beginnings to a popular annual event that raises May 7 - 16, 2010 funds for a local charity and attracts a large following Opening Reception: May of art lovers. The participating regional artists, who 7, 2010 7-10 pm are well-established in their fields, make themselves ISCP OPEN STUDIOS available throughout the weekend, while musicians 15th ANNIVERSARY from the tri-state region provide an ambiance of SPECIAL relaxation and joyfulness. A special 15th anniversary ten-day exhibition of (http://www.touchedbydesign.org/information.htm) international contemporary art, this event presents works by the 41 artists, artist groups and curators 55 Van Cortlandt Ave currently in residence at ISCP (International Studio Ossining, NY 10562 and Curatorial Program), including works by tel: (914) 945-0706 Slovenian artists Ana Čigon, Nika Oblak, and Primož web: www.touchedbydesign.org Novak.

ISCP residents employ a refreshingly diverse range of styles and mediums, including painting, drawing, May 10, 2010 7:00 pm photography, video, performance, sculpture and EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB: A DIFFICULT SPRING installation, all of which will be on view in their The Consulate General of presents an studios. Open Studios will also provide an insightful evening of discussion of Boris Pahor's A Difficult look into contemporary curatorial practices. Spring , lead by the English language translator of the book, Erica Johnson Debeljak. For more information Gallery Hours: on this and other European Book Club events, Saturday & Sunday, May 8 & 9, 12 - 6 PM please visit http://europeanbookclub.org. Monday - Friday, May 10 - 14, 2 - 6 PM Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16, 12 - 6 PM Participation in this event is limited to registered members of the European Book Club. ISCP 1040 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 tel: (718) 387-2900 May 11, 2010 6:30 pm web: www.iscp-nyc.org WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT: INVESTIGATING IDENTITY A conversation with Janez Janša and Erica Johnson Debeljak Moderated by Drazen Pantic May 7 - 9, 2010 Author Erica Johnson Debeljak and conceptual artist TOUCHED BY DESIGN 2010 Janez Janša, both "outsiders" living and working in Touched by Design is a three-day art and design Slovenia delve into the issues and tensions residing salon, showcasing basketry, paintings, woodwork, at the core of identity – made particularly relevant by photography, furniture and jewelry. the geopolitical changes of the past decade.

Established in 2004 by woodworker Matko Peckay Erica Johnson Debeljak is an American born a and his wife, Jeannette Gerber, who decided to open translator, writer and columnist currently living in their home to a medley of artists for a three-day Slovenia. Her work has been translated into Italian, weekend, the event has grown from its humble German, Hungarian, Bosnian, and Slovak. Johnson Debeljak’s recent memoir Forbidden Bread Brooklyn, NY 11201 documents her move to Slovenia, her immersion in a tel: (212) 337-3130 new language and cultural mores, and the romance web: www.nyphotofestival.com, www.viiphoto.com that sparked it all.

