Event – Past

On 18 February 2026, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg hosted a public panel discussion followed by an artist talk within the framework of the exhibition Małgorzata Mirga-Tas. An Alternative History.  In dialogue with curator Andreas Beitin and Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Executive Director of ERIAC, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas reflected on the urgency of reclaiming Roma narration within European cultural...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) welcomes artist Zejna Murkić as a member of its international community, a network of Roma and non-Roma intellectuals, artists, and cultural practitioners committed to advancing Roma arts and culture across Europe.    The partnership with Zejna Murkić has evolved through her engagement in ERIAC’s regional and...

On 20 February 2026, Romania marks 170 years since the official abolition of Roma slavery in the Romanian Principalities. The act signed in 1856 brought an end to more than five centuries of enslavement of Roma people in Wallachia and Moldavia. Between 1385 and 1856, Roma were legally treated as property. They were owned by...

Kick-Off Meeting and Public Launch of ERIACNET4EU 2026: ERIAC NETWORK TO ADVANCE ROMA INCLUSION BY COMBATTING AND PREVENTING ANTIGYPSYISM IN THE EU     As part of the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights, and Values Programme (CERV), ERIAC is excited to announce the next phase of its project: ERIACNET4EU – The ERIAC Network for Advancing...

As the Berlinale opens its doors, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture returns to the European Film Market with a clear intention: to strengthen the position of Romani filmmakers within the European audiovisual landscape.   Meet ERIAC at EFM ERIAC will be present at the European Film Market from 12 to 18 February...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture announces the second edition of the ERIAC Film Pitch Deck, a curated industry platform dedicated to advancing Romani filmmakers and Romani narratives within the European audiovisual landscape. Building on the first edition, the ERIAC Film Pitch Deck continues to create structural pathways between Romani storytellers and key...

Under the direct supervision of the ERIAC Executive management, the EU Grant Manager is responsible for the correct management and administration of ERIACNET4EU – a large European project focusing on developing actions that support the implementation of the new EU Roma Framework. The Grant manager will be responsible for the overall coordination of the project...

  On the occasion of the International Roma Day (April 8), ERIAC joins the Council of Europe’s Youth Department and Roma and Travellers Division in bringing together Roma youth organisations and young people at the European Youth Centre to celebrate Roma identity and articulate the concerns and aspirations shaping their present and future, within the...

On 27 January 2026, the United Nations General Assembly Hall hosted the official United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, held under the theme “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights.” At the invitation of the United Nations, Nataliia Tomenko addressed the international community by...

Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honour the victims of Nazi violence: six million Jewish people, hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti, and countless others persecuted and murdered, including disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and political dissidents.   We honour their memory by refusing to forget and by renewing our responsibility to resist intolerance...

ONLAJN INFO-SESIJA: POZIV ZA ČLANSTVO U ERIAC-U Datum: 27. januar 2026.Vreme: 16:00–17:30 (CET) Platforma: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87281997197 Jezik: BHS                                                                 Evropski romski institut za umetnost i...

Dijana Pavlović, artist, activist, actress and Deputy Chair of the ERIAC Board, and Noell Maggini, fashion designer and finalist of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025, will participate in the special edition of Fashion Beyond Waste on January 30, during Berlin Fashion Week. A ZeroW’s format dedicated to showcasing designers and projects developed through...

  Carnegie Hall in New York, one of the world’s most prestigious platform of artistic achievement, will host on February 2, 2026, from 8:00 PM, the Concert for the Day of Remembrance / Samudaripen, in the Weill Recital Hall. Promoted and organized by the Union of Roma Communities in Italy (UCRI) on the occasion of...

The European Film Academy has announced its newly elected Board for the 2026–2027 mandate, marking a historic milestone for representation in European cinema: for the first time, a dedicated board seat has been created for transnational minorities in Europe.   Filmmaker and cultural professional Petro Rusanienko (Ukraine) has been elected to this newly established position,...

Public Announcement: ERIAC Executive Leadership Transition Berlin, 5 January 2026   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is completing a planned transition in its executive leadership, following a period of institutional renewal and strategic development.   Over the past year, ERIAC has undertaken significant governance renewal, including the reconstitution of its governing...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce the selection of the Thematic Section Coordinators for the year 2026. Following an internal call open to ERIAC members, five professionals have been selected to take on this important role, each representing one of ERIAC’s core thematic sections:   Arts and Culture...

Across Europe, museums are redefining themselves as spaces of civic participation and ethical responsibility, placing inclusion at the core of cultural democracy. Within this shift, the marginalization of Roma communities remains a major challenge. Although Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority, they are largely absent from cultural institutions due to longstanding systemic barriers—not a lack...

The RomaMoMA Nomadic Library, ERIAC’s itinerant library of contemporary Roma literary, artistic and cultural knowledge, accompanies contemporary Romani textile artists Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s current exhibition at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The exhibition runs from November 22nd, 2025 until March 15th, 2026 and offers a singular retrospective of Mirga-Tas’s textile world. This selection of books was curated by the...