Artolution: Art Through Crisis is a series of collaborative and interdisciplinary artwork created across refugee camps and crisis zones all over the world. Artist and organizer Max Frieder travelled with and helped grow this collection of art, all the way from areas such as Bangladesh and Ukraine, to be put on display at the United Nations in 2023, for the first time in the US at Fairfield University in 2024. This year, it comes to Wesleyan University, its second US university.
Founded in 2016 by two accomplished community artists, Artolution provides creative platforms for vulnerable communities to tell their stories and connect with others through collaborative art-making experiences including mural painting, building recycled interactive sculpturesing and performing. Artolution catalyzes the resilience of their participants through its versatile and unique collaborative interdisciplinary art-making process, and hires and trains local teaching artists to expand the reach of its dynamic educational arts programming in crisis-affected communities.
Max Frieder will deliver a keynote address with a reception to follow on February 18th at 4:30 pm in Fisk 201. The exhibition will be display through the remainder of the spring 2026 semester.
Learn more about Artolution here. Below are a few pieces currently on display in Fisk!
