ACN ES
Una iniciativa impulsada por artistas
The ACN is an artist-led initiative designed to facilitate peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, professional development, partnership-building, and artistic and networking events for the artists within AFI’s NYC-based community. This initiative is designed to empower artists to support each other as co-creators, organizers, and friends. With generous support from the Mellon Foundation, the Artist Community Network (ACN) launched in 2025 as a one-year pilot program. Building on its success, the 2026 iteration is made possible through the generous support of the Doris Duke Foundation.
Lo que ofrecemos
The ACN Cohort
- Recibe una asignación mensual para cubrir sus gastos de manutención.
- Participa en programas de mentoría entre pares, intercambio de conocimientos, puesta en común de recursos y creación de redes.
- Recibe formación profesional personalizada de dos de las organizaciones artísticas y culturales asociadas a AFI con sede en Nueva York, basada en intereses y objetivos determinados colectivamente.
- Aprende las mejores prácticas para el archivo digital y la seguridad en línea con el fin de apoyar su práctica artística individual.
- Desarrolla de forma colaborativa eventos artísticos para mostrar su trabajo.
- Crear un boletín virtual para artistas inmigrantes de la red de AFI con el fin de compartir recursos y experiencias mientras se enfrentan al desplazamiento y el reasentamiento.
- Crea una comunidad sostenible dirigida por artistas.
Desarrollo
La red de la comunidad artística
From a pool of qualified applicants, AFI has selected early-to-mid-career artists to participate in the ACN cohort. The application process assessed artists’ positionality, duration of stay in the United States, involvement in respective arts communities, commitment to community building, and proof of artistic excellence.
Now in various stages of resettlement in New York City, these AFI artists form a cohort. Rooted in their respective creative practices and shared experiences with displacement, artists will be supported for one year with a monthly living stipend and continued pro bono immigration and resettlement support from AFI.
Meet the ACN Cohort
Comunidad de artistas Red
Lour
Lour is a Palestinian lyricist, composer, performer, and multidisciplinary artist from Middle East. Through music and theatre, her work explores conflict, displacement, resilience, and identity while blending Arab pop with contemporary performance.
Mehrnam Rastegari
Mehrnam Rastegari es un reconocido músico persa, compositor de bandas sonoras galardonado, cantante, violinista y maestro intérprete de kamancheh.
Lama El Homaïssi
Lama El Homaïssi (ella) es una artista y escritora inmigrante del Líbano que actualmente reside en Brooklyn, Nueva York.
Yasmeen
Yasmeen is a Lebanese director, writer, and actress based in Brooklyn (technically Queens). Her journey began in Lebanon, continued with a master’s in screenwriting and directing in Paris, and took her to New York for an intensive program at Stone Street Studios.
Nazanin Noroozi
Nazanin Noroozi is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist whose work uses moving image, printmaking, and alternative photography to explore collective memory, displacement, and the lasting impact of political and social upheaval.
Achiro P. Olwoch
Achiro Patricia Olwoch, originaria de Gulu, en el norte de Uganda, es una galardonada escritora, directora y productora que actualmente vive exiliada en Nueva York.
Bart no estaba aquí.
Bart Was Not Here es un artista birmano exiliado que reside en Nueva York.
Cansu Korkmaz
Cansu Korkmaz es una artista visual nacida en Turquía y afincada en Brooklyn. Su obra explora temas como la intimidad, la memoria y la identidad a través de la fotografía y los medios mixtos.
ACN 2025 Visual Arts Cohort Exhibition
ACN 2025 Writing Cohort Performance
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