Artas Foundation

Artas Foundation (artasfoundation), the Swiss Foundation for Art in Regions of Conflict is an independent, impartial operational organisation. Funded by donations from members of civil society, it was established in the year 2011. Its headquarter is in Zurich. artasfoundation initiates it’s own art projects and accompanies their realization. It works to establish a centre of competence for the research and discussion of arts in context of conflict mediation, peace building and international cooperation. Together with the Zurich University of the Arts ( Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK) artasfoundation organizes the postgraduate program "Arts and International Cooperation" (CAS). artasfoundation is recognised in Switzerland as a charitable trust and is governed by the Swiss Federal Supervisory Board of Foundations.

Aims[edit]

To establish in Switzerland a centre of competence for art in the context of conflict mediation and peace building.
To initiate art projects in affected regions in the aftermath of wars in processes of reconstruction and democratisation.
To support ongoing diplomatic peace-building mediation by independent national or private institutions with specific artistic initiatives at various levels of society.
To conduct research and analyse the existing examples and methods of art within the context of conflict mediation and peace building and to apply this research to new initiatives.
To set up international networks between individual initiatives for art in the context of conflict mediation and peace building and to encourage the exchange of experiences.

Activities[edit]

artasfoundation is an operating foundation that is financed by grants and private contributions and that initiates its own projects. (It is not an awarding foundation and does not process unsollicited applications for support from other parties). Thereby it is active in three different fields:

Art and Reconstruction[edit]

artasfoundation initiates and organises art projects in regions that have experienced wars or other violent conflicts. They can take the form of concerts, dance or theatre performances, workshops, exhibitions, film projections in towns, villages or refugee camps. These initiatives are carried out in close collaboration with humanitarian organisations that are active in the conflict regions. Their effect should be to durably empower the local artistic actors. The treatment of traumas through medical art-therapeutic means and the long-term operation of cultural centres are not among the foundation’s tasks.

Art and Mediation[edit]

artasfoundation explores forms of a supportive accompaniment of diplomatic efforts in international or national peace initiatives or mediation processes through artistic expertise. These may be addressed to different participants, such as the peace delegations of the conflicting parties, significant opinion-makers or the general public. Depending on the particular phase of negotiations, the art interventions will be carried out in close collaboration with the intermediaries or meditation teams.

Research and Networking[edit]

artasfoundation accompanies its own projects with an ongoing reflection and studies and analyses the art initiatives other organisations conduct in the context of conflict mediation and peace building. The goal is to make existing experience accessible and bring the interested actors into contact with each other.

External links[edit]

artasfoundation
- Art in Peace-Building: Working with Paradoxes, 2015

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