Arts and Culture

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce Selma Selman as the winner of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025. Selected from an exceptional group of finalists, Selman is recognized for her bold artistic practice and her commitment to empowering Roma communities through both cultural and social work....

  ERIAC is proud to announce that members of the internationally acclaimed Mahala Rai Banda will perform at the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025 Gala on 29 November 2025 at the Romanian Athenaeum.   Mahala Rai Banda is a renowned Romani band founded by violinist and composer Aurel Ioniță, bringing together musicians from the...

  ERIAC is honoured to welcome violinist Antonio Piculeață as part of the artistic programme of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025, taking place on 29 November 2025 at the Romanian Athenaeum.   Antonio Piculeață, official Ambassador of Romanian culture, is a violinist born in New York into a distinguished family of classical and...

  ERIAC is pleased to present Zejna Murkić as the opening performer of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025 Award Ceremony & Gala, taking place on 29 November 2025 at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.   Zejna Murkić is a singer from Loznica, Serbia, who began her professional career in 2009 and later established...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce that the 4th edition of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize Award Ceremony & Gala will take place on Saturday, 29 November 2025, at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, beginning at 19:00.   The Tajsa Prize is awarded every two years to...

A cooperation between the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana   ERIAC and Villa Romana are pleased to announce that Romy Rüegger has begun her residency in Florence as part of the International Guest Artists 2025 programme. Through this joint initiative, now in its fifth year, both institutions reaffirm their...

    english | română   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) invites you to the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize – Award Ceremony and Gala, taking place on November 29, 2025, at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.   Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025 – Award Ceremony & Gala Saturday, November...

  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...