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Gypsies, Roma, Travellers: Rights & Responsibilities
An insider’s guide to working with Romani and Traveller communities in the United KingdomDate: Tuesday 9th July 2019Venue: First Space Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff CF5 1QEAdmission: The cost for the day (including light refreshments and lunch) is £160.49 per delegate, if you book before the Tuesday 25th June and £181.81 per delegate if you book between…See More
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GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER HISTORY MONTH IN WALES 2019
INVITATION TO Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month Childrens Festival 2019Date: Monday 8th July 2019 – 10.30am – 3pmVenue: St David’s Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AHSOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT:Challenge your opinions, indulge in the culture and share in the activities that demonstrate a rich cultural heritage within Wales. It’s free to adults and children…See More
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The path of the Roma, a history of diversity / El camí del Poble Gitano, una història de diversitat
FAGiC has launched the project “El camí del Poble Gitano, una història de diversitat” (The path of the Roma, a history of diversity) during 2018. The project has two parts: one, scientific, carried out by the University of Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona; and the other, historical-cultural, carried out directly by FAGiC.The FAGiC team made up of Aaron Giménez and Annabel…See More
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Sessional Job Opportunity
Community Arts Tutors (PER SESSION FEE TO BE NEGOTIATED)The Romani Cultural & Arts Company are seeking applications from interested people with an arts-arts-based skill / trade to become sessional Community Arts Tutors as part of their Children and Young Peoples Arts Workshop Project on local Gypsy & Traveller sites.…See More
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Performing RomArchive Opening Festival 24th-27th January 2019
From January 2019, RomArchive, the digital archive of the Roma, will make Romani arts and cultures visible and demonstrate their contribution to European cultural history accessible online in three languages (English, German, Romanes). At last, a…See More
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BBC Children In Need fund RCAC Gypsy & Traveller Arts Project for another 3 years
The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is proud to announce that BBC Children in Need has granted a further £153,343 grant over 3 years to fund the excellent project work that takes arts-based workshops and activities onto the Gypsy & Traveller Caravan Sites of South Wales.This is a groundbreaking project which is devised, developed and led by Gypsies & Travellers.…See More
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Isaac Blake to represent UK at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, November 2018
Through the Council of Europe (CoE), Isaac Blake is representing the Romani Cultural and Arts Company and the UK at the ‘Seminar on the Role of Roma youth in policy and decision-making bodies and structures’, which will take place at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, from 18-20 November 2018.The seminar will explore…See More
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Gypsy, Roma, Travellers, Sinti LGBTIQ Communities Training day
Date: Friday 14th December 2018Venue: Friends House 173 – 177 Euston Road London NW1 2BJAdmission: The cost for the ½ day workshop is £108.39 per delegate, if you book before the Thursday 6th December and £124.56 per delegate if you book between Friday 7th December and Thursday 13th December 2018. Places will only…See More
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Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Fairground, Circus-folk, Show-people and Bargees Training day
Date: Wednesday 5 December 2018Venue: First Space Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff CF5 1QEAdmission: The cost for the day (to include light refreshments & lunch) is £156.90 per delegate, if you book before the Thursday 22nd November and £173.07 per delegate if you book between Friday 23rd November and Monday 3rd December…See More
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Dr. Ethel Brooks
Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Arts & Culture Symposium IIIVenue: Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PZDate: Monday 1 October 20181 week left to book onto our exciting 1st October, Swansea conference.We have Dr. Ethel Brooks speaking this year - please see bio below.Ethel Brooks is Associate…See More
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Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Arts & Culture Symposium III
Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Arts & Culture Symposium IIITaliesin Arts CentreSwansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PZMonday 1 October 2018 – 9.30am – 2.00pm The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is pleased to announce the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Arts & Culture National Symposium III. The event, hosted by…See More
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Shiftwork ‘GYPSY MAKER 3’
Under my leadership, The Romani Cultural & Arts Company have successfully secured a grant from Arts Council of Wales to further develop our groundbreaking GypsyMaker project.Over 2018, GypsyMaker 3 will see further work by:Daniel Baker Shamus McPhee Artur ConkaBilly KerryAmbivalence towards Roma…See More
Profile Information
- What I do:
- Isaac Blake - Director - Romani Cultural & Arts Company, Cardiff
- A little more about me:
- Isaac Blake is a Romani Gypsy and has worked as a professional dancer and choreographer.
