The Art Persists Podcast

The Art Persists Podcast is a series offering a glimpse into the life of artists and activists bridging the arts, activism, and human rights around the world. Brought to you by Bosla Arts.

Recent Episodes
  • Welding the Past and Present with Sokari Douglas Camp
    Jun 11, 2025 – 59:36
  • Comedy and Coffee with Usman Khalid
    Jun 4, 2025 – 01:00:50
  • “We will never give up” Gazan Artist Malak Mattar on Art as Resistance
    May 29, 2025 – 50:56
  • Jail Time Records: Inside the First Music Studio in a Cameroon Prison
    May 21, 2025 – 50:14
  • Season 8 trailer
    May 14, 2025 – 06:08
  • Reihane Taravati on Photographing Nobel Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi
    Nov 6, 2024 – 25:23
  • Hanna Komar on Poetry and the Belarusian Struggle
    Oct 30, 2024 – 49:58
  • Peter Kennard's Archive of Dissent
    Oct 23, 2024 – 45:00
  • Creating a Global Movement with Kites in Solidarity
    Oct 16, 2024 – 37:14
  • Art & Resistance in Afghanistan post-Taliban Takeover with ArtLords
    Oct 9, 2024 – 43:30
  • A Refugee Week Special: Creating Home & Community Through Art
    Oct 2, 2024 – 01:09:48
  • Season 7 Trailer
    Sep 30, 2024 – 02:28
  • Dr Myriam François: Art and Discomfort in Palestinian Solidarity (Part 2)
    Jun 19, 2024 – 36:46
  • Dr Myriam François: Art and Discomfort in Palestinian Solidarity (Part 1)
    Jun 12, 2024 – 39:56
  • Coco Fusco on the State of Free Expression in Cuba
    Jun 5, 2024 – 42:37
  • Censored Art Today with Gareth Harris
    May 29, 2024 – 39:36
  • T.S. Eliot Prize Winner Joelle Taylor on Her New Novel 'The Night Alphabet'
    May 22, 2024 – 41:34
  • How to Humanise Data with Federica Fragapane
    May 15, 2024 – 34:06
  • Bodies as Tools of Resistance with Feminist Collective LASTESIS
    May 8, 2024 – 29:34
  • Season 6 Trailer
    May 1, 2024 – 01:42
  • Chef Sami Tamimi Tells the Story of the Palestinian People through Food
    Dec 21, 2023 – 44:42
  • Imagining an Alternative Future with Standing Together
    Dec 15, 2023 – 31:51
  • Nour Palestina’s Fight to Preserve Palestinian History
    Dec 4, 2023 – 38:26
  • Nedim Türfent: Finding Resistance through Poetry as a Political Prisoner
    Nov 23, 2023 – 39:21
  • Tania Bruguera’s Fight for Artistic Freedom and Human Rights in Cuba
    Nov 16, 2023 – 58:19
  • Forensic Architecture: Uncovering the Truth in Gaza
    Nov 8, 2023 – 30:40
  • Celebrating Life and Spreading Joy through Art with Murugiah
    Sep 4, 2023 – 42:15
  • Curating and Archiving Afghan Art with AVAH Collective
    Aug 30, 2023 – 37:30
  • Protest Art with Hong Kong Artist Kacey Wong
    Aug 21, 2023 – 45:03
  • Learning to be Daring with Architect and Activist Sofia Karim
    Aug 7, 2023 – 41:50
  • Reshaping Cinema through Lived Experience with Ayman Alhussein
    Jul 31, 2023 – 01:08:55
  • A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts
    Jul 24, 2023 – 01:10:22
  • Choreographing Collective Action with Donna Miranda
    May 1, 2023 – 48:35
  • Visualising a Fair Future with The Fearless Collective
    Apr 24, 2023 – 42:14
  • Culture as Resistance with The Freedom Theatre
    Apr 17, 2023 – 40:25
  • Solidarity as Medicine with Turkish Poet Ege Dündar
    Apr 3, 2023 – 40:23
  • The Long Arm of Censorship with Chinese Artist Badiucao
    Mar 27, 2023 – 58:45
  • “Get on the Streets and Rebel”: Fighting Through Drawing with Gianluca Costantini
    Mar 20, 2023 – 38:15
  • Shifting Perceptions with eL Seed
    Jan 23, 2023 – 31:00
  • Examining the Colonial Destruction of Traditional Values with Nigerian Artist Jelili Atiku
    Jan 9, 2023 – 37:46
  • Honouring Women Silenced In the Past with Iranian Artist Soheila Sokhanvari
    Dec 19, 2022 – 35:30
  • “It’s About Life” - Syrian Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab on Documenting Life During War
    Dec 12, 2022 – 37:26
  • Creating a Haven for Collaboration and Solidarity with Safe Havens Freedom Talks
    Dec 5, 2022 – 37:30
  • Rooted in the People: Photography of the Revolution and Beyond with Laura El-Tantawy
    Nov 28, 2022 – 31:35
  • No Art, No Expression: Political Cartooning in Sudan and Beyond with Khalid Albaih
    Aug 7, 2022 – 35:12
  • Escaping Myanmar: Art and Activism in Myanmar since the 2021 Coup with Sai and K
    Jul 31, 2022 – 37:26
  • “Murderous Policies”: Fighting for Uyghur Rights Through Music and Activism with Rahima Mahmut
    Jul 25, 2022 – 39:13
  • Internalised Ukrainophobia, Art, and Hope in Times of War with Artist Zhenya Oliinyk
    Jul 18, 2022 – 26:59
  • Art Defies Censorship with Jemimah Steinfeld
    Jul 11, 2022 – 29:13
  • Risking it All: Artivism in Hong Kong with Lady Liberty Hong Kong
    Jul 5, 2022 – 29:51
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