These are the first western artists to visit Iraqi-Kurdistan officially since the 1st Gulf war in 1991. Anne Bean, Richard Wilson, Clare Charnley, Mark Terry and Rob Gawthrop from the UK, Justine Blau from Luxembourg and Susan Meiselas and Nancy Buchanan from US have taken part of ArtRole's three main projects which include talks, presentations, workshops, trips and making artwork. This has been done in collaboration with universities, galleries, art organizations and art agencies in the United Kingdom, United States and Iraq.