He is currently Executive Director of the Romani Cultural & Arts Company in Cardiff, UK, which is funded by the the Centre for Equality and Diversity, BBC Children in Need, the Big Lottery, Cardiff City Council and Newport City Council, working with Gypsy, Roma, Traveller communities across the country.
From 2000 – 2003, he studied Dance Theatre at the Laban Centre London (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance). Whilst at Laban, Isaac worked with numerous artists and companies including Adventures in Motions Pictures (AMP), DV8 and Ballet Rambert.
After graduating from Laban, Isaac furthered his studies in New York at Martha Graham School. He then went on to choreograph performances at the Wales Millennium Centre and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he continues to teach.
As Executive Director of the Romani Cultural & Arts Company (RCAC), Isaac has developed arts and performance programmes on Gypsy and Traveller caravan sites with young children and adults, worked in schools and colleges, and promoted arts as a medium for empowerment and advocacy throughout Wales with Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. He has engaged widely with non-Gypsy communities to promote dialogue and improve social cohesion. His leadership and management of the RCAC has seen the organisation grow from a small voluntary group to a major third sector (NGO) agency that leads the Romani and Traveller field in Wales and is one of the major players in Romani and Traveller advocacy and empowerment in the UK. Isaac is also a Dance Curator, leading a team of academics and researchers in collating appropriate items and artefacts for the RomArchive. The RomArchive is devised as an international digital archive for art of the Roma – a constantly growing collection of art of all types, complemented by historical documents and scholarly texts.
- Location:
- Wales
- Projects I’m working on:
- The Romani Cultural and Arts Company was formed in September 2009 as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (No. 07005660) and is a registered charity (No.1138150). Working through the arts the Company raises funds to take community development and educational projects onto Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites and into Gorger or ‘gadjó’ and ‘country-folk’ communities across Wales.
We are a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community development organisation at heart. We are led by Gypsies and Travellers, we are about Gypsies and Travellers, we are for Gypsies and Travellers. We believe that the community can be developed to become fully accepted participants in mainstream society while still retaining their distinct culture and heritage.
All of our projects are designed to enhance awareness and improve cultural understanding through the Arts.
Our current projects include: http://romaniarts.co.uk/projects/
- Personal Website/CV:
- http://romaniarts.co.uk
- Twitter @username:
- @Romaniarts
Isaac Blake's Blog
EU Roma Week in Brussels, March 2019
Isaac Blake is representing the Romani Cultural & Arts Company as part of the EU Roma Week 2019. This year’s EU Roma Week, hosted by the European Parliament in co-operation with the European Commission and European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), will be held from the 18th to the 21st of March 2019. There will be a series of events around…
ContinuePosted on March 15, 2019 at 13:52
LGBTIQ Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Conference
INVITATION TO LGBTIQ Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Conference
Date: Thursday 4th of July 2019
Venue: The National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT:
The Romani Cultural & Arts Company…
ContinuePosted on March 15, 2019 at 11:02
Gypsies, Roma, Travellers: Rights & Responsibilities
An insider’s guide to working with Romani and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom
Date: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Venue: First Space Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff CF5 1QE
Admission: The cost for the day (including light refreshments and lunch) is £160.49 per delegate, if you book…
ContinuePosted on March 7, 2019 at 13:52
GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER HISTORY MONTH IN WALES 2019
INVITATION TO Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month Childrens Festival 2019
Date: Monday 8th July 2019 – 10.30am – 3pm
Venue: St David’s Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT:
Challenge your opinions,…
ContinuePosted on March 4, 2019 at 10:50
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