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AUTOSTRADA BIENNALE “All Images Will Disappear, One Day” We arrived to the closing week of the 4th Autostrada Biennale, which will conclude in a final celebration on Saturday, September 9, 2023 in the three cities Prizren, Prishtina and Mitrovica. ERIAC in the frame of the International Cultural Outreach Program, supported the participation of two artists...

#ERIACNET4EU   ERIAC is pleased to announce a significant milestone within the realm of the #ERIANCET4EU project: the Financial Management and Grant Administration Training. This specialized training has been meticulously crafted to cater exclusively to ERIAC member organizations that have demonstrated exceptional merit and have been honoured with grant awards. This initiative, made possible through...

ERIAC is excited to officially announce the recipients of grants through the #ERIACNET4EU initiative. A significant amount of €170,000.00 has been allocated to support a total of 12 grants, thoughtfully given to ERIAC member organizations from 7 EU member states. This effort has been possible thanks to funding from the European Commission under the Citizens,...

ERIAC, with funding from the Citizens, Equality, Rights, and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, has awarded grants totalling €170,000.00 to ERIAC members as part of the ERIACNET4EU project. These grants will be used to promote EU values and rights and to shift the narratives around Roma.   ERIAC received 30 project applications through...

ERIAC’s Executive Director Timea Junghaus will hold a guided tour through the exhibition ‘I Sewed for Us’ on Thursday, 20 July 2023 at 6 pm. ‘I Sewed for Us’, curated by Lisa Marei Schmidt and Melanie Roumiguière, is the first solo exhibition of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas in Berlin. You can find information about the exhibition on...

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (b. 1978 in Zakopane, Poland) creates large-scale, brightly coloured textile collages and paintings. Her first solo exhibition in Germany sees the artist embarking on an artistic dialogue with the Brücke-Museum Collection. Her works explore historical narratives as well as contemporary experiences faced by the Roma people. The artist often depicts scenes from their...

In ERIAC we honor the principle of contribution. In accordance with the Membership Charter and the Principle of Contribution, to become a valid associate member of ERIAC you are requested to either pay your annual membership fee or provide an in-kind contribution.   Fulfilling the principle of contribution is obligatory for all members. To comply, either make...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is thrilled to partner with Autostrada Biennale in Kosovo. Curated by Joanna Warsza and Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu, the 4th edition of Autostrada Biennale, is titled “All Images Will Disappear, One Day”, and will be held from 7th July to 9th September 2023 in Prizren, Prishtina, and Mitrovica....

Barvalo  Roma, Sinti, Manoushes, Gitanos, Travellers… Exhibition at the Mucem (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean) in Marseille from May 10 to September 4, 2023 Developed in partnership with and co-curated by ERIAC     “The Elephant In The Room” as an expression, refers to something controversial, something that is not meant to be there, does...

Artists: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Ľuboš Kotlár, Mara Oláh Omara, Vera Lacková, Zoran Tairović Curated by Bratislav Mitrović The same degree and intensity of generalization, reductionism, and stereotyping apply to imagining the Balkans and the Roma. Maria Todorova’s concept of Balkanism provides a sound theoretical framework to explore the deployment of Balkanist stereotypes against Roma in Eastern Europe...

PUBLIC DISCUSSION: Peripheries Unite! Cultural resistance, social justice and the potential of alliances across movements in Europe*   16 May 2023 | 18h00  ERIAC Berlin, Reinhardtstrasse 41-43   Participants: Emilia Roig, author and scholar, director of the Centre for Intersectional Justice. Tayo Awosusi-Onutor, singer and activist, Board of Directors of RomaniPhen. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, anthropologist, author...

Date: 16 May, 2023 at 18h00 Location: ERIAC, Reinhardtstraße 41-43, Berlin   On the occasion of the Day of Romani Resistance, celebrated annually on May 16, and in the frame of “ERIACNET4EU – ERIAC Network to Advance Roma Inclusion by Combatting and Preventing Antigypsyism in the EU” project, the European Roma Institute for Arts and...

International Guest Artists 2023: Erik Tollas and Sergei Asmar   A cooperation between the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana, Florence. Villa Romana and ERIAC are pleased to announce the winners of their joint artist-in-residency programme for 2023, following successful collaborations in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Villa Romana is a...

An interview with: Françoise Dallemagne, in charge of Collections and Research, Mucem, Julia Ferloni, head of « Commerce, Industry, Artisanship” collections, Mucem, Alina Maggiore, PhD candidate, Mucem/Aix-Marseille University/Freiburg University.  RomaMoMA: In 2017, the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (Mucem) has launched a co-curated exhibition project with ERIAC on Roma history, self-representation and...

BRINGING THE EU CLOSE TO ROMA: WEAVING ROMA CULTURE INTO THE FABRIC OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by ERIACNET4EU. In the frame of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, ERIAC is leading the initiative ERIACNET4EU!  With the adoption of the new EU Roma Framework, the EU and its member states move...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is excited to announce the upcoming publication “Bury Me Standing,” which will feature the work of several contemporary Romani artists from across Europe. The publication is the result of a research project conducted in partnership with Radu Sticlea, with support from the Culture Moves Europe Programme....

ERIAC Director Timea Junghaus will join the 2023 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artist Lecture Series hosted by the American Folk Art Museum on Sunday, 5 March at 7 pm CET. Join us online for a new edition of the Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture. Talks will explore new research on self-taught art across time...

  Artist Residencies in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2023   Following the successful collaboration in 2020, 2021, and 2022, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is happy to join forces again with Villa Romana and its artist residency programme to offer two residencies to Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative...