Arts and Culture

ERIAC Announces Winner of Marché du Film and ImpACT Lab scholarship in Cannes

Alina Șerban has been selected as the winner of ERIAC’s Scholarship for Producers awarded in partnership with Marché du Film and ImpACT Lab, offering the opportunity to participate in the ImpACT Lab Workshop, taking place during Cannes Film Festival 2024. Șerban’s in-development debut feature film, “I Matter,” resonated strongly with the criteria set out by ERIAC, demonstrating both...

ERIAC’s Contributions to the Venice Biennale 2024

Foreigners Everywhere is the official title of this year’s Venice Biennale, which also marks the 60th edition of the International Art Exhibition. While there is no Roma Pavilion in the official frame of the Biennale, ERIAC continues to support initiatives that mitigate the need for a permanent Roma Pavilion as a platform to display experimental...

KICK-OFF MEETING AND PUBLIC LAUNCH OF JEKHIPE PROJECT

ERIAC is proud to announce the public launch of the project titled “Reclaiming Our Past, Rebuilding Our Future: New Approaches to Fighting Antigypsyism” (JEKHIPE), financed by the European Commission under the Citizens, Equality, Rights, and Values Programme (CERV).       Under the Jekhipe project, the Consortium partners, including the European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network...

Commemorating 80 Years of the Sinti and Roma Holocaust. Lessons Learned to Ensure Non-Repetition

Date and Time: April 10, 2024, 10:00 – 12:00 Location: European Parliament, Brussels. Altiero Spinelli (ASP), Room 5G2. Streaming link: HERE   In collaboration with MEP Patricia Maya Caro, The Left in the European Parliament, and ERGO Network, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is organizing a High-Level Conference during Roma Week...

OPEN CALL 2024 | ERIAC Grant-making to Protect and Promote EU Values and Rights

  In the frame of the ERIANCET4EU project financed by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, and with a long-term goal of using culture and cultural diplomacy to strengthen open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive society in EU, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is inviting applications from...

ANDO FORO – Roma Contributions to Berlin’s Contemporary Art Scene

Is it the Berliner’s open-minded attitude? Their peculiar sensitivity towards questions of identity? Are the roots to be found in the migration routes of the Roma? Where did it all start? One thing is undeniable: Berlin has consistently played a crucial role in the cultural and social life of the Roma diaspora and, synchronically, Roma...

OPEN CALL FOR ROMA PRODUCERS

Scholarship to Join the ImpACT Lab Workshops in Cannes We are pleased to announce the forging of a new partnership with Marché du Film and ImpACT Lab which aims to bridge the gap between Roma representation on film and the lived experience of contemporary Roma communities across Europe. It is time to address the film...

Open Call for Applications: ERIAC-Villa Romana Residency Programme

Artist Residencies at Villa Romana in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists    In their fifth consecutive collaboration, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana are once again uniting to continue the residency programme in Florence, extending a unique opportunity to two talented Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative draws upon the ground-breaking work, expertise,...

Intersectional Dimensions of Care. Curatorial Considerations around the Exhibition ‘Handle with Care’

Care permeates almost every aspect of our social reality. It is partly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that both collective and individual care has been brought into sharper focus than ever before. The global pandemic has shed light on the politics of care and has shown the heavy burden on women, social workers,...

From the Pissoir to the Bathtub — Selma Selman Destroys Conventions with Axe and Drill

The surface is never simply smooth or clean in Selma Selman’s works. The artist paints on objects such as car bonnets, bathtubs or satellite dishes as naturally as if they were stretched canvases. These objects are then either displayed freely in the room or are carefully arranged on the wall, constantly moving on the border...