Membership Program
All members receive:
Meet-and-greets with artist-activists around the world
Updates on our artists-at-risk, new programming and other Art Movement news
40% off unlimited tickets to the yearly IHRAF Festival
25% of all books
Free Vintage Swag, depending on membership level
May Stevens
$25+/year
Includes everything above, plus one free ticket to an IHRAF show of your choice.
Helps us promote the creativity of 5 youth creators, some as young as six years old, from such countries as Bangladesh, Tunisia, Indonesia, Namibia, India, Ecuador, Singapore, Palestinian Territories and many more
Jacob Lawrence
$100+/year
Includes everything in the May Stevens tier, plus two free tickets to an IHRAF show of your choice and an IHRAF coffee mug.
Helps support an artist-at-risk by purchasing them food and Internet access for a week. The Internet is a vital lifeline for artists on the run, offering transparency, outreach and safety.
Diego Rivera
$250+/year
Includes everything in the Jacob Lawrence tier, plus an IHRAF t-shirt
Helps underwrite one of our international awards, such as the Art of Unity Creative Award or Creators of Justice, in which we highlight the voices of creators from 70+ countries, sharing their stories in their voice.
Sofonisba Anguissola
$500+/year
Includes everything in the Diego Rivera tier, plus two free passes to the full-week Festival in December. You may also substitute this for a signed/numbered print from the options below.
Helps support the flight and safety of an artist at risk, pursued by a repressive government in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Egypt or other authoritarian country, due to their combination of creativity and truth-telling.
Sophie Scholl
$1,000+/year
Includes everything in the Sofonisba Anguissola tier, plus a signed copy of The Courage to Stand Alone, by Wei Jinghseng.
Supports six months of our new IHRAM Translates program, which brings even lesser-known indigenous voices to the platform, sharing them with an audience which would not otherwise be available to them.
Nina Simone
$2,500+/year
Includes everything in the Sophie Scholl tier, plus a full-year pass to all IHRAM events, workshops and classes.
Underwrites the publishing of one of our books, which anthologizes writers from Africa, India, and around the world, who tell their stories of struggle, resistance, and overcoming sometimes impossible odds.
**Special Donation
$5000
Allows the donor to help create a new two-year literary/creative award in honor of a friend or family member; curate a creative project on their social justice passion for the IHRAF annual Festival, or act as a judge for one of the literary prizes.
Wei Jingsheng is a Chinese human rights activist who is known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay "The Fifth Modernization", which was posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing in 1978. Due to the manifesto, Wei was arrested and convicted of "counter-revolutionary" activities, and was detained as a political prisoner from 1979–93. Painting by Tom Block
Jacqueline Moudeina is a Chadian lawyer and human rights activist, who is known for her work in bringing Hissène Habré to justice for crimes against humanity, as well as those who worked with him. Painting by Tom Block
Albanian Refugee: In 1999, more than one million ethnic Albanians either fled Kosovo or were forcibly removed by Serbian troops. Though neighboring states sheltered most, like this woman in Macedonia's Stenkovec refugee camp, arrival in refugee camps was just one more step in a treacherous journey. Painting by Tom Block
What people are saying
“The International Human Rights Art Festival is based in inclusion, honesty and sincerity - and brings together artists who will stand proudly before an audience and open their hearts, exposing their struggle in whatever arena they feel most challenged.”
— Broadway World
“All of the work is sincere, beautiful and often very raw. It takes art to its highest level: At that knife’s edge between pain and beauty. Here, resides truth. Here can be found the answer to the anger and divisions in our society.”
- Huffington Post
“Activist artists are not the center of the American culture, but we’re at the center of the American soul,” Block says. The artists involved echo Block’s passionate belief in activist art as an essential core of both who we are as Americans and what we aspire to become as we continue to build towards an ideal society.
Brooklyn Rail
