Cultural Ecosystems at Risk: Global Insights from Local Challenges

Join us for an evening of art, performance, and dialogue!

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Organized by CEC ArtsLink and Culture & Arts Policy Institute
Hosted by Magnum Foundation
59 E 4th Street #7W, New York, NY 10003


Event Program

♦️  Panel discussion featuring Randi Berry, IndieSpace, NYC; Gonzalo Casals, Culture and Arts Policy Institute, NYC; Tamara Janashia, ArtsLink Fellow, Georgia; and Hnat Zabrodskyy, ArtsLink Fellow, Ukraine

♦️  Participatory project Shelter for Freedom with the artist Daria Pugachova, ArtsLink Fellow, Ukraine

♦️  Meet the ArtsLink International Fellows 2024


Update as of October 1: Space is limited, and we are almost at capacity. Please register asap. 

Cultural ecosystems play a crucial role in fostering community resilience, social cohesion, and economic growth. Recent challenges such as political marginalization, war, global health crises, and long-term disinvestment have exposed the fragility and limitations of the structures that support these ecosystems.

Join CEC Artslink and the Culture & Arts Policy Institute to explore bottom-up models of cultural governance and the values and practices needed to cultivate thriving cultural landscapes. From rebuilding Ukraine’s cultural infrastructure after the Russian full-scale invasion to countering political oppression and marginalization across the Caucasus and Central Asia, and fostering networks of safety and solidarity in New York City, this panel will define typologies for creating, expanding, and sustaining new cultural ecologies that are shaped by lived experience.  

The discussion will be facilitated by Gonzalo Casals, Co-Director of the Culture & Arts Policy Institute, and will feature Tamara Janashia, founder and director of the Culture and Management Lab (Georgia), Hnat Zabrodskyy, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Pavilion of Culture CF (Ukraine), and Randi Berry, Director of IndieSpace (U.S.).

MEET THE ARTSLINK INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS 2024

These exceptional artists, activists, curators, and arts leaders from Afghanistan, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Tajikistan are beginning their individual residencies across the US curated by CEC ArtsLink.

Lia Dostlieva, Ukraine
Hosted by Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA)

Karolina Grzywnowicz, Poland
Hosted by Watershed Art & Ecology (Chicago, IL) 

Tamara Janashia, Georgia
Hosted by Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL)

Yulia Krivich, Ukraine
Hosted by The Luminary (St. Louis, MO) 

Yuliya Makliuk, Ukraine
Hosted by University of Montana, School of Visual & Media Arts (Missoula, MT)

Daria Pugachova, Ukraine
Hosted by Blaffer Art Museum (Houston, TX) 

Yama Rahimi, Afghanistan
Hosted by Magnum Foundation (New York, NY)

Shuhrat Saidov, Tajikistan
Hosted by ATNSC: Center for Healing and Creative Leadership (Cleveland, OH)

Ioana Țurcan, Romania
Hosted by Second Shift Studio Space of Saint Paul (St. Paul, MN) 

Hnat Zabrodskyy, Ukraine
Hosted by Adam Horowitz (Albuquerque, NM)

Organized by CEC ArtsLink
CEC ArtsLink advocates and supports transnational cultural mobility and collaboration, empowering artists and arts leaders to engage communities in dialogue and creative projects for a more equitable, compassionate, and sustainable world. We resolutely embrace inclusivity, independent expression, human rights, and the development of civil societies.

Culture & Arts Policy Institute
Culture & Arts Policy Institute is an organization that addresses critical systemic challenges in New York’s Culture and Arts sector. These include sustainable cultural governance, equitable funding, and collaborative data practices. Our approach emphasizes data-driven research, strategic capacity building, and a commitment to open government principles: transparency, accountability, and participation. The institute serves as an observatory that provides policy and funding recommendations for public and private institutions and facilitates exchange and dialogue within and across sectors.

Hosted at Magnum Foundation
Magnum Foundation expands creativity and diversity in visual storytelling, activating new audiences and ideas through the innovative use of images. Through grants, mentorship, and creative collaborations, we partner with socially engaged imagemakers exploring new models for storytelling.

Accessibility
Magnum Foundation is in an elevator building and has a restroom that is wheelchair accessible and gender-neutral. 

Health Safety
Masks are currently encouraged, but not required. We may provide additional instructions ahead of the event. 

LOCATION

Magnum Foundation
59 E 4th St #7W
New York, NY 10003