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Re-enchanting the World – a conversation with Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, the artist representing Poland at the 59th International Art Exhibition Your monumental work in the Polish Pavilion refers to the famous “calendar” cycle of frescoes from the Renaissance Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara, Italy. How was the idea for this project born? MMT: The project is an...

RomaMoMA interviews curator Ilina Schileru. You are both an artist and a curator. How have these two practices influenced each other within you? Ilina Schileru: It all started with my need to create a community as an artist, and I envisioned it as an artist-led community. That is when I began negotiating for a space...

RomaMoMA interviews Eugen Raportoru. Among the most recognised painters of his generation in his country of origin, Eugen Raportoru (Bucharest, 1961) has always taken pride in his Roma origins. His recent experiments in installation narrate past memories from his childhood and often contain self-referential elements through which he creates a hidden genealogy of the unspoken...

  Manifesta 14 Prishtina_Co-Producing Common Space and Shaping Formations of Solidarity in the Western Balkans and Beyond – M14WB 22.07 – 30.10.2022 RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti Roma Rajni Curated by Timea Junghaus   By joining Manifesta 14 Prishtina_Co-Producing Common Space and Shaping Formations of Solidarity in the Western Balkans and Beyond,...

Interview with the Commissioners of the Roma Exhibition at the 59th Biennale Arte: Abduction from the Seraglio: Timea Junghaus, Executive Director of ERIAC, and Zeljko Jovanovic, Director of the Open Society Roma Initiatives Office, and Chairman of the Board of ERIAC RomaMoMA: What is the history of the presence of Roma art at the La...

On the occasion of the International Romani Day (8 April), ERIAC is hosting three young and upcoming artists representing contemporary Roma woman’s art in the exhibition GOSSIPS. Artists: Luna De Rosa | Dariya Kanti | Nataliia Tomenko

To dynamize the ERIAC membership community from within and ensure smooth communication across ERIAC statutory bodies, ERIAC has recently launched a call for ERIAC thematic section coordinators. The thematic section coordinators – facilitating the work in Arts and Culture; History and Commemoration; Media and Communication; Research and Publication; Romani Language sections – will be responsible...

  Background Despite the Council of Europe’s decades-long engagement with Romani issues, the educational inclusion of Romani children and adolescents continues to present major challenges. Successive recommendations from the Committee of Ministers are clear about the political principles and social values that should shape policy, and equally clear about the outcomes that policy implementation should...

Collateral Events of the 59th International Venice Biennale.  Curated by Ilina Schileru. Commissioned by Zeljko Jovanovic and Timea Junghaus on behalf of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).  With special contributions from: Ethel Brooks, Ioanida Costache, Mihaela Drăgan, Carmen Gheorghe, Delia Grigore, Angéla Kóczé, Dijana Pavlovic, Erasma Vicenzina Pevarello, Alina Șerban The...

In the times of museums being burned down because of war or put at risk because of climate disaster effects – what is a meaning of a public art collection? Could we imagine a different definition of collecting, an alternative circulation of objects, or an art museum without art objects? What if museums start collecting...

ARTromnja is a collaborative project between Romane Romnja and ERIAC, born out of a necessity and shared ambition to combat the prevalence of Roma misrepresentation – especially with regard to Roma women – in the media. The ARTromnja project aims to amplify Roma women voices and highlight Roma women contributions to the field of arts and culture through the personal accounts of six Sinti and Roma women artists and changemakers.

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is proud to present Eugen Raportoru: The Abduction from the Seraglio, accompanied by Roma Women: Performative Strategies of Resistance, an official collateral event at the 59th International Art Exhibition, curated by Ilina Schileru. In the long history of La Biennale, this is only the fourth occasion when a presence of...

REF SERBIA-ERIAC INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Five fully-funded Internship positions at the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) Starting date:                         April 1st 2022 End date:                               August 31st 2022 Application deadline:             March 19th 2022   The European Roma Institute for Arts and...

Position: Thematic Section Coordinators Duty Station: Remote Duration of contract: March 7, 2022 – December 31, 2022 Extended Deadline for applying: March 6, 2022   Objectives: ERIAC is looking for 5 thematic section coordinators (Arts and Culture; History and Commemoration; Media and Communication; Research and Publication; Romani Language) to be engaged from within its own...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is proud to present Emília Rigová: And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other, curated by Timea Junghaus, an official Roma exhibition at the 23rd Triennale Milano International Exhibition. The Triennale takes place 15 July – 11 December 2022, under the title Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction...

  We, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and our Ukrainian partner the Youth Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture (ARCA) stand in solidarity with Roma and all the brave people of Ukraine! DONATE HERE On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation waged a war on the independent state of Ukraine by engaging...

Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia Curated by Ilina Schileru Commissioned by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), Željko Jovanović, Timea Junghaus Exhibition Venue: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti | Campo S. Stefano 2945 Opening Event: 22 April 2022, 6–7pm Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere...

Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition Curated by Ilina Schileru Commissioned by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture   Exibition Site: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti | Campo S. Stefano 2945 Opening Event: 22 April 2022 Public Dates: 23 April – 27 November 2022 Commissioners: ERIAC, Zeljko Jovanovic, Timea...