Center for Human Rights & the Arts
@chrabard.bsky.social
The Center for Human Rights & the Arts at
@BardCollege.bsky.social researches and supports art and activist practices globally.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrabard
@BardCollege.bsky.social researches and supports art and activist practices globally.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrabard
You can purchase our first three volumes of Talks on Human Rights & the Arts for your personal collections and libraries (or for your holiday gifts!) on our website, linked in bio. If you are local, get in touch to schedule a pick up of your copies from our offices at Bard College.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You can purchase our first three volumes of Talks on Human Rights & the Arts for your personal collections and libraries (or for your holiday gifts!) on our website, linked in bio. If you are local, get in touch to schedule a pick up of your copies from our offices at Bard College.
Evidence is an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts. It features programs in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Tunis.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Evidence is an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts. It features programs in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Tunis.
Resilience Overflow by Lara Tabet
In search for Justice Among the Rubble by Public Works Studio
Dignity by Chokri Ben Chikha
The Vertiginous Story of Orthosia by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Zifzafa by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Photos by Tania El Khoury (1–4), and Pol Guillard (5–10)
In search for Justice Among the Rubble by Public Works Studio
Dignity by Chokri Ben Chikha
The Vertiginous Story of Orthosia by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Zifzafa by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Photos by Tania El Khoury (1–4), and Pol Guillard (5–10)
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Resilience Overflow by Lara Tabet
In search for Justice Among the Rubble by Public Works Studio
Dignity by Chokri Ben Chikha
The Vertiginous Story of Orthosia by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Zifzafa by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Photos by Tania El Khoury (1–4), and Pol Guillard (5–10)
In search for Justice Among the Rubble by Public Works Studio
Dignity by Chokri Ben Chikha
The Vertiginous Story of Orthosia by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Zifzafa by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Photos by Tania El Khoury (1–4), and Pol Guillard (5–10)
The first program of the international festival Evidence, took place in Tunis in October 2025 curated by CHRA’s director Tania El Khoury and Dream City’s Artistic Director Jan Goosens. It featured five installation and performance works programmed during Dream City, a festival by L’Art Rue.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The first program of the international festival Evidence, took place in Tunis in October 2025 curated by CHRA’s director Tania El Khoury and Dream City’s Artistic Director Jan Goosens. It featured five installation and performance works programmed during Dream City, a festival by L’Art Rue.
So what is evidence? Instead of asking the San Gregorio farmers to transform their knowledge into methodologies,
we attempt to use art and visual tools to inscribe their history. Through methods and languages legible to them and their communities, but without risking their extraction.
we attempt to use art and visual tools to inscribe their history. Through methods and languages legible to them and their communities, but without risking their extraction.
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So what is evidence? Instead of asking the San Gregorio farmers to transform their knowledge into methodologies,
we attempt to use art and visual tools to inscribe their history. Through methods and languages legible to them and their communities, but without risking their extraction.
we attempt to use art and visual tools to inscribe their history. Through methods and languages legible to them and their communities, but without risking their extraction.
And so, we enter into a new phase of extraction: One where this ancient situated knowledge [of chiampas] is processed through technoscientific methodologies, and begins to decouple atlapulcan epistemologies from their bodies and their communities.
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
And so, we enter into a new phase of extraction: One where this ancient situated knowledge [of chiampas] is processed through technoscientific methodologies, and begins to decouple atlapulcan epistemologies from their bodies and their communities.
Although it is not the place of the state to recognize their ancestral ties to Pueblos originarios, these communities have learned to navigate the many bureaucratic and judicial roadblocks to protect their lands.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Although it is not the place of the state to recognize their ancestral ties to Pueblos originarios, these communities have learned to navigate the many bureaucratic and judicial roadblocks to protect their lands.
Las madres buscadores have developed and registered many indicators of possible mass graves. A specific type of flower that only grows under high concentrations of nitrites, or a different color of soil that sinks when the bodies are decomposing.
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Las madres buscadores have developed and registered many indicators of possible mass graves. A specific type of flower that only grows under high concentrations of nitrites, or a different color of soil that sinks when the bodies are decomposing.
Images are from re/presentare's ongoing project "Tlamachtiloyan" as part of Evidence: an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. Webinar talk this Friday:
chra.bard.edu/event/prefur...
chra.bard.edu/event/prefur...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Images are from re/presentare's ongoing project "Tlamachtiloyan" as part of Evidence: an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. Webinar talk this Friday:
chra.bard.edu/event/prefur...
chra.bard.edu/event/prefur...
And here, again, we can see what I just kind of described, this relationship between the violence itself and exclusion.
September 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
And here, again, we can see what I just kind of described, this relationship between the violence itself and exclusion.
Recognizing the exclusionary nature of high art, Owen originally wanted the works to draw people in from the street, as the inside of the gallery was visible from the sidewalk.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Recognizing the exclusionary nature of high art, Owen originally wanted the works to draw people in from the street, as the inside of the gallery was visible from the sidewalk.
Zoé Samudzi: “Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko
Happening now. Join via bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Happening now. Join via bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Zoé Samudzi: “Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko
Happening now. Join via bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Happening now. Join via bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join us for a webinar on Friday, September 26 at 12pm ET with Zoé Samduzi titled “Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko. The talk will be
moderated by Folarin Ajibade. Registration link is in bio.
moderated by Folarin Ajibade. Registration link is in bio.
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Please join us for a webinar on Friday, September 26 at 12pm ET with Zoé Samduzi titled “Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko. The talk will be
moderated by Folarin Ajibade. Registration link is in bio.
moderated by Folarin Ajibade. Registration link is in bio.
