Ceija Stojka Exhibit - Fall 2009

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LIVE-DANCE-PAINT: WORKS BY CEIJA STOJKA, ROMANI ("GYPSY") ARTIST "Live-Dance-Paint"was on view from August 17, 2009 - October 30, 2009 and featured works by 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. Check out the slideshow of her work.

Click here to learn more about the Ceija Stojka exhibits in California, Oregon and Vermont - and the broader subject of Romani Arts.

Articles about the Exhibit in the Sonoma State Star:

"Telling Stories: Art Exhibit Sheds Light on Untold Romani History"

"Dancing Out Your Cultural Differences"