Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s studio
We visited Mirga-Tas’ studio with the camera just before her departure to Kosovo. We had the opportunity to watch her give the final touches to works that were later shown at the Autostrada Biennale.
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Realizacja filmu dokumentującego wystawę Małgorzaty Mirgi-Tas
Była lipcowa sobota 1942 roku, kiedy niemieccy żandarmi wraz z polskimi policjantami zatrzymali w okolicach małopolskiego Borzęcina Dolnego dwudziestodziewięcioosobową grupę składającą się z Romów i Romek.
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The exhibition “Re-enchanting the World” by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
“We talk about ourselves, not someone else who just sees us from the sidelines. That is the re-enchanting of the world”. On the exhibition “Re-enchanting the World” by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
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Kalendarzo
„Romano kalendarzo” is a record of Roma culture and provides education about this traditional culture in a modern and accessible way – through an online calendar based on the most popular calendar in the world, the Gregorian calendar.
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In the studio of Krzysztof Gil
We were in Krzysztof Gil’s studio just before the opening of the exhibition They call me Gypsy, though that’s not my name / The more you trim the bigger it becomes.
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Installation of Krzysztof Gil’s work at the Wiosna na osiedlu Bema exhibition in Białystok
The work of Krzysztof Gil refers directly to the Transylvanian Panorama painted under the direction of Jan Styka (painting is also known as the Battle of Sibiu, Bem in Transylvania or Bem and Petöfi).
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Czarna noc w biały dzień
Zdjęcia z wystawy “Czarna noc w biały dzień”Krzysztofa Gila w galerii Monopol w Warszawie
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Dziwne owoce rajskich drzew
Zdjęcia z wystawy “Dziwne owoce rajskich drzew” Krzysztofa Gila w HOSgallery w Warszawie (Warsaw Gallery Weekend).
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Delfin Łakatosz
Delfin Łakatosz – a filmmaker, director, cinema enthusiast, video trainer.
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Interview with Delfin Łakatosz
From an early age, Delfin Łakatosz showed an interest in art and created his artistic legacy, which now includes a long list of completed activities.
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Interview with Bogumiła Delimata
Bogumiła Delimata, a Wrocław-born artist active in many areas of art, travels all over the world sharing what she creates.
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Interview with Noemi Amadea Łakatosz
Amadea Noemi Łakatosz is a Roma activist and artist who was born in Poznań in 1997. She has a long list of completed artistic and social projects.
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Amadea Noemi Łakatosz
Amadea Noemi Łakatosz, born 21.03.1997 in Poznań, comes from a Roma family that has always been involved in art. She graduated from the General Jadwiga Zamoyska Secondary School XXV in Poznań, with a focus on humanities and theatre.
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Rudolf Dzurko – Exhibition
The East Slovak Gallery – Východoslovenská galéria in Košice has organized an exhibition titled “Only with Me Can You Hear the Grass Grow,” showcasing the work of Rudolf Dzurko, a brilliant Slovak artist of Roma origin.
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Plenairs
As we can read in the encyclopedia: “plein-air” [fr.(en) plen air ‘under the open sky’] is simply painting outdoors, directly from nature, in open space.
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National Scholarship Competition for Talented Roma Youth 2023
On 21 August, 2023, an extraordinary gala concert organised by the Counseling and Information Centre for Roma in Poland took place at the Marek Edelman Dialogue Centre in Łódź, during which scholarships for talented Roma youth were awarded.
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Julia Rańda
It turns out that, while possessing extraordinary musical talent, she is successful in numerous competitions and can draw and paint brilliantly.
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Zuza Tamara Łukasik
My name is Zuza . I’m 17 years old and I go to a hairdressing trade school. I love art. Drawing calms me down because I can put emotions on paper.
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Rajmund Siwak
Rajmund is the leader of the Roma people in Krosno. He lives in Warsaw where he works as a salesman – a cashier. His hobbies are singing, dancing and art.
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Erwin Brzeziński
My name is Erwin Brzeziński and I come from the Polish Roma group.
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Dajana Głowacka
Dajana is 12 years old and studies at a primary school in Warsaw’s Praga Południe district.
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Milan Kwiatkowski
My name is Milan Kwiatkowski and I am 12 years old. I live in Radom.
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Alwaro Siwak
A young, almost 16-year-old Roms artist from Krosno. He is a second-year student in a vocational school with a hairdressing profile.
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Paramisia/fairytale
Paramisia/fairytale “Creation of the world” – an animation that was based on a fairytale by Jerzy Ficowski from the book “Twig of the sun tree”
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Paramisia “Yana and the Blacksmith”
Paramisia, or the fairytale „Jana and the Blacksmith” – a film animation (not only for children) will be realised by artists Małgorzata Jabłońska and Piotr Szewczyk, based on the fairytale written by the ingenious Roma artist, singer and poet Teresa Mirga.
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Romano Hip-Hopo
“Mekh man daje” is a traditional Romani song, recorded and danced by Roma young people from Warsaw’s South Praga, in which they tell of themselves and their identity.
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Summer Workshop Camp
The Summer Workshop Camp – capacity-building programme for Roma Youth and NGO networking
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Polish–Slovak Romani Concert
Although today they live on two sides of the border, Galician Roma still speak the same language—that of music, dance, and shared traditions.
