NEW BEGINNINGS 

CuriousWorks artists and new works showcased at SSI’s New Beginnings Festival
CuriousWorks was excited to partner again with SSI Arts and Culture to present 5 artists at the New Beginnings Festival, across two activations. This enabled us to support 3 artists from our 2023 Refugee Artist Development Program: Leila Beigli, Ali Rezvani and Khishkok Abdo to develop additional work for exhibition at the festival; and to engage two additional artists to facilitate participatory art-making experiences for festival attendees.

Festival attendees were invited to join visual artists Shiva Dadvar and Emmanuel Asante in a collaborative live painting mural experience. The artists worked with members of the public to bring two ephemeral public artworks to life on the day.


CREDITS
Artists: Ali Rezvani, Khishkok Abdo, Leila Beigli, Shiva Dadvar, Emmanuel Asante
Presenting and Commissioning Partner: SSI
CuriousWorks Creative Producer: Andrea Lim

The Refugee Artist Development Program 2023 was supported by the Scanlon Foundation.