The Art History Journal has a Slovene editorial board and a consulting international editorial board with members from Italy, Croatia, Austria, and the USA. +
Established in 1990 by painters Darko Slavec and Mladen Jernejec, Arthouse - College for Visual Arts is the first private professional college for drawing and painting. +
Officially established in 2005, the activities of the Art Stays Cultural Association (Ptuj, Kidričevo) are rooted in the ambitions of young representatives of the local art scene, putting Ptuj, one of the most impressive Slovene towns of medieval and also Roman heritage, on the international map of contemporary arts. +
In 2013, the Adriatic Slovenica insurance company opened the AS Gallery, located in the Ljubljana premises of the KD Group corporation, its then-owner. +
The Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) seeks to promote better mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia and Europe through greater intellectual, cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two regions. +
The Aškerc Award for outstanding achievements in archival science and in the popularisation of archival activities was launched in 2002 by the Archival Association of Slovenia (AAS). +
Established in 1999 by Gorazd Malačič, Miha Turšič, Miha Kirsch, and Marko Škerlavaj the creative consultancy Asobi best introduces itself with the statement "Change through design". +
Founded in 2013 in response to a lack of programming and opportunities in the area of contemporary dance and performing arts in Maribor, the Nagib Association has consistently searched for ways to create a sustainable environment for the development of contemporary dance practice through a variety of means, from hosting performances to running activities that support artists and their creative processes. +
The Association of Conservators of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, founded in 1971, is a voluntary association of experts involved in the protection of natural features and cultural heritage, and aims to secure the interests of the profession. +
The Association of Puppeteers was established in 1993 and works to foster relationships between the young and middle generations of Slovene puppeteers. +
Several Slovene museums came together in 1970 to establish an informal organisation with the aim of enhancing networking and common objectives and needs. +
The task of the Association of Slovene Music Schools (ZSGŠ) is to secure nationwide standards and develop infrastructures for the work of its member music schools, such as curriculum development, organisational assistance, and further training. +
The Association of Slovene Photographers was established in 1973 by 68 members who were all professional photographers from various towns in Slovenia. +
Established in 1993, the Association of Slovene Restorers is a voluntary association of professional conservator-restorers (around 300 