Events
The Hague - The Netherlands
ARC @ Movies that Matter Festival
20 - 28 March 2026
At the internationally renowned Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague, filmmakers, human rights defenders, artists, and audiences from around the world come together to engage with powerful stories that confront injustice and inspire change. From 20 - 28 March 2026, through films and dialogues, the Festival affirms a shared conviction: that storytelling is not only a reflection of global realities, but a force capable of shaping them.
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
PANAF 2026 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6 - 8 February 2026
At the PANAF Summit 2026, artists, activists, policymakers, funders, and cultural leaders from across the continent will come together in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to explore how creativity thrives—and transforms—within today’s shifting digital and economic realities. From 6–8 February 2026, PANAF Summit will once again affirm one message: that to be free to create is to be free to define the future.
Chicago - USA
ARC @ College Art Association 114th Annual Conference
19 February 2026
As the largest and longest-running convening of artists, scholars, educators, and cultural workers in the United States, the CAA Conference occupies a critical space for collective reflection on the conditions shaping artistic practice, pedagogy, and cultural production.
Paris - France
ARC @ Forum Europe Créative 2025
2 December 2025
This forum invites artists, cultural professionals, audiovisual and media actors, researchers and decision-makers to reflect together: How, today in Europe, can culture still defend freedom, revive engagement, and nurture a democracy in flux?
Tijuana - Mexico
ARC @ Cine Sin Fronteras
18 - 22 November 2025
Cine Sin Fronteras is an international event that utilizes film, art, human rights, and cultural diplomacy to dignify the migrant experience.
Artist
stories
Stories of at-risk artists from all over the world who are committed to protecting their right to freedom of expression and using their art to fight for justice.
India
Leena Manimekalai
Sudan
Osman Obaid
Russia
Zhenya Berkovich
Nicaragua
Ludwing Gómez
China
Rahima Mahmut
Palestine
Shareef Sarhan
Exhibitions
The Art of Resistance:
Contemporary Art from
Russia & Belarus
Curated by Vera Shengalia
Videos
PANAF 2025 - DAY 2
Podcasts
When artists challenge power, censorship often follows.
Black artists have long shaped culture while confronting repression in the United States. From Nina Simone to @dreadscottart of @falloffreedom the Black radical tradition of art continues.
As we close #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize artists who continue to create despite silencing, erasure, and both new and longstanding forms of political pressure.
ARC protects and amplifies artists facing risk in the U.S. and globally. The upcoming results of our recent U.S. artist survey will further document the realities many are navigating today.
Art is power. And that’s exactly why it’s targeted.
Learn more. Stay informed. Support artists.
Read more in the link in bio
Sources: New York Public Library, Giphy, NFL, Dread Scott, Interview with Dread Scott from ARC and ATLT’s 2024 Dangerous Art, Endangered Artists Summit News Articles from: Artnet, ACLU, PEN America, Chicao Sun Times
#ArtAgainstOppression #ArtistsAtRiskConnection #ProtectArtists #FreedomOfExpression #CulturalResistance #ArtIsPower
When artists challenge power, censorship often follows.
Black artists have long shaped culture while confronting repression in the United States. From Nina Simone to @dreadscottart of @falloffreedom the Black radical tradition of art continues.
As we close #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize artists who continue to create despite silencing, erasure, and both new and longstanding forms of political pressure.
ARC protects and amplifies artists facing risk in the U.S. and globally. The upcoming results of our recent U.S. artist survey will further document the realities many are navigating today.
Art is power. And that’s exactly why it’s targeted.
Learn more. Stay informed. Support artists.
Read more in the link in bio
Sources: New York Public Library, Giphy, NFL, Dread Scott, Interview with Dread Scott from ARC and ATLT’s 2024 Dangerous Art, Endangered Artists Summit News Articles from: Artnet, ACLU, PEN America, Chicao Sun Times
#ArtAgainstOppression #ArtistsAtRiskConnection #ProtectArtists #FreedomOfExpression #CulturalResistance #ArtIsPower
🚨🇮🇷Release Ailing Iranian Calligrapher Sadegh Mansouri
Iranian calligrapher and teacher Sadegh Mansouri is reportedly in critical condition after being denied medical care in detention.
He was detained after attending a memorial for Kurdish lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who died in custody under suspicious circumstances. Despite posting bail, he remains imprisoned.
