AFIELD, Arts of the Working Class, and Framer Framed announce the selection of six fellows for the Transitional Justice with Artists (TJA) Grant.
Selected from 364 applications from 34 countries, these practitioners are recognized for their long-term work addressing legacies of injustice and violence.
The TJA program supports creative practitioners who address historical harm through artistic methodologies, expanding the “justice imagination,” our collective capacity to envision ambitious forms of repair, truth-telling, and accountability that exist beyond traditional legal frameworks.
Over two six-month fellowship periods in 2026 and 2027, the six fellows will each receive €10,000, and participate in a program which includes a peer-to-peer research group to share methodologies and resources; a published feature in the artistic street journal Arts of the Working Class; and a seven-day residency hosted by Framer Framed in Amsterdam.
Following a two-month selection process, the jury highlighted how the fellows undertake the “important work of reparation, helping to reconcile cognitive dissonance” across fractured landscapes. By nurturing a sense of agency and power within affected communities, these initiatives remind us that these difficult histories must be “discussed and addressed again and again.”
2026 Cohort
Aida Šehović – ŠTO TE NEMA Foundation (Bosnia & Herzegovina): Countering the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide denial through a nomadic monument and public rituals of collective mourning.
François Makanga – Cultural Marronage in the Public Sphere (Belgium): Confronting Belgian colonial erasure through theatrical walking tours and temporary museum interventions.
Mihaela Drăgan – Giuvlipen Theatre Company (Romania): Dismantling anti-Roma racism and violence and reclaiming narrative sovereignty through dramaturgy, documentary, and Roma Futurism.
2027 Cohort
Astrig Agopian – Like There’s No Tomorrow (Armenia): Building an independent multimedia archive of testimonies following the mass displacement of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Luz María Sánchez – Vis.[un]necessary force (Norway/Mexico): Equipping civilian search groups with custom wearable technologies to safeguard forensic evidence of enforced disappearances.
Yevheniia Moliar – DE NE DE (Ukraine): Transforming Soviet artifacts in local museum collections into “public assemblies” where conflicting historical narratives can safely coexist.
To know about each fellow, visit afield.org
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The Transitional Justice with Artists Grant is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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TJA Fellows: Aida Šehović, François Makanga, Mihaela Drăgan, Astrig Agopian, Luz María Sánchez, Yevheniia Moliar
