Arts and Culture

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...

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...

Introduction to the exhibition: KATITZI – A LITERARY CHARACTER ROOTED IN REALITY     Opening: November 15, 2019 6p.m. ERIAC Space   The subject of this exhibition is Katarina Taikon’s (1932-1995) autobiographical figure Katitzi, who is the main character in thirteen children’s books and eight comic albums, originally published in Swedish between 1969 and 1982....

Teachers from the Academy of Anti-Discrimination Education visit ERIAC   On October 10, a group of 35 teachers from Poland, taking part in the second edition of the Academy of Anti-Discrimination Education, which has been ongoing since January 2018, has visited ERIAC as part of the educational program. The project  of the Academy of Anti-Discrimination...

  On the occasion of the celebration of the International Roma Day (8 April), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Berlin (RKI) join forces to honor Romani women – as leaders and survivors, guardians and re-inventors of culture, revolutionaries and change-makers. In a joint exhibition titled, “Roma Women...

Sead Kazanxhiu, Selma Selman: GYPSYISM BALKANISM Uniting Peripheries   Opening: 08 November 2018, 18:30   ERIAC´s new exhibition “Gypsyism Balkanism- Uniting Peripheries,” presenting the inspiring works of Sead Kazanxhiu and Selma Selman, was opened by the Berlin-based performance artist Tanja Ostojić (“Integration Project” – Kunstverein Düsseldorf 2003). (c) Benjamin Renter   The opening was attended...

Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Zeljko Jovanovic, Chair of the Board of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise co-operation between the two organisations, setting out their respective rights and obligations.   “ERIAC is a joint initiative of the Council...

“SAR DIČHOLA ROMAŇI KULTURA DUREDER – The Future of Romani Culture”   ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program 13 February 2018 Prague, Czech Republic       Within the framework of the ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program, ERIAC, in partnership with Slovo 21 co-hosted the event “SAR DIČHOLA ROMAŇI KULTURA DUREDER – The Future of Romani Culture”,...