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{{Infobox
| name         = Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts
| localname    = Zavod Celeia - center za sodobno umetnost
| logo        = Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts (logo).jpg
| street       = Trg celjskih knezov 8
| town         = SI-3000 Celje
| telephone    = 386 (0) 3 426 5156
| fax          = 386 (0) 3 426 5164
| email        =centersodobnihumetnosti@celje.si
| website      = http://www.celeia.info/center_sodobnih_umetnosti
| managed by   = Zavod za kulturne prireditve in turizem Celeia Celje
| founded by   = Municipality of Celje
| contacts = {{Contact
| name         = Milena Čeko Pungartnik
| role         = Director
| email        = milena.ceko.pungartnik@celje.si
}}
{{Contact
| name         = Irena Čerčnik
| role         = Curator
| telephone    = 386 (3) 426 5162
| fax          = 
| email        = irena.cercnik@celje.si
}}
| accounts     =
http://www.facebook.com/center.celje
}}

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Together with the Centre for Tourist Promotion and the Event Centre, the [[Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]] forms part of a new municipal institution established in [[established::2005]]. The Centre for Contemporary Arts manages the [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]] and the adjacent [[Hodnik Gallery]], [[Likovni salon Celje]], [[Račka Gallery of Erotic Art]] and the Pelikan tower at the [[Celje Castle]], which specialises in photography. The Centre for Contemporary Arts was also the first art institution in Slovenia that systematically introduced [[AiR Celeia Celje|artist-in-residence]] activities in its programme. 

{{Image|Sculpture today 01 - Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art - Photo Robert Ograjensek.JPG}}

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==Mission==
The Centre for Contemporary Arts initiates, develops, and promotes contemporary visual arts in the local, regional, and international context, as well as re-articulates and re-contextualises the heritage of local conceptual and post-conceptual practices that make the foundations of the centre's activity.

Situated only one hour from the capital city of Ljubljana, and one of the most representative institutions for the production and display of contemporary visual arts in the Štajerska region, the Centre for Contemporary Arts represents a creative hub devoted to arts, culture and theory. Under the auspices of the [[Municipality of Celje]] and its Cultural Department, the Centre for Contemporary Arts has been actively engaged in project-based cultural programming in cooperation with partners across the region and beyond.

One of the strengths of the Centre for Contemporary Arts is a continuous collaborative approach that strives to connect other cultural institutions and venues in the city thus introducing contemporary arts to larger audiences. It often works with site-specific spaces such as the Roman Lapidary of the [[Celje Regional Museum]], the Celje Ducal Court, or St Elisabeth's Chapel. The centre regularly cooperates with the [[Celje Visual Artists Association]] and facilitates their annual ''Free Entrance'' [Vstop prost] site-specific arts festival.

==Programme==
Although each of its venues has a focused curated programme, the Centre for Contemporary Arts occasionally orchestrates a larger contemporary arts event in Celje. One of the first international curated exhibitions on a larger scale was ''The Male'' [Moški] curated by [[Irena Čerčnik]] and [[Nevenka Šivavec]] in 2001 (still prior to the reorganisation of the public institute). The provocative concept derived from the gap between the internationally acclaimed post-feminist theories and the lack of gender-related or feminist art in the local context. This type of exhibition continued with 2 international exhibitions, curated by [[Irena Čerčnik]] &ndash; ''Forbidden Death'' (2009) and ''Continuity'' (2011).

In summer 2008 the ''Image of the Space'' [Podoba prostora] exhibition was presented in the [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]] and in [[Likovni salon Celje]]. The complex project in two parts exhibited more than 50 artists from the Celje region and exposed the importance of their geographical and cultural context. It was developed by the house curator [[Alenka Domjan]] in cooperation with guest curators [[Petra Kapš]], [[Mojca Puncer]], and [[Milena Koren Božiček]]. 

In 2010 the first part of another complex survey exhibition took place in several venues of the Centre for Contemporary Arts as well as in the Ducal Court, the Roman Lapidary of the [[Celje Regional Museum]] and the [[Celje Central Library]]. ''Sculpture Today'' [Kiparstvo danes] was dedicated to contemporary Slovene sculpture and curated by the art historians [[Alenka Domjan]] and [[Tomaž Brejc]], as well as the artists [[Polona Tratnik]] and [[Jiři Kočica]], thus ensuring diverse approaches and a broadening of the notion of sculpture as a medium in the 21st century. Two more editions of this survey are planned in the following years.

==See also==
* [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]]
* [[Likovni salon Celje]]
* [[Račka Gallery of Erotic Art]]
* [[AiR Celeia Celje]]

==External links==
* [http://www.celeia.info/center_sodobnih_umetnosti Celeia Celje Institute website] (partly in English)
* [http://www.artfacts.net/en/institution/center-for-contemporary-arts-celje-20019/profile.html Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts Profile on the Artfacts.Net website]


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