Arts and Culture

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...

The Sarajevo Film Festival x ERIAC Serbia Fellowship for Roma in Film is a unique initiative aimed at supporting emerging Roma filmmakers by granting them access to the prestigious Sarajevo Talents 2025 program. The recipients of this year’s fellowship, Sami Mustafa and Tamara Jovanović, will gain exclusive access to SFF industry programs, networking opportunities with...

Forging and mending are ancestral practices among Roma artisans, where repair is both material and ontological. Lali Gabor’s coppersmithing intervention in the public sphere reclaims an urban space not through monumentality but through the intimate scale of the handmade. In the frame of the 13th edition of the Berlin Biennale, Lali Gabor is exhibiting Birdhouses,...

Throughout history, Roma have been cast into precarity – subject to forced migrations, systemic exclusion, and erasures that threatened both memory and material existence. And yet, within this violence, the Roma have forged worlds, mended the ruptures of history, and found refuge, often in nature. This exhibition at ERIAC engages with resilience and survival not...