September 14, 2012
MODERNIST RESIDENTAL ARCHITECTURE IN LJUBLJANA

The exhibition will have two parts; the first one will present architectural photos through the objective of an art historian while the second will outline the theme as have been documented by a simultaneous photography, expert journalism and presented original projects. The exhibition’s subject is the urban architecture – villas and multi-storey houses. Their residents came from two social classes – of the ascending middle class and the industrial proletariat. The event will be organized on the occasion of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations meeting in Ljubljana.

Author: Veselin Mišković (NUK)
Venue: NUK Exhibition Room
Open: Monday – Friday: 9am - 8pm
            Saturday: 9am – 2pm

July 15, 2012
SUMMER EXHIBITIONS AT THE NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

9 July - 9 September 2012 at The National and University Library:

In Word and Drawing – 90 years of Ted Kramolc
The objective of the exhibition on the 90th birthday of Ted Kramolc is to answer the question “who is Ted Kramolc?” Since 1948 he has been living in Canada. He was Plečnik’s student that upgraded his art of painting at the Ontario Academy of Art and Design. He participated at numerous individual and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States of America. His works are also exhibited in Slovenia. He also creates with words: after 1991, four of his books were printed in Slovenia; in 2003, his novel Tango in Silk Clogs was shortlisted for the Kresnik literary award.

Author: Helena Janežič (NUK)
Venue: NUK Exhibition Room
Open: Monday – Friday: 9am - 8pm
            Saturday: 9am – 2pm

Among Slovenes Living in Canada
The Land of endless woods and maple syrup is also known as the country to which millions of people from all over the world immigrated. The results of the years-long migrations are numerous Chinese, Italian, Greek and other communities in big Canadian cities. Among immigrants were also Slovenes; now their number is approximately some thirty thousands. The Slovene community in Canada is one of the most active ones in the world. The first Slovenes arrived to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century; the second group immigrated after the World War II and the third wave in the sixties of the last century. They settled in all Canadian provinces, the majority in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and the British Columbia.

The two-part exhibition is being prepared in co-operation with the Slovenian Migration Institute at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. The life of Canadian Slovenes and their activities organised by the associations will be presented in the hall of the NUK Main Reading Room while the exhibition at the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences will focus on how the young generation of immigrant descendants sees its immigrant story.

Authors: Helena Janežič (NUK), Veronika Potočnik (NUK)
Venue: the Main Entrance Hall
Open: Monday – Friday: 9am - 8pm
            Saturday: 9am – 2pm