We met Amparo through the Residencies in Utrecht (RiU) programme, an initiative to connect inspiring international artists with many different social, educational and cultural layers in that Dutch city. A few years back she had come to the Netherlands as part of a touring dance production featuring at-risk youth from Buenos Aires connected to the “Danza/…
It is with deep sadness that we learned that our good friend, colleague, photographer and community arts organizer Kevin Ryan passed away on 22 April 2020. Most recently, we had the incredible privilege of closely working with Kev on the photo book The Way We Move…, which documented our 2017 festival. It contains many powerful…
The IMPACT group, which was also going to be present at ICAF-8 with several activities, invites you to participate in an online virtual Learning Exchange on the topic of Arts, Culture and Conflict Transformation (ACCT). This Learning Exchange is co-convened by Artasfoundation, Crear Vale la Pena (CVLP), Free Culture Invisible, Fundación Cambio Democrático (FCD), Humanity United(HU), International Community Arts Festival (ICAF), Imagining Together: Platform for Arts,…
We found Segun Adefila (pronounce: Shay Goon), as happens so often within the ICAF network, in a serendipitous way. A colleague in Trinidad who had studied in Nigeria connected us with some theatre professors there and they, in turn, pointed us to Segun. We then had a few Skype conversations with Segun and suddenly, out of…
The acronym K&A stands for Karla Isidorou and Alexandra Bellon, two gentle, playful community-minded artists with complex cultural roots based in Geneva, Switzerland. They have been trained in music, theatre and visual arts and have been creating amazing participatory projects in different parts of the world . In these, they always find new ways for people…
ICAF NEWS: Dançando com a diferença and Theaterwerkplaats Tiuri Between 22 and 26 May 2019, Anamaria Cruz and Eugene van Erven visited the Portuguese island of Madeira on the invitation of inclusive dance company Dançando com a diferença [‘Dancing with a difference’]. In the capital Funchal, they attended the world premiere of ‘SAFE’, a multimedia dance…
Dear friends and colleagues. As you know, the Corona virus has also reached The Netherlands. As ICAF we are monitoring the news about the virus closely and have been in contact with the Dutch National Institute for Public Health. They do not give negative advise about organising the festival. For the time being we do…
TEATRO LINEA DE SOMBRA (MEXICO) Live performance on Friday night and workshop on Saturday About the CompanyTLS is an internationally renowned performance collective founded in 1993 in Mexico City. It is composed of visual artists, musicians, actors, film makers and scholars. Their work is characterised by deep social engagement and meticulous research in their development…
THE ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON (USA) Workshops on Thursday and Friday The statistics are well known. Today in the United States there are 2.2 million people who are currently incarcerated. 6.2 million on parole and probations, 64 million people who have criminal records affecting their ability to find housing, receive food stamps,…
Corporación Humor y Vida [‘humor and life’] is composed of women artists from Ecuador and Colombia. They work on the contested borderlands between their two countries, an area frequently used for illegal crossings, also by guerrilla fighters. Humor y Vida will first conduct a workshop in which they interactively share their community work and arts…