Conflict Resources - Ukraine
Resources, networks and campaigns about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
While we do our utmost to be up to date this is work taken on by volunteers and we rely on freelancers to contribute to and expand these sections.
If we are missing resources you feel would be beneficial, please let us know.
Ukraine Explained - Via The International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group is an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world.
Artists at Risk
Emergency resources for artists and cultural workers.
ARTISTS at RISK, is a non-profit organisation active at the intersection of human rights and the arts. Since 2013, Artists At Risk has become a network of artistic institutions, non-profits, municipalities, state institutions and international organisations to assist, relocate and fund artists who are at risk of persecution or oppression, or are fleeing war or terror.
Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund
To deal with the consequences of the Russian invasion and threats the war poses on the Ukrainian art community – (MOCA) Museum of Contemporary Art NGO, in partnership with Zaborona, The Naked Room and Mystetskyi Arsenal established the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund.
Mission: Today, the world needs free, strong and alive voices of Ukrainian cultural actors more than ever. Our task is to ensure the continuity and development of the Ukrainian cultural process during the war.
Support: One-time financial aid or stipends for up to 3 months for cultural workers (limited number of stipends is available)
Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF)
Description: UCF is a state-owned institution that supports cultural projects in Ukraine. They are actively involved in helping Ukrainian artists continue their work during the war.
How to Support: You can contribute by funding specific projects or through general donations to the foundation.
The New Exhibition
The New Exhibition is an online showcase shining a light on work of Ukrainian designers, illustrators, animators and other creatives that have been caught in the crossfire of war.
We can make a tangible difference in their lives. As art directors, designers and agencies working in Western Europe and the Americas, we can hire these remarkable people for commissions and projects. They need the work. They need to support their families.
And we need them. Their talent. Their passion. Their artistry.
The New Exhibition will continue to expand over time. We are constantly adding new work. Please visit often. And share with colleagues and friends.
Creativity defines us. A deep appreciation of art and craft bind us together. And it is together that we will navigate through these frightening times.
ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv
This English-speaking theatre transformed into an "Art Shelter" at the onset of the war. Initially a bomb shelter, it now serves as a safe space where artists continue to create and perform.
The theatre also offers a drama school that provides classes in English, making it accessible to a broader audience. Their mission is to keep art alive even in wartime, providing a creative outlet and sense of community for those impacted by the conflict.
Various Ukrainian artists have developed initiatives under the concept of "Theatre as Shelter," where performances are not only artistic expressions but also acts of resilience and community building. These projects often take place in unconventional settings, such as bomb shelters, and are designed to provide solace and solidarity during times of crisis.
Voices For Ukraine
This platform, supported by the European Theatre Convention, brings together artists in Ukraine to share their experiences and express their emotions through art. It has become a crucial space for reflection and storytelling, enabling participants to process their experiences and connect with others facing similar struggles.
Here we share their voices and artistic resistance to the invasion.
Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings - The Center for International Theatre Development
The Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings is a global initiative launched by John Freedman in the wake of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Soon after the war began, Freedman began organising the translation of new works by Ukrainian playwrights, many of which provided first hand narratives of the invasion. CITD worked in tandem with John as he recruited, encouraged, and aided hundreds of theatres around the world to mount readings of the plays.
CITD has provided crucial support to dozens of Ukrainian playwrights, many of whom are actively involved in resisting the Russian invasion or have been displaced from their homes, and are seeking refuge abroad. This support includes commissioning approximately 30 new texts, and providing $1,000 grants to 30 individual writers.
As the initiative progresses, the database of texts continues to expand, offering theaters worldwide a rich resource to engage with and stage productions that amplify Ukrainian voices and narratives.
This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of performance art in the former communist countries of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since the 1960s.
This book explores the role of musicians in the call for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As Russia’s unprecedented invasion of Ukraine progresses, musicians there, and around the world, join talents in concerts to voice their protest and show solidarity against the universally condemned conflict.
Delve into Ukraine's modern society by looking at its religious practices, language conflicts, gender issues, education policies, and media censorship struggles, as well as its cuisine, holidays, literature, music, and performing arts.
Ukraine Rising is a book that celebrates the best of contemporary Ukrainian culture through compelling photography and insightful writing.
When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could.
The podcast features interviews with leading Ukrainian cultural figures ranging from cinema, art, photography, ballet, opera, pop, hip hop, even comedy.
Since 2013, we’ve been collaborating with exceptional Ukrainian artists to create literature, visual art, music and theatre.
- Documentary - Theatre Amplifies Ukrainian Resilience - Alem Kent is a documentary theatre creator based in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Essay - For Some Russian Dissident Theatremakers, the Future Is Unclear
- Essay - Ukraine on the Cultural Front
- Essay - The Texts of Kyiv’s Theater of Playwrights: Literary-based Acts of War
- Research - Ukrainian theatre and anticolonial resistance. An exploration of Ukrainian theatre as a case study for theatre’s potential as a form of political engagement and cultural diplomacy. - Updated August 2024