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We are happy to share the announcement of the film screening curated by our former Back Apartment resident artist and filmmaker Cynthia Madansky! In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, the Forum for Cultural Engagement, the United States Embassy and the American Center will launch Frame Work, a six-part, screening series featuring short films by Russian and American women filmmakers with a post-screening discussion facilitated by a moderator with the tw...o filmmakers. The screenings present unique pairings of films by Russian and American women filmmakers showcasing diverse narrative, experimental, documentary and animation films. The moderators facilitating the discussion with the filmmakers include film scholars, writers and critics and literary scholars. Screenings are happening each Monday from March 8 till April 12, 2021 at 6 pm-7:30 pm Moscow Time (Russia) / 10:00 am-11:30 am New York Time (USA).

A great opportunity for musicians from 44 countries from our friends and colleagues at OneBeat! Applications are due March 10 for OneBeat Virtual Fellowships. Fellows will create original work, participate in masterclasses, open-studios, lead online workshops, present a series of streamed performances and presentations for the public, develop community oriented initiatives and more. Fellows will receive a $1,500 USD honorarium and a per diem for the online work sessions, which will run in two sections over eight weeks (summer and fall). Small technical subsidies for Fellows (for connectivity and data) will be provided on an as-needed basis. https://onebeat2021.fsn-apply.org/ #OneBeat #transnationalculturalmobility #contemporarymusic

We are very excited about tomorrow’s Bang on a Can Marathon which opens with a new composition by our colleague and friend Jakhongir Shukur performed by the amazing Robert Black. It is inspiring to see the results of this longtime collaboration, which began with concerts by BoAC in Uzbekistan many years ago.

This moving tribute to the late Jerzy Boyk (1941-2019), a legend of contemporary Krakow’s jazz scene, was created by Yoanna Ayers, a singer, musician and an ArtsLink International Fellow 2020. Mr. Boyk spent many years in a wheelchair. He became an idol for many people with disabilities, giving them joy and encouragement. The lyrics and visuals of the music video refer to a dreamlike world of stories and drawings by Bruno Schulz, the Polish-Jewish writer and artist who tragically died during the World War II. The animations were drawn by the young artist from Belarus, Maria Yakimovich. This project is an expression of support to the elderly and to the people with disabilities whose lives have been especially affected by the pandemic.

Watch this inspiring conversation with Belarusian curators Aleksei Borisionok and Anna Chistoserdova and Latvian curator Inga Lace highlighting the importance of resistance, self-organization and care, local and international networks, and archival practices (published at the post platform of MoMA). Anna and Inga are alumni of CEC ArtsLink programs. #ArtProspect #CecArtsLink #transnationalculturalmobility #artslinkfellows #artistnetwork

Application Deadline for International Residencies for US Artists and Curators extended to March 1, 2021 - more info here https://mailchi.mp//deadline-extension-open-call-internati #ArtProspect #BackApartmentResidency #SocialPractice #ArtistResidency #CecArtsLink

Reminder: Application deadline for international residencies for US artists and curators is February 15. We invite US artists and curators to apply for Art Prospect Residency and Back Apartment Residency, with a focus on social and community engagement. - https://mailchi.mp//reminder-open-call-international-resid Image: Fedor Hiroshige, I CAN FEEL THE DISTANCE (St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Ivan Karpov. #ArtProspect #BackApartmentResidency #SocialPractice #ArtistResidency #CecArtsLink

Our colleague Lizaveta Matveeva curated an amazing selection of young Russian female artists for The Calvert Journal. Check out this inspiring group!