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Sewing scarves
The video created by Delfin Łakatosz features an interview with Wanda Rutowicz, a designer, seamstress and owner of the Romani Fashion Studio.
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Wandering Festival “Romani Kultura”: Warsaw 2024 – Bareforytka Roma
The “Romani Culture” Festival travels across Poland every year to present to a wide audience the most interesting cultural achievements of the Roma ethnic minority living and creating in a selected region of the country
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Roma, and about Roma in literature
The dominant vector of Polish-Roma relations is stretched on the axis marked by aversion and ignorance. Aversion, despite the fact that public opinion polls systematically record a decline in its level, is still expressed by a significant proportion of Poles.
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Interview with Róża Łakatosz
Róża Łakatosz was born in Poznań, though she spent her teenage years in Wrocław, studying at the local Fine Arts High School.
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Jerzy Ficowski
Jerzy Ficowski (born September 4, 1924 in Warsaw, died May 9, 2006 in Warsaw) was a poet, prose writer, translator, lyrics author, the Home Army solider and the Warsaw Uprising participant and a member of the democratic opposition in PRL.
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Zita Moldovan and Loly brand
Zita Moldovan is one of the most known Roma actresses in Romania, journalist and host for more than 15 years of the Roma TV show – ”Roma for Romania” and fashion designer.
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Roma Costumes
The oldest iconographic sources reveal the diversity of Roma costumes and suggest associations with the attire of other communities with whom the Roma interacted during their migrations.
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Interview with Wanda Rutowicz, Owner of the Romani Fashion Studio
“Roma women are disadvantaged. Hundreds of designers create collections for Polish women, but no one thinks about women living in Poland but belonging to a different culture.
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Historical Roma Attire
Representations of Romani clothing in a historical context, with documentary materials sourced from the collection of the Museum of Roma Culture in Warsaw.
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Romski ubiór stylizowany
Przedstawienia romskiego ubioru stylizowanego, materiały dokumentalne pochodzą ze zbioru Muzeum Kultury Romów w Warszawie.
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The Strength of Romani Women: Autonomy and Image
In recent years, significant changes have been occurring within the Romani community, largely stemming from the growing involvement of Romani women in activist and feminist movements.
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Fashions and Attire
In the Gallery of Fashion and Attire, established in 2024, we aim to gather and organise knowledge about the “Roma costume”, exploring whether a common denominator exists in the way Polish Roma men and women dress.
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Jan Wiśniewski
There is no specific date for the birth of music in me. In fact, it was born alongside me. The music of my family, my parents, uncles, cousins and brothers has surrounded me since I was a child.
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Roland Bilicki
Roland Bilicki was born on 07.06.1984 in Olsztyn in a Roma family (Polish Roma). He has secondary education, but as he says – a higher life education.
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Sara Czureja-Łakatosz
Sara Czureja-Łakatosz was born on 23 April 1991 in a Roma family in Kluczbork. She grew up in a musical family, among great violinists: her grandfather, uncle and father, Miklosz Deki Czureja.
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Miklosz Deki Czureja
Miklosz Deki Czureja grew up in a Roma family in southern Poland in Niedzica. His family comes from Hungary and Czech Republic. Many members from his family are also musicians and instrumentalists – his grandfather, Jan Czureja and his father, also Miklosz Czureja, are both violinists.
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Edward Dębicki
Edward Dębicki was born on 4 March 1935 in Kałusz to a Roma family. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the same tabor as the Gypsy poetess Bronisława Wajs, also known as Papusza.
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Cezary Majewski
Cezary Majewski is an artist living in Włocławek. He comes from a traditional Roma family where traditional music and dance have been cultivated for generations.
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Krystyna Markowska
Krystyna Perła Markowska (Wiśniewska), born in Otwock, comes from the Polish Roma group. She was brought up in a traditional Roma family in Sulejówek, near Warsaw.
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Band “Perła and Brothers”
Traditional music and lyrics.
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Album ‘’Violets’’, author unknown
Researching and promoting Romani music through recordings for both children and adults.
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Jessica Merstein
Jessica Merstein was born on 24.06.1988 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, in a Roma family (Polish Roma and Sinti group).Both her parents are well-known artists – Eugeniusz and Krystyna Merstein, “Vanessa & Sorba”.
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Witold Michaj
Witold Michaj’s family comes from Lovari, the Russian Roma group, and from the great Chokeshti family.
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Teresa Mirga
Teresa Mirga was born and raised in the Polish Spisz region, in a Gypsy settlement in Czarna Góra, where she lives to this day. Apart from her own compositions, Teresa Mirga also performs songs belonging to the traditional music of Bergitka Roma.
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Interview with Teresa Mirga
It’s Czarna Góra, my river – the wild Białka, my family, the Roma, Górale (highlanders) around, and all that music that surrounded and accompanied me since childhood.
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Interview with Wiktor Dymitrak
I think coming from a family of musicians makes life easier. It’s certainly easier to get through to people, especially in our Roma community.
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Mirosław Dymitrak
The beginnings of my career… At the age of 4 I was already playing on a stick with strings made of rubber bands.
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