Arts and Culture

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to announce the finalists for the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025. The prestigious prize celebrates a Roma individual whose work elevates Roma cultural expression and reimagines heritage for future generations.   The selected finalists for the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), is pleased to announce the online training Roma(ni) Past – Europe’s Future: Why Embracing the EU’s Largest Ethnic Minority Matters, dedicated to strengthening understanding of Roma identity, history, culture, and the realities of antigypsyism, organized within the framework of the ERIACNET4EU initiative.   This training aims...

ERIAC and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program are delighted to announce that the 2025 DAAD–ERIAC Roma Artist-in-Residence is Anita Horváth (Hungary). On 24 October 2025, an expert jury selected Horváth from a competitive field of applicants for a one-month residency in Berlin in November 2025.   Launched jointly by the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and the European...

The Romani language stands at the heart of Roma identity, community belonging, and social participation. In the context of European and global migration, its role becomes even more significant: it is both a marker of heritage and a living tool of communication that unites Roma across borders and dialects.   The European Roma Institute for...

ERIAC is pleased to share the invitation to the International Conference “Visibilities of Memory”, organized by the Critical Film & Image Hub at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism (RCA), Heidelberg University.   The conference focuses on the representation of Sinti and Roma in Holocaust-related visual culture, addressing a long-overdue perspective in European memory studies. Historically,...

Story Sovereignty: Building a Framework for Respectful Romani RepresentationDOK Industry Talk 2025   On Wednesday, 29 October (13:30–15:00, Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis), the DOK Industry section of DOK Leipzig 2025 will host an important conversation on the politics of Romani representation in film: Story Sovereignty: Building a Framework for Respectful Romani Representation.   Organized by the...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) invites applications for the position of Thematic Section Coordinators for 2026. This internal call is open exclusively to ERIAC members who wish to take an active role in supporting the work of the Institute and its membership community.   ERIAC is seeking five professionals – one...

In the frame of the ERIACNET4EU project, financed by the European Commission, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is excited to announce a new series of capacity-building trainings taking place during October 2025. These workshops and seminars are designed to provide valuable skills, encourage collaboration, and support the preservation and promotion of...

In the sixth episode of the Echoes of Memory podcast, curator and moderator Timea Junghaus sits down with artists Lila Loisse, Riah Knight, and Petro Rusanienko to explore how Roma artists carry and transform the memory of the Roma Holocaust through creative practice. Together, they reflect on personal awakenings, silences and institutional erasure, and how...

Eighty years after the Roma Holocaust, the phrase “Never Again” still resonates — but for many young Roma, it carries both urgency and frustration. It is a reminder of broken promises, gaps in remembrance, and the persistence of antigypsyism across Europe.   The newest episode of the Echoes of Memory Podcast brings together Roma voices...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), within the framework of the ERIACNET4EU project, is launching a survey to map and connect Roma journalists, media professionals and Roma media outlets across Europe.   The aim of this initiative is to make visible the presence and contributions of Roma media actors, to foster...

Open Call ERIAC–DAAD Residency Programme for Arts and Media 2025 The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program jointly announce the launch of the ERIAC–DAAD Residency Programme for Arts and Media. Starting in 2025, this multiannual initiative offers an annual one-month residency in Berlin for one artist or cultural...

The Tajsa Prize reflects ERIAC’s founding values and celebrates the depth of Roma history and culture, while championing new, future-facing forms of Roma artistic expression. It recognizes exceptional Roma individuals who are among today’s leading cultural voices, and aims to foster Roma pride by highlighting the imagination, excellence, and talent of Roma creators. The prize...

September 18, 2025 15:00 – 16:30 CET via Zoom | Join link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84192586158    On the occasion of International Equal Pay Day, the 2025 edition of the WOMNET gathering—organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)—invites reflection on the leadership and innovation of Roma women in arts, culture, and entrepreneurship.   On...

If art exists, most explicitly, in moments of crisis and catastrophe—as is attested by artists of the 13th Berlin Biennale and its Sister Organizations—what are its languages and preoccupations? What does it leave to us as viewers, spectators, audience, receivers, and is it what we expect, or can even understand fully in the present? In...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is partnering with the Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2025 for the screening of AMARO KINO – a carefully curated selection of films that centres Roma voices, stories, and artistic visions.   The Kyiv International Short Film Festival (KISFF) is the largest short film festival in...

How can we make Holocaust remembrance more inclusive? The second episode of the podcast Echoes of Memory engages in a critical expansion of the historiographical and memorial frameworks concerning the Holocaust. Moderated by Petro Rusanienko, the episode features a powerful dialogue with Florentina-Alexandra Manea, Cat Jugravu, and Estera Stan.   Their discussion examines the often...

Driven by its mission to empower Roma through arts, culture, and remembrance, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), launches the podcast series Echoes of Memory – Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance. The project explores the history and legacy of the Roma Holocaust...