From the 13th to the 18th of December of this year the Theatre of the Oppressed Festival takes place in Rotterdam, and ICAF is proud to be associated with it.  The festival is organised by Formaat, a long time partner of ICAF. Formaat is Holland’s only professional TO organization and specializes in various forms of…

For the first time ever in the Netherlands, at the end of November a platform will be created for a new kind of choreography: inclusion dance.  This form of movement attempts to literally break through physical limitations by productively working with the creative capabilities of both abled and disabled bodies. To challenge traditional ideas about…

This November, BasketBeat returns to Rotterdam! As part of our last festival, Josep-Maria Aragay from Barcelona conducted a fascinating workshop of a method which he developed in his hometown to familiarize at-risk youth with the arts of music and dance. After ICAF we vouched to bring Josep back to Rotterdam, because we believe his link…

Last July, we started a brand new visual journey through the International Community Arts Festival 2014. Every month we are sharing chapters of the documentary film we made on the sixth edition of ICAF. Highlighting a different project each time, we hope you will travel along and enjoy the ride. On our Youtube channel you…

We are happy to announce that our dear friends Debajehmujig Storytellers from Canada are coming to Belgium this September!  Sering in Antwerp welcomes you to come listen to their tales based on the Anishnaabek worldview, which is something not to miss. Among other things, there will be a masterclass given by Joe Osawabine on the…

In the fall of this year, there are a couple of exciting events taking place that we’d like to update you on. As you might remember from our previous newsletter, ICAF director Eugene van Erven spoke at the bilingual, multidisciplinary Earagail Arts Festival in Ireland. Integrated in the festival was a two-day symposium on community…

In 2011, ICAF-5 opened with Ngapartji Ngapartji, a production by one of Australia’s leading arts and social change companies, Big hART. Big hART’s work seemed to extend far beyond the regular length and reach of community arts projects as we knew them, making the company unique in the international world of community art. It’s why…

On 2 April we launched our latest publication, ICAF in the Picture, and premiered a specially produced film documentary on our festival. The book, which contains the history of ICAF and an easily readable story of how community art has developed in different corners of the world, is illustrated with stunning photographs of award-winning photographer…

The full-length documentary of ICAF 2014 is here! Made by the gifted friends of We Stories To Be Told it captures last years festival in a way that we hope is a welcome visual souvenir for those who were there and an introduction for those unfamiliar with ICAF. The film tells of the ethos of…