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{{Infobox
| name                = Genius Loci Lera Workshop
| localname           = Likovna delavnica Genius Loci Lera
| street              = Tartinijev trg 3
| town                = SI-6330 Piran-Pirano
| telephone           = 386 (0) 5 671 2080
| fax                 = 386 (0) 5 671 2090
| email               = info@obalne-galerije.si
| website             = http://www.obalne-galerije.si
| proprietor          = Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Mara Ambrožič Verderber
| role                = Acting director
| email               = 
}}{{Contact
| name                = Bogdana Kovač
| role                = Secretary
| email               = bogdana.kovac@obalne-galerije.si
}}
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Since [[established::2003]] the programme of the [[Ex-tempore Piran - International Painting and Ceramics]] festival has been enriched by the [[Genius Loci Lera Workshop]], which is organised annually at the picturesque [[Museum of Salt Making, Sečovlje|Sečovlje Salt Pans]] by [[Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries]] and Soline Pridelava soli Ltd. The workshop gathers artists of different fields to work for approximately 10 days together. Each year the workshop is followed by an exhibition of the previous year's participants' work, accompanied by a trilingual catalogue.
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In the beginning many prominent guests came not just from Slovenia ([[Emerik Bernard]], and [[Milena Usenik]]) but also from France (Petar Omčikus and Kosa Bokšan), Mexico, Germany, and Spain. In recent years this multimedia workshop has become limited to Slovene artists only. In 2004 sculptors [[Jakov Brdar]], [[Mirsad Begić]], and painter [[Tone Lapajne]], who worked with saltflat mud and salt, were documented by photographer [[Boris Gaberščik]] and documentary film maker [[Matjaž Žbontar]]. 

In 2006 participants were sculptor [[Mirko Bratuša]], film maker [[Jasna Hribernik]], photographer [[Branko Lenart]] and three painters: [[Tone Lapajne]], [[Vladimir Makuc]], and [[Cveto Marsič]]. The crew of the 5th workshop in 2008 included participants: [[Huiqin Wang]], a painter from China, who has lived and worked in Slovenia for many years; video artist [[Saša Sagadin]]; poet [[Tone Pavček]]; photographer [[Matjaž Prešeren]]; designer [[Miljenko Licul]]; painter [[Tone Lapajne]]; and journalist [[Sašo Dravinec]].

== See also ==
* [[Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries]]
* [[Ex-tempore Piran - International Painting and Ceramics]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.obalne-galerije.si Obalne galerije - Coastal Galleries website]
* [http://www.fgg.uni-lj.si/izh/izh1/0_Dokumenti/Projekti/soline/index_en.htm On the Sečovlje Saltpans preservation project] (in English)

[[Category:Visual arts]]
[[Category:Workshops]]
[[Category:Visual arts workshops]]
[[Category:Visual arts education]]