- AFI successfully files merit-based O and EB-1 visas, performance-based P visas, applications for permanent residence, naturalization, work authorization, and petitions for asylum.
- We build coalition- and artist-led residencies and incubators that empower at-risk artists to develop their careers, produce new work, build community, and provide peer-to-peer mentorship.
- AFI co-creates paid fellowships for at-risk artists with prestigious institutions such as The New School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Juilliard School, The Smithsonian, Stanford, Berkeley, and New York Film Academy.
- We curate and produce arts festivals, concerts, exhibitions and events that platform and promote the works of hundreds of AFI artists to audiences worldwide.
- AFI leads policy and strategic litigation efforts to advance artistic freedom globally, contributing to UN resolutions, joint statements, domestic and regional legislation, Universal Periodic Review (UPR) processes, and other key instruments.
- AFI successfully negotiated language on artistic freedom and protection of cultural workers in 6 country resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council, and co-drafted the Bratislava Declaration calling for EU legal safeguards for artistic freedom.
- AFI has been invited to share expertise on artistic freedom at international arts and human rights conferences worldwide.
- Our work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, New York Magazine, Gagosian, The Art Newspaper, and Euronews.
Global Pluralism Award
In 2025, AFI was named a laureate of the Global Pluralism Award. We were recognized for our outstanding legal services and advocacy for international artists at risk.
