ARC – Artists at Risk Connection
ARC - Artists at Risk Connection defends artistic freedom worldwide, protecting at-risk artists and cultural workers through vital resources, support, & advocacy.
- 🇺🇦🌻 Last week, ARC’s Executive Director Julie Trébault had the pleasure of joining directors and representatives from French and Ukrainian arts and cultural organizations at Le Voyage en Ukraine at Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille.
- “I hope international audiences understand...Afghan women are strong, resilient, and resistant. Even under gender apartheid, they continue to fight for their existence and dignity.” - Zahra Abrahimi, Afghan visual artist and activist
- ARC - Artists at Risk Connection stands in solidarity with Minnesota, the undocumented community in the U.S., and all those who are participating in the National Shutdown on January 30th, 2026. Read the Full Statement - artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/ar... #nationalshutdown
- ⛓🎨 ARC’s latest digital exhibition, The Art of Resistance, is still live! The exhibition features the work of 13 contemporary Russian and Belarusian visual artists who have mobilized against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through acts of creative resistance.
- ARC joins Civil Rights Defenders, PEN International, and PEN Cuba in Exile in condemning the prison sentences imposed on writer and journalist José Gabriel Barrenechea Chávez and rapper, artist, and activist Fernando Almenares Rivera (Nando OBDC).
- “My work is not far from political matters, because the geography I was born in and the experiences I lived through have politicized my work.” — Zehra Doğan
- ✨ Anunciamos con mucho entusiasmo a lxs artistas seleccionadxs para la tercera edición del Programa de Becas de Resiliencia para Artistas Cubanos Migrantes. ¡Felicitaciones a todxs lxs becarixs! Estamos muy emocionados de acompañar y apoyar su trabajo en los próximos meses. 👏
- ✨ We’re thrilled to announce the selected artists for the third edition of the Cuban Migrant Artists Resilience Fellowship! Congratulations to all the fellows! We’re excited to support and accompany their work in the coming months. 👏
- UPDATE: ARC is deeply saddened to learn of the killing of additional artists during the January protests in Iran and calls on the authorities to stop their assault on and detention of protesters, and on the international community to take urgent action to halt escalating human rights violations.
- ✍️ Open Call: IHRAF – Hannah Arendt Festival (NYC, June 5–7, 2026) The International Human Rights Art Movement invites artists & performers to submit live work (any discipline, 10–20 min) inspired by the ideas of Hannah Arendt.
- How are young artists and cultural organizers using creativity to resist authoritarianism, build solidarity, and reimagine participation and justice?
- 🇮🇷ARC strongly condemns reported killings and attacks against artists in Iran amid nationwide protests that began on 28 Dec 2025.
- 🇹🇿⛓️ ARC calls for an end to the judicial harassment of Emanuel Mathias, a Tanzanian artist who was arbitrarily detained on 11 Dec in Dar es Salaam and released on bail after a month of being held without charge. He remains under restrictive conditions that limit his freedom.
- The U.S. decision to withdraw from numerous international and UN-affiliated organizations, including our partner IFACCA, threatens the ecosystem that helps protect artistic freedom and cultural rights worldwide. #ArtistsAtRisk #CulturalRights #ArtisticFreedom #FreeExpression
