Bosla Arts
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Art & Transnational Solidarity
🎤: Events
🎙: The Art Persists Podcast
🎨: Residency programme
https://www.boslaarts.com/
🎤: Events
🎙: The Art Persists Podcast
🎨: Residency programme
https://www.boslaarts.com/
OPEN CALL: To the Kids Who Live - an online exhibition of work created in solidarity with Palestine. Curated by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah!
Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨
Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨
Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
OPEN CALL: To the Kids Who Live - an online exhibition of work created in solidarity with Palestine. Curated by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah!
Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨
Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨
Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
We kick off season 8 of the #ArtPersists #podcast speaking to the duo behind #JailTimeRecords. Dione & Steve share the story of how the label came to life: from Dione’s early workshops in prison, to Steve’s unjust detention, and the collaboration that followed. Watch now: youtu.be/WaftshEzzb4
Jail Time Records: Inside the First Music Studio in a Cameroon Prison
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May 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We kick off season 8 of the #ArtPersists #podcast speaking to the duo behind #JailTimeRecords. Dione & Steve share the story of how the label came to life: from Dione’s early workshops in prison, to Steve’s unjust detention, and the collaboration that followed. Watch now: youtu.be/WaftshEzzb4
The Art Persists Podcast is coming back! Join us for season 8 starting next Wednesday. Massive thanks to everyone who has listened and watched these last 7 seasons:
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#ArtPersists #podcast
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#ArtPersists #podcast
Art Persists season 8 trailer
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May 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Art Persists Podcast is coming back! Join us for season 8 starting next Wednesday. Massive thanks to everyone who has listened and watched these last 7 seasons:
youtu.be/Ao8j2cZUjRg?...
#ArtPersists #podcast
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#ArtPersists #podcast
We are so excited to announce our first ever online exhibition, Art Resists, curated by Aude Abou Nasr! The exhibition features the work of 10 artists from around the world who are using their work to speak out against injustice. Explore the exhibition: www.boslaarts.com/art-resists #ArtResists
Art Resists - An Online Exhibition — Bosla Arts | Art Persists
Art Resists is a testament to this power, bringing together ten artists from across the Global South and its diasporas, whose practices confront the urgencies of our time through diverse mediums.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We are so excited to announce our first ever online exhibition, Art Resists, curated by Aude Abou Nasr! The exhibition features the work of 10 artists from around the world who are using their work to speak out against injustice. Explore the exhibition: www.boslaarts.com/art-resists #ArtResists
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An overlooked impact of war is the psychological trauma that can leave survivors - including children - speechless. Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion on how the wars in #Gaza and #Ukraine are leaving the most vulnerable without a voice:
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April 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An overlooked impact of war is the psychological trauma that can leave survivors - including children - speechless. Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion on how the wars in #Gaza and #Ukraine are leaving the most vulnerable without a voice:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...
Our Creative Writing Workshop is back! Join Fedzilla on Saturday 12 April at The Jago for I'm (not) fine: Writing as self care and a creative act of resistance. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...
Creative Writing Workshop: I'm (not) fine
Join Bosla Arts at The Jago Dalston for a Creative Writing Workshop! Saturday 12th April, 4-6:30pm
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March 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our Creative Writing Workshop is back! Join Fedzilla on Saturday 12 April at The Jago for I'm (not) fine: Writing as self care and a creative act of resistance. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...
We are back! Join us for a day of creative solidarity at The Jago on Sun 9 March. Including our Open Mic: Solidarity Sessions and a Creative Writing Workshop led by rapper / MC Fedzilla! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253166537...
February 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We are back! Join us for a day of creative solidarity at The Jago on Sun 9 March. Including our Open Mic: Solidarity Sessions and a Creative Writing Workshop led by rapper / MC Fedzilla! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253166537...
