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…
Closure. Justice. Amid a magical landscape of violence and memory, these refugee actors try to find ways to deal with the past and build an ever-elusive future, here, in the present. Meer informatie Goodbye Macondo/ Adiós Macondo is a visual political theatre play created by Nicaraguan refugee theatre group Lleca Teatro. Located in the fictional Macondo,…
The Vein presents… Dance through the Neighbourhood Learn more about the art and power of dancing together. A presentation with everything about De Ader, the growing community in Breda South West, the collaborations and the challenges if you don’t understand each other. But we also show how we explore the neighborhood. About the transformation from…
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…
Zaterdag 18 mei presenteert De Figuranten CALLING YOU / Mary Shelley’s Nightmare in CC De Steiger in Menen. In Calling You doen de personages een appèl op hun schepper en vragen om liefde. Wordt er gehoor gegeven aan de oproep? Wat gebeurt er als dat niet zo is? Worden we dan allemaal een monster of…
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…