During the opening of ICAF 2026, Artistic Director Jasmina Ibrahimovic spoke about the power of participatory arts, care, and connection. As many visitors asked whether the speech would be made available after the festival, we are pleased to share the full text below. Good evening, It took me a while to understand what I wanted…
We are proud to share that TAKE CARE – Gesti di Cura · Gebaren van Zorg · Gestos de Cuidado – has been selected for funding through the European Union’s Creative Europe programme. TAKE CARE is an international cooperation project that brings together cultural organisations and artists from across Europe to explore artistic, social and…
We are incredibly excited to announce that Early Bird tickets for ICAF 2026 are now officially on sale. Our Early Bird ticket offering will be available from today until Friday January 30, 2026. To secure your ticket for the festival please send an e-mail to: info@icafrotterdam.com There are several types of ticket available for ICAF…
ICAF NWE MKRS Part 2 event will be taking place on Thursday 30th October* from 19-22h at Podium Islemunda, Rotterdam. NWE MKRS is an annual event that connects, inspires, celebrates and gives a stage to young community arts talents from the Netherlands. For 2025 we are delighted to have Sophie Polhuis as our ICAF NWE…
Last month, ICAF travelled to Portugal to take part in a dialogue on participatory and community art practices. As part of the Portuguese Capital of Culture 2025 we spent two days at the Academy of the Desejar festival to question and reinvent the relationships between those who create and those who engage with artistic practices. …
Re-Conectando, in alliance with ECCO, invites you to be part of the Mycelium of the Soul, a global call to those who, from diverse paths, recognize the healing of collective trauma and the co-creation of regenerative cultures as essential tasks to address the polycrisis facing our planet. This gathering arises from over seven years of experience…
YOU ARE INVITED TO ICAF 2026 TAKING PLACE FROM WEDNESDAY 25-SUNDAY 29 mARCH, 2026 The International Community Arts Festival will be back and take place again in Rotterdam, in March 2026. Mark your calendars and start arranging your travel for Wednesday 25-Sunday 29 March, 2026! For this Edition of the Festival (our 10th Edition!) we…
Become part of the new team of board members at take a part, uk Take a Part, the UK’s leading socially engaged art (SEA) organisation, dedicated to supporting, furthering and sustaining SEA practice, community co-creation and community embedding placemaking in the UK, are seeking to expand their board. Take a Part are clear, robust, and dynamic in…
In this online seminar series, Community Theatre practitioners from around the world have been telling their stories, and participants have been learning lessons from across our borders. For this seminar, attendees will hear from two practitioners who are migrants themselves, and now work predominantly with other migrants. Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope…
With immense joy, excitement and pleasure we thank Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie for assessing ICAF’s application positively and deciding to continue supporting us, our vision and activities for the coming four years. What this means is all of the plans we’ve been cooking up including our next ICAF Festival taking place in March 2026, new makers…