This year, CHRA sponsored two publications: "The Alarm Phone Scrapbook," and "Ecotono: revoluciones silenciosas." As always, our publications are available to read on our website for free.
chra.bard.edu/publications/
chra.bard.edu/publications/
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This year, CHRA sponsored two publications: "The Alarm Phone Scrapbook," and "Ecotono: revoluciones silenciosas." As always, our publications are available to read on our website for free.
chra.bard.edu/publications/
chra.bard.edu/publications/
Best wishes to our alumni students! As some begin PhDs, others have been continuing humanitarian and non-profit work, producing art and performing throughout the tri-state area, or otherwise enriching the crossroads between art and activism in their own pursuits. We wish them all the very best!
September 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Best wishes to our alumni students! As some begin PhDs, others have been continuing humanitarian and non-profit work, producing art and performing throughout the tri-state area, or otherwise enriching the crossroads between art and activism in their own pursuits. We wish them all the very best!
Congratulations to our Class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts. 🧿❤️
Felicitations to Sariyah Abuzant, Sarah Al-Yahya, Amr Amer, Elinor Arden, Pyae Phyo Aung, Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Leil Zahra Mortada, Arina Pshenichnaya, Nabil Salih, and Mauro Tosarelli.
Felicitations to Sariyah Abuzant, Sarah Al-Yahya, Amr Amer, Elinor Arden, Pyae Phyo Aung, Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Leil Zahra Mortada, Arina Pshenichnaya, Nabil Salih, and Mauro Tosarelli.
June 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Congratulations to our Class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts. 🧿❤️
Felicitations to Sariyah Abuzant, Sarah Al-Yahya, Amr Amer, Elinor Arden, Pyae Phyo Aung, Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Leil Zahra Mortada, Arina Pshenichnaya, Nabil Salih, and Mauro Tosarelli.
Felicitations to Sariyah Abuzant, Sarah Al-Yahya, Amr Amer, Elinor Arden, Pyae Phyo Aung, Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Leil Zahra Mortada, Arina Pshenichnaya, Nabil Salih, and Mauro Tosarelli.
Last night we celebrated the class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts in a dinner and dance party at Massena Campus where their thesis exhibition took place. Tomorrow, they walk across the commencement stage.
May 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Last night we celebrated the class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts in a dinner and dance party at Massena Campus where their thesis exhibition took place. Tomorrow, they walk across the commencement stage.
Fresh off the press: “Common Ground,” the third volume of Talks on Human Rights and the Arts by artists, activists, and scholars from around the globe and edited by Tania El Khoury. Get in touch if you would like to buy an early-bird copy for the discounted price of $10.
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fresh off the press: “Common Ground,” the third volume of Talks on Human Rights and the Arts by artists, activists, and scholars from around the globe and edited by Tania El Khoury. Get in touch if you would like to buy an early-bird copy for the discounted price of $10.
Gratitude to the faculty, staff and community who supported our students in their original research and artistic conceptions.
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gratitude to the faculty, staff and community who supported our students in their original research and artistic conceptions.
Thank you to everyone who attended “State of Fracture,” the 2025 MA thesis exhibition in Human Rights and the Arts at Massena Campus, featuring written work, photography, video, sound, and multimedia installations as well as a lecture performance and a panel discussion.
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended “State of Fracture,” the 2025 MA thesis exhibition in Human Rights and the Arts at Massena Campus, featuring written work, photography, video, sound, and multimedia installations as well as a lecture performance and a panel discussion.
HRA class of 2027
April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
HRA class of 2027
Congratulations to the students:
Mona Benyamin
Mahmoud El Safadi
João Ferreira
Nadia Yracema
Lubnah
Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Omayma Sbeih
Selo
Mona Benyamin
Mahmoud El Safadi
João Ferreira
Nadia Yracema
Lubnah
Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Omayma Sbeih
Selo
April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to the students:
Mona Benyamin
Mahmoud El Safadi
João Ferreira
Nadia Yracema
Lubnah
Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Omayma Sbeih
Selo
Mona Benyamin
Mahmoud El Safadi
João Ferreira
Nadia Yracema
Lubnah
Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Omayma Sbeih
Selo
These works reflect their exploration of the potential of everyday objects and materials, especially discarded items to create narrative, build scenarios, and characters.
April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
These works reflect their exploration of the potential of everyday objects and materials, especially discarded items to create narrative, build scenarios, and characters.
Thanks to everyone who attended the Open Studios exhibition, where first-year MA students in Human Rights and the Arts showed work developed in their core art-making class taught by Robin Frohardt and Oscar Gardea.
April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended the Open Studios exhibition, where first-year MA students in Human Rights and the Arts showed work developed in their core art-making class taught by Robin Frohardt and Oscar Gardea.
“The Land, Not a Film by Youssef Chahine” by Leil Zahra Mortada
“Sacred War as the Russian National Idea” by Arina Pshenichnaya
“Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools” by Mauro Tosarelli
“A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography” by Nabil Salih (not pictured)
“Sacred War as the Russian National Idea” by Arina Pshenichnaya
“Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools” by Mauro Tosarelli
“A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography” by Nabil Salih (not pictured)
April 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“The Land, Not a Film by Youssef Chahine” by Leil Zahra Mortada
“Sacred War as the Russian National Idea” by Arina Pshenichnaya
“Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools” by Mauro Tosarelli
“A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography” by Nabil Salih (not pictured)
“Sacred War as the Russian National Idea” by Arina Pshenichnaya
“Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools” by Mauro Tosarelli
“A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography” by Nabil Salih (not pictured)