Denying medical care to a detained artist is cruel and unlawful.
ARC calls for immediate medical treatment and his release without delay.
We stand in solidarity with artists across Iran facing repression.
Read the full statement at the link in bio.
#Iran
#FreeSadeghMansouri
#ArtistsUnderThreat
#HumanRights
🚨🇮🇷Release Ailing Iranian Calligrapher Sadegh Mansouri
Iranian calligrapher and teacher Sadegh Mansouri is reportedly in critical condition after being denied medical care in detention.
He was detained after attending a memorial for Kurdish lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who died in custody under suspicious circumstances. Despite posting bail, he remains imprisoned.
Denying medical care to a detained artist is cruel and unlawful.
ARC calls for immediate medical treatment and his release without delay.
We stand in solidarity with artists across Iran facing repression.
Read the full statement at the link in bio.
#Iran
#FreeSadeghMansouri
#ArtistsUnderThreat
#HumanRights
Four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The war continues. So does Ukrainian art.
For many artists, this war is fought not only on the battlefield but through language, memory, and culture. Studios have become shelters. Murals rise beside rubble. Sculptures are shaped in the dark.
Earlier in the war, ARC supported artists through Emergency and Resilience grants. Together with @moca.ngo and @ukrainian_institute , we also created a practical safety guide to help artists navigate the war.
Read and share: Navigating the War as Artists in Ukraine
Link in bio
Keep watching. Keep listening. Keep sharing their work.
Do not look away.
Support @astian_rey (slide 7) by checking out his work, upcoming exhibition & music.
Support @vitaliy_gide1 (slide 8) by checking out his work.
#ArtAgainstOppression #ArtistsUnderThreat #CreativeFreedom #SupportArtists #Ukraine #UkrainianArt #SupportUkrainianArtists #CreativeResistance #UkrainianCulture
Four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The war continues. So does Ukrainian art.
For many artists, this war is fought not only on the battlefield but through language, memory, and culture. Studios have become shelters. Murals rise beside rubble. Sculptures are shaped in the dark.
Earlier in the war, ARC supported artists through Emergency and Resilience grants. Together with @moca.ngo and @ukrainian_institute , we also created a practical safety guide to help artists navigate the war.
Read and share: Navigating the War as Artists in Ukraine
Link in bio
Keep watching. Keep listening. Keep sharing their work.
Do not look away.
Support @astian_rey (slide 7) by checking out his work, upcoming exhibition & music.
Support @vitaliy_gide1 (slide 8) by checking out his work.
#ArtAgainstOppression #ArtistsUnderThreat #CreativeFreedom #SupportArtists #Ukraine #UkrainianArt #SupportUkrainianArtists #CreativeResistance #UkrainianCulture
ARC highlights "Defending Each Other in the USA" — a collective call to action which distills key ideas shared during the ArtsLink Assembly 2025 at La MaMa (@lamamaetc) in NYC.
Written by Mary Ann DeVlieg, the whitepaper calls on artists, cultural organizations, funders, and civil society to respond strategically and collectively to the urgent challenges facing the cultural field.
Co-commissioned by On the Move (@otm.network) and CEC ArtsLink (@cec_artslink)
📄 Read the paper: https://www.cecartslink.org/defending-each-other-in-the-usa/
Learn more about ARC`s participation in the 2025 Assembly: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/event/arc-cec-artslink/
ARC highlights "Defending Each Other in the USA" — a collective call to action which distills key ideas shared during the ArtsLink Assembly 2025 at La MaMa (@lamamaetc) in NYC.
Written by Mary Ann DeVlieg, the whitepaper calls on artists, cultural organizations, funders, and civil society to respond strategically and collectively to the urgent challenges facing the cultural field.
Co-commissioned by On the Move (@otm.network) and CEC ArtsLink (@cec_artslink)
📄 Read the paper: https://www.cecartslink.org/defending-each-other-in-the-usa/
Learn more about ARC`s participation in the 2025 Assembly: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/event/arc-cec-artslink/
“I, as a female Iranian poet, see myself as a fighter whose weapons are words.” — Mahtab Yaghma (@mahtab.yaghma)
Mahtab Yaghma is an Iranian poet whose writing centers women’s experiences while drawing on classical Persian literary traditions. Through poetry and digital activism, she challenges injustice and amplifies calls for human rights in Iran.
