Event – Past

The 12th meeting of the European Platform for Roma inclusion took place on 08 and 09 October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. In regards to the post-2020 EU Roma Framework, the platform this year focused on housing and health; last year, the platform focused on the topics of education and unemployment.   This year, the Platform...

Roma Exhibition at the 58th Venice Contemporary Art Biennale in 2019 Chairman of the ERIAC Board, Zeljko Jovanovic and Executive Director, Timea Junghaus, as the Commissioners of the collaborative event – publish the present call for the curator of the Roma Exhibition in 2019.   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture has a...

  Within the framework of an educational trip to Berlin, the association Cselekvö közösség (“Active Communities”) lead by Dr. Mária Arapovics and consisting of local politicians and experts from museums, libraries, and NGOs met with representatives of various cultural institutions in the German capital. On the 25 September, the group visited ERIAC.   After getting...

  On 24 September, ERIAC staff had the opportunity to engage with the Open Society Foundation (OSF) Youth Community Fellows from Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary. During their visit, OSF Fellows were guided through the exhibition “Forest” and introduced to ERIAC´s vision, mission, goals, and current projects. The fellows shared challenges and priorities from their local...

  A delegation of the Department of Sami and Minority Affairs of the Norwegian ministry for Local Government and Modernisation of the Kingdom of Norway (Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet´same- og minoritetspolitisk avdeling) visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture on 19 September. Their chief responsibility is the formulation and coordination of the Norwegian state’s...

  Ms. Katherine Watson, the Director of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture on 10 September.   The ECF is a Netherlands-based independent cultural foundation. Their mission is to “make a tangible impact on civil society, citizen initiatives, public opinion and policy proposals to combat the fragmenting...

The Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU) was established in 1984 as a private grantmaking organisation dedicated to improve communication and cooperation between the people of the United States and the countries of Central- and Eastern Europe. TMU supports international face-to-face contact and professional interaction and is shaped by the belief that creative international collaboration encourages...

    ERIAC continues its international activities with the “ERIAC Cultural Institutions Network Initiative,” financed by Federal Foreign Office of the German government. The aim of the initiative is to introduce ERIAC to diverse audiences in places outside of ERIAC’s headquarters in Berlin. For this program, ERIAC has chosen to focus on the Balkans, to...

  Robert Gabris, Emília Rigová: FOREST An exhibition on the narratability of Roma Trauma   Opening: August 1, 2018. 18.00 Opening speech: Timea Junghaus, art historian followed by a guided tour of the artists     The exhibition of ERIAC for the International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day presents the artworks of Robert Gabris and Emília...

In the framework of the Roma in European Societies (RES) initiative of the Central European University (CEU), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture is offering an internship opportunity to qualified alumni of the CEU Roma Access Programs.   RES is funded over the next five years by the Velux Foundations, the Roma Education...

On 01 August, a day before the International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, ERIAC participated in a discussion organized at the German Bundestag, in the framework of the International Summer Camp, “Remember the past. Respond to the present”. The Summer Camp, organized by the Anne Frank Zentrum and Anne Frank House and taking place from 29...

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the German Bundestag, with the support of the German Foreign Ministry, hosted a seminar entitled, “Addressing Potential Ethnic Conflicts Through Law and Good Practices,” on 11-12 July at the Villa Borsig in Berlin. The seminar was organized as a follow-up to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 27th Annual Session, which had taken...

The Central European University (CEU) hosted a Summer School, entitled “Romani Identities and Antigyspyism” between 2-13 July 2018.   The summer course is part of the Roma in European Society Initiative funded by the Velux Foundations, Open Society Foundations Roma Initiatives Office, and the Roma Education Fund, in cooperation with the Council of Europe.   This year, the Summer School focused...

  In the framework of the European Cultural Heritage Summit, ERIAC contributed to the panel discussion, “Endangered heritage / Endangered Values,” organized by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy The debate was moderated by Dr. Piet Jaspaert, the Vice President of Europa Nostra. Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, the Deputy Director of ERIAC took part in the discussion,...

The European Cultural Heritage Summit 2018 took place between 18-24 June 2018 in Berlin. Within the summit’s framework “Sharing Heritage – Sharing Values,” one event dedicated to Roma culture took place: “Preserving and Promoting Roma Cultural Heritage” at the ERIAC premises. After a guided curatorial tour through the Roma Spring exhibition in the ERIAC Art...

On 11 June, Patrick Gaspard, President of the Open Society Foundations, received artists, writers, and activists in Brussels for a debate on: “L’IMAGINATION AU POUVOIR: THE POWER OF PROTEST IN WORDS, IMAGES ACTIONS.” The event took place at the BOZAR (Palais des Beaux-Arts / PSK), within the framework of the BOZAR’s thematic focus on the legacy of...

ERIAC ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OPENING AND BARVALIPE ACADEMY ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESS RELEASE Berlin, 08 June 2018   On the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), we are announcing the opening of the call for associate members! ERIAC is envisioned as a membership-based organization, bringing together Roma...

Bernd Fabritius, the newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities visited ERIAC on 01 June 2018.   Dr. Fabritius, who was born in the region of Sibiu, Romania, has been holding this post since March 2018, succeeding Dr. Günter Krings as the Federal Government Commissioner for Ethnic German Resettlers and National...