Artist at Risk Funding Initiative Meeting

Thursday 23 March
Venue, Passa Porta office, Rue Antoine Dansaert 46 1000 Brussels.
Ring at Passa Porta Office when in front of the doors

11:30-11:45
Welcome by Cato Litangen, Director Mimeta, and Helge Lunde, Executive Director, ICORN.
Introduction by Cato to MIMETA Artists at Risk Funding Initiative, expectations from meeting.
Run through agenda.
11:45-12:00
Get to know each other warm-up exercise.
12:00-13:00
Setting the scene for our conversation: who is working on the ground to provide protection to artists? What are their perspectives on the regional/local context for this type of work? What tools/models do they operate? What are the risks they face? What are the challenges? What kind of support do they need?
A facilitated panel discussion with:
Helena Nassif, Director, Culture Resource, Al Mawred Althaqafi
Faissal Kiwawa, Director, Bayimba
Sara Ishaq, Filmmaker/Coordinator, International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk management (ICFR)
Abdullah Al Kafri, Director, Ettijahat-Independant Culture
Khalid AlBaih, Visual artist/Political Cartoonist, ICORN
Facilitator: Laila Hourani, Program Director, MIMETA

13:00-13:30 Lunch (self-catered in the meeting room)
13:30-14:40
Round table informal presentations of funding participants perspectives/programs on artistic rights. (5 minutes each)
14:40-15:55
What can we do together? Feedback on Mimeta’s initiative. Recommendations for way forward. Agreeing a process for continuing the conversation into a plan of action.
15:55-16:00
Summary and closure