Ithaca City of Asylum
Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists since 2001
Category: The arts
Afghan filmmaker opens eyes and touches hearts during Ithaca visit
Filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, the first female chair of the Afghan Film Organization who fled when the Taliban seized power in 2021, spent three days in Ithaca as a guest of Ithaca City of Asylum.
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 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 MoreMusic crossing borders
Upon the signing of a January 2017 executive order preventing foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, “numerous musicians, ensembles, and organizations responded by showcasing art from precisely those places,” the New Yorker points out…
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