May 7, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8 PM

Live Concert: In Commemoration of Romani Resistance Day

Ceija Stojka, *Untitled*, 05.01.2006. Acrylic on cardboard, 19 ⅝ x 25 ⅝ inches (50 x 65 cm). Collection Kai Dikhas. Foundation Kai Dikhas, Berlin. Photo: Diego Castellano Cano. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Bildrecht, Vienna

Join us on Thursday, May 7 for a special musical performance by Roma musician, Petra Gelbart, along with her family ensemble featuring Patrik Gelbart, Julie Gelbart, and Helena Šafářová, on occasion of Ceija Stojka: Making Visible.

This evening of music and dance will celebrate the heritage, culture, enduring and resilient histories of the Roma and Sinti people, while also paying tribute to Ceija Stojka’s work as an artist, activist, writer, and musician, and to her commitment to the irrefutable power of art to bear witness and voice resistance.

Petra Gelbart

Dr Petra Gelbart is a Romani educator, scholar, and musician.

She was first introduced to Romani music and language by her family while growing up in Czechoslovakia. She earned her Ph.D. in musicology/ethnomusicology at Harvard University and went on to co-found the Initiative for Romani Music at New York University.

Her research interests include interethnic communication, the psychology of music, the Holocaust, and institutional ethnography. At the university level, she has taught the theory, practice, and cultural context of Romani music as well as other subjects.

Dr Gelbart is also a board-certified music therapist specialised in rehabilitative and developmental therapy.

In addition to practising in New York City, she works with Czech foster and adoptive families raising Romani children.

Ceija Stojka: Making Visible is made possible by Phileas - The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art; the Robert Lehman Foundation; the Republic of Austria’s Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS); and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Support for the exhibition catalog is provided by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

Special thanks to the Ceija Stojka International Association.