Galeria Sloveniana
| This
online gallery is a significant and exciting new
enterprise initiated by the Institute. It provides
the opportunity to artists of Slovenian background
based anywhere in the world to present their work
to the world community.
It will showcase the works of emerging and established
artists and stimulate the exploration of the Slovenian
identity through art.
The
aim of the gallery is to create a new cultural
space, thus facilitating cultural dialogue. In
the context of the Australian scene the gallery
is unique.
The gallery is one of the ISSV cultural programmes
and fulfills the Institute's objective to present
Slovenian culture globally. The concept of this
online gallery was developed by the Creative director
of ISSV, Chiron Morpheus. |
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July
Launch of the Online Art Exhibition
We
take this opportunity to announce the first online art
exhibition by Australian Slovenian artists based in
Victoria. The majority of the works presented online
were part of the exhibition held in Melbourne on 6 July,
at the Slovenian Religious and Cultural Centre.
Marie Plut, the artistic advisor of the exhibition,
has written an
introductory article about the exhibition Slovenian
Art in Australia about the array of qualities of the
works exhibited.
Australian
Slovenian Visual Art Exhibition - 6 July 2002
The
exhibition was officially opened in Melbourne, on the
6 July, at the Slovenian Religious and Cultural Centre,
SS Cyril and Methodius on the occasion of the Feast
of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
The exhibited works are by well-known Victorian artists
of Slovenian background. Among them are painters who
exhibit their work in Australia and overseas. The curator
was Ivo Leber, who took an exhibition of Australian
Slovenian artists to Slovenia, Italy and Austria several
years ago.
Thematically, the exhibition reflects the Slovenian
background of the painters. Dominant are Slovenian and
Australian landscapes and Slovenian cultural and religious
themes. There are also beautifully crafted still lifes
painted in oil or acrylic. Prominent among the exhibited
works are three striking large canvases of Zorka Cernjak,
on the theme of her own childhood experience of Slovenian
fairy-tale motifs, painted in a sophisticated naïve
style. The beautiful mosaics of Lojze Jeric, executed
in glass mosaics and natural stone attracted great interest.
Celebrating
25 years of Slovenian Language Teaching in Australia
(1977 - 2002)
This
year is the twenty-fifth anniversary since we introduced
Slovenian language in Melbourne as an accredited subject
in the Australian state school system. The year 1977
is of historical note because it was the first time
that the Slovenian language was taught as an accredited
school subject beyond the immediate border countries
of Slovenia (in recent years Canada has included Slovenian
as part of the standard school curriculum).
Since 1977 Slovenian language classes have been held
continuously as an optional secondary school subject
at all levels in metropolitan Melbourne. Slovenian language
is offered as a school subject from years 6 to year
12, at the Princess Hill Secondary College, in Melbourne.
The assessment results of the final year 12 contribute
to the score for university entrance.
For this anniversary, a very festive public celebration
is planned on 6 October. It will be held at the Slovenian
Religious and Cultural Centre, Melbourne. There will
also be a display of documents, publications, students'
work, photographs and language projects of ISSV.
Webzine
Sloveniana
Joze Plecnik, the Architect of Slovenia is a series
of articles about Joze Plecnik to be published. Details
will be given in the next newsletter. He is Slovenia's
architectural legend - called the Slovenian Gaudi -
and one of the extraordinary Slovenes who have lent
their genius to their home country. |
