Milo Suchomel Orchestra - Gypsy Jazz Festival 2015
created: 19. 07. 2022 09:19 modified: 19. 07. 2022 09:34
The 4th year of the Gypsy Jazz Festival, which main organizer is a well-known musician - saxofon player, composer, band leader and promoter Miloslav Suchomel was held on February 2, 2015 in Bratislava at the theater Nová Scéna. Suchomel left behind the original festival form of individual concerts and the visitors were offered a comprehensive performance of his 30 members orchestra with jazz and string sections (the latter led by the concert master of the Slovak National Theater, Arpád Patkoló), which gave place to several guest stars: the American singer Gail Anderson and the Romani singer Dotschy Reinhardt as the singing stars, followed by another American, a saxofon player Bill Evans. The styled Romani dance was performed by the dancers' group of Simona Horváthová. Music of the festival oscilated between the genres, mainly those of jazz, latino, oriental music and creations growing from the traditional Romani jazz. The festival was accompanied by the exhibition of fine art produced by academic painters Vladislav Zabel, Pavel Pokorný and Jozef Srna jr. The paintings were offered to the visitors for possible purchase.
The video offers the shortened version of the original concert broadcasted on RTVS in 2021.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-jazz orchestra borrowed multilingual Milo Suchomel general audience internal
Maristella - About Family and Elena Lacková
created: 18. 07. 2022 13:48 modified: 18. 07. 2022 13:55
Sister Maristella, by civic name Mária Kačová, is a nun of the Congregatio Jesu, the catholic female congregation known by popular name as „The English Virgins“. Sister Maristella lives in Prešov, helping the abused women, mothers with children and homeless people. She organizes charity where people donate food and clothing. For decades she has been an organist in the concathedral of St. Nicholas in Prešov. In 2009 she received the City of Prešov Award. Her father was a musician, a member of The Dukla Folk Art Ensemble (PUĽS). She is the niece of the first Romani writer in Slovakia, Elena Lacková.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Maristella general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - The Settlement Podhorany
created: 30. 06. 2022 13:07 modified: 18. 07. 2022 08:59
The 61 cm x 43 cm drawing shows a portrait of a man from a Romani settlement in Podhorany. The technique used is red chalk on paper. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The image is signed in the lower right corner of the drawing, the drawing was created in 2001. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - Pegasus
created: 30. 06. 2022 12:54 modified: 18. 07. 2022 08:59
The drawing measuring 61 cm x 43 cm shows a portrait of a horse - Pegasus. The technique used is red chalk on paper. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The image is signed in the lower right corner of the drawing, the drawing was created in 2001. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - Jozef Ravasz József
created: 30. 06. 2022 11:22 modified: 18. 07. 2022 09:03
The drawing measuring 101 cm x 74 cm portrays the Romani writer Jozef Ravasz Jozsef. The technique used is red chalk on paper. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The picture is signed on the lower right corner, the drawing was created in 2001. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - Antigypsism
created: 30. 06. 2022 10:52 modified: 30. 06. 2022 10:55
The painting on sololit measuring 10cm x 74 cm without name. The name Antigypsism was created by a cataloger. The technique used is painting on sololit. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The painting portrays a man writing the racial slogans on the wall. The painting is signed in lower left corner, the year of its creation is not written. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - The Last Lord of Steppe
created: 30. 06. 2022 10:39 modified: 30. 06. 2022 10:41
The painting on canvas measuring 101 cm x 74 cm is titled The Last Lord of Steppe. The technique used is painting, oil on canvas. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The painting portrays a man sitting on horse. The painting is signed in the lower right corner, the year of creation is 2001. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Vojtech Kӧkény - Self-portrait
created: 30. 06. 2022 10:09 modified: 30. 06. 2022 10:38
The painting on the wooden panel measuring 32 cm x 45 cm is a self-portrait of the author of the painting. The title of the image is "Self-portrait". The technique used is painting. The author is Vojtech Kökény. The painting is signed, the year of creation is 1988. The painting was part of the collection built by the civic association Jekhetane-Spolu, which supported the work of Romani artists.
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Vojtech Kӧkény general audience internal
Jaroslav Cicko
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:53 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:53
Jaroslav Cicko is a well-known Romani artist and sculptor who created his works mainly from wood, but also stone.
He was born on March 25, 1939 in Martin and died on November 18, 2010 in Horná Štubňa in the district of Turčianske Teplice.
He worked as a toolmaker at the Heavy Engineering Plant in Martin and as a carver at the Martin Studio of Non-Professional Artists. He was a lecturer at symposia of non-professional artists.
In 2000, he exhibited his works and demonstrated various methods of creating his works in Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Italy.
The most common motif of his works is a woman in all her forms.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2005 in Bratislava during the journalists' award in the Baroro (Pebbles) competition, which was organized by the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities. In the photo, he presents the award, a wooden sculpture, to TV playwright Markíza D. Paulovičová.
Source:
RNĽ č. 688-694/2005
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Jaroslav Cicko general audience internal
Sestra Atanázia
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:46
Sister Atanasia, formerly Mária Holubová, was born in the village of Svetlice near Humenné. She graduated from the Secondary Medical School in Prešov, where, while studying there, she felt the call of faith. After graduation, she joined the Institute of Social Care in Bardejov, where the nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great worked as well. In 1972 she secretly entered the novitiate and in 1973 she made her first religious vows. She received her university education at the Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology in Spišské Podhradie. She works in the Roma housing estate Poštárka in Bardejov in a kindergarten and primary school.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Bardejov during an interview about Christmas activities at Poštárka.
Source:
RNĽ č. 725-729/2005
www.employment.gov.sk/files/slovensky/uvod/informacie-media/aktuality/uspesne-romske-zeny-profily.pdf
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Sestra Atanázia general audience internal
