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ARC - Artists at Risk Connection defends artistic freedom worldwide, protecting at-risk artists and cultural workers through vital resources, support, & advocacy.
⛓ 🇩🇿ARC welcomes the humanitarian release of Algerian-French writer Boualem Sansal, now safely in Germany for critical medical care.
“His case is a stark reminder that artists worldwide continue to be targeted, silenced, or criminalized for ideas that challenge power.”
“His case is a stark reminder that artists worldwide continue to be targeted, silenced, or criminalized for ideas that challenge power.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
⛓ 🇩🇿ARC welcomes the humanitarian release of Algerian-French writer Boualem Sansal, now safely in Germany for critical medical care.
“His case is a stark reminder that artists worldwide continue to be targeted, silenced, or criminalized for ideas that challenge power.”
“His case is a stark reminder that artists worldwide continue to be targeted, silenced, or criminalized for ideas that challenge power.”
At #CECArtsLink2025Assembly, we joined artists & advocates to ask: How do we defend creativity when imagination itself is being defunded?
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
At #CECArtsLink2025Assembly, we joined artists & advocates to ask: How do we defend creativity when imagination itself is being defunded?
“It was then that I realized: contemporary dance could be a tool of expression that allows us to transmit our story.” - Taigué Ahmed
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“It was then that I realized: contemporary dance could be a tool of expression that allows us to transmit our story.” - Taigué Ahmed
“There are songs I couldn’t sing at first because they hurt too much... After many years, I realized: this wound no longer hurts.” — Rebeca Lane
Guatemalan musician & activist Rebeca Lane uses hip-hop to empower women and challenge patriarchy across Latin America.
Guatemalan musician & activist Rebeca Lane uses hip-hop to empower women and challenge patriarchy across Latin America.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“There are songs I couldn’t sing at first because they hurt too much... After many years, I realized: this wound no longer hurts.” — Rebeca Lane
Guatemalan musician & activist Rebeca Lane uses hip-hop to empower women and challenge patriarchy across Latin America.
Guatemalan musician & activist Rebeca Lane uses hip-hop to empower women and challenge patriarchy across Latin America.
“Our opposition thrives on chaos.” — Nikole Hannah-Jones
As censorship and political attacks on art and education escalate across the U.S., her words from ARC’s “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit last May feel more urgent than ever.
As censorship and political attacks on art and education escalate across the U.S., her words from ARC’s “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit last May feel more urgent than ever.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“Our opposition thrives on chaos.” — Nikole Hannah-Jones
As censorship and political attacks on art and education escalate across the U.S., her words from ARC’s “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit last May feel more urgent than ever.
As censorship and political attacks on art and education escalate across the U.S., her words from ARC’s “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit last May feel more urgent than ever.
From Kenya, to Madagascar, Nepal, and beyond, youth-led movements are reshaping the fight for justice—and artists are leading the charge.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
From Kenya, to Madagascar, Nepal, and beyond, youth-led movements are reshaping the fight for justice—and artists are leading the charge.
The #CECArtsLink2025Assembly: Defending Each Other! — is THIS WEEK, Nov 6–7 at La MaMa Theatre (NYC) + online!
Join ARC's Executive Director Julie Trébault & Achiro P. Olwoch for a session on defending artists, and hear from longtime ARC collaborator Mai Khoi at a separate morning session.
Join ARC's Executive Director Julie Trébault & Achiro P. Olwoch for a session on defending artists, and hear from longtime ARC collaborator Mai Khoi at a separate morning session.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The #CECArtsLink2025Assembly: Defending Each Other! — is THIS WEEK, Nov 6–7 at La MaMa Theatre (NYC) + online!
Join ARC's Executive Director Julie Trébault & Achiro P. Olwoch for a session on defending artists, and hear from longtime ARC collaborator Mai Khoi at a separate morning session.
Join ARC's Executive Director Julie Trébault & Achiro P. Olwoch for a session on defending artists, and hear from longtime ARC collaborator Mai Khoi at a separate morning session.
“The worst part of this story is that after fear and censorship, and even after having left the country, you still do not feel safe — and you still risk censorship in your drawings, in your paintings.” — Samaneh Atef
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“The worst part of this story is that after fear and censorship, and even after having left the country, you still do not feel safe — and you still risk censorship in your drawings, in your paintings.” — Samaneh Atef
‼️🇺🇸 ARC strongly condemns the U.S. government’s arbitrary revocation of Nigerian writer and Nobel-laureate Wole Soyinka’s visa–a deeply troubling act that undermines freedom of expression and international cultural exchange.
