Asylum Arts supports contemporary Jewish culture on an international scale, bringing greater exposure to artists and cultural initiatives, providing opportunities for new projects and collaborations and elevating the level of excellence and artistic activity.

We connect and empower artists and cultural organizations by hosting gatherings and trainings and providing small grants to foster connections that will broaden the reach and impact of Jewish artists and arts organizations.

Asylum Arts is an outgrowth of the successful Asylum: International Jewish Artist Retreat, held in March 2013 as part of a series of gatherings supported by the Schusterman Family Foundation. The first Asylum retreat brought together 60 international artists, enabling them to engage with each other and to build skills and knowledge, both Jewish and professional.

Asylum Arts is supported in its pilot phase by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, which has long invested in making the beauty and meaning of arts and culture accessible to all those who seek it. The Schusterman Family Foundation is a global enterprise that supports and creates innovative initiatives for the purpose of igniting the passion and unleashing the power in young people to create positive change for themselves, the Jewish community and the broader world. SFF includes the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Schusterman Foundation-Israel, ROI Community and REALITY.  Asylum Arts is additionally supported by the Genesis Philanthropy Group and Righteous Persons Foundation.