#OPENCALL: Art Resists - an online exhibition! We are delighted to announce an upcoming exhibition celebrating the work of artists from global majority countries & the diaspora who are using their work to speak out against injustice. DEADLINE 10 FEB. Apply now:
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
January 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#OPENCALL: Art Resists - an online exhibition! We are delighted to announce an upcoming exhibition celebrating the work of artists from global majority countries & the diaspora who are using their work to speak out against injustice. DEADLINE 10 FEB. Apply now:
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
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2 WEEKS TO GO! Join us at The Jago for a night of music and poetry in honour of artists who stand tall in the face of censorship and oppression. Register and get a FREE drink on the night. Wednesday, 29 Jan at 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
January 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
2 WEEKS TO GO! Join us at The Jago for a night of music and poetry in honour of artists who stand tall in the face of censorship and oppression. Register and get a FREE drink on the night. Wednesday, 29 Jan at 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Creative Solidarity for Palestine day on Saturday 💚 It was a truly moving & beautiful day.
December 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Creative Solidarity for Palestine day on Saturday 💚 It was a truly moving & beautiful day.
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Read my piece for @indexoncensorship.org on Hanna Komar's brilliant debut play, Body in Progress, examining the impact of trauma on the mind and body: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/hann...
December 11, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Read my piece for @indexoncensorship.org on Hanna Komar's brilliant debut play, Body in Progress, examining the impact of trauma on the mind and body: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/hann...
Huge thank you to everyone who listened to the Art Persists podcast this year! And of course to all of our incredible guests. Stay tuned for more to come in 2025! #ArtPersists #Podcast
December 5, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Huge thank you to everyone who listened to the Art Persists podcast this year! And of course to all of our incredible guests. Stay tuned for more to come in 2025! #ArtPersists #Podcast
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We welcome the news that Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi has been released from prison. Toomaj is a brave and brilliant person who should never have been imprisoned to begin with. We’ve been proud to support him since his arrest: www.iranintl.com/en/202412010...
Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison
Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was previously sentenced to death, has been released after serving one year in prison, Iran's Judiciary announced on Sunday.
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December 1, 2024 at 9:11 PM
We welcome the news that Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi has been released from prison. Toomaj is a brave and brilliant person who should never have been imprisoned to begin with. We’ve been proud to support him since his arrest: www.iranintl.com/en/202412010...
Join rapper and poet Fedzilla on 7 December at 3pm for I’m (not) fine, a creative writing workshop for beginners. She’ll walk you through prompts, ideas and personal experience in putting despair and hope on paper. Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
November 25, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Join rapper and poet Fedzilla on 7 December at 3pm for I’m (not) fine, a creative writing workshop for beginners. She’ll walk you through prompts, ideas and personal experience in putting despair and hope on paper. Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
Announcing Creative Solidarity for Palestine! A day of workshops, music, food and an open mic on Saturday 7 December at Palestine House London. SEE YOU THERE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Announcing Creative Solidarity for Palestine! A day of workshops, music, food and an open mic on Saturday 7 December at Palestine House London. SEE YOU THERE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
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Incredible story. While reading it, I felt a sense of guilt and anger, as a Han Chinese, for our willful ignorance and inability to understand. I hope one day there will be a collective "sorry" from all Chinese to all Uyghurs. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/m...
A Uyghur’s Escape From China Was Just the Beginning
He fled brutal repression — only to discover, as so many Uyghur refugees have, that China’s power stretches far beyond its borders.
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November 12, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Incredible story. While reading it, I felt a sense of guilt and anger, as a Han Chinese, for our willful ignorance and inability to understand. I hope one day there will be a collective "sorry" from all Chinese to all Uyghurs. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/m...
“Activism is not a choice in Iran. It’s not something that you decide to do… You have to become an activist, it’s a necessity.” In the latest ep of the #ArtPersists #Podcast, photographer Reihane Taravati tells us about photographing imprisoned #Iran activist, #NargesMohammadi: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv
November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
“Activism is not a choice in Iran. It’s not something that you decide to do… You have to become an activist, it’s a necessity.” In the latest ep of the #ArtPersists #Podcast, photographer Reihane Taravati tells us about photographing imprisoned #Iran activist, #NargesMohammadi: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv
Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer and activist, is on The Art Persists Podcast! Reihane tells us about the challenges of being a photographer in #Iran and photographing imprisoned activist and HRD, #NargesMohammadi. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv
November 7, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer and activist, is on The Art Persists Podcast! Reihane tells us about the challenges of being a photographer in #Iran and photographing imprisoned activist and HRD, #NargesMohammadi. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv