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ICAF 2026 – A Programme in the Making 

Since receiving a historic number of Open Call applications in January of this year, the ICAF team have been busy reviewing and responding to the exceptional list of people and projects who have applied, and puzzling together the programme for the International Community Arts Festival 2026 (our 10th Edition!)  We are now deep in the…

Introducing ICAF NWE MKR Sophie Polhuis

Sophie is our newest ICAF NWE MKR. She began her trajectory with ICAF in April this year and will be working closely with ICAF and Rotterdams Wijktheater towards the presentation of her performance later this year.  After several years of working in healthcare in various settings, Sophie felt it was time for a moment of reflection.…

ICAF’s First In-Person Hub Event: ICAF Hub Singapore ‘The Gathering’ 

June was an exceptionally busy travel month for ICAF, as the core team – Jasmina, Anamaria and Amy – travelled to Singapore for eight days to celebrate and attend our first ever international hub gathering event: ICAF Hub Singapore ‘The Gathering’.   We had a momentous time at The Gathering, attending lectures, workshops, special interest circles…

ICAF Participates in Academy of the Desejar festival in Braga, Portugal 

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. …

ICAF 2026 Open Call is now LIVE

A Note on Language: *English-language version is directly below*La versión en español se encuentra a continuación de la versión en inglés.*Voor de Nederlandse taal kunt u overschakelen naar de Nederlandse versie van het platform (EN) Our Open Call for ICAF 2026 is HERE! The International Community Arts Festival will take place again in Rotterdam, in…

ICAF New Maker Abdallah Omar Mahamed wins Jacques de Leeuw Prize 

Abdallah, ICAF new maker 2023/2024, has recently won the Jacques de Leeuw Prize, an annual award for young talents from the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg.   This unique prize is intended to give talented artists the opportunity to further develop themselves after their studies  The jury stated: “Just do it, get to…

ICAF receives positive funding advice for the next four years! 

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…

Theatre in place of war: podcast episode with James Thomspon

For Culture of Possibility #40, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre at the University of Manchester, who facilitated a lecture series as part of ICAF 2023. James Thompson was the founder In Place of War, a project researching and developing arts programs in war zones and has…

BRZ’NKO ŠTROÏ International Zinnode for the Zinneke Parade 2024

Take a first look at the Zinneke Parade, taking place on the 1st of June. Zinneke Parade are inviting eight organisations from outside Brussels and Belgium for an international Zinnode. Together with participants from Paris, Edinburgh, Prague, Roztoky, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Leuven and La Louvière, they will form the collective BRZ’NKO ŠTROÏ. A motley crew of…