Dublin Arts & Human Rights Festival 2022

In Solidarity: A Celebration of Human Rights

Friday 14 – Sunday 23 October 2022

“In a world where human rights continue to be under attack, Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival sets out to celebrate the people who have stood up for them around the world and throughout history, and highlight the role artists can play in promoting a more just society.”

– Kevin Courtney, Irish Times

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders, and a range of partners, present the fourth annual, international Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival from the 14 to 23 October 2022 featuring exciting and innovative events which promote equality, human rights and diversity through the arts. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. The theme of the 2022 festival is ‘In Solidarity: A Celebration of Human Rights’, celebrating community connections and a world where all people are treated equal with dignity and respect. 

The artistic curator for the festival is Mary Moynihan, Artistic Director, Smashing Times and the human rights curator is Laura O’Leary, International Events and Promotions Coordinator, Front Line Defenders. The festival is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and is a hybrid programme delivered over 10 days and hosts an exciting blend of over 80 events happening in-person and online, featuring Irish and and international artists and guest speakers, reaching audiences locally, nationally, and internationally. There is something for everyone interested in the arts for equality, human rights and diversity. 

The festival promotes human rights and justice for all, and the vision of a world where all people are treated equally, with dignity and respect – linking the arts to civil society, active citizenship and politics. The extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, and the role of the arts in promoting human rights will be showcased and highlighted at the festival, aiming to celebrate and unite community connections, artists, human rights organisations and human rights defenders.

Join us to illuminate stories of courage and inspiration and to share stories of ordinary people who stand up for human rights. We bear witness to, and remember the past, explore the present and celebrate the future linked to equality, human rights and diversity for all.

Partners: The Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival is an annual, international festival organised by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders, a Dublin based international organisation working to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk, in partnership with Amnesty International, Fighting Words, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, National Women’s Council of Ireland, Trócaire, Poetry Ireland, and Irish PEN. Creative partners include Irish Modern Dance Theatre, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum, Art Nomads, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin Castle, Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre; and UNESCO Dublin City of Literature. Partners for the flagship event, the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition, are Smashing Times, Ulster University, the Transformative Memory International Network, the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network, University of British Columbia, Healing Through Remembering, Conflict Textiles, Justice and Reconciliation Project, Uganda and National Museums NI.

Supporters: The festival is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland; Erasmus+; Europe for Citizens; Foras na Gaeilge; Concern; Irish Aid WorldWise Global Schools; Reconciliation Fund, Department of Foreign Affairs; Dublin Northwest Partnership; HSE National Lottery Funding; Clár Innovation Measure, Department of Rural and Community Development; Aviva Stadium Grant; NEIC Initiative; Irish Research Council New Foundations; Rethink Ireland; Dormant Accounts Pobal Kickstart; Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Ireland; Mental Health Ireland; Creative Europe and the European Commission.

As Human Rights throughout the world continue to be under attack, the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival launches over 80 events throughout Ireland, happening in-person and online, celebrating the people who promote the rights of citizens from all countries and all walks of life.

 

Festival Programme 2022

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