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…
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…
Nature of hope The 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) with the title Nature of Hope will take place from 29 June to 13 October 2024 and will include an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut, a public program and Botanical Monuments, green places in Rotterdam. Every two years, the IABR presents an…
We are overjoyed to share with you our part-trailer, part-after movie, which, we believe, so perfectly encapsulates the energy, the atmosphere, and the beautiful, colourful, diverse practices that together made up ICAF 2023. After premiering during MINI ICAF last month, the after movie is now available to view on our ICAF Platform. The film is part…
ICAF The Sound of Change is now available to purchase for €10 plus postage by contacting us directly at info@icafrotterdam.com The publication is both a continued reflection and expansion upon our 2023 festival theme “The Sound of Change”, as well as the many activities, conversations, and ideas that percolated from this theme during ICAF 2023. ICAF:…
We are delighted to announce that MINI ICAF will be taking place across the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 20 March, 2024, entirely free of charge. MINI-ICAF is a one-day event where we look back on the big ICAF festival of 2023 and look ahead to the next four years and the festival of March 2026.…
ICAF NWE MKRS is back…but with a twist ICAF NWE MKRS, our annual festival which connects, inspires, celebrates and gives stage to young community arts talent from the Netherlands will once again be taking place. Yet, this year, with a slight twist. At ICAF, we consider community arts to be an art discipline on its…
Wednesday 20 March – so save the date! We are delighted to announce that MINI ICAF will be taking place across the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 20 March, 2024, entirely free of charge. MINI-ICAF is a one-day event where we look back on the big ICAF festival of 2023 and look ahead to the next…
ICAF NWE MKRS is back…but with a twist ICAF NWE MKRS, our annual festival which connects, inspires, celebrates and gives stage to young community arts talent from the Netherlands will once again be taking place. Yet, this year, with a slight twist. At ICAF, we consider community arts to be an art discipline on its…
Our ICAF City Programme is hosted by Rotterdams Wijktheatre, you can view the full programme here. For the very first time in, ICAF will be presenting an accompanying City Programme to our Main Festival Programme, specifically curated for local Rotterdam and family audiences. Our City Programme shares the same ethos as our usual ICAF programming, celebrating local,…