This post by Ekaterinburg artist and CEC ArtsLink project alum Tima Radya ominously and poignantly captures the situation today in Russia. Observing his recent... street art work on the day of nationwide protests in Russia, Radya wrote: It is always interesting to observe how work lives in the city, how context changes the sounds of a statement. There are unexpected, strange, stupid and funny coincidences, but this time reality surpassed all expectations. The photo shows protesters on the ice of a city pond retreating from the square surrounded by riot police. Ekaterinburg, 31 January 2021. Photo by Victoria Khaliullina. The text of Tima Radya’s work reads: Who are we, where are we from, where are we going?" See more

OPEN CALL - International Residencies for US Artists and Curators in 2021! CEC ArtsLink announces two opportunities for US artists and curators to participate in international residencies with a focus on social and community engagement. The Art Prospect Network Residencies: a new transnational exchange opportunity for US artists and curators in the Art Prospect Network countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukra...ine, and Uzbekistan. More info here https://bit.ly/35JvCm5. The ArtsLink Back Apartment Residency: an opportunity for US artists and curators to conduct research, create new work, collaborate with the local arts community, and create special projects in St. Petersburg, Russia. More info here https://bit.ly/3oRI76W. Image: Detailed Food Map, a project by #HeidiHanninen, Finland, at the Art Prospect Festival 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia. #ArtsResidencies #ArtProspect #BackApartment #CulturalMobility #CecArtsLink #artistresidency #transnationalCulturalMobility

Dorine Mokha (1989-2021) Choreographer, dancer, author It is with immense sadness that we share the news of Dorine’s passing on January 8, 2021 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo following a short illness. Dorine’s poignant and inspiring video letter (https://vimeo.com/500090787) was featured in the ‘Letters from the Continent’ film produced by Studios Kabako that we streamed online as part of the ArtsLink Assembly 2020 in November. The subsequent livestreamed conve...rsation with colleagues showed his calm, reflective and resolute approach to his work and his life, particularly in the current pandemic context. Dorine created dance, theater and music, wrote for magazines and catalogs, and was very active in supporting and advocating for his community. Virginie Dupray of Studios Kabako posted a letter to Dorine this weekend which she concluded: There was this energy, this intense appetite for words, sounds, images, films, meetings, recognition, but also your unwavering support to other fellow travelers, poets, acrobats, your generosity, your extreme delicacy. Dorine, in your last message two days ago, there were still so many projects, meetings, directions... I'll let you browse them alone, you will tell me ... " (Dorine's portrait is by Art Mustache) #DorineMokha #LettersFromTheContinent #StudiosKabako #PerformingArtsCongo

Application deadline is just 10 days away (November 30th) for artists, arts leaders and curators from all arts disciplines from 37 eligible countries to apply for the ArtsLink International Fellowships 2021. The multi-year Fellowships are framed by the creative process, artistic intention, and an active commitment to community engagement and dialogue. The initial six-week Residencies will take place in autumn 2021. More details here - https://mailchi.mp//application-deadline-coming-up-on-nove #ArtsLinkFellowships #ArtistResidencies

We are glad to share a video recording from the recent discussion "Beyond distance: how art residencies are migrating online", where our Back Apartment Residency coordinator Lizaveta Matveeva shared our experience of running a residency program while the borders are closed and people are not able to come. Participants of the discussion were: Eliza Roberts, Executive director of Res Artis Kristina Gorlanova, Head of the National Center of Contemporary Art in Ural... Lizaveta Matveeva, Curator at the CEC ArtsLink Back Apartment residency in St. Petersburg Adel Kim, Curator at Vladivostok Branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery, co-founder of the Association of Artistic Residencies of Russia and editor of the AiR of Russia platform. The event was moderated by Anastasia Patsey, director of the St. Petersburg Art Residency Greeting word by Dr. Günther Hasenkamp, Director of the Goethe-Insitut in St. Petersburg We are thanking Anastasia Patsey for initiating and organizing such an important conversation!

