When I was a child, I had no idea who I was. The whole idea of identity was a murky concept which neither interested nor really roused my curiosity - This I have found is common to virtually all children. I'm a quarter of a century old now and a lot has changed. Not just out there in the world but also within me. A fundamental feeling or force which I believe is important to the human condition is a feeling of belonging.

Here I will have to…

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My name is Nathaniel Grann. I am photojournalist living the DC metropolitan area and am currently working on a photo project with the Corcoran College of Art & Design around the lives and culture of Romani Americans and Canadians. I'm very curious to see how Romani Americans and Canadians are treated within North America as well as the cultural traditions within context of North American culture, if possible to even contextualize such contrasting cultures.



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It was a great day of april, I went on a trip to mountains, on the way I saw some smoke coming from a valley. I stepped out of the car and as I got closer to the edge of the road, I saw in the valley a great gypsy camp. I had my camera with me and I decided to get down in the valley. I got closer to the camp, suddenly all the children came to me, I had a fantastic day with them, I stayed in their tents,they gave me food and drink. I have eat with them cabbages made in pot, and polenta, I…

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We are applying for EU Funding, Call for Proposals EACEA/16/2011, where we work with families and literacy through creating books like http://www.ringofgold.eu/Romany.html.m We already have Italy and Romania as partners, with the 'Aureo Anello' Associazione and the Asociatia 'Agrustic Somnacuni - Inel de Aur', but need a third country participant. Our project for the EU Promoting the Integration of Roma in and through Education consists of…

An interview In Romanian  with Emilia Paunescu one of the organizers of the 5th edition of International Romani Art Festival in Cluj,  june 2011

Asociatia 'Agrustic Somnacuni - Inel de Aur' in Romania and Aureo Anello Associazione in Florence seek a partner in a third EU or other participating country for a work/study project where Roma in Florence restore a historic anti-slavery cemetery, earning the money and learning the alphabet, to return home to Romania to better their housing and educate their children at home as well as at school. We create booklets with drawings in four languages (Romani, Romanian, Italian, English, and…

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König, Dame, Bube, Narr

VON ARMIN KNAUER

Ein „Star“ der europäischen Roma-Kunstszene in Reutlingen

Haus der Volkshochschule, Galerie im Turm und

Galerie Gutekunst, Hauffstr. 16

27. März bis 23. April 2011

 Zoran Tairovic, Jahrgang 1966, gehört mittlerweile zu den auch international renommiertesten Künstlern aus Serbien, ist unter den Roma einer der wichtigsten Europas. Ausgebildet an der Akademie der Schönen Künste in Novi Sad – zunächst mit dem Schwerpunkt Grafik und Malerei, bald ergänzt…

Reutlingen.  Er gehört zu den auch international renommiertesten Künstlern aus Serbien. Zoran Tairovic ist nicht nur als Grafiker und Maler tätig, auch Theater und Musik gehört zu seinen Ausdrucksformen.

"Hoppla, ein Ikonenmaler", diesen Ausspruch hat Thomas Becker von der VHS Reutlingen gleich im Eingang der Galerie aufgeschnappt, berichtet er. Und tatsächlich, die 14 Gemälde, die dem Betrachter in der Galerie Gutekunst entgegenwirken, tragen starke italienische, altdeutsche…

Halting Air

Novy Bydžov is a small town of 7000 some 100 km east of Prague. It's mayor, Mr.Pavel Louda, has decided to combat so-called gypsy problem after alleged rape has been committed by member of their Roma community. He has put up a declaration, titled "Gypsies have raped; the city is preparing specific measures." on official town's website. This document has became a pretext for nationalist DSSS party to organize a march on February 12, 2011. Despite numerous protest from human rights and Roma…

On January 26th 2011 both the German Bundestag and the European parliament

observed the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that celebrates the

end of the Holocaust or, in Romanes, the Porrajmos, in which an estimated one to two

million Romani perished. This marks the first time the Romani nation has been included

in the ceremonies. At last we commemorate a multi-ethnic genocide that for decades was

forgotten, if not denied.

While the…

Reference from Edinburg

Sometimes it's easy to forget how international the Fringe really is when you succumb to the temptation of only seeing English-speaking performances. 'A Gypsy Prayer For The South', the first Gypsy opera-musical from the Balkans, could be a way of jolting you out of this Anglo-centricity, as the cast combine dance, music and singing to give the audience a real feel of the traditional Roma culture. Though only about half of the performance was in English, it is…

INVITATION TO ROMA PAINTERS

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