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Writer in the Park Residency
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Writer in the Park Residency was established in 2018 and is managed by Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature in partnership with International Centre of Graphic Arts. It is located in Švicarija Art Centre in a historically significant former hotel right in the center of Ljubljana. The residency is a part of the UNESCO Cities of Literature network that strives to provide as many opportunities as possible for literary residency exchanges. Applicants from UNESCO Cities of Literature can apply for a one-month residency through a regular open call. The selected residents are entitled to a free accommodation and receive a lump-sum stipend.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Šempeter Studio
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Šempeter Studio , established in 2021 and managed by KUD Manifest cultural society, is a fully equipped artistic space for creative experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration and connection with the local community, intended for visual arts, new media projects, sound and light art, as well as film and music projects. The space, which connects the live-in studio and a separate project studio, serves as a year-round art residence.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Studio Asylum
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The Studio Asylum (Atelje Azil) is at once an artist-in-residence programme and the actual space where this programme is held. Located at the autonomous cultural centre Metelkova mesto and run by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association, the studio has been functioning since 2006. It is located in the attic of the building called Hlev, and is divided into a living and working space, with the latter sometimes also becoming a performing and exhibiting site.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Sovre's Study
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Sovre's Study (Sovretov kabinet) is a residency for translators established in 2020. It takes place on two locations: in the village Dol pri Hrastniku and at the homestead Pri Kovačevih in the village Volčji Grad. It has been run by the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators in collaboration with the municipality of Hrastnik, Cultural and recreational center Hrastnik and the homestead Pri Kovačevih. The residence in Dol pri Hrastniku hosts from three to six residents per year while the residence in Volčji Grad usually accepts two.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Sodobnost International Cultural Society Residency Programme
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Sodobnost International Cultural Society Residency Programme was established in 2020 by Sodobnost International Cultural Society. It is located in the Črnuče district of Ljubljana. The residency aims to provide support and creative environment for publishing professionals, such as writers, illustrators, editors, translators and literary agents, who can focus on their work and familiarise themselves with the Slovenian literary scene. The duration of the residency extends from 1 week up to a maximum of 1 month and is open for all participants regardless of their personal characteristics. The candidates can apply through a year-round open call which can be found on the Sodobnost website.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Residencies at Center Rog
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Center Rog offers three separate residence opportunities. "The Designer in Residency" and "Makers in Residency" schemes invite international artists from the field of design, architecture, craft, and related disciplines for 3–6-month-long residencies that address with specific issues, e.g., overheating of urban environments or relationships with non-human agents.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Residence Centre Cankarjeva
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Set up to foster international cooperation in the arts, the Residence Centre Cankarjeva hosts artists from abroad by providing them with the space and infrastructure for living and working. It primarily focuses on projects that in one way or another relate to the Slovene cultural and artistic space. The residency programme was established in 2010. Artists are selected on the basis of an annual call.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Pr’ Lenart Homestead
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Pr’ Lenart Homestead, located in the heart of the Polhov Gradec Dolomites Landscape Park, was declared a cultural monument in 2005 due to its rich ethnological and historical heritage. The homestead runs a diverse cultural programme and offers short-term arts residencies to artists, researchers and cultural workers from a wide range of artistic fields. The residencies offer them the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how independent cultural spaces operate outside urban centres, to connect and collaborate with local communities, to develop projects and to gain new perspectives on contemporary cultural production.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
LayerAIR
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LayerAIR Artist-In-Residency Programme takes place in Layer House in Kranj. Former residence of the Slovene painter Leopold Layer (1752–1828) in Kranj is today a vibrant cultural venue where exhibitions, festivals, workshops and concerts are taking place all year round. The residency programme invites residents from the fields of music and visual arts, more precisely textile art and design, collage, paper art, illustration or art photography. Residents are accommodated on the second floor of Layer House. The visual artists can work at the apartments, at experimental space In-Between Space, at the gallery spaces or – if specializing in textile art – in a studio with looms. Musicians can create in nearby Škrlovec Tower, a former city armory.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
La fabrique des résidences
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The art residency programme La fabrique des résidences was established in 2025 by Ljubljana, UNESCO City of literature in collaboration with the French Institute in Slovenia and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée in Angoulême. The aim of the programme is to offer residency opportunities to the comic book creators who are often excluded from literature-related open calls and to strengthen cooperation between Ljubljana and Angoulême as the two Cities of Literature.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.