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EU funding
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European funding programmes have played a key role in the international development of Slovenia’s cultural, creative, film and audiovisual sectors. Since 2002, Slovenian organisations have participated in hundreds of European projects, developing cross-boder partnerships, strengthening professional capacities and bringing Slovenian creativity to international audiences.
The interactive infographics provide an overview of EU funding secured by Slovenian organisations through Creative Europe and its predecessor programmes between 2002 and 2025. They visualise supported projects, participating organisations, funding schemes and long-term trends in European cultural cooperation.
Umetniške rezidence v Sloveniji: izkušnje, izzivi in priložnosti
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Umetniški rezidenčni programi so skozi čas igrali pomembno vlogo pri omogočanju prepotrebne mednarodne mobilnosti umetnikov, njihovi profesionalizaciji in povezovanju. V zadnjih desetletjih so se močno razmahnili in postali sestavni del sodobnega kulturnega ekosistema. Ponudba programov, ki umetnikom omogočajo čas in prostor za raziskovanje, produkcijo ali mreženje na različne načine, je zelo pestra – ne le v svetovnem merilu, temveč tudi znotraj nacionalnega konteksta. Da bi povezala različne izvajalce rezidenčnih programov v Sloveniji, je Motovila februarja 2026 v Centru Rog organizirala srečanje, na katerem so izmenjali svoje izkušnje. Kdo so izvajalci, kako oblikujejo svoje programe v koraku s sodobnimi trendi in s kakšnimi izzivi se pri tem soočajo?
Arts Residencies in Slovenia: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Artist-in-residence (AiR) programmes have long played an important role in facilitating the much-needed international mobility of artists, their professional development, and collaboration. Over recent decades, they have burgeoned into an integral part of the contemporary cultural ecosystem. Programmes offering artists time and space for research, production, or networking are remarkably diverse – not only globally, but also within the national context. To connect the various organisers of AiR programmes in Slovenia, Motovila organised a meeting at Center Rog in February 2026, where participants shared their experiences. Who are the organisers, how are they keeping their programmes in step with contemporary trends, and what challenges are they facing in the process?
Bunker Institute
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Established in 1997, the NGO Bunker produces and presents a wide range of cultural events, from contemporary theatre and dance performances to workshops and other educational programmes. It also carries out research in the field of culture, organises one of the most prominent international festivals in the region, the Mladi levi Festival, and runs the Ljubljana venue, Old Power Station.
Bunker aims to invigorate the Slovenian cultural landscape by encouraging the mobility of artists and their work in Slovenia and abroad, and by promoting dialogue between different artistic disciplines. It collaborates extensively with artists, theatres, festivals and networks across Europe. Through its programmes and events, Bunker stimulates discussion on contemporary artistic practices and social issues.
Greening Practices in Culture: Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Programmes in Slovenia
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Many artists and organisations from the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) have been reflecting on urgent environmental challenges with a particular sensitivity, confronting them in their artworks and activities or integrating greening practices into their day-to-day operations. You can read more about green festivals and other projects of Slovenian cultural organisations in our related Culture.si article. Perhaps you’ve discovered Slovenia as a potential destination for your artist-in-residence endeavours. Then you’ll be pleased to explore some of the green AiR programmes from which you can choose. Let’s have a look at a few!
Greening Practices in Culture: Slovenian Organisations in Action
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If you’re an artist or a CCS professional dealing with environmental sustainability in your work, then you’ll be thrilled by the wide range of cultural organisations incorporating green practices in Slovenia. Given that more and more artists and organisations are introducing sustainable practices not only in their internal operations but also in their production and other activities, you’ll surely find plenty of options for cooperation.
Zelene poti v Slovenijo
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Kulturni in ustvarjalni sektorji v marsičem že prednjačijo drugim panogam po zelenih oziroma trajnostnih praksah – ne le zaradi skromnih ali omejenih sredstev, temveč tudi zaradi občutljivosti za družbene izzive in etične razmisleke. Umetniki in kulturni delavci delujejo nepotratno in prilagodljivo, navajeni so delati več z manj, vire souporabljajo ali jih uporabijo večkrat. A vse opaznejše podnebne spremembe nas vabijo h globljemu premisleku o svoji organiziranosti in delovanju. Eden najpomembnejših, najnujnejših vidikov delovanja umetnikov in kulturnih delavcev, ki hkrati pušča največji okoljski odtis, je mobilnost.
Green Pathways to Slovenia
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The cultural and creative sectors (CCS) are, in many ways, already ahead of other sectors when it comes to green or sustainable practices – not just because CCS budgets are scant or limited but also because of the general sensitivity to social challenges and ethical considerations among CCS professionals. Artists and cultural workers engage in non-wasteful, flexible practices; they know how to do more with less and often share or repurpose resources. However, the increasingly evident climate changes prompt us to fundamentally reconsider. One of the most important and most urgent aspects of the activities of artists and cultural workers – as well as the one that leaves the largest environmental footprint – is mobility.
Typologies of Arts Residencies
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International artist-in-residence (AiR) programmes share many common features (we outlined the basic characteristics in the second article in this series), yet they can differ greatly from one another. Because they foreground different spheres of an artist's practice through a variety of approaches, they can be classified in several ways. For example, typologies may be based on the activities artists carry out during their residency, on the characteristics of the programmes or on the expectations of AiR organisers. Let us take a look at the types of AiR programmes that exist and the categories into which they can be placed, illustrated by a few examples from the Slovenian AiR landscape.