news from the freeDIMENSIONAL Network

New Tactics in Human Rights and freeDimensional (fD) are excited to partner for an online dialogue: "Art Spaces Hosting Activism & Strengthening Community Engagement." The dialogue will feature freeDimensional network members sharing the creative ways in which art spaces can and do provide safe havens for activists, share technical tools and training, support and guidance, and engage in social justice issues in their communities and through fD’s social justice network. Anyone can go visit the dialogue to see what we're talking about during this time, and you can join in, too!

http://freedimensional.ning.com/events/new-tactics-fd-online

Another important event that happens at the same time as fD's dialogue with New Tactics, one which we feel shares common goals with our online dialogue:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/forum/topics/world-summit-on-arts-culture

fD has just left the Istanbul Biennial where it convened a panel discussion 'Artist Residency as Site of Research' with EASSI Partner cura bodrum:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/xn/detail/2533896:Event:11229

fD director, Todd Lester also got the chance to visit the new building of another fD EASSI partner in Turkey, Caravansarai:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/profiles/blogs/caravansarai-hosts-its-first

fD is invited to the Informal Meeting of the Young Arab Theatre Fund in Alexandria, Egypt:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/profiles/blogs/freedimensional-will-attend

Also in Alexandria is the fD EASSI partner, Artkhana, which will be featured in the Fall issue of Contemporary Practices for their work developing an animated film on economic migration:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=2xbod78w6cfqz

A note on how fD's Creative Safe Haven service benefits from intersecting networks:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/profiles/blogs/case-of-a-georgian-activist

Call for Workshop Proposals – 2010 International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/forum/topics/call-for-workshop-proposals

Directory of Arts and Culture Organizations and Festivals active within the CEMAC region:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/forum/topics/oppportunity-to-develop

fD featured in two articles in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung for our participation on the panel 'Censorship and the Arts: Artists and Human Rights Organizations' at the Inaugural Osnabrück Summer School on Law, Language and Culture:

http://freedimensional.ning.com/page/press-1