New: inter-museum journey with The Red House On the occasion of the exhibition Ceija Stojka, a Roma artist in the century

On the occasion of the exhibition Ceija Stojka, a Roma artist in the century presented from February 23 to May 20, 2018 at La maison rouge, two cross paths between La maison Rouge and the Memorial are offered to students aged 10 to 18 years old on the history and culture of gypsies in France and Austria. This exhibition will be part of the last of La maison Rouge which will close its doors in October 2018, an event not to be missed!

Ceija Stojka, untitled, 1993, acrylic on cardboard. © Ceija Stojka, Adagp, 2017. Courtesy Hojda and Nuna Stojka

1ST COURSE: CEIJA STOJKA, MATÉO MAXIMOFF, L'ART POUR MÉMOIRE

Through the words of the French writer Matéo Maximoff at the Shoah Memorial, and the works of the Austrian painter Ceija Stojka at The Red House, the students (from CM2 to 4th ) go out to meet two great Roma artists.

  • 1st session: workshop "Matéo’s words" at the Shoah Memorial.
  • 2nd session: exhibition Ceija Stojka, a Roma artist in the century at La maison rouge.

2ND COURSE: CEIJA STOJKA, A CHILD IN THE CAMPS

This course proposes to address the specificities of the genocide of the Gypsies in Europe during the Second World War for the students of the 3th in Terminale. In order to better understand the experience reflected in the works of Ceija Stojka, the students study the forms of the deportation of the Roma from Austria and Germany and the internment of 'nomads' in France, from 1939 to 1946.

  • 1st session: workshop 'Gypsy destinies' at the Shoah Memorial
  • 2nd session: exhibition Ceija Stojka, a Roma artist in the century at La maison rouge

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Duration : 1 day or 2 half-days
Places : The Red House, Shoah Memorial
Rate : 75 euros to be paid to each institution
Maison Rouge – Open from Wednesday to Sunday. Tel.: 01 40 01 08 81
Shoah Memorial – Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 1 pm or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Portrait of Ceija Stojka © Karin Berger

Matéo Maximoff © D.R.