EXHIBITION “TEARS OF GOLD/ SOWNAKUNE JASFA”   Exhibiting artists: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Valerie Leray, Emilia Rigova, Marcin Tas, Kalman Varady   Curated by Dr. Krzysztof Gil and Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka   July 31st 2019 – August 3rd 2019   EXHIBITION OPENING: JULY 31ST 2019 AT 21:00   Auditorium Maximum UJ Ul. Krupnicza 33 Kraków    ...

(Re)Conceptualizing Roma Resistance – Exhibition Opening   On the occasion of the International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, ERIAC is re-staging the exhibition – (Re)Conceptualizing Roma Resistance – first presented at the Europäisches Zentrum der Künste in 2016 in Dresden, and later extended at the Goethe Institute, Prague. The eight participating artists contemplate the memory of...

International Conference: IS “AUSCHWITZ ONLY SLEEPING”? SINTI AND ROMA NARRATIVES AFTER THE HOLOCAUST   Krakow, July 31 – August 1, 2019     “I’m afraid that Europe is forgetting its past and that Auschwitz is only sleeping. Antigypsyist threats, policies and actions worry me greatly and make me very sad.” Ceija Stojka, Roma Holocaust survivor...

On July 17th, the Schoolclash e.V. organization together with twenty of their recent trainees have visited our exhibition “Roma Women Weaving Europe”, which is currently on its last week in ERIAC’s gallery. the participants are part of a teacher-training programme supported by the Erasmus+ European Commission called Cultural Heritage in Perspective, designed to use cultural heritage as...

The Central European University (CEU) hosted a Summer School, entitled “Romani Identities and Antigypsyism” between 1 July – 12 July, 2019.   The summer course is part of the Roma in European Society Initiative funded by the Velux Foundations, Open Society Foundations Roma Initiatives Office, and the Roma Education Fund, in cooperation with Council of...

The Barvalipe Academy is the agenda-setting and strategic body of the Institute which has an advisory and inspirational role in order to fulfill ERIAC’s objectives.   Following the first meeting of the Barvalipe Academy, held on 5 February 2019 in Belgrade, two Academy members – Gilda Horvath and Dr. Iulius Rostas – were elected to...

Sead Kazanxhiu appointed as the new member of ERIAC Pakiv Baord   During the last Pakiv Board meeting which took place on March 22nd, dr. Nicoleta Bitu resigned from her position as the Board member on behalf of the Alliance for the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, one of ERIAC three founders.  ...

      The 2011 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, commonly referred to as the EU Roma Framework, have set ambitious goals up to 2020 to close the gap between Roma and non-Roma in the key policy areas of education, employment, housing, and health, as well as to protect Roma against discrimination. While...

On June 26, 2019, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) presented the critically-acclaimed “Roma Armee” produced by Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin at the National Theatre I.L. Caragiale in Bucharest (TNB). This was the first time that the “Roma Armee” was presented in Romania. Over 650 guests attended the performance, making it...

Two Paid Internship Positions open at ERIAC for CEU Romani Studies Program Alumni   In the framework of the Roma in European Societies (RES) initiative of the Central European University (CEU), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture is offering an internship opportunity to qualified alumni of the CEU Roma Access Programs.   RES...

Application open for two months Artist Residency Scholarship in Florence   To mark the upcoming installation of FUTUROMA at The Künstlerhaus Villa Romana in Florence in 2020, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has joined forces with the Villa Romana residency programme to offer two residencies to Roma contemporary artists under the...

On June 11 2019, Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director General at DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) and Enrica Chiozza, Policy Analyst at the DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) visited ERIAC. ERIAC Chair of the Board, Zeljko Jovanovic and Executive Director Timea Junghaus hosted the guests. ERIAC’s work, plan of activities and plans...

A Feminist Reading of Roma Political Movement: A conversation with Roma women activists, scholars and artists   On June 11, 2019 ERIAC and RKI will host a panel discussion “A Feminist Reading of Roma Political Movement”, featuring outstanding Roma women activists, scholars and artists: Carmen Gheorghe, president of Roma women organization E-Romnja (Romania); Dotschy Reinhardt,...

On June 5 2019, two members of the German Bundestag of the Greens – Ms Filiz Polat and Mr Erhard Grundl visited ERIAC.   Ms Polat is a member of the German Bundestag and spokeswoman for the Bündnis 90 / DIE GRÜNEN group for migration and integration since 2017. She is the Chairwoman of the...

ERIAC was delighted to host a group of high-school students from Lycée Jacques Amyot in Melun, France and give a guided tour at the exhibition titled “Roma Women Weaving Europe”.   Since the students were really curious about the work of ERIAC and the Roma contribution to arts and culture, it was our pleasure to...

Venice, May 10th 2019 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas opened this afternoon the Roma exhibition FUTUROMA, an official Collateral Event of the La 58 Biennale di Venezia, highlighting the importance of the Roma minority as an example for a united Europe. FUTUROMA, commissioned by ERIAC (the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture) and curated...

The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention is the largest international and interdisciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcoming proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict, and national identity. Annually held in the spring in New York City at the premises of Columbia University, the ASN World...

  Timea Junghaus, art historian, executive director of ERIAC is lecturer/panelist in the C-Map Symposium of MOMA, New York. The event The Multiplication of Perspectives: The 10th Anniversary of MoMA (New York’s Global Research Initiative: C-MAP) will take place at MOMA on April 28, at 13.15 (NY Time).   The Multiplication of Perspectives offers a variety of...