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CHRA Newsletter Spring 20025

Spring 2025 News & Public Programs

The Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College welcomes back its students and wider community to a new term of public programming from around the world, new publications, student creations, and faculty and staff art productions.

“Masterclass" at the Fisher Center this April

“Masterclass" at the Fisher Center this April

This award-winning Masterclass blends together the comic discourse of Adrienne Truscott with the dramaturgy of the internationally renowned theatre company Brokentalkers.

“The Search for Power” at the Hessel Museum this February.

“The Search for Power” at the Hessel Museum this February.

“The Search for Power” is an interactive sound installation and a live lecture performance featuring CHRA Program Directors Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish, presented by Fisher Center LAB and CCS Bard at the Hessel Museum this February.

"Leave the Community Alone" becomes seminar at the School of Making Thinking

"Leave the Community Alone" becomes seminar at the School of Making Thinking

Isabella Indolfi (HRA ‘23) will lead an online seminar, “Leave the Community Alone: Critical Perspectives on Community Art” through The School of Making Thinking.

Kinstillatory Fire

CHRA’s Tania El Khoury curates program at Abrons Art Center

CHRA’s director Tania El Khoury curated a program at Abrons Art Center, NYC, taking place Thursday, November 21 at 6 pm. The program is part of Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter series. 

CHRA Fall 2024 Newsletter

Fall 2024 News & Public Program

The Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College enters its fifth year with a new international cohort of MA students, a multidisciplinary public program, two book launches, and ongoing collaborations with activists, artists, and scholars from aro

Hand holding the book Talks on Human Rights & the Arts 2: The Lawlessness of Rights with autumn leaves in the background

CHRA Launches Second Book in Series

CHRA is delighted to announce Talks on Human Rights & the Arts 2: The Lawlessness of Rights is now available online and through Printed Matter, Inc. The book is the second volume of talks by activists, scholars, and artists from around the gl

Cassils Presents "Etched in Light" Co-Supported by CHRA

Cassils Presents "Etched in Light" Co-Supported by CHRA

Inspiring collaborations: March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility. This year in Washington DC, artist Cassils presented “Etched in Light.”  

Poster of Material as Witness Final Thesis presentations.

Human Rights and the Arts presents thesis exhibition: Material As Witness

CHRA presented works developed by students in the MA Program for Human Rights and the Arts. The thesis exhibition included art installations, performances, and a reading room, and reflects the culmination of students’ research and artistic prac

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  • Tania El Khoury's Cultural Exchange Rate in Under the Radar Festival
  • CHRA and Luma Foundation Organize Conference on Children's Drawings As Evidence
  • CHRA's Adrienne Truscott Shows Work at Sydney Opera House
  • Applications Open for 2024-2025 CHRA Fellowship
  • CHRA Fellow Argyro Nicolaou wins awards for new film project
  • Applications Open for 2024-2025 MA Program in Human Rights and the Arts
  • CHRA Announces Fall 2023 Public Program
  • Bard Receives $2,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation to Support Tania El Khoury
  • CHRA Announces 2023-24 Resident Fellowship Recipients
  • Al-Monitor article about MA graduate Adam HajYahia’s thesis project, Carnal Politics
  • CHRA Releases Inaugural Volume of New Publication Series
  • The Art Newspaper Highlights "Through the Ruins"
  • CHRA Launches First in Book Series
  • CHRA Director Tania El Khoury Receives 2023 Herb Alpert Award
  • Thesis Exhibition Spotlights Inaugural Class of MA in Human Rights and the Arts
  • CHRA's Adam HajYahia Curates Public Programs Series at The James Gallery in NYC
  • CHRA’s Tania El Khoury at Sharjah Biennial 15
  • CHRA Announces Spring 2023 Public Programs
  • CHRA's Tania El Khoury Featured in Spring 2023 Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
  • MA Students Visit Mass MoCA
  • CHRA’s Michelle Song Opens Two Shows in New York City to Kick Off 2023
  • First Year M.A. Students Present Tender Edges: Microfestival
  • CHRA’s Polina Malikin at the Scope Art Fair
  • Applications Open for 2023-2024 Human Rights and the Arts Resident Fellows
  • M.A. Students Visit The Met and MoMA PS1
  • Applications Open for 2023-2024 MA Program in Human Rights and the Arts
  • "Common Ground" Festival Opens
  • CHRA Director Tania El Khoury Curates Tashweesh Festival in Tunis, Brussels, and Vienna
  • M.A. Students Visit Eureka! Art Center and Residency in Kingston, NY
  • Margarita Kuchma Project Award Selects Winners
  • CHRA Announces Fall 2022 Public Programs
  • CHRA Team Member and Artist Adrienne Truscott Receives Fringe First Writing Award for “Masterclass”
  • CHRA Announces Its 2022-23 Residential Fellowship Recipients
  • CHRA’s MA Program Visits Fusebox Festival in Austin, TX
  • The Margarita Kuchma Project Award
  • CHRA Awards Grants to Twenty-Three OSUN Students & Faculty Members
  • CHRA Announces Spring 2022 Public Programs
  • Virtual Info Sessions for MA Application Process
  • Call for Proposals: OSUN Faculty Research Grants
  • The Entire First Season of CHRA Digital Commissions on View for the Remainder of the Summer
  • CHRA Announces its 2021-22 Fellowship Recipients
  • Tania El Khoury and Ziad M. Abu-Rish Interviewed by Hyperallergic
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