Romani (Gypsy) culture through art, music and film
The SSU Library Art Gallery is hosting a free art exhibit, film series, and dance workshop celebrating Romani (Gypsy) art and culture.Â
The art will be displayed through Oct. 30, 2009. The artist is Ceija Stojka, a prolific, self-taught artist who depicts her life as a traveling Romani woman before and after World War II, the trauma she and other Roma experienced in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Bergen-Belsen, and the hope she has for future generations to overcome oppression.
Gallery Tour
Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. by Dr. Michaela Grobbel (tours in German for high school classes: 707-664-2367)
Romani Film Series – at 7 p.m. in Student Union, Multi-Purpose Room:
Sept. 17, The Green Grass Beneath, dir. Karin Berger (2005)
Oct. 1, Gadjo Dilo, dir. Tony Gatlif (1997)
Oct. 15, Roma in Kosovo: From Bad to Worse (documentaries and discussion by Voice of Roma)
Oct. 29, Iag Bari: Brass on Fire, dir. Ralf Marschalleck (2002)
Nov. 12, Black Cat, White Cat, Emir Kusturica (1998)
Dec. 10, Vengo, dir. Tony Gatlif (2000)
Romani Dance Workshop
October 27, 7 p.m., Cooperage, with Sani Rifati
Sonoma State University
1801 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park
707-664-4240
