Event – Past

Roma Cultural History Initiative May – December 2020     ERIAC continues its international outreach activities with the ROMA CULTURAL HISTORY INITIATIVE (RCHI), financed by the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO). The ROMA CULTURAL HISTORY INITIATIVE is a continuation of the previous ERIAC international programs – “International Cultural Outreach Program” (2017-2018), “Cultural Institutions Network Initiative”...

The Exhibition "Katitzi - A Literary Figure Rooted in Reality" is on view until middle of September 2020. Learn about the life and works of the Romani-Swedish activist and writer Katarina Taikon. Visit ERIAC Monday or Wednesday between 11-15h or watch the seven short introductory videos on Youtube or IGTV with curator Maria Lind and art critic Övül Durmuşoğlu. 

ERIAC ARTS AND CULTURE INNOVATION PROGRAM APPLICATION CLOSED on June 17, 2020 The Selection Committee results are published here *Information about ERIAC Arts and Culture Innovation Program is available also in ALBANIAN, BULGARIAN, GERMAN, HUNGARIAN, ITALIAN, MACEDONIAN, ROMANES, ROMANIAN, SERBIAN and SPANISH In response to the global outbreak of Covid-19 Pandemic, which has also impacted severely...

ERIAC Family Music Competition During lock-down, on International Roma Day (April 8, 2020), ERIAC published a call for Roma musicians, and the future generations of Roma musical talents to stay at home, while enrolling for the GRAND PRIZE of the online ERIAC ROMA FAMILY MUSIC COMPETITION!   ERIAC received over 160 videos from 365 musicians...

Join ERIAC and be part of the vibrant community of European Roma arts and culture scene by filling in the  online application form.     ERIAC is a membership-based organization, bringing together Roma and non-Roma individuals and organizations, with relevant and demonstrated competencies and experience in the field of arts and culture and who are committed...

📣📣INTERNATIONAL ROMA COUCH FESTIVAL World Wide (Web) Celebration of the International Roma Day, April 8, 2020🥳   We Stay at Home but we Celebrate Together!     This year, ERIAC is providing an overview of digital celebrations of the International Roma Day organized by ERIAC and by our members, partners and allies. Join us in...

Performing the Museum Apr. 8, 2020 – Online Exhibition On the occasion of the International Roma Day, April 8th, ERIAC is opening its first online group exhibition entitled ‘Performing the Museum’ that will launch here on the website on April 8, 2020 at 5p.m. CET.     With and by works of six Roma and...

In the face of the current public health crisis related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is assessing its immediate and longer-term impact on the field of Roma arts and culture by gathering data in a specially-designed questionnaire.  This survey is directed explicitly to individuals...

Chair of the ERIAC Board, Zeljko Jovanovic and ERIAC Executive Director, Timea Junghaus, have convened an emergency Extraordinary General Assembly in response to the global Covid19 pandemic, which took place online on March 31. 2020. In the invitation letter they argued: “We see that many of our countries are deploying unprecedented emergency tactics, and a...

      PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT     ERIAC is an international organization led by a multinational team and which conducts extensive program of activities in various European locations. As a publicly accessible space hosting large visitor groups it is our obligation to act responsibility in the face of the current health crisis.   Due to...

ERIAC is proud to announce the opening of the FUTUROMA exhibition in Villa Romana, in Florence.   OPENING: 29. April 2020   ADDRESS: Villa Romana, Via Senese 68, 50124 Florenz, Italien   The program will be announced shortly.     FUTUROMA draws upon aspects of Afrofuturism to explore Roma contemporary art’s role in defining, reflecting...

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of WW II, ERIAC and Volksbühne are hosting an eventseries entitled “Diaspora Europe” curated by Shally Kupferberg and Timea Junghaus. The events between March 1st and December 10 are gathering Roma/Sinti and Jewish communities to explore the politics and poetics of diaspora belonging within contemporary...

On 23rd January the third roundtable discussion of Romani Studies Program (RSP) was held, this time the event was jointly organized by the Department of Political Science at CEU. The invited scholars critically reflected on identity politics and the potentials and dilemmas of identity-based activism in the Romani movement.   Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, deputy director of...

ERIAC is awarded an action grant from the European Cultural Foundation   The European Cultural Foundation awarded a grant to the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) as part of their “Democracy Needs Imagination” Action Grant. The Action Grants under the theme Democracy Needs Imagination  support people who are working for European democratic values....

Alina Serban – winner of the 1st Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize   It is our pleasure to announce that Alina Serban – Roma actress, playwright and director – was revealed as the winner of the first edition of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize!   The winner was announced on December 9 2019, during...

ERIAC celebrates the first awardee of the Tajsa Prize with a memorable concert on December 9 at the Maxim Gorki Theater   The Tajsa Prize, awarded to an outstanding Roma individual enriching Roma arts and culture, embodies the philosophy of ERIAC and the spirit of Roma history and cultural heritage while looking onwards, shaping and...

  Barvalipe Academy holds its second meeting in Berlin On December 9 2019, the Barvalipe Academy held its second meeting, convened by Dr. Maria Bogdan, Chair of the Barvalipe Academy. The Barvalipe Academy is the agenda-setting and strategic body of the Institute which has an advisory and inspirational role. The Academy discussed the roles and responsibilities...

ERIAC IMPACT – public presentation of the ERIAC achievements and plans   On December 9 2019, ERIAC held the ERIAC Impact event at the Hotel MELIA in Berlin. ERIAC Impact was a public presentation of ERIAC’s achievements and future plans. It brought together over ERIAC associate members, Barvalipe Academy and Board Members, joined by the...