Read our statement:
artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/re...
Read our statement:
artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/re...
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
‼️🇺🇸 ARC strongly condemns the U.S. government’s arbitrary revocation of Nigerian writer and Nobel-laureate Wole Soyinka’s visa–a deeply troubling act that undermines freedom of expression and international cultural exchange.
Read our statement:
artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/re...
Read our statement:
artistsatriskconnection.org/statement/re...
Earlier this month, ARC’s Executive Director Julie Trébault spoke with The New York Times about the growing censorship threats facing U.S. museums.
“This is authoritarian playbook 101: controlling the narrative, reshaping history, silencing marginalized communities.”
“This is authoritarian playbook 101: controlling the narrative, reshaping history, silencing marginalized communities.”
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Earlier this month, ARC’s Executive Director Julie Trébault spoke with The New York Times about the growing censorship threats facing U.S. museums.
“This is authoritarian playbook 101: controlling the narrative, reshaping history, silencing marginalized communities.”
“This is authoritarian playbook 101: controlling the narrative, reshaping history, silencing marginalized communities.”
On #InternationalArtistDay 2025, we honor artists who spark change—from the US, to Iran, Uganda, and Myanmar. Art ignites resistance, fuels justice, and shakes foundations. Yet too many artists face real, and mounting dangers.
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
On #InternationalArtistDay 2025, we honor artists who spark change—from the US, to Iran, Uganda, and Myanmar. Art ignites resistance, fuels justice, and shakes foundations. Yet too many artists face real, and mounting dangers.
Only TWO days left to see Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression — a NYC exhibition by Art At A Time Like This!
The exhibition brings together 24 artists who have been censored or blacklisted, including Marilyn Minter, Shepard Fairey, and Dread Scott.
The exhibition brings together 24 artists who have been censored or blacklisted, including Marilyn Minter, Shepard Fairey, and Dread Scott.
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Only TWO days left to see Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression — a NYC exhibition by Art At A Time Like This!
The exhibition brings together 24 artists who have been censored or blacklisted, including Marilyn Minter, Shepard Fairey, and Dread Scott.
The exhibition brings together 24 artists who have been censored or blacklisted, including Marilyn Minter, Shepard Fairey, and Dread Scott.
Don't miss ARC at the #CECArtsLink2025Assembly: Defending Each Other!
📅 Nov 6–7 | NYC + Livestream
We’ll present “Defending Artists” + host a closed Artists Safety Consultation based on our U.S. adapted Safety Guide for Artists.
📅 Nov 6–7 | NYC + Livestream
We’ll present “Defending Artists” + host a closed Artists Safety Consultation based on our U.S. adapted Safety Guide for Artists.
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Don't miss ARC at the #CECArtsLink2025Assembly: Defending Each Other!
📅 Nov 6–7 | NYC + Livestream
We’ll present “Defending Artists” + host a closed Artists Safety Consultation based on our U.S. adapted Safety Guide for Artists.
📅 Nov 6–7 | NYC + Livestream
We’ll present “Defending Artists” + host a closed Artists Safety Consultation based on our U.S. adapted Safety Guide for Artists.
“Our greatest fear is that censorship and self-censorship become normalized — cutting whole communities off from cultural expression that reflects their experiences.”
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Our greatest fear is that censorship and self-censorship become normalized — cutting whole communities off from cultural expression that reflects their experiences.”
“They can send whatever messages they want, but I’m going to keep doing what I do… to inspire other Saudi artists and the next generation.” — Ms. Saffaa
October 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“They can send whatever messages they want, but I’m going to keep doing what I do… to inspire other Saudi artists and the next generation.” — Ms. Saffaa
ARC is deeply committed to supporting Cuban artists in exile through our Cuban Migrant Artists Resilience Fellowship (CMARF)--a program that provides financial support, training, and global visibility to creatives forced from their homeland but determined to keep creating.
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
ARC is deeply committed to supporting Cuban artists in exile through our Cuban Migrant Artists Resilience Fellowship (CMARF)--a program that provides financial support, training, and global visibility to creatives forced from their homeland but determined to keep creating.
