Events
Online
ARC @ Artists Untangling Censorship with UNDOXX
19 March 2026
Artists Untangling Censorship is a public conversation in New York City featuring the collective UNDOXX, Bridge Live Arts, and ARC – Artists at Risk Connection, exploring how artists confront censorship today and sharing resources to defend artistic freedom. The event convenes artists, activists, and advocates to foster dialogue, share resources, build collective power, and equip artists to navigate the evolving impacts of censorship. In addition to UNDOXX organizers zavé martohardjono and Maya Simone Z., the conversation will feature Patrick Bond (ARC– Artists at Risk Connection), Adam Odsess-Rubin and Achiro P. Olwoch (National Queer Theater), and Minneapolis-based artist Leila Awadallah.
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?
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
What role can museums play when artistic freedom and democratic values come under pressure?
At a time when arts and culture, public education, historical memory, and democratic norms face growing pressure, cultural institutions are navigating an increasingly complex environment.
In a new commentary for @theartsfuse, ARC Executive Director Julie Trébault reflects on the important role museums can play in sustaining artistic freedom, public dialogue, and historical understanding.
Museums are tasked with more than just preserving artefacts. They are civic spaces where communities encounter history, debate ideas, and imagine shared futures.
Read the full commentary at the link in bio.
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomOfExpression
#SupportArtists
#FreedomInFocus
#ArtAgainstOppression
#DefendDemocracy
#Censorship
#MuseumsMatter
#ArtAndDemocracy
#CulturalInstitutions #Museums
What role can museums play when artistic freedom and democratic values come under pressure?
At a time when arts and culture, public education, historical memory, and democratic norms face growing pressure, cultural institutions are navigating an increasingly complex environment.
In a new commentary for @theartsfuse, ARC Executive Director Julie Trébault reflects on the important role museums can play in sustaining artistic freedom, public dialogue, and historical understanding.
Museums are tasked with more than just preserving artefacts. They are civic spaces where communities encounter history, debate ideas, and imagine shared futures.
Read the full commentary at the link in bio.
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomOfExpression
#SupportArtists
#FreedomInFocus
#ArtAgainstOppression
#DefendDemocracy
#Censorship
#MuseumsMatter
#ArtAndDemocracy
#CulturalInstitutions #Museums
🌍How can artists across Africa navigate growing pressure on artistic freedom?
And what does it take to build stronger systems of support?
These are some of the questions that shaped the 2026 Pan African Network on Artistic Freedom Summit last month in Addis Ababa.
Artists, cultural leaders, civil society actors, and policymakers examined the realities artists face and the power structures shaping creative ecosystems. The summit culminated in four collaborative working groups focused on residencies and relocation, legislative reform, research, and digital and physical mobility.
With more than 80 participants, PANAF 2026 moved beyond conversation toward meaningful coordination. ARC was proud to serve as a summit partner and help guide this collective effort.
Because protecting artists requires more than visibility. It requires coordination, dedicated infrastructure, and long-term commitments.
Thank you to long-time ARC collaborators Sarra Maali and @lisa_stapetape & shoutout to artists, @javan_thepoet, @monzaofficiel, @khalidalbaih, @mazin_peter_official, @mwanangwazombe, @naviomusic, and @spontaneous_the_poet. As well as @selammusic, @culture_resource, ARTVEDA @culturefundingwatch, @uvafrica, and @safehavensfreedomtalks, @africadefenders, @visualartszambia, as well as Hon Topsy Sonoo Oureveena (African Union’s Special Rapporteur for Artistic Freedom) to share experiences and strategies for strengthening artistic freedom.
#ArtistsUnderThreat #FreedomOfExpression #ArtForChange
#SupportArtists #ArtistProtection #ARCinAfrica #ArtisticFreedom #GlobalSolidarity
🌍How can artists across Africa navigate growing pressure on artistic freedom?
And what does it take to build stronger systems of support?
These are some of the questions that shaped the 2026 Pan African Network on Artistic Freedom Summit last month in Addis Ababa.