Because of her art and advocacy, Mahtab was forced into exile in 2020. Now working between displacement and deep ties to home, she continues to use her words as tools of resistance.
Read her story: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/artist-voice/mahtab-yaghma/
Image courtesy of the artist.
#MahtabYaghma #ArtistSpotlight #Iran
“I, as a female Iranian poet, see myself as a fighter whose weapons are words.” — Mahtab Yaghma (@mahtab.yaghma)
Mahtab Yaghma is an Iranian poet whose writing centers women’s experiences while drawing on classical Persian literary traditions. Through poetry and digital activism, she challenges injustice and amplifies calls for human rights in Iran.
Because of her art and advocacy, Mahtab was forced into exile in 2020. Now working between displacement and deep ties to home, she continues to use her words as tools of resistance.
Read her story: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/artist-voice/mahtab-yaghma/
Image courtesy of the artist.
#MahtabYaghma #ArtistSpotlight #Iran
NEXT WEEK, ARC will lead session at the 114th College Art Association (CAA) Conference in Chicago, titled “Art in Precarious Times: Mapping Threats, Increasing Preparedness, and Improving Safety for Artists and Cultural Workers in the United States.”
📍The session will take place on Wednesday, 19 February 2026, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
With artistic freedom increasingly contested and the pressures facing cultural workers intensifying, this conference provides a vital forum to examine not only how art responds to crisis, but how artists themselves are supported, protected, and sustained.
Learn more and register: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/event/arc-caa-114-2026/
@caavisual
NEXT WEEK, ARC will lead session at the 114th College Art Association (CAA) Conference in Chicago, titled “Art in Precarious Times: Mapping Threats, Increasing Preparedness, and Improving Safety for Artists and Cultural Workers in the United States.”
📍The session will take place on Wednesday, 19 February 2026, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
With artistic freedom increasingly contested and the pressures facing cultural workers intensifying, this conference provides a vital forum to examine not only how art responds to crisis, but how artists themselves are supported, protected, and sustained.
Learn more and register: https://artistsatriskconnection.org/event/arc-caa-114-2026/
@caavisual
Last week, ARC attended the Cultural Deal for Europe: Annual Policy Conversation 2026 at Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts.
We were grateful to be part of this important dialogue bringing together EU policymakers and leaders from the culture, cultural heritage, and civil society sectors at a pivotal moment for Europe.
As discussions turned to the EU’s next long-term budget, the conversation reaffirmed why art, culture, and the protection of cultural heritage are essential to a strong, democratic civil society.
@bozarbrussels @culture_action_europe @europeanculturalfoundation @europanostraeu
#ArtForJustice #CultureMatters #CulturalPolicy #CivilSociety
Last week, ARC attended the Cultural Deal for Europe: Annual Policy Conversation 2026 at Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts.
We were grateful to be part of this important dialogue bringing together EU policymakers and leaders from the culture, cultural heritage, and civil society sectors at a pivotal moment for Europe.
As discussions turned to the EU’s next long-term budget, the conversation reaffirmed why art, culture, and the protection of cultural heritage are essential to a strong, democratic civil society.
@bozarbrussels @culture_action_europe @europeanculturalfoundation @europanostraeu
#ArtForJustice #CultureMatters #CulturalPolicy #CivilSociety
📣 ARC is hiring!
We’re looking for an Artist Protection Consultant to support artists and cultural workers at risk worldwide.
This role focuses on:
✨ Protection case support
✨ Emergency and resilience grant coordination
✨ Research on threats to artistic freedom
✨ Advocacy and documentation support
📍 Remote | Independent consultancy
🗓 Application deadline: February 16, 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply
artistsatriskconnection.org/arc-news/artist-protection-consultancy/
#ARC #ArtistProtection #WeAreHiring #Consultancy
📣 ARC is hiring!
We’re looking for an Artist Protection Consultant to support artists and cultural workers at risk worldwide.
This role focuses on:
✨ Protection case support
✨ Emergency and resilience grant coordination
✨ Research on threats to artistic freedom
✨ Advocacy and documentation support
📍 Remote | Independent consultancy
🗓 Application deadline: February 16, 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply
artistsatriskconnection.org/arc-news/artist-protection-consultancy/
#ARC #ArtistProtection #WeAreHiring #Consultancy