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ERIAC Serbia (European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Serbia), with the support of Mokrin House, invites young people (ages 16–35) to apply for the Digital Literacy Bootcamp, taking place October 16–18, 2025. This initiative reflects our commitment to social responsibility, solidarity, and allyship with the Roma community in building a more inclusive society. The...

If art exists, most explicitly, in moments of crisis and catastrophe—as is attested by artists of the 13th Berlin Biennale and its Sister Organizations—what are its languages and preoccupations? What does it leave to us as viewers, spectators, audience, receivers, and is it what we expect, or can even understand fully in the present? In...

The 20th meeting of the Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society (Concept note) is scheduled to take place on 23-24 September 2025 in hybrid format, in Strasbourg and online, and it will focus on the social rights of Roma and Travellers, as highlighted by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR)...

Despite efforts by scholars and educators in the last two decades, the genocide of the Roma remains underrepresented in commemorative practices, scholarship, and education on the Second World War in Europe. Several EU member states display strong feelings against their Roma populations, while others have made significant steps in the introduction of Roma History and...

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art Opens June 13, 2025 — Featuring ERIAC as Sister Organization     The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art launches on June 13, 2025, under the evocative title “passing the fugitive on”, curated by Zasha Colah. This edition centers on art’s power to resist systemic injustice and militarization,...

The visual artist Eugen Raportoru challenges the conventions of the art gallery with the immersive exhibition #jesuismahala where visual imagery, music, scent, and community interweave. The upcoming exhibition – on display at the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest between February, 20 and May, 20, 2025 – is a profound exploration of memory, identity, and art, rooted...

As part of the annual OPRE! Roma Month: Standing Up for Dignity and Rights, the Council of Europe will host the Roma Youth Together 2025 seminar at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, co-organized with leading Roma networks: the International Roma Youth Network – TernYpe, the European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network, and Phiren Amenca....

ERIAC is partnering with Ex Oriente Film Documentary Laboratory 2025 to support storytellers in taking their projects to the next level.   Are you a Roma filmmaker or producer based in Central and Eastern Europe, working on a feature-length documentary or an innovative docu-series in the development or early production stage? ERIAC is pleased to...

5th International Conference – Safeguarding Romani Language to be Held at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg   Day 1 Livestream (November 5th) : https://shorturl.at/ssdfI  Day 2 Livestream (November 6th): https://shorturl.at/G2Wus    The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Council of Europe’s Roma and Travellers Division and the Division of...

    WOMNET MEETING 2024 “INTERSECTIONAL SOLIDARITY: NAVIGATING THE JOURNEY TOWARDS COMMUNITIES OF CARE AND COLLECTIVE ACTION” Hosted by European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) OCTOBER 28, 2024 04.00-06.30 PM CET Via Zoom Please click here to register latest by Sunday 27th of October 2024     Participation Guidelines and Space Commitments: –...

ERIAC presents the monograph by Nihad Nino Pušija: In Search of Eldorado – Roma and Sinti in the Struggle for Representation, edited by Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić. A related exhibition curated by RomaMoMA, featuring a selection of Pušija’s photography, showcasing over 30 years of Roma representation, will be held at the European Roma Institute...

ERIAC is proud to announce the upcoming Barvalipe Academy Election 2024. This election offers a unique opportunity to shape the strategic vision of ERIAC by electing eight new members to the Barvalipe Academy, a distinguished body of thought leaders and advisors. The Barvalipe Academy plays a crucial role in guiding ERIAC’s mission to promote the...

With contributions by Péter Bencze, Timea Junghaus, Ábel Sánta, Selma Selman, Everybody Needs Art, RJSaK ARCHIV, RomaMoMA and a display by Studio Caruso. An exhibition curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen   2 October – 9 November 2024 gta exhibitions at ETH Zurich, ONA Fokushalle, Oerlikon Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, CH-8050 Zurich Opening: 1 October 2024,...

SEMINAR ON ROMANI AESTHESIS: Emancipatory Potentials Beyond Modern-Colonial Art and Aesthetic Iván Periáñez Bolaño in conversation with Miguel Ángel Vargas Rubio September 3, 19:00 Tak Village im Aufbau Haus, Oranienhof, 10969 Berlin   Manolo Gómez, Clavel Negro, 2010, Collection Kai Dikhas   In his latest book titled ¨Cosmosonoridades¨, Iván Periáñez Bolaño, Professor of Anthropology at...

       “ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS II”                                                                              ...

Cannes Producers Workshop – Highlights from Alina Șerban When: 14 August, Wednesday, 16:00-18:00 CET  Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87674479501   Award-winning actress, director and producer Alina Șerban, shares her experiences from the ImpACT Workshop series in Cannes. This is a unique chance to learn firsthand from her journey, get an inside scoop on film production at one...

  ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA PANEL DISKUSIJA POVODOM EVROPSKOG DANA SEĆANJA NA SAMUDARIPEN/GENOCID NAD ROMIMA 31. jul 2024. Putem Zoom-a (onlajn događaj) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82824437410         Između 2. i 3. avgusta 1944. godine, u gasnim komorama logora Auschwitz-Birkenau ubijeno je oko 4.300 Roma, koji su preostali iz tzv. „Porodičnog logora“. Ova tragedija je...

CARGO – of Dust and Ashes                       exhibition featuring works of Charly Bechaimont (FR), Anita Horváth (HU), Lila Loisse (UK) Curated by RomaMoMA | Emese Molnár August 2nd marks the 80th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust, a repressed trauma that has only recently resurfaced thanks to the intellectual and political efforts of Romani elites beginning...