📸Take a look at ARC's photos from #NPN2025Conference, where we spoke in the plenary session “You Are Not Alone: Safety and Solidarity!"
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📸Take a look at ARC's photos from #NPN2025Conference, where we spoke in the plenary session “You Are Not Alone: Safety and Solidarity!"
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day from ARC!
At ARC & Art At A Time Like This' “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit in June 2024, Indigenous-American artist-activist Demian DinéYazhi' shared how they grapple with the hypocrisy of artistic institutions.
At ARC & Art At A Time Like This' “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit in June 2024, Indigenous-American artist-activist Demian DinéYazhi' shared how they grapple with the hypocrisy of artistic institutions.
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day from ARC!
At ARC & Art At A Time Like This' “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit in June 2024, Indigenous-American artist-activist Demian DinéYazhi' shared how they grapple with the hypocrisy of artistic institutions.
At ARC & Art At A Time Like This' “Dangerous Art / Endangered Artists” summit in June 2024, Indigenous-American artist-activist Demian DinéYazhi' shared how they grapple with the hypocrisy of artistic institutions.
“Sometimes we draw cartoons and shudder the moment we press the publish button.” - Osman Obaid
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Osman.
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Osman.
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Sometimes we draw cartoons and shudder the moment we press the publish button.” - Osman Obaid
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Osman.
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Osman.
✨ BREAKING: We are deeply relieved to confirm that photographer & writer Shahidul Alam has been released after his unlawful detention by Israeli authorities. We call for the immediate & unconditional release of all others still detained from the #FreedomFlotilla.
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomFlotilla
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomFlotilla
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
✨ BREAKING: We are deeply relieved to confirm that photographer & writer Shahidul Alam has been released after his unlawful detention by Israeli authorities. We call for the immediate & unconditional release of all others still detained from the #FreedomFlotilla.
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomFlotilla
#ArtisticFreedom
#FreedomFlotilla
ARC is proud to highlight MACBA’s exhibition of Coco Fusco, a longtime ally and Cuban-American artist/writer whose work challenges ideas of exile, power, and representation.
📍 Coco Fusco: I Learned to Swim on Dry Land
MACBA, Barcelona
23 May 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
📍 Coco Fusco: I Learned to Swim on Dry Land
MACBA, Barcelona
23 May 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
ARC is proud to highlight MACBA’s exhibition of Coco Fusco, a longtime ally and Cuban-American artist/writer whose work challenges ideas of exile, power, and representation.
📍 Coco Fusco: I Learned to Swim on Dry Land
MACBA, Barcelona
23 May 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
📍 Coco Fusco: I Learned to Swim on Dry Land
MACBA, Barcelona
23 May 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
🚨 Photographer and writer Shahidul Alam is among 145 activists on the Freedom Flotilla & Thousand Madleens to #Gaza (#FreedomFlotilla #ThousandMadleensToGaza), forcibly taken from international waters by the Israeli military.
We call for their immediate release.
📄 www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
We call for their immediate release.
📄 www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨 Photographer and writer Shahidul Alam is among 145 activists on the Freedom Flotilla & Thousand Madleens to #Gaza (#FreedomFlotilla #ThousandMadleensToGaza), forcibly taken from international waters by the Israeli military.
We call for their immediate release.
📄 www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
We call for their immediate release.
📄 www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
LAST WEEK, ARC hosted “Cultural Rights Now: Voices at Risk, Access in Action” at #MONDIACULT2025 in Barcelona!
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
LAST WEEK, ARC hosted “Cultural Rights Now: Voices at Risk, Access in Action” at #MONDIACULT2025 in Barcelona!
“I reconstructed the theory of art for myself.” — Samia Halaby
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Samia.
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Samia.
October 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“I reconstructed the theory of art for myself.” — Samia Halaby
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Samia.
Once a week, ARC shares an artwork from one of the artists we’ve featured in the past. This week, we highlight Samia.
"Around the world, the arts are often the first targets of authoritarianism. We are called to not only reaffirm the vital role of artists as disruptors and risk-takers, but to build and invest in safety and solidarity for artists and cultural spaces that speak truth to power."
October 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Around the world, the arts are often the first targets of authoritarianism. We are called to not only reaffirm the vital role of artists as disruptors and risk-takers, but to build and invest in safety and solidarity for artists and cultural spaces that speak truth to power."