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𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗖 is thrilled to partner with the 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, a highly esteemed biennial event that kicks off today and will last for six incredible days. Since its inception in 2009, the 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 has played a pivotal role in Kosovo, fostering understanding and collaboration between the Roma community and other communities within the...

What a joy to read about the BARVALO exhibition in Le Monde. Thanks to Roxana Azimi for such insight into this exhibition. The show is on view from Wednesday, 10 May 2023, to Monday, 4 September 2023, in Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean in Marseille (MuCEM).     https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/06/04/avec-barvalo-le-mucem-compose-un-hymne-aux-cultures-romani_6176093_3246.html

On 22-23 April, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture returned to Timisoara for the finissage of the exhibition “Chronic Desire”. Curated by Cosmina Goagea, Brindusa Tudor, and Corina Opera, the exhibition featured the selection of artworks by two Roma artists: Mihaela Cimpeanu and Sead Kazanxhiu. We also brought music: Gipsy Groove and Mahala...

We are overjoyed to be part of this year of MARCHÉ DU FILM CONFERENCES with impACT x Think Film Impact Production ǀ ROMA: What Happens Now?   Join us here in Plage des Palmes (Croisette, Goeland) on May 19, 2023, 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT+2) with the Chairman and the Executive Director of ERIAC, Zeljko Jovanovic...

Peripheries Unite! With the occasion of 16 MAY – Day of Romani Resistance, we have opened a public discussion on cultural resistance, social justice and the potential of alliances across movements in Europe.   In the frame of ERIACNET4EU project, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) brought together the experts Emilia Roig...

Barvalo  Roma, Sinti, Manoushes, Gitanos, Travellers… Exhibition at the Mucem (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean) in Marseille from May 10 to September 4, 2023 Developed in partnership with and co-curated by ERIAC     “The Elephant In The Room” as an expression, refers to something controversial, something that is not meant to be there, does...

Artists: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Ľuboš Kotlár, Mara Oláh Omara, Vera Lacková, Zoran Tairović Curated by Bratislav Mitrović The same degree and intensity of generalization, reductionism, and stereotyping apply to imagining the Balkans and the Roma. Maria Todorova’s concept of Balkanism provides a sound theoretical framework to explore the deployment of Balkanist stereotypes against Roma in Eastern Europe...

PUBLIC DISCUSSION: Peripheries Unite! Cultural resistance, social justice and the potential of alliances across movements in Europe*   16 May 2023 | 18h00  ERIAC Berlin, Reinhardtstrasse 41-43   Participants: Emilia Roig, author and scholar, director of the Centre for Intersectional Justice. Tayo Awosusi-Onutor, singer and activist, Board of Directors of RomaniPhen. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, anthropologist, author...

On the 600th anniversary of the creation of the Sigismund of Luxembourg Roma Decree, the House of European History received a replica of the Decree in a handover ceremony. It was presented by Tímea Junghaus, Executive Director of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture and Peter Pollák MEP.   The decree was an...

Reenchantment. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas / Film-screening and talk 18 April 2023, 19.00 Kino Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin (III Hof, 5th floor)   “Reenchantment. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas” is a documentary film by Anna Zakrzewska that records the process of creating Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s monumental work Re-enchanting the World for the Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2022 in...

Celebrating International Roma Day, the latest episode of the series “Wissen. Macht. Gerechtigkeit” (Knowledge. Power. Equity) is dedicated to Roma visibility. The series, a joint project of Wikimedia Deutschland and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, features inspiring discussions and breaks new grounds on previously underrepresented topics.   The rich history and diverse cultural production of Roma and Sinti...

  In the frame of the ERIANCET4EU project financed by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, and with a long-term goal of using culture and cultural diplomacy to strengthen open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive society in EU, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is inviting applications from...

BRINGING THE EU CLOSE TO ROMA: WEAVING ROMA CULTURE INTO THE FABRIC OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by ERIACNET4EU. In the frame of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, ERIAC is leading the initiative ERIACNET4EU!  With the adoption of the new EU Roma Framework, the EU and its member states move...

Exhibition Opening: OMARA, “You Let Me Play” (International Roma Day Celebration)   Opening: 6 April 2023, 18.00 Location: ERIAC Art Space (European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture), Reinhardtstr. 41-43, 10117 Berlin   “I think I am a painter because I can present everything I live through in my life: the way my people are...

  ERIAC Executive Director Timea Junghaus was invited to the 2023 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture Series, hosted by the American Folk Art Museum.   The annual series, honoring the late Anne Hill Blanchard, an inspiring and passionate leader in the field and a devoted supporter of the American Folk Art Museum, highlights new...

  Artist Residencies in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2023   Following the successful collaboration in 2020, 2021, and 2022, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is happy to join forces again with Villa Romana and its artist residency programme to offer two residencies to Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative...

ROMHERITAGE Itineraries of Roma Cultural Heritage   romheritage.eu   ERIAC is partner in a consortium with Asociación Nacional Presencia Gitana (Spain), EPEKA (Slovenia), Associazione Thèm Romano (Italy), funded by the Creative Europe Programme (CREA) of the European Commission. The project duration is 24 months, between January 2023 and December 2024.   The ROMHERIATGE project aspires...

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, that brings together Roma and non-Roma individuals and organizations, with relevant and demonstrated competencies and experience in...