Janez Janša moved from to Slovenia. He is Director of the Institute for Contemporary Arts in Ljubljana, Aksioma. In 2007, Janez Jansa along with July 5 - 16, 2010 two other established Slovene artists legally changed Application deadline: his name to that of the then Prime Minister of the May 20, 2010 country, Janez Janša. They have documented the META HUMANITIES events and actions surrounding these name changes The Mediterranean under the banner of a project NAME Readymade. Between Modernity and Postmodernity: Spaces, Cultures, Aesthetics an Ethics Presented by CEC in collaboration with the The META Humanities (MEditerranean Summer Consulate General of Slovenia and with support from School of Theoretical and Applied Humanities) 2010 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Summer School is a two-week program in English with an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities. Please RSVP by Friday, May 7th, to Zhenia Stadnik Participants are undergraduate, postgraduate at (212) 643-1985 x26 or [email protected]. students, researchers and teachers in the humanities Space is limited. and social sciences. For two exciting weeks, international participants will attend intensive CEC ArtsLink courses, afternoon workshops, evening round tables 435 Hudson Street, 8th Floor and discover local Mediterranean culture during field New York, NY 10014 excursions while getting to know people from around tel: (212) 643-1985 the . web: www.cecartslink.org The program is divided into a common plenary session and in three courses: Plenary session: The Mediterranean between May 12 - 16, 2010 Modernity and Post-modernity: Spaces, Cultures, SLOVENIA PRESS PHOTO COMPETITION Aesthetics and Ethics EXHIBITION Course A: Modernity and Postmodernity: Aesthetics Presented by Slovenia Press Photo, this satellite and Ethics exhibition of the New York Photo Festival displays Course B: Space, Memory, Identity images made by Slovenian photographers in the year Course C: Authors and Discourses between 2009. It features the competition winners; images Modernity and Postmodernity that were selected, out of the over-3300 pictures that were submitted, by a jury of international For more information please go to photography professionals chaired by Christopher www.fhs.upr.si/en/summersch/metah2009 or email Morris of the VII Photo Agency. This year’s selection [email protected] or mojca ranges from pure photojournalistic work to sets of [email protected] images that are not overtly journalistic yet either carry a strong message, or display different approaches to University of Primoska traditional —be it in terms of the Faculty of Humanities Koper camera format or the issue covered and viewed as Titov trg 5 news. 6000 Koper Slovenia Artists presented include Jure Eržen, Jost Franko, tel: +385 5 663 77 40 Aleš Gregori č, Domen Grogl, Luka Cjuha, Ciril web: www.fhs.upr.si Jazbec, Tom Crnej, Matjaž Krivic, Tadej Žnidar čič, Aleš Bravni čar, Anže Petkovsek, Matjaž Rušt, Boris Fari č, Jure Kravanja, Simon Plestenjak and Tom Bevk. July 5 - 30, 2010 (www.nyphotofestival.com/site/?page_id=8215) Application deadline: June 4, 2010 Scholarship application deadline: May 15, 2010 VII Photo Agency CENTRE FOR SLOVENE AS A SECOND 28 Jay Street LANGUAGE: SUMMER SESSION The Centre for Slovene as a Second Language offers May 13, 2010 6:00pm two and four week courses at three levels: beginning, EMBASSY'S BOOK intermediate, and advanced. Courses run in the SERIES: FORBIDDEN morning with elective languages courses offered in BREAD the afternoon. Forbidden Bread is a memoir written by Erica Johnson Debeljak about her Summer School activities also include a varied social decision to turn her life upside down and move to a program, where students can become acquainted new country. At the core of the memoir is the with Slovenian culture, history and contemporary unlikely love story between the author, an American reality while at the same time coming into close Financial analyst living in New York City, and, Aleš, contact with the Slovene language and its speakers the bohemian Slovenian poet who catches her heart in its natural linguistic environment outside the without meaning to. classroom. RSVP by May 9 to (202) 386-6610 or For more information go to www.centerslo.net or e- [email protected] mail [email protected]. Embassy of Slovenia University of Ljubljana 2410 California St., NW Faculty of Arts Washington, DC 20008 Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language tel: (202) 386-6601 Courses of Slovene web: washington.veleposlanistov.si Kongresni trg 12 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia tel.: + 386 1 241 86 48 Ongoing - June 15, 2010 web: www.centerslo.net ZEK CREW EXHIBITION AT THE EMBASSY The graffiti art and graphic design collective ZEK Crew exhibits their work at Embassy of Slovenia in Washington D.C. The works have been printed on July 19 - August 1, 2010 lenticular panels that give the illusion of animation to Scholarship deadline: June 7, 2010 otherwise static images, creating interactive pictures HELLO, THIS IS THE SLOVENE and dynamic posters. MEDITERRANEAN The Faculty of Humanities Koper and the Science Embassy of Slovenia and Research Centre of Koper at the University of 2410 California St., NW Primorska is pleased to announce its 17th Slovene Washington, DC 20008 Language Summer Course on the Slovenian Coast. tel: (202) 386-6601 web: washington.veleposlanistov.si The course is intended for all who wish to learn Slovene or improve their knowledge of the language while getting to know Slovenia and its culture by * * * * spending two pleasant summer weeks by the Slovenian sea. Editor's Note: To inquire about being listed in Kažipot, please contact the Consulate General of For more information go to Slovenia in New York at (212) 370-3006 or http://www.fhs.upr.si/en/summersch/halo. [email protected]

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