Item Archive: human rights
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PRESS: Ariel Dorfman: ‘Reading together is a way of enjoying new experiences’ by The Guardian
Source: The Guardian Michael Segalov 24.05.2020 PRESS TEXT: Interview Ariel Dorfman: ‘Reading together is a way of enjoying new experiences’ The author on walking in forests, re-reading the classics in bed and the pleasure of living near his son Ariel … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
Schedule: Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya
Artists at Risk (AR) and its partners have been delighted and amazed by the incredible creative activity of our first resident at AR-Catalonia, Grace Munene, aka Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya. The “Rainbow Ambassador Kenya” has hit the ground … Continue reading
AR Residents Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya and Timeka Suspect
Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya is a rapper, spoken-word poet, activist and the founder of Rainbow Talent Kenya, a project which aims to uplift the voices of marginalised LGBTQI+ groups in Kenya. Timeka Suspect is a music video producer … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Immigre Artists and Artists at Risk - NCP Network, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, #artistsatrisk, #myidentity, ar safe haven helsinki, AR-Bridging fund, Grammo Suspect, human rights, Kenya, LGBT, lgbti+, LGBTQIA, my identity, pictorial activism, poetry, Rainbow ambassador, rap, timeka suspect
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