Vajkard, mednarodna delavnica umetnosti in oblikovanja
Martin Petrič
Vajkard, International Workshop of Art and Design
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Mission
The mission of the workshop is to make a traditional meeting of people of various ages and from all over the world and the workshop has been visited by artists from Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Belgium, Finland, France etc. so far. The main goal is to bring together professionals and students from different fields of arts, science and crafts to collaborate in various creative projects where they can share their knowledge and experience.
The workshop is ecologically orientated and tries to connect art and nature by encouraging people to include natural materials in their art experiments, make land art and study natural influences. There are also discussions about the specifics of the environment in Notranjska region led by Matej Kržič and Jošt Stergaršek.
The name of the workshop Vajkard was chosen in honour to Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath of the 17th century. His dedication to nature and precise methods of exploration are to be followed by the participants of the workshop.
Programme
An important part of the programme is the acclimatization which refers to the first few days of the workshop that are dedicated to setting the camp, exploring the surroundings and getting to know with everyone. After that the workshop offers opportunities to learn different techniques of artistic expression such as painting, illustration, drawing, sculpture or pottery the latest being frilled in the fire afterwards. The equipment for lithography, woodcut or linocut and the camera for film developing is also available.
Self initiative is very much encouraged and the participants are free to explore other techniques and ask for advice when needed. Everyone can create freely or listen to the introduction about certain technique like botanical illustration that is presented by Marija Nabernik. Every day ends with time for socialization, jam sessions and singing by the fire or an evening concert.
Lectures
In the evening there are lectures that discuss the theme of the workshop which is different every year. The topic of the workshop in 2011 was Integration of Chaos into Society through Creative Eye. Most of the lectures are made by invited artists that present their point of view on topic or artistic approaches in general. In 2010 Oliver Vodeb presented relational art and in 2011 Alen Ožbolt had a lecture How today’s Artists Think and Work. Peter Koštrun, Marija Nabernik and Antonio Rollo are lecturers and participants of the workshop so they prepare lectures and discussions but are also happy to give individual comment and help participants to conceptually and practically develop their work.
