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…
As part of his graduation performance for the Maastricht Theatre Academy, Kai Slaghek, ICAF NWE MRK 2025/2026 is searching for the feeling of ‘home’. In his own experience, Kai believes he arrives at this feeling of ‘home’ faster than most people – making it difficult to leave the apartment whilst he is on vacation, becoming…
On Thursday November 27th, 2025 the International Community Art Festival (ICAF), cordially invite you to the second edition of the Community Art Zwolle Symposium, organised by the partners of Community Art Zwolle, in collaboration with ICAF. This symposium will focus on community art in practice. Inspiring examples from Zwolle will be shared, and together we…
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…
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.…
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…
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. …
We are hugely excited to share some very important new developments for ICAF, as a long-time goal of ours has just become a reality. As of the start of April 2025, ICAF is an independent foundation. What this means, is that our new independence will grant us the possibility and opportunity to continue to grow…