Ithaca City of Asylum
Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists since 2001
Category: Pedro Molina
Video now available for Ramírez-Molina conversation
“Truth, Lies, and Literature: Sergio Ramírez and Pedro X. Molina in Conversation” featured the Nicaraguan author and political figure in dialogue with the celebrated cartoonist and former ICOA artist-in-residence.
Read MoreProminent Nicaraguan dissidents to discuss literature, art, and power
Novelist Sergio Ramirez and cartoonist Pedro X. Molina will explore the power and limits of fiction and other forms of creative expression in an online event on Sunday, October 15, at 2 pm EDT.
Read MorePedro Molina wins Havel human rights prize
Molina, who came to Ithaca as a guest of ICOA in 2018, has been awarded the Human Rights Foundation’s Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent.
Read MoreSpring tidings (and good news!)
As attacks continue on writers, artists, journalists, and human rights defenders, we pause to celebrate the successes of our latest guests.
Read MoreExiled writers complete solidarity tour
Four writers who were forced to flee their home countries spent Banned Books Week on a three-city solidarity tour that included public presentations, meetings with students, social events, and other activities.
Read MoreSept. 23: DISSIDENCE: Exiled writers on resistance and risk
City of Asylum writers in residence in Ithaca, Pittsburgh, and Detroit will share their experiences in “DISSIDENCE: Exiled Writers on Resistance and Risk” on Friday, September 23, 7 p.m. at the Community School of Music and Arts. Timed for Banned Books Week, the event also celebrates ICOA’s 20th birthday.
Read MorePodcast features asylum cities movement
The latest episode of the Peace Talks Radio public radio show and podcast looks at the cities of asylum movement. ICOA board member Jonathan Miller interviews former ICOA artist-in-residence Pedro X. Molina, City of Asylum Pittsburgh co-founder Henry Reese, and International Cities of Refuge Network program director Elisabeth Dyvik.
Read MoreCartoons from the coronavirus crisis
Like most of us during this pandemic, artist-in-residence Pedro X. Molina has been homebound, but he has remained active, remotely teaching his Ithaca College honors course on political cartooning while continuing to publish images for outlets in Nicaragua and elsewhere. He…
Read MoreSolidarity in times of crisis
We send you greetings in this time of collective isolation. We hope that you are healthy, safe, and supported by family and friends. Like many of you, we have been asking ourselves what we can do to pitch in, both…
Read MorePedro’s IC talk is canceled
A public conversation between Pedro X. Molina, ICOA’s current artist-in-residence, and Tyrell Stewart-Harris, assistant professor of writing at Ithaca College, planned for March 25 at IC, has been canceled, along with the rest of the 2020 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival….
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