What can we do?
Humanitarian crises usually impact citizens worst of all. Artists and arts professionals, too, are impacted.
Do you want to offer help or discuss plans of relief? Are you a newcomer to Flanders looking for a space to work, discuss, or find connections in the arts field? Are institutions obliged to show solidarity during these crises? What exactly does solidarity mean? How can we have an impact on the causes of these crises? And how can we deal with differences of opinion about the causes of conflict?
Weekly online meeting
Join our weekly online open discussions via Zoom (every Friday 9-10 AM CET) about offering help in times of crisis. The agenda is open, you can simply click and enter. The meetings are held in English.
Meeting ID: 861 2100 2982, Passcode: 55651
Click here to directly join the online Zoom meeting
Agenda
Together, we explore the role of art in times of crisis, such as war or discrimination. During each session, we will give the floor to voices from regions in crisis as a point of departure.
Friday 9.02: Jumana Al-Yasiri (researcher, writer, curator)Friday 16.02: Ouafa Belgacem (CEO Culture Funding Watch)Friday 23.02: Abdullah Alkafri (Directeur Ettijahat, Igor Stokfiszewski – (onderzoeker Krytyka Polityczna)Friday 01.03:Helena Nassif – directeur (Culture Resource) Rosa Spaliviero (Twenty Nine Studio)Friday 08.03: Fanny Bouquerel, Christiane Dabdoub Nasser – Roberto Cimetta FoundationFriday 15.03: Ophélie Mercier – UGent, research on artists in exileFriday 22.03: Basma ElHusseiny– director Action 4 Hope.Friday 29.03: tbcFriday 05.04:Sandra Raes OklobdzijaFriday 12.04.: Annelys de Vet – Belgium-based designer, researcher, and educator- Friday 19.05: Aadel Essaadani – Artist and art manager, is the executive director of Racines aisbl. Racines (‘Culture is the solution’), is an international non-profit association working for the integration of culture in public policies for human, social and economic development.
- Friday 26.04: Fatin Farhat – An independent cultural manager and advisor based in Ramallah; her professional engagements extend across the Arab region and beyond.
- Friday 03.05: Yazid Anani – Director of the public Programme Qattan Foundation
Are you an artist on the run?
Globe Aroma and Fameus (De Connectie) have developed a step-by-step plan on how to make cultural organisations more accessible to newcomers.
Questions? Proposals?
If you have questions or proposals, please send an e-mail to dirk@kunsten.be
