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Lil Baliil releases new track Corona to protect African community
2 June 2020 Afro-Pop musician and AR-Resident Lil Baliil has recorded a new song, Corona, to encourage Somalis and fellow Africans to reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19. Alarmed by reports that the Somali community has been hit disproportionately … Continue reading
Welcoming Rémi Sarmini to AR-Tunis
A warm welcome to Rémi Sarmini as an Artists at Risk (AR) Resident at AR-Tunis! Rémi Sarmini is a Syrian theatre director, actor, educator and founder of the theatre collective Tajroubeh Troupe. He is currently based in Tunis where he … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Events, Map, NEWS
Tagged #artistsatrisk, actor, AR, ar-safe haven residency, AR-Tunis, ARCovid19, ARCovid19EmergencyFund, Art Veda, director, perpetuum mobile, Syria, Theatre, Tunis
Kenyan LGBTQI musician Grammo Suspect receives emergency Covid-19 funding
5 May 2020 Grammo Suspect, a Kenyan LGBTQI rapper, activist and spoken word musician, is one of the first artists to receive an emergency grant from Artists at Risk (AR). The AR Covid-19 Emergency Fund was created to support artists … Continue reading
AR featured on SUBSTANCE 100
It is with great pleasure that we find Artists at Risk (AR) featured on SUBSTANCE 100, “a new, annual list that outlines a diverse array of artists, activists, collectives, movements and organizations making a substantial change in the world.” And … Continue reading
PRESS: Kholod Hawashin päälle heitettiin happoa, Saddam Jumailya kohti ammuttiin – Suomalainen residenssiohjelma auttaa vainottuja taiteilijoita by Silja Ylitalo
SOURCE: Maailma.net Silja Ylitalo 17.10.2019 PRESS TEXT: Kholod Hawashin päälle heitettiin happoa, Saddam Jumailya kohti ammuttiin – Suomalainen residenssiohjelma auttaa vainottuja taiteilijoita Suomessa toimii residenssiohjelma, joka auttaa taiteilijoita pääsemään turvaan vallanpitäjien ja ääriryhmien vainoa. Tarve on kova, sillä etenkään vaarassa … Continue reading
AR-ER Resident Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed
Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed is a Bahraini musician, singer and human rights and environmental activist. As a resident of Ma’ameer, a village in the Kingdom of Bahrain that is surrounded by over 130 polluting factories, industrial workshops, petroleum and petrochemical … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, AR-Artist Events, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, activism, ancient musical instrument, ar-safe haven residency, artists at risk, Bahrain, delmonian lyre, ecologists, ecologists at risk, ecology, environment, freedom of expression, helsinki, hiap, human rights, jawad, Jawad Hameed, kone foundation, lyre, Ma’ameer, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Jawad Hameed, musician, perpetuum mobile, pollution, risk, singer, suomenlinna
Welcoming Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, AR’s first Ecologist at Risk (ER)
We warmly welcome Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, a Bahraini musician and singer, as our first Artist and Ecologist at Risk Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki on the island of Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Jawad is an activist, focused on environmental … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, ancient musical instrument, ar-safe haven residency, artists at risk, Bahrain, ecologists, ecologists at risk, ecology, environment, freedom of expression, helsinki, hiap, human rights, jawad, Jawad Hameed, lyre, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Jawad Hameed, perpetuum mobile, pollution, risk, suomenlinna
AR-Resident Smart Owie: Nigerian Sculptor
Smart Owie was born in Benin, Nigeria, a city renowned for its sculptural background, particularly in the fields of casting. Owie himself was fortunate to come from a family of wood carvers and he learned the skill from an … Continue reading
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Tagged #aralumnus, africa, african, AR, ar resident, ar-safe haven residency, artist-in-residency, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), nigeria, nigerian, Resident
Welcoming Smart Owie from Nigeria to AR-Residency
We are happy to welcome Smart Owie, renowned Nigerian artist and sculptor, who became an AR-Resident in January 2019. He is currently in safety at an undisclosed AR-Safe Haven Residency in Africa. Owie was forced to leave Nigeria after a … Continue reading
Welcoming Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo to Eläintarha Villa
We are happy to extend a warm welcome Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, a Zimbabwean writer, poet, protest musician, and human rights defender, who will be artist in residence, co-hosted by PM-Perpetuum Mobile and HIAP at Eläintarha Villa, as a guest of … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, AR, ar-safe haven residency, artists at risk, elaintarha villa, perpetuum mobile, pm, zimbabwe