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Is it the Berliner’s open-minded attitude? Their peculiar sensitivity towards questions of identity? Are the roots to be found in the migration routes of the Roma? Where did it all start? One thing is undeniable: Berlin has consistently played a crucial role in the cultural and social life of the Roma diaspora and, synchronically, Roma...

      1. Can I apply as an individual? According to the grant conditions and regulations you cannot apply as an individual. The applicant must be a legal entity, a non-profit organization established in a Member State of the European Union, and must respect EU values as laid down in Art.2 of the Treaty...

  Download templates: Project Budget and the Activity Timetable of the Proposal in the format provided by ERIAC.   Activity timetable Budget file     FQA ( Frequently Asked Questions )  

Scholarship to Join the ImpACT Lab Workshops in Cannes We are pleased to announce the forging of a new partnership with Marché du Film and ImpACT Lab which aims to bridge the gap between Roma representation on film and the lived experience of contemporary Roma communities across Europe. It is time to address the film...

Artist Residencies at Villa Romana in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists    In their fifth consecutive collaboration, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana are once again uniting to continue the residency programme in Florence, extending a unique opportunity to two talented Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative draws upon the ground-breaking work, expertise,...

Care permeates almost every aspect of our social reality. It is partly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that both collective and individual care has been brought into sharper focus than ever before. The global pandemic has shed light on the politics of care and has shown the heavy burden on women, social workers,...

The surface is never simply smooth or clean in Selma Selman’s works. The artist paints on objects such as car bonnets, bathtubs or satellite dishes as naturally as if they were stretched canvases. These objects are then either displayed freely in the room or are carefully arranged on the wall, constantly moving on the border...

There is no singular truth; this people, like any other, has its own history, tradition, and language, embodying a source of culture. It is precisely this source that constitutes an unfinished process of existence. The Roma serve as a prime example that identity is complementary and ever evolving, both on an individual and a collective...

Berlin Tales  Emanuel Barica, Luna De Rosa, Mihaela Drăgan, Nihad Nino Pušija, Mersud Selman, Alfred Ullrich, David Weiss   15 December, 2023 – 5 April, 2024 Exhibition opening: 14 December 2023, 6.00 – 9.00 pm       Berlin has consistently played a crucial role in the cultural and social life of the Roma diaspora...

Everyone belongs elsewhere, and elsewhere could mean both everywhere and nowhere. Sung by Remedios Silva Pisa, Yasmin Levy, Eleni Vitali, Emel Mathlouthi, Zeynep Bastik and others, ‘Naci en Alamo’ (‘I was Born in Alamo’) is a Ladino–Greek Romani ‘song about displacement and homelessness, and ultimately about nostalgia for a birthplace that was never home’ (Aciman...

#ERIACNET4EU grantee Untold Stories Association Presents: Romani Film Art in Berlin – Screening of Alina Șerban’s Short Films And “Gipsy Queen”   Join us for a captivating cinematic experience brought to you by our esteemed ERIACNET4EU grantee, Untold Stories Association. As part of their Roma Power project, the Untold Stories Association will organize the screening...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to invite you to    TAJSA  ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE 2023 On November 30, 2023 at 19.00 Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin   The Tajsa Prize awards an outstanding Roma individual who is enriching Roma arts and culture and embodies the founding principles of ERIAC,...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to invite you to    TAJSA  ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE 2023 On November 30, 2023 at 19.00 Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin   The Tajsa Prize awards an outstanding Roma individual who is enriching Roma arts and culture and embodies the founding principles of ERIAC,...

– About the Exhibition Roma Jewellery Tradition – Rosa Taikon at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm In the process of creating the exhibition, Roma Jewellery Tradition – Rosa Taikon, Rosa Taikon’s expressive jewellery became a point of departure for a demonstration of Roma history and heritage as well as a platform for the civil rights struggle of the...

In 2022, at the fifteenth edition of documenta in Kassel, I witnessed an interesting conversation between two visitors standing in front of a large-scale and impressive work by Tamás Péli. ‘Péli studied at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague,’ one of the two women read out from the label. The other immediately...

Exhibition and open studios launched at the historic artists’ house Villa Romana with the participation of current Villa Romana fellows and ERIAC artist in residence, Erik Tollas. Following an open call and the decision of the international jury, Erik Tollas was selected to be the artist in residence during the month of September at Villa...

Handle with Care is the title of the new exhibition that opened at the Ludwig Museum, the contemporary art museum of Budapest. Upon the invitation of the curators and as an integral part of this new temporary exhibition, the RomaMoMA Nomadic Library traveled to Hungary for the opening on September 14, 2023.     The...

“Being Roma Is My Strength” was expressed explicitly by artist Ionela Mihaela Cîmpeanu during the very moving experience of a guided walking tour in April 2023 over the final weekend of the exhibition, Chronic Desire – Sete Cronică, which I co-curated as the inaugurating event of Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture. Embarking on my...