Writer in Residence, 2023 Sahraa Karimi is a film director, scriptwriter and university Lecturer from Afghanistan. She belongs to the second generation of Afghan migrants in Iran. In December 2001, when she was 17 years old, she immigrated to the Slovak Republic. Sahraa studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Film and TV in […]
Musician in Residence, 2022-2023 Ahmad Fanoos is a well-known Afghan vocalist and harmonium player, having headlined and performed in live and televised performances in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Russia, and beyond. Ahmad has been recognized with many prestigious awards, including the Best Artist Award in Afghanistan (2008) and the Golden Voice Award in Dubai (2012). He
Visual Artist in Residence, 2022-2023 Alejandro De La Guerra is a multidisciplinary artist who works on the aestheticization of power, collective memory, and monumental languages of public spaces. He uses performance, large-scale works, sculptures, embroideries, and relational art. He conceives of his art as a single multi-layered project driven by an exploration of violence and
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Musician in Residence, 2022-2023 Lama El Homaïssi (she/her) is an immigrant performer and writer from Lebanon currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Born to a family of artists in Beirut, Lama grew up behind-the-scenes witnessing the inspiring works of her father, Faek Homaïssi, including his original musicals and mime plays that he would write, produce,
Maryam Palizgir is a multidisciplinary Iranian artist and educator who lives and works in NYC. She received her MFA from Georgia State University in 2018. She has presented her work in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Iran, UK, France, Russia, and Germany. Palizgir’s work has been featured in many major publications and
Writer in Residence, 2019 Felix Kaputu was a former writer in residence of the New York Artist Safe Haven Residency Program, during which he taught in Fordham University’s English Department. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has worked at universities around the world since 1988, including in Africa, the USA, Japan, and Belgium.
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