“For me, art cannot be separated from life. There was art in everything my people did.” — Yacunã Tuxá

Yacunã Tuxá is an Indigenous illustrator and visual artist from the Tuxá people of Bahia, Brazil. Her work blends ancestral memory, identity, land, and the strength of Indigenous women into vibrant contemporary forms.

Rooted in the stories and experiences of her community, Yacunã’s illustrations reclaim narratives long erased by displacement and colonial violence. Through color, symbolism, and attention to embodiment and territory, she creates images that honor Indigenous memory while resisting ongoing attempts to silence it.

🔗 Learn more about her work and story:
https://artistsatriskconnection.org/artist-voice/yacuna-tuxa/

Image: “Corpo Canoa,” image courtesy of the artist.

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🛑🇧🇩 “The government must take decisive action to protect Baul singers—and ensure the law is never weaponized to suppress artistic freedom or religious expression.” — Julie Trébault, ARC Executive Director

ARC calls on the Government of Bangladesh to protect Baul artists following the arrest of singer Abul Sarkar and increasingly violent attacks on Baul community members.

Sufi Baul musicians, guardians of a UNESCO-recognized cultural tradition, have faced escalating assaults and criminalization by religious extremist groups, while authorities have taken limited action to ensure their safety.
ARC urges the government to drop the charges against Sarkar, safeguard Baul singers and community, and defend artistic freedom across Bangladesh.

Read our statement: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/arc-calls-on-government-of-bangladesh-to-protect-the-baul-community/

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🛑🇨🇺 “Luis Manuel’s decision to, once again, resort to a hunger strike on the eve of his 38th birthday, his fifth spent behind bars, is stark and tragic. That an artist must literally put his life on the line simply for creating, imagining, and demanding a freer Cuba is intolerable,” — Julie Trébault, ARC Executive Director

ARC expresses grave concern following reports that Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has begun a hunger strike while imprisoned. His protest highlights the extreme repression faced by artists and independent voices across Cuba.

ARC urges Cuban authorities to immediately release Otero Alcántara and all unjustly-detained artists and prisoners of conscience in Cuba.

Read our statement: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/arc-calls-for-release-of-cuban-artist-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-as-he-begins-hunger-strike-in-prison/

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“We fell in love with how calligraphy can define a city.” — Javier Serrano Guerra

Spanish artist Javier Serrano Guerra (part of the collective Boa Mistura) has spent more than two decades turning urban walls into canvases of belonging, community and resistance. With a group rooted in graffiti culture, Boa Mistura creates murals and installations that respond to the identity of each place, often in close collaboration with local residents.

Their work reaches beyond aesthetics. Murals, public-space interventions and community art projects become tools for solidarity, visibility, and dignity.

🔗 Read their story: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/artist-voice/javier-serrano-guerra-boa-mistura/

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