We need your help! Support Alumni to Participate in the Festival Visit at Flying Carpet Festival

We need your help! Support Alumni to Participate in the Festival Visit at Flying Carpet Festival

URGENT: We are looking for additional funding to cover the on-site costs of our upcoming Festival Visit. Your support helps Alumni to impact the work of Flying Carpet Children Festival in Turkey. Their invaluable presence will create international visibility for the festival, build meaningful collaborations with artists from the region, and promote a deeper understanding of the role festivals play in fragile communities. 

Every donation and support from our community helps. ✊

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Our Festival Visits aim to empower the community of Alumni of The Festival Academy, to use their festivals as catalysts for social change while studying the transformative power of festivals in caring for and revitalizing communities.  

This Festival Visit in Mardin invites an international cohort of curators to experience the magic of Flying Carpet Festival, a mobile festival for refugee children that takes place at the Turkish-Syrian border. The festival is run by a volunteer-based collective of world-class artists and visionaries who believe in the power of festivals as a catalyst for positive change in the lives of children in war-afflicted regions. 

Participants will be part of an immersive experience, engaging directly with artists, team, and the local community of the festival, studying the unique concept of the festival in depth, and gaining firsthand insights into the power of festivals in challenging contexts. 

Your support will enable Alumni to positively impact Flying Carpet Children Festival. Your donation brings us closer to making this life-changing experience possible. Every donation helps us in our mission to empower festival leaders to catalyse social change! Find the link to donate here!

(Our friends and supporters based in the United States can support all our activities through a contribution to the Friends of The Festival Academy at Myriad USA, a U.S., and are eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction for their contributions.) 

Thank you very much!

Photo: Berna Küpeli