Please note that the Slovene Connections blog and newsletter were published in 2015.
The links to articles are below.
The interviews were featuring one, or more, Slovene artists visiting New York, mainly those who are awarded residency in NYC by the Slovene Ministry of Culture. Slovenia maintains four artist’s apartments in the U.S. and Europe: Brooklyn, NY, London, Berlin & Vienna. The competition is fierce, and only the most outstanding contemporary Slovene artists are granted one month of rent-free residency. Short versions of the interviews are published in the Newsletter of the Slovene Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the long versions are available here.
Singing Beloved Rhythms:
Diversity, Sincerity, Ethnic Music…and Food
Click on the link above to read the interview with Slovene drummer and percussionist Marjan Stanić, the Slovene artist-in-residence in Brooklyn for June 2015.
Emerging Slovene Cinema:
How to Express the Essence
through Moving Images
Click on the link above to read the interview with Slovene cinematographer Darko Herič, the Slovene artist-in-residence in Brooklyn for May 2015.
Layers, Shadows, Laces:
Mapping Slovene Contemporary Art Exchange
Click on the link above to read the interview with
• Eva Petrič, Slovene multi-disciplinary artist
• Irena Silić, Art Manager for the Slovene Association Tretaroka
• Božidar Zrinski, Curator at International Center for Graphic Arts, the Slovene artist-in-residence in Brooklyn, NYC, in April 2015.
Poetry in Translation:
Vibrant Slovene American Poetic Exchange
Click on the link above to read the interview with Ana Jelnikar, PhD, a scholar and translator of Slovene poetry, the Slovene artist-in-residence in Brooklyn, NYC, in March 2015.