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AiR programmes in Slovenia
updated 7 hours ago
Looking for a residency opportunity? Explore Slovenia’s international arts residency landscape through an interactive map that brings together opportunities from across the country in one place. From urban creative hubs to rural retreat spaces, the infographic allows you to navigate programmes geographically and discover their diversity at a glance. It connects residency opportunities offered by cultural organisations, institutions, NGOs and independent initiatives into a single, searchable overview.
Through this interactive interface, you can explore AiR programmes by location and artistic discipline, and compare key features such as accessibility, environmental sustainability, inclusion, family support, and the level of financial coverage provided.
Festivals in Slovenia
updated 7 hours ago
Since 2012, the annual festivalscapes are provided as an infographic, conceived by the Culture.si team at the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory. The interactive calendars include the festivals from the Culture.si database arranged by weeks and by field. You can see specific types of festivals, e.g., music festivals only, by clicking on the corresponding artistic field.
Take a look at the Festivals in Slovenia infographics.
Residence Centre Cankarjeva
updated 14 hours ago
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.
Residency Programme for Literary Intermediaries
updated 14 hours ago
The Residency Programme for Literary Intermediaries, established by the Slovene Writers' Association, is intended for international translators, publishers and literary agents that are actively contributing to the recognition of Slovenian literary texts. The programme takes place in Ljubljana, in the apartment that used to belong to Dane Zajc, one of the most prominent Slovenian poets and dramatists of the 20th century.
AIR Celeia
updated 14 hours ago
Since 2005, the AIR Celeia Artist-in-Residence programme for international artists and curators has been run by the Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts, which since 2025 is a part of the Celje Regional Museum. It is based on inter-disciplinarity and participation, with the aim of building a dialogue and cooperation between foreign and local artists and curators as well as between art and the broader community.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
LayerAIR
updated 15 hours ago
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.
Arte Utile Residency
updated 15 hours ago
The residencies Arte Utile (established in 2019) and Arte Utile Journey (established in 2022) take place in the town of Slovenj Gradec, in the Pino Poggi Studio. They are managed by raum AU in collaboration with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška. The Arte Utile Residency welcomes Slovenian and international artists from the fields of literature, new media art and visual arts, while the Arte Utile Journey Residency hosts artists from the fields of New Media Art, Visual Arts and Architecture. The selected residents research and reinterpret the Arte Utile artistic movement and engage deeply with artistic practices that address contemporary social and political challenges. The programme encourages artists and theorists to develop new approaches and ideas within this conceptual framework.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Residencies at Center Rog
updated 15 hours ago
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.
Švicarija Art Centre Residencies
updated 15 hours ago
Švicarija Art Centre, located in Ljubljana’s Tivoli Park and managed since 2017 by the International Centre of Graphic Arts, offers a number of residency programmes for both Slovenian and international artists, art collectives, curators, critics and other art professionals. The programmes can be divided in three categories: artist work studios that are intended for artists from the Municipality of Ljubljana, young artists residencies for artists from broader Slovenia and international residences for residents from Slovenia and abroad.
For more information about participating, see the Artist-in-Residence Programmes Infographics.
Writer in the Park Residency
updated 15 hours ago
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.