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Fellowship 2026
The Immortal Fellowship is Razom's first Arts in Health program — creating partnerships between Ukrainian and American artists, healers, and institutional partners to develop projects that use creative practice to transform mental health, physical rehabilitation, and community reintegration. Recognizing Ukraine as a vital frontier for innovations in trauma recovery, the program champions transatlantic collaboration and co-creation, with the ultimate goal of bringing the most transformative practices to the communities in Ukraine that need them most. The Immortal Fellowship is a partnership between Razom for Ukraine and Wesleyan University.
From 35 applications across Ukraine and the United States, our Selection Committee chose 12 entities and practitioners forming five cross-border partnerships.
Each partnership receives a grant of up to $10,000 to develop a project across 2026.
The Immortal Fellowship culminates in a week-long in-person residency at Wesleyan University, November 2–7, with a public Capstone Showcase on November 7th in Middletown, CT.
Projects harnessing art and creative practice to support individuals recovering from the physical and psychological wounds of conflict.
Programs using collective artistic practice to help displaced individuals and veterans reconnect with their communities and sense of self.
Initiatives addressing burnout, moral injury, and the sustained psychological toll on frontline medical and social care workers.
Partnerships between cultural collectives, hospitals, universities, and NGOs developing replicable models for arts-integrated care.
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The name connects the idea of mortality — as part of the human condition and the subject of the art of medicine — with the transcendent power of the arts. In the practice of the arts, the creative arts, the healing arts, we are immortal, even when the subject is precisely the finality of our physical bodies or the difficulty of our emotional connection to the world.
The Campfire Project (US)XFolkowisko Ukraine (UA)
Yekaterina Chizayeva (US)XKateryna Taranova (UA)
The Theatre Lab — Life Stories Institute (US)XYulia Vintoniv / Ukrainian Catholic University (UA)
First Aid of the Soul (UA)XKerry Kincy (US)XMidori Samson (US)
Román Baca / Exit12 Dance Company (US)XAlina Spas / Brendan Bo O'Connor / Imagination Lab (US)
Expression of Interest deadline
35 applications received from NGOs, cultural collectives, artists, clinicians, and institutional partners across Ukraine and the US.
Selection & partnership matching
Selection Committee reviewed applications and formed five cross-border partnerships. Each pair awarded an implementation grant.
Fellowship year — field work & collaboration
Partnerships are actively developing their projects. Fellows visit Ukraine, conduct research, and co-create programming across both countries.
Residency at Wesleyan University
All five partnerships gather in person at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts in Middletown, CT for a week of shared programming, peer exchange, and final preparation.
Capstone Showcase
Open to the public and Middletown community. Each partnership presents their 2026 work and their vision for 2027 implementation in Ukraine.
Implementation in Ukraine
Projects move into full implementation within Ukrainian hospitals, veterans' centers, communities, and cultural institutions.