In the face of the current public health crisis related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is assessing its immediate and longer-term impact on the field of Roma arts and culture by gathering data in a specially-designed questionnaire.  This survey is directed explicitly to individuals...

Performing the Museum Apr. 8, 2020 – Online Exhibition On the occasion of the International Roma Day, April 8th, ERIAC is opening its first online group exhibition entitled ‘Performing the Museum’ that will launch here on the website on April 8, 2020 at 5p.m. CET.     With and by works of six Roma and...

  ERIAC joins MUCEM to curate an exhibition about Roma   © MuCEM – Lisa Ricciotti – architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta   PRESS RELEASE   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) in Marseille, France, are proud to announce the beginning of their...

      PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT     ERIAC is an international organization led by a multinational team and which conducts extensive program of activities in various European locations. As a publicly accessible space hosting large visitor groups it is our obligation to act responsibility in the face of the current health crisis.   Due to...

ERIAC is proud to announce the opening of the FUTUROMA exhibition in Villa Romana, in Florence.   OPENING: 29. April 2020   ADDRESS: Villa Romana, Via Senese 68, 50124 Florenz, Italien   The program will be announced shortly.     FUTUROMA draws upon aspects of Afrofuturism to explore Roma contemporary art’s role in defining, reflecting...

Diaspora Europa: Opferkonkurrenz, Opferallianz?     March 1st, 2020   On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, Volksbühne and journalist Shelly Kupferberg curated the event-series Diaspora Europe, bringing together Jewish and Roma/Sinti communities to explore the cultural and political...

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of WW II, ERIAC and Volksbühne are hosting an eventseries entitled “Diaspora Europe” curated by Shally Kupferberg and Timea Junghaus. The events between March 1st and December 10 are gathering Roma/Sinti and Jewish communities to explore the politics and poetics of diaspora belonging within contemporary...

*** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Volksbühne cancels all public events up to and including 1st of April. This decision is based on the current guidelines of the Berlin Senator for Culture and Europe and the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute regarding the corona virus. Therefore, “Diaspora Europa: The Day I...

On 23rd January the third roundtable discussion of Romani Studies Program (RSP) was held, this time the event was jointly organized by the Department of Political Science at CEU. The invited scholars critically reflected on identity politics and the potentials and dilemmas of identity-based activism in the Romani movement.   Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, deputy director of...

On December 12, a delegation of the Trust for Mutual Understanding visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture on to gain insight into ERIAC´s mission and programme work. The delegation included TMU Board Member Jim Enote, CEO of Colorado Plateau Foundation, Barbara Lanciers, TMU director, Irina Yurna, Regional Representative and Alina Enggist, Program...

ERIAC is awarded an action grant from the European Cultural Foundation   The European Cultural Foundation awarded a grant to the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) as part of their “Democracy Needs Imagination” Action Grant. The Action Grants under the theme Democracy Needs Imagination  support people who are working for European democratic values....

Alina Serban – winner of the 1st Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize   It is our pleasure to announce that Alina Serban – Roma actress, playwright and director – was revealed as the winner of the first edition of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize!   The winner was announced on December 9 2019, during...

ERIAC celebrates the first awardee of the Tajsa Prize with a memorable concert on December 9 at the Maxim Gorki Theater   The Tajsa Prize, awarded to an outstanding Roma individual enriching Roma arts and culture, embodies the philosophy of ERIAC and the spirit of Roma history and cultural heritage while looking onwards, shaping and...

  Barvalipe Academy holds its second meeting in Berlin On December 9 2019, the Barvalipe Academy held its second meeting, convened by Dr. Maria Bogdan, Chair of the Barvalipe Academy. The Barvalipe Academy is the agenda-setting and strategic body of the Institute which has an advisory and inspirational role. The Academy discussed the roles and responsibilities...

ERIAC IMPACT – public presentation of the ERIAC achievements and plans   On December 9 2019, ERIAC held the ERIAC Impact event at the Hotel MELIA in Berlin. ERIAC Impact was a public presentation of ERIAC’s achievements and future plans. It brought together over ERIAC associate members, Barvalipe Academy and Board Members, joined by the...

ERIAC HOLDS ITS 2ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BERLIN PRESS RELEASE Berlin, December 9th 2019   The 2nd General Assembly of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) took place on 9 December, bringing together associate members, representatives of the ERIAC Board, and the ERIAC management. This was the first time that ERIAC brought...

Finalists of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2019 announced   The Tajsa Prize honors an outstanding Roma individual who is enriching Roma arts and culture, embodies the founding principles of ERIAC, drawing inspiration from Roma cultural heritage while shaping and re-inventing forms of Roma cultural expressions for the next generation.   The Tajsa Prize...

European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) hosts symposium at the Tensta Konsthall in Stockholm to protect the threatened Roma Cultural Heritage     The symposium, taking place in Tensta Konsthall on 28 November, was organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) – the first and only transnational, European-level organization...