"The future isn’t the crisis. The crisis is what we have just come from", said Peter Sellars at the ArtsLink Assembly 2020: Radical Hospitality. This convening featured 60 artists and cultural leaders exploring what is possible in this extraordinary moment in our history with a pandemic, over 1 billion people displaced, and increasing geo-political tensions that strike at the very heart of our global community. The artists showed what openness, curiosity, and radical hospit...ality can achieve, when there is real care about connecting with and supporting each other. We are heartened that over 2,000 viewers joined us live for the ArtsLink Assembly from 38 countries and across 36 US states. If you didn’t have a chance to tune in for livestreams, you can watch the insightful, nuanced and deeply humane conversations on our website https://bit.ly/2KpeVor. Full message here https://mailchi.mp/.../artists-shape-the-post-pandemic... See more

Frontline of Creative Resistance Workshops from our friends in Palestine - sign up for the workshop series taught by artists from The Freedom Theatre. Political Theatre and Movement Building on November 20 and Comedy under Fire (Literally) on November 23. Details and registration are here https://bit.ly/3npoC4u #PoliticalTheater #resistanceworkshops #thefreedomtheatre

CEC ArtsLink Assembly 2020: Get more information: https://howlround.com//livestreaming-artslink-assembly-rad

Live now! Join us for the discussion and webinar ArtsLink Assembly 2020: Networking the Networks with @Selma Banich, artist/activist, Croatia; @Nova Benway, Executive Director of Triangle Arts Association, NYC; @ @Virginie Dupray, author and producer, Portugal / Democratic Republic of Congo; @Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Djumaliev, artists, Kyrgyzstan; @Susan Katz, Program Director at CEC ArtsLink; @Jenny Marketou, artist and activist, USA / Greece; @Noura Murad, Founder and Artistic Director, Leish Troupe, Syria; and @Elena Tupyseva, Director of the theatre Ballet Moscow, Russia. #artslinkassembly #artistresidencies #artistnetwork

Segal Talks: Thursday 5 November with Simon Dove and Megha Ralapati.

Bertolt Brecht once wrote, "New times need new forms of theatre." How does curating, producing and presenting theatre and performance in the Time of Corona work? Our Executive Director Simon Dove joins Segal Center’s Director Frank Hentschker and curator, writer and arts manager Megha Ralapati for a livestream conversation on Thursday, November 5, 2020, 12 noon EST. Do tune in here http://www.cecartslink.org/index.html#stream! #SegalTalks

Reminder! Registration for ArtsLink Assembly 2020: No Borders/Post-Nationalism livestream webinars on November 5 and 6 is closing soon. Join us during this US election week of ArtsLink Assembly as we explore the radical hospitality project that citizens, artists, activists and philosophers are evolving around the ideas of a post-national world. - https://mailchi.mp//reminder-artslink-assembly-2020-no-bor

No Borders / Post-Nationalism Thursday, November 5, 3 - 4.15 pm EST, livestream Nandita Sharma, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, in conversation with Tania Bruguera, artist/activist from Cuba/NYC.... Friday, November 6, 3 - 4.30 pm EST, livestream and webinar Thomas Nail, philosopher at the University of Denver, Nandita Sharma, and Alex Sager, Professor of Philosophy at the Portland State University discuss the ‘No Borders’ principle and the ethics of migration. With live Q&A.

Join us for the US election week of ArtsLink Assembly 2020: No Borders/Post-Nationalism. What would it mean to abolish all borders and move towards a globally connected world that is not framed by nation states or geography? Together with the artist Tania Bruguera and authors/thinkers Thomas Nail, Nandita Sharma and Alex Sager, we explore the radical hospitality project that artists, activists and philosophers are evolving around the ideas of a post-national world. - https://mailchi.mp/cecart/artslink-assembly-2020-no-borders

And more from the indomitable Dan Perjovschi, an ArtsLink Fellow from long ago! (Virus Diary, Moron, 2020)

"One thing is beautiful about our continent is that we have always embraced what's coming our way and turned it into something else. I trust that whatever's coming our way today, we'll embrace it and make it ours", said Faustin Linyekula, choreographer/organizer from Congo, during his conversation with young artists across Africa Dorine Mokha, Congo; Qondiswa James, South Africa; Samwel Japhet, Tanzania, and Ambrose Idemudia Joshua, Nigeria. Thank you for the insightful discussion on how artists transform and adapt their practices during the pandemic! There is still a few hours to register for Faustin's conversation with Peter Sellars tomorrow at noon, with live Q&A - https://bit.ly/31VumKW