The Refugee Integration Arts Festival

The Refugee Integration Arts Festival is a one of a kind event that will bring together artists, researchers, and the broader public to explore the integration experiences of refugees and communities. Artists have the power to express and represent experiences when words fail to do so. Rather than just showing all the ways in which refugees and immigrants contribute to society, the RIT Arts Festival will explore how immigration and the integration experiences are embodied in the process of art-making itself.

Through a series of interactive workshops and facilitated conversations with artists themselves, guests at the RIT Art Festival will have an opportunity to engage with different forms of art while also learning about the artist’s process, intention, and the meaning of art-making for the immigration experience and integration process.

The Arts Festival will be held virtually, beginning in the evening of October 2 and continuing through October 3, with a series of workshops led by local artists where community guests will actively engage with different forms of art (dance, graphic art, theater, music) while also learning about the artists’ process, intention, and the meaning of art-making for the immigrant experience and integration.

For events information and live streaming links, go to:

https://www.refugeesintowns.org/events