The International Human Rights Art Festival

December 8th - 14th, 2025

IHRAF 25:

7 days

60 shows

Fighting back with Beauty, Sincerity and Creativity!

The International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF) began at Dixon Place (NYC) in March 2017 to create an open space for performance artists-activists in New York City to tell their stories and influence society. Freedom of expression and ethnic/cultural/economic and religious diversity are fundamental to our work, as is the protection of human rights and social justice. DEI is in our DNA, as we use creativity to build a more equitable world. Over the past six years, we have presented more than 1000 artists at our festivals and interim events throughout NYC. We believe in a world where artists are free to use their creativity to provide an engine for social change, and their work is honored as a human right. We need to come together - now more than ever!

Learn more at https://humanrightsartmovement.org/

Monday Dec 8th, 7 PM: Ten Minute Play Festival

Tuesday Dec 9th, 7 PM: Celebration of Women's Power

Wednesday Dec 10th, 7 PM: Celebration of LGBTQIA+

Wednesday Dec 10th, 8.30 PM: We Wear the Sky, Curated by WADE Dance

Thursday Dec 11th, 7 PM: Celebration of Immigration

Thursday Dec 11th, 8.30 PM: Beneath the Baobab: Seeds of Sankofa, Curated by Taiwo Aloba

Friday Dec 12th, 7 PM: Climate Change Action

Friday Dec 12th, 8.30 PM: Conjuring Mythologies, Curated by ArteEast

Saturday Dec 13th, 3 PM: Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness through the Dancing Body, Curated by Mare Nostrum Elements

Saturday Dec 13th, 7 PM: Celebration of Human Rights

Sunday Dec 14th, 3 PM: Protest, Passion, Power

Sunday Dec 14th, 7 PM: Short Performance Festival