Item Archive: Artists at Risk (AR)
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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
Grammo Suspect launches new album: Embrace Diversity
17 May, 2020 On occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 🌈 #IDAHOT #LGBTQ #IDAHOBIT2020, Artists at Risk (AR) sends our Huge congratulations to Grammo Suspect on the release of Embrace Diversity, her album campaigning for justice … Continue reading
Open letter: Human Rights and Culture Groups call for Release of Mustafa Gamal
8 May 2020 We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Mustafa Gamal from prison in Egypt. His imprisonment in pre-trial detention is an egregious instance of the Egyptian government’s continuing crackdown on freedom of expression, in violation of … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, NEWS, Press Release
Tagged #artistsatrisk, #FreeMustafaGamal, #FreeShadyandMustafa, #prisonersofbalaha, AR, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), Egypt, egyptian activism, egyptian regime, Free Galal, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freegalal, galal el-behairy, Mustafa Gamal, perpetuum mobile, press release, Ramy Essam
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
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
IA Resident – Gulled Simba
Gulled Simba aka SIMBA is a Somali pop musician who has been based in Finland since 2014. Simba was born in 1995 in the Somali city Kismaayo, where he nurtured a passion for music from a young age. Impressively, he … Continue reading
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
Posted in NEWS, Press Reports
Tagged #artistsatrisk, #FreeFatosIrwen, ar campaign, Artists at Risk (AR), Fatoş İrwen, Kurdistan
AR-Safe Haven Berlin Resident – Lil Baliil
Salad Ali, aka Lil Baliil, is a Somali musician, songwriter and performer from Nairobi, Kenya. He is a leading artist in East Africa and a key figure in Somali Afro Pop. Lil Baliil strives to empower and inspire Somali … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, ar safe haven berlin, Artists at Risk (AR), Cub Cir, East Africa, East African Music, Kenya, King CK, koko, lil baliil, lilbaliiloffcial, Molo Molo, Nairobi, somalimusic, somalimusictotheworld, Wakere
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
Posted in NEWS, Press Reports
Tagged activism, AR Pavilion - Berlin, ar residency, ar safe haven, art, art-magazin, Artists at Risk (AR), Berlin, Deutsch, Deutschland, Fatoş İrwen, Finland, Finnland, Holthöfer, human rights, Issa Touma, Ivor Stodolsky, Kholod Hawash, kunst, kunstler, kunstmagazin, LGBTQ, Marita Muukkonen, Pussy Riot, realigned, realigned art, residency, Saddam Jumaily, Safe Haven, Tim Holthöfer