Artists, cultural leaders, civil society actors, and policymakers examined the realities artists face and the power structures shaping creative ecosystems. The summit culminated in four collaborative working groups focused on residencies and relocation, legislative reform, research, and digital and physical mobility.
With more than 80 participants, PANAF 2026 moved beyond conversation toward meaningful coordination. ARC was proud to serve as a summit partner and help guide this collective effort.
Because protecting artists requires more than visibility. It requires coordination, dedicated infrastructure, and long-term commitments.
Thank you to long-time ARC collaborators Sarra Maali and @lisa_stapetape & shoutout to artists, @javan_thepoet, @monzaofficiel, @khalidalbaih, @mazin_peter_official, @mwanangwazombe, @naviomusic, and @spontaneous_the_poet. As well as @selammusic, @culture_resource, ARTVEDA @culturefundingwatch, @uvafrica, and @safehavensfreedomtalks, @africadefenders, @visualartszambia, as well as Hon Topsy Sonoo Oureveena (African Union’s Special Rapporteur for Artistic Freedom) to share experiences and strategies for strengthening artistic freedom.
#ArtistsUnderThreat #FreedomOfExpression #ArtForChange
#SupportArtists #ArtistProtection #ARCinAfrica #ArtisticFreedom #GlobalSolidarity
🌍 Open Call: ASSEMBLE Fellowship for Displaced Artists, Curators, and Cultural Practitioners
Applications are now open for the ASSEMBLE Fellowship, an international program supporting artists, curators, and cultural practitioners with lived experience of forced migration and displacement.
Over 12 months (June 2026 – June 2027), selected fellows will develop a new curatorial project in their country of residence while exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of migration, displacement, conflict, and ecological decline.
📍 Eligibility
Artists, curators, and cultural practitioners with lived experience of displacement who are currently based in Cyprus, the Basque Country (Spain), or Ukraine.
The fellowship includes:
• Development of a new curatorial project with support from local partners
• Curatorial labs in Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine
• A 10-day residency in the United Kingdom
• Participation in the On the Move Cultural Mobility Forum in Morocco
• A digital exhibition launching in June 2027
Each fellow will receive a €9,000 fee and a €6,000 production budget, alongside mentorship, networking opportunities, and institutional support.
📅 Application deadline: 26 March 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply on @assemble_europe bio
Co-Funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, the programme is implemented by D6EU @d6_eu_ , Congress of Cultural Activists @congress.of.cultural.activists , Moving Artists @movartists , and On the Move @otm.network, with associated partners including ARC – Artists at Risk Connection @atriskartists, @larnaka2030 , @d6culture .
#Fellowship #Artists
#ArtistsUnderThreat #SupportArtists #ArtForChange #AssembleEurope #ArtistOpenCall #ArtistFellowship #ArtistOpportunity
🌍 Open Call: ASSEMBLE Fellowship for Displaced Artists, Curators, and Cultural Practitioners
Applications are now open for the ASSEMBLE Fellowship, an international program supporting artists, curators, and cultural practitioners with lived experience of forced migration and displacement.
Over 12 months (June 2026 – June 2027), selected fellows will develop a new curatorial project in their country of residence while exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of migration, displacement, conflict, and ecological decline.
📍 Eligibility
Artists, curators, and cultural practitioners with lived experience of displacement who are currently based in Cyprus, the Basque Country (Spain), or Ukraine.
The fellowship includes:
• Development of a new curatorial project with support from local partners
• Curatorial labs in Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine
• A 10-day residency in the United Kingdom
• Participation in the On the Move Cultural Mobility Forum in Morocco
• A digital exhibition launching in June 2027
Each fellow will receive a €9,000 fee and a €6,000 production budget, alongside mentorship, networking opportunities, and institutional support.
📅 Application deadline: 26 March 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply on @assemble_europe bio
Co-Funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, the programme is implemented by D6EU @d6_eu_ , Congress of Cultural Activists @congress.of.cultural.activists , Moving Artists @movartists , and On the Move @otm.network, with associated partners including ARC – Artists at Risk Connection @atriskartists, @larnaka2030 , @d6culture .
#Fellowship #Artists
#ArtistsUnderThreat #SupportArtists #ArtForChange #AssembleEurope #ArtistOpenCall #ArtistFellowship #ArtistOpportunity
💜 When women’s voices are threatened, art becomes resistance. Around the world, women artists face censorship, gender-based violence, political repression, and other forms of silencing. Yet they continue to create, organize, and speak out.
At ARC – Artists at Risk Connection, gender equality is a core part of our mission. In 2025, women represented nearly 60% of the artists requesting emergency assistance, reflecting the disproportionate risks they face across cultural and digital environments.
✊Recognising the heightened risks faced by women artists, including gender-based censorship, harassment and violence, political repression, economic marginalisation, and barriers to professional mobility, ARC incorporates gender-sensitive risk assessment tools within its Safety Guide for Artists and related training initiatives. Today, on International Women’s Day, we stand in solidarity with women artists whose creativity challenges oppression and expands the space for freedom.
Through the link in our bio discover the stories of women artists ARC has supported around the world.
#WomensRights #ArtistsUnderThreat #CreativeFreedom #FreedomOfExpression #SupportArtists ArtAgainstOppression VoicesAtRisk
💜 When women’s voices are threatened, art becomes resistance. Around the world, women artists face censorship, gender-based violence, political repression, and other forms of silencing. Yet they continue to create, organize, and speak out.
At ARC – Artists at Risk Connection, gender equality is a core part of our mission. In 2025, women represented nearly 60% of the artists requesting emergency assistance, reflecting the disproportionate risks they face across cultural and digital environments.
✊Recognising the heightened risks faced by women artists, including gender-based censorship, harassment and violence, political repression, economic marginalisation, and barriers to professional mobility, ARC incorporates gender-sensitive risk assessment tools within its Safety Guide for Artists and related training initiatives. Today, on International Women’s Day, we stand in solidarity with women artists whose creativity challenges oppression and expands the space for freedom.
Through the link in our bio discover the stories of women artists ARC has supported around the world.
#WomensRights #ArtistsUnderThreat #CreativeFreedom #FreedomOfExpression #SupportArtists ArtAgainstOppression VoicesAtRisk
40% of artists in the U.S. do not feel prepared to address the threats they are currently facing.
This is one of the early findings from our National Artist Safety Survey, shared publicly for the first time at the 114th College Art Association (CAA) Conference in Chicago two weeks ago. @caavisual
Patrick and Julie opened a conversation about preparedness in the U.S. arts and higher education fields. Artists and cultural workers are facing increasing pressures, yet the field remains under-equipped to anticipate risk and respond collectively. At CAA, we focused on moving beyond crisis response and building proactive systems of protection and solidarity.
Protection is not a given. We must build it together.
👇 Comment below 👇 what you are most interested in learning from The National Artist Safety Survey.
#CAA #NASS #ArtistsUnderThreat #ArtistSafety #ArtistSupport #ArtistsInTheUS
40% of artists in the U.S. do not feel prepared to address the threats they are currently facing.
This is one of the early findings from our National Artist Safety Survey, shared publicly for the first time at the 114th College Art Association (CAA) Conference in Chicago two weeks ago. @caavisual
Patrick and Julie opened a conversation about preparedness in the U.S. arts and higher education fields. Artists and cultural workers are facing increasing pressures, yet the field remains under-equipped to anticipate risk and respond collectively. At CAA, we focused on moving beyond crisis response and building proactive systems of protection and solidarity.
Protection is not a given. We must build it together.
👇 Comment below 👇 what you are most interested in learning from The National Artist Safety Survey.
#CAA #NASS #ArtistsUnderThreat #ArtistSafety #ArtistSupport #ArtistsInTheUS
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