ARTifariti 2026: Sahrawi Utopias
Completed Western Sahara · Art festival
Organized by ARTifariti
| When | 30 Oct – 8 Nov 2026 |
| Where | Saharawi School of Arts, Bojador camp, Tindouf (Algeria) |
| Cost | Contact organizer |
About this event
ARTifariti 2026, titled "Sahrawi Utopias", is the 19th International Meeting on Art and Human Rights of Western Sahara. It takes place at the Saharawi School of Arts in the Bojador refugee camp.
Artists of all disciplines spend the meeting in the camps, working on projects with Saharawi artists and the community: painting, sculpture, video, installation, performance and music. Artistic residencies with artists from Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Western Sahara are part of this edition.
The 2026 meeting is under way and ends on 8 November. ARTifariti has been held every year since 2007, usually in late October or early November, with an open call for artists over the summer.
What participants do
- Create art projects together with Saharawi artists and communities
- Take part in workshops, exhibitions and public art in the camps
- Live in the camps for the duration of the meeting
Practical information
| Dates | 30 October – 8 November 2026 |
| Status | Under way; the open call for 2026 has closed |
| Cost | Ask the organizers. Earlier editions charged about €750, covering transport from Madrid, food and lodging |
| How to join | Open call for artists, usually announced over the summer on artifariti.org |
| Contact | info@artifariti.org · +34 954 28 22 05 |
Join or ask a question
The 2026 meeting is under way. Contact ARTifariti to hear when the call for the next edition opens.
Organizer’s pageEmail info@artifariti.org
Phone: +34 954 28 22 05
Source: organizer’s page, checked 7 November 2026. Always confirm details with the organizer.
About ARTifariti
ARTifariti, the International Meetings of Art and Human Rights of Western Sahara, was created in 2007 by the Saharawi Ministry of Culture and the Seville friendship association with the Saharawi people (AAPSS). Every year it brings artists from around the world to the Saharawi refugee camps to create work with the community, using art to claim the right of peoples to their land, culture and freedom. Based in Seville; phone +34 954 28 22 05.