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This is a film recording of the process of creating Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s monumental work Re-enchanting the World for the Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2022 in Venice. The artist decided to let a camera into her studio to talk about the Roma culture and the close relationships between the women she works with. Recorded...

ERIAC is proud to partner with producers  of “Reenchantment Małgorzata Mirga-Tas”— Kijora Film and Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, and the Polish Institute in Rome, Adam Mickiewicz Institute.  This is a film recording of the process of creating Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s monumental work Re-enchanting the World for the Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2022...

  ***CLICK HERE FOR CALL IN: Srpski, Magyar, Shqip, български, Português, македонски, Español, Română, Italiano, Français and Romanes Are you a Proud Roma? Have you got a talent to show the world? Now’s your chance – Applications for ERIAC’s PROUD ROMA TALENT competition have been extended by 1 week! APPLY NOW until 29 November and compete with...

The debate with outstanding Roma women feminists will explore the diverse and intersecting strategies of resistance at the crossroads of arts, academia and politics. The speakers will examine how for Roma women artists, scholars, activists and politicians the personal and the political, the individual and the collective and the personal and the public overlap across...

  ***CLICK HERE FOR CALL IN: Srpski, Magyar, Shqip, български, Português, македонски, Español, Română, Italiano, Français and Romanes Are you a Proud Roma? Have you got a talent to show the world? Now’s your chance – Applications for ERIAC’s PROUD ROMA TALENT competition are now OPEN! APPLY NOW until 22 November and compete with other Roma talents around Europe for a chance to win the 3000€ grand...

Sami Mustafa is an independent film-maker, producer, and writer. His work explores memory and storytelling, often returning to the stories of his childhood. For Manifesta 14 Prishtina, he embarked upon a long-term collaborative project with members of the organisation Proud Roma to collect and preserve traditional Roma folktales – and, working with groups of youngsters...

The 14th edition of Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, is taking place from 22 July until 30 October 2022 in Prishtina, Kosovo. Organised for the occasion of the biennial, Manifesta 14 has set up the Manifesta 14 Western Balkans Project to enlarge the outreach and duration of the biennial by developing a cross-regional collaboration platform,...

The residence, co-founded by ERIAC and Villa Romana, Florence, will last from 25 August to 25 September 2022. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) joined forces with the Villa Romana (Florence) residency programme to offer artistic residencies for two Roma contemporary artists in 2020. This exciting initiative drew upon the ground-breaking work, expertise,...

Since its establishment in 2017, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture has spearheaded an unprecedented effort to support Roma artists and to find untapped talent within Roma community and has become an international creative hub to support the exchange of creative ideas across borders, cultural domains and Romani identities. Our mandate covers a...

Commemorative event in the frame of the Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen exhibition took place at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest. Curated by Cătălina Olteanu and coordinated by Ilina Schileru, Eugen Raportoru’s latest exhibition Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen opened in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 and in memory of the artist’s mother, one of the thousands children deported to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania in 1942.

ERIAC was proud to present “A Concert of Sinti and Roma and American Jazz” at Stiftung Kai Dikhas in Berlin. This performance was part of ERIAC’s new music initiative which celebrates the rich tradition of Sinti and Roma jazz. The all-star ensemble performed a diverse selection from Sinti and Roma and American jazz styles, as...

We are here. We are everywhere. Europe would want to contain us, to control us, to destroy us. And still we survive. We survive. In multiple acts of resistance, we care for our children and our elders; we care for each other; we hold onto our love and our family. We are still here. The...

On 21 July at 5 pm, we open Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, the exhibition within Manifesta 14 Prishtina – Western Balkans Project. With Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library featuring Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, ERIAC brings together the painterly oeuvre of Farija Mehmeti and the RomaMoMA Library at the National...

Great opening of the first Roma Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition of Milan Triennale “Emília Rigová: And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other”. We had an amazing time with Movimento Kethane, Roma and Sinti activists and community members from Italy.   The opening included speeches from Dijana Pavlovic, ERIAC Member and President of...

Join ERIAC and be part of the vibrant community of the European Roma arts and culture scene by filling in the online application form. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture – ERIAC is a membership-based organization, bringing together Roma and non-Roma individuals and organizations, with relevant and demonstrated competencies and experience in the...

it matters what worlds world worlds. how to tell stories otherwise… Manifesta 14 Western Balkans Expert Talk 16 May 2022 The 14th Edition of Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, will take place from 22 July until 30 October 2022 in Prishtina, Kosovo. Organised for the occasion of the biennial, Manifesta 14 has set up the...

Over the course of the 127 year long history of the Biennale, the exhibition commissioned by ERIAC for the 59th International Art Exhibition is only the fourth occasion when a presence of Roma art is ensured. The current cultural underrepresentation of work made by Roma coupled with the continuing stereotypical representation of Roma by non-Roma...

Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and the mass exodus of refugees, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture – ERIAC has taken immediate action to document the experiences of Roma refugees from Ukraine and the work of Roma organizations and activists in response to the humanitarian crisis. In order to record and document the...