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State Art Award 2022 – Acceptance Speech by the Directors of AR
Good evening Mrs. Jenni Haukio, honourable spouse of the President, honoured colleagues of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, honoured award-winners and guests. As Co-Founders, and Co-Directors of Artists at Risk (AR) we are deeply honoured to be awarded the first, … Continue reading
Criticism under Political Pressure at The Future of Critique at the Akademie der Künste on 25 November 2022
Artists at Risk (AR) organised the panel Criticism under Political Pressure at The Future of Critique at the Akademie der Künste on 25 November 2022. The panel included Danson Kahyana (AR-Helsinki alumnus, outgoing president of PEN Uganda, former board member … Continue reading
Human Voyage – Artists at Risk (AR) and Goethe-Institut celebrate partnership
Artists at Risk (AR) and Goethe-Institut honoured their partnership for Ukrainian artists under threat with an event at the intersection of the arts and human rights at Kunsthaus ACUD, the Goethe-Institut in Exile project space in Berlin on 10 December … 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
TAKU Awards AR with the ARTS AND CULTURE CHAMPION ACTION OF THE YEAR 2022
A huge thanks to TAKU, which has awarded the ARTS AND CULTURE CHAMPION ACTION OF THE YEAR 2022 to Artists at Risk (AR) on 19 November 2022! Specifically, AR’s work with Ukrainian artists and cultural workers has been designated for … Continue reading
Artists at Risk (AR) at Pause/Play: Culture Under Pressure in Tbilisi, Georgia
Artists at Risk (AR) at Pause/Play: Culture Under Pressure in Tbilisi, Georgia The keynote speakers for the event Hybrid Talk. Digital Tools for Self-organisation: Activists to Artists on Friday, 11 November 2022, were Anna Shvets, arts manager and producer; Sara … Continue reading
AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv Resident Iqbal Ahmad Tarnak
Iqbal Ahmad Tarnak (1997), an artist from Afghanistan, is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. At home painting with oils, Tarnak has recently begun working on contemporary and conceptual artwork, and he is … Continue reading
AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. Resident Zia Forogh
Zia Forogh (1984) is a singer, musician, visual artist, gallery owner, art teacher and activist from Afghanistan. He is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. Forogh graduated with a bachelor’s degree in painting … Continue reading
AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv Resident Mahsa Falah
Mahsa Falah, an artist and writer from Afghanistan, is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. During her stay in Berlin, Falah is writing a novel about how an Afghan girl, whose dreams have … Continue reading
AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv Resident Soghra Setayesh
Soghra Setayesh (1985), who also goes by the stagename Shaikhzada, is a filmmaker and actor from Afghanistan, currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. She graduated from Kabul University in 2014 and has written … Continue reading
