From September to November 2024, artist Lora Adžić joined Kuma International for a two-month residency in Sarajevo. Originally from Sydney, Australia, with family roots in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lora came to Kuma to further develop her artistic research on diaspora…
In 2024, Kuma International once again had the opportunity to work with Italian and Bosnian youth through a project organized by UNFPA, with the support of the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As one of the implementing partners, Kuma…
Kuma International is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of 50 organizations worldwide to receive support from the 2024 Creativity Pioneers Fund, chosen from more than 2,100 applications across 136 countries. Organized by the Moleskine Foundation…
In October 2024, Kuma International welcomed artist Aida Šehović and architect Arna Mačkić for a residency dedicated to the development of Cups of Memory, a collaborative research project exploring the public memory of the Srebrenica Genocide within Dutch history and…
In a ceremony held at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Sarajevo in September 2024, Ambassador Marco Di Ruzza awarded Claudia Zini, founder and director of Kuma International, the honor of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia. The distinction was…
In August 2024, Kuma International collaborated with the Adopt Documentation Center in Srebrenica on a two-day workshop developed during the International Week of Srebrenica. Hosted at the Documentation Center, the workshop brought together young participants from Srebrenica and surrounding areas…
This past July 22-30, 2024, we hosted the 7th edition of the Kuma International Summer School, bringing together 28 participants from across Europe, including Ukraine, Palestine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, to explore the role of contemporary art in addressing conflict and…
The second iteration of Radio Elsewheres [re.02], conceptualized and curated by Velibor Božović, artist/musician Steve Bates, art historian Claudia Zini, and curator Adna Muslija, took place from June 7 to June 28, 2024. The program was broadcast live from our…
During spring 2024, Kuma International welcomed more than 100 high school students from Torino, Ravenna, Monza, and Venice visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of a series of educational programs dedicated to memory, art, and contemporary social realities. For many…
In March 2024, Kuma International welcomed eleven students from the Syracuse School of Architecture and Yale University to Sarajevo for an intensive five-day research and workshop program led by Visiting Fellow Christina Zhang. The visit formed part of the project A…
