liiton (AMPOS) kanssa muusikkojen terveyttä käsittelevän konferenssin, joka oli neljäs laatuaan. Erikoislääkäri Miikka Peltomaan esitys unenlaadun … Continue reading

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