Please join us for a webinar on Friday, September 26 at 12pm ET with Zoé Samduzi titled “Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko. The talk will be moderated by Folarin Ajibade. Registration link is in bio.

This year, CHRA sponsored two publications: "The Alarm Phone Scrapbook," and "Ecotono: revoluciones silenciosas." As always, our publications are available to read on our website for free. chra.bard.edu/publications/

Best wishes to our alumni students! As some begin PhDs, others have been continuing humanitarian and non-profit work, producing art and performing throughout the tri-state area, or otherwise enriching the crossroads between art and activism in their own pursuits. We wish them all the very best!

In an essay for the @nytimes.com series “Finding Beauty,” Bard Prison Initiative student Robert Lee Williams wrote about his bittersweet relationship to trees during his incarceration.

Art Curator and Scholar Zoè Samudzi offers a reflection on the ethnopolitical and historical implications of “Sibathontisele” (2010-present), a series of paintings by Zimbabwean artist and genocide survivor Owen Maseko. Friday, September 26 at 12pm ET online. chra.bard.edu/event/sibath...

Congratulations to our Class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts. 🧿❤️ Felicitations to Sariyah Abuzant, Sarah Al-Yahya, Amr Amer, Elinor Arden, Pyae Phyo Aung, Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Leil Zahra Mortada, Arina Pshenichnaya, Nabil Salih, and Mauro Tosarelli.

Last night we celebrated the class of 2025 MA in Human Rights & the Arts in a dinner and dance party at Massena Campus where their thesis exhibition took place. Tomorrow, they walk across the commencement stage.

Fresh off the press: “Common Ground,” the third volume of Talks on Human Rights and the Arts by artists, activists, and scholars from around the globe and edited by Tania El Khoury. Get in touch if you would like to buy an early-bird copy for the discounted price of $10.

Thank you to everyone who attended “State of Fracture,” the 2025 MA thesis exhibition in Human Rights and the Arts at Massena Campus, featuring written work, photography, video, sound, and multimedia installations as well as a lecture performance and a panel discussion.

Thanks to everyone who attended the Open Studios exhibition, where first-year MA students in Human Rights and the Arts showed work developed in their core art-making class taught by Robin Frohardt and Oscar Gardea.

Friday, April 25 will mark the launch of “State of Fracture,” a thesis exhibition by the MA class of 2025. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works. Join us for an opening reception with food for purchase from Samosa Shack beginning at 4pm.

The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce “The State of Fracture,” the thesis exhibition for the MA class of 2025. The exhibition will be open to the public daily April 25-May 4 from 3:00-7:30pm at Massena Campus.

First-year MA students at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts present works in progress developed in class, led by artists Robin Frohardt and Oscar Gardea.

In this talk, Hawai’i artist and building practitioner Sean Connelly of After Oceanic shares critical and projective work around creating “architecture for ‘āina”. Tuesday, April 8, 6-7:30pm in Weis Cinema, Bard College.

Thursday, March 27 @ 7:30pm, in Ottaway Theater, Avery Arts Center. The screening will be followed by a precorded Q&A with Director Rashid Masharawi.

Updated location for today’s event. “Cliff Notes from an Anti-Zionist Jew” will be today at 6pm in Resnick Studio, Fisher Center (2nd floor).

“'Masterclass,' the product of this serendipitous partnership between the self-described 'fed-up feminist' and 'all-around good guy,' is another skewering of the patriarchal performing world and, in turn, the greater world around it."

Don't miss your chance to learn from the master. 🖊️ 🎭 Limited engagement! Brokentalkers & Adrienne Truscott's Masterclass runs at the Fisher Center from April 3–6 only. 🔗 bit.ly/masterclass-bard

“Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah” is a book published by Wendy’s Subway, edited by Morgan Bassichis, Jay Saper, and Rachel Valinsky. Questions include but are not limited to “What even is a Bat Mitzvah?” “I’m queer/nonbinary/secular/old/not even Jewish—are Bat Mitzvahs for me?”

Join comedic performer Morgan Bassichis for their public talk, “Comedy for Organizers: Cliff Notes from an Anti-Zionist Jew” on Wednesday, March 26, 6pm Studio North, Fisher Center. Co-Sponsored by Theater and Performance, Studio Arts, and Middle Eastern Studies.

Masterclass is coming to the Fisher Center April 3-6. Purchase tickets at link in bio. Photos by Ste Murray.

Amar Kanwar is giving a webinar presentation, "The Scene of Crime" starting soon at 12pm-1:30pm ET chra.bard.edu/event/amar-k...

Join curator Juliana Steiner for a book launch and discussion on Monday, March 10, 6:00-7:30pm in Barringer Global Classroom. Co-Sponsored by Rethinking Place & Experimental Humanities.

Amar Kanwar’s films and multi-media works explore the politics of power, violence, and justice. His multi-layered installations originate in narratives often drawn from zones of conflict and are characterized by a unique poetic approach to the personal, social, and political.

The Spring 2025 newsletter is out now. Sign up on the CHRA homepage to receive semesterly updates about the public program and news about faculty and student art productions. To view the current newsletter, see the link in bio.

Announcing our Spring 2025 Public Program. Save the dates and follow for more information about each event.