ARTS FOR DIGNITY, JUSTICE AND PEACE
WE BELIEVE: Cultural rights are indivisible from human rights
Maryam’s art is a celebration of many of these diverse African cultures: starting with the civilization of Kush or the Funj, of the Pharaohs in addition to the Byzantines in North Africa, the Berber civilization to the pagan civilization and the heritage of all the religions that Africa and the Middle East were the cradle […]
read moreLaleh Sherkat is an acclaimed Iranian photographer and former photo journalist. She is renowned for being one of the first woman to document the Iran-Iraq war and the first to photograph female prisoners in Iran.
read moreThe launch of the Fribourg Declaration on Cultural Rights was held May 7, 2007 at the University of Fribourg and May 8, 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The text was presented by the Observatory of Diversity and Cultural Rights (which headquarters are at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Ethnics and Human Rights at […]
read moreThe Culture Collective is a Scottish Government pilot programme which has established a network of creative practitioners, organisations and communities, working together to create a positive difference locally and nationally in response to COVID-19. Have a look at the other projects that are involved below: culturecollective.scot
read moreRobert Rae is the project’s embedded artist. As the embedded artist Robert is not creating his own work but utilising his skills as a socially engaged theatre practitioner, film director and writer to devise an exploratory route to unpick and rethink what cultural rights mean in Scotland.
read moreGhazi is a poet and a teacher who has taught Arabic poetry and calligraphy for many years. He studied philosophy and Arabic grammar and went on to teach a range of different age groups and abilities in schools and universities.
read moreShatha Altowai شذى التوي is a Yemeni artist based in Edinburgh, UK. She is an Artist-in-Residence at Art27scotland where she works on a socially-engaged art practice within the Southside of Edinburgh. Shatha has been creating art since 2014. She has presented at several art galleries in Yemen and beyond, and has won multiple awards for […]
read moreElaine Cheng 鄭依玲 (she/her) is a composer/sound artist from Edinburgh, Scotland and from Hong Kong descent. Her practice is currently based around producing drone music from analog and modular synthesisers and has come from a compositional background in electroacoustic music. As Artist in Residence with Art27scotland, Elaine has utilised free improvisation as a compositional tool […]
read moreRobert Motyka (he/him) is a projection artist and video maker, lecturer, and human rights activist supporting migrants’ rights and the Polish LGBT+ community.
read moreMARTA ADAMOWICZ is a visual and sound artist and illustrator of Polish origin, based in Glasgow, dealing mainly with social issues. Her artwork has been a part of many, prestigious festivals and exhibitions in Scotland and London.
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