Rajka Grubić graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology in Belgrade in 1981. Since 1983, she has worked at the National Museum in Zrenjanin since 1983 as an Ethnologist. She acquired the title of Senior Curator with her treatise “Gold Embroidery from the Collection of the National Museum in Zrenjanin” and the title of Museum Advisor with the treatise “Review of Crafts in Bečkerek-Petrovgrad until 1941.” Her master’s thesis is “Crafts and Artisans of Zrenjanin’s Past (XVI-the First Half of the XX Century)”.
Exhibitions
2017. “Blessed Are We Children Being So Small – Childhood in Traditional Families” – National Museum Zrenjanin, author
2017. “Blessed Are We Children Being So Small – Childhood in Traditional Families” – National Museum Pančevo, author
2016. “Gold Embroidery and Folk Embroidery” – SANU Novi Sad
2015. “Circle of Serbian Sisters – Gift Collection” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2013. “Folk Embroidery, Tradition as Inspiration” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2011. “Carpets from the Collection of the National Museum Zrenjanin” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2007. “Beekeeping in Zrenjanin” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2005. “120 years of the Đorđe Jovanović General Hospital” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2005. “Ethnological Heritage of Zrenjanin” – Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage, Belgrade
2005. “120 Years of Organized Crafts and Entrepreneurship in Zrenjanin” – National Museum Zrenjanin
2003. “Old crafts” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1997. “Ceramics through the Centuries” – a joint exhibition of the Ethnological Department and the Department of Art History, National Museum Zrenjanin
1995. “Historical Development of Health Care in Central Banat” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1994. “Development of Beekeeping in Zrenjanin and its Surroundings” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1992. “Ornamented Chests – Chests from the Collection of the National Museum Zrenjanin” – a joint exhibition of the Ethnological Department and the Historical Department, National Museum Zrenjanin
1991. “Gold Embroidery of Central Banat” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1987. “Wool in the Traditional Material Culture of the Peoples and Nationalities of Central Banat” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1985. “Hats and Scarves of the Peoples and Nationalities of Central Banat” – National Museum Zrenjanin
1984. “Towels – A Decorative, Common, and Everyday Tool” – National Museum Zrenjanin
Bibliography
2017. Women in Crafts in Veliki Bečkerek – Zrenjanin, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine, No. 59
2017. Blessed Are We Children for Being So Small – Childhood in Traditional Families, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin, May
2015. Circle of Serbian Sisters – Gift Collection, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin,
2015. The Significance of Donated Collections During the Formation of the Ethnological Collection of the Zrenjanin National Museum, Scientific Conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Cvijić’s birth, Valjevo
2014. Gift Collections in the Collection of the Ethnological Department of the National Museum in Zrenjanin, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine
2013. Folk Embroidery, Tradition as Inspiration, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
2013. Annual Fairs in Veliki Bečkerek (from the angle of the local press), Rad Muzeja Vojvodine 2013. Folk Art in the Context of the Rehabilitation of Central Banat Villages, Glasnik muzeja Banata, Pančevo
2011. Annual Fairs in Veliki Bečkerek and their Impact on the Development of Crafts, Ethno-festival Bagljaš: Banat is Like a Story, Zrenjanin, 93-95
2011. Carpets from the Collection of the National Museum Zrenjanin, exhibition catalog, Zrenjanin
2010. Agriculture of Banat, Banat through the Centuries, Vuk’s Endowment, Belgrade, 905-929
2010. The Greenbaum Collection in the Ethnological Collection of the National Museum in Zrenjanin, Glasnik Muzeja Banata, Pančevo
2009. Influences of the Baroque on the Folk art of Central Banat, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine No. 51, Novi Sad, 209- 223
2008. Beekeeping in Zrenjanin, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine No. 50, Novi Sad, 273-285
2007. Merchants and Craftsmen in the past of Zrenjanin, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine No. 49, Novi Sad, 211-229
2006. Mužljan Harvest Festivities, Rad Muzeja Vojvodine, No. 47-48, Novi Sad, 197-203
2006. The Beginnings of Agriculture in Vojvodina, PČESA; Novi Sad,
2005. Veliko Bečkerek Contributors, Zavičajac, Zrenjanin,
2004. Folk Architecture in the Vicinity of Zrenjanin, PČESA, Novi Sad
2004. Bečkerek Craftsmen in the Turkish Period, Zavicajac, Zrenjanin
2003. Annual Fairs in Zrenjanin (Veliki Bečkerek) and their Impact on the Development of the City, PČESA, Novi Sad
2003. Craft Courses and Schools in Veliki Bečkerek at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century, PČESA, Novi Sad
2002. Craft Exhibitions in Veliki Bečkerek, Glasnik Muzeja Banata,11-12, Pancevo, 187-193.
2002. Craftsmen and Craftsmen in the past in Zrenjanin, National Museum of Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin
2001. Folk art of Banat, Zavicajac 4-5, Zrenjanin, 33-32.
2000. Review of the Fourth International Symposium “Celebrations, Vows and Other Related Celebrations of the Population of Eastern Serbia and Neighboring Areas,” Glasnik muzeja Banata, Pancevo, 207-209.
1999. Gold Embroidery in the Folk Costumes of Central Banat, Etno-kulturološki Zbornik V, Svrljig, 215-221.
1998. Gold embroidery from the Collection of the National Museum in Zrenjanin, Glasnik Muzeja Banata, 99 – 128
1998. Peculiarities in the Manner of Celebrating Baptism among Refugees in Zrenjanin and its Surroundings, Etno-kulturološki Zbornik, Svrljig, 227 – 233.
1997. Nature in the Folk Medicine of Central Banat, Etno-kulturološki Zbornik, edition 111, Svrljig, 85 -93.
1997. Cereals in the Traditional Diet of the Banat Peoples, Etnolog7 – 8, Skopje, 445 – 450.
1997. Folk Ceramics, Ceramics Through the Centuries, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1996. Maize Barns in the Vicinity of Zrenjanin, Glasnik Muzeja Banata, Pančevo, 136 – 143.
1996. Central Banat Traditions, Gazette of the International Symposium “Customs with Masks,” Vevčani – Struga 1996, Museums of Macedonia, 171 – 175.
1995. Infectious Diseases in Veliki Bečkerek and its Surroundings from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century, Gazette of the Banat Museum, Pancevo, 113 – 121.
1995. Folk medicine, Historical Development of Health Care in Central Banat, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1994. Development of Beekeeping in Zrenjanin and its Surroundings, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1992. Chests from the Collection of the National Museum Zrenjanin, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1991. Gold Embroidery of Central Banat, exhibition catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1988. Agriculture of Central Banat, exhibition Catalog, National Museum Zrenjanin
1988. Costumes of the People and Nationalities of Central Banat from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th century, Spona 31, Novi Sad, 160.
Projects
Učešće u projektima
2008-2009. “Business Incubator” – Rural Development Center, Zrenjanin
2009-2010. “Banat Weavers” – Zrenjanin
2010. “Banat Roses” – Zrenjanin
2011. “Memorial House of Đuro Jakšić,” new museum exhibition – Srpska Crnja
Other activities:
Participation in international symposiums:
1998. Svrljig, Serbia, Symposium topic: “Celebrations, Vows and other Related Celebrations of the Population of Eastern Serbia and Neighboring Areas”; topic: “Peculiarities in the Manner of Celebrating Baptism among Refugees in Zrenjanin and its Surroundings”
1997 Skopje, Macedonia, Symposium topic: “Traditional Nutrition in the Balkan countries”; topic: “Cereals in the Traditional Diet of Banat Peoples”
1996. Struga, Macedonia, Symposium topic: “Customs with Masks”; work topic; “Central Banat Traditions”
Permanent Collections/Exhibitions
2011. “Memorial House of Đuro Jakšić” – Srpska Crnja
2006. Traditional Crafts:
“Serbian Room from the Vicinity of Zrenjanin from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century” (1985; 2006)
“Serbian Cuisine from the Vicinity of Zrenjanin from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century” (1985; 2006)
“Slovak room from the Vicinity of Zrenjanin from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century” (1986; 2006)
“Romanian Room from the Vicinity of Zrenjanin from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century” (1986; 2006)
“Hungarian room from the Vicinity of Zrenjanin from the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century” (1987; 2006)
“Costumes of the Peoples and Nationalities of Central Banat” (1987; 2006)
“Agriculture of Central Banat” (1988; 2006)
“Livestock of Central Banat” (1989; 2006).
