Item Archive: Artists at Risk (AR)

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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

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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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PRESS: Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki by The Washington Post

Related: Artists at Risk and its AR Residencies SOURCE: The Washington Post, Will Englund and Kathy Lally, Nov. 2, 2019 PRESS TEXT: HELSINKI — Let’s call them “figurines.” That’s the name their creator, Spartak Khachanov, delicately uses. He made 400 … Continue reading

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WELCOMING LIL BALIIL TO AR-SAFE HAVEN BERLIN

  We warmly welcome Lil Baliil, the Somali Afro-Pop musician from Nairobi, Kenya, to a year-long AR-residency at AR-Safe Haven Berlin. A greatly loved artist among East African youth, Lil Baliil recently won the “East African Song of the Year, … Continue reading

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Talk at ZKM | Karlsruhe: At the Interface of Human Rights and the Arts

Artists at Risk (AR) co-directors Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky were at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe on 6 September to present “At the Interface of Human Rights and the Arts”, a talk on AR’s genesis and … Continue reading

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Welcoming AR-ENSH Partner ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

We are pleased to welcome ZKM | Center for Art and Media as an “Artists at Risk (AR) – A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH)” partner. ZKM | Center for Art and Media combines research and production, exhibitions and … Continue reading

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AR-Tunis at Art Veda, Tunisia

Artists at Risk (AR) is excited to welcome Art Veda to the AR-Network. This new Artists at Risk (AR) Safe Haven Residency has already been active as an independent and dedicated host of Remi Sarmini, a Syrian theatre  director and … Continue reading

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Barıs Seyitvan welcomed to the Artists at Risk (AR)-ZKM | Karlsruhe Residency

We are very happy to announce that Artists at Risk (AR) has secured a year-long, two-part AR-Residency in Germany for the curator and artist Barış Seyitvan. Following his AR-Residency in Helsinki and a bridging period in Belgrade, Seyitvan has arrived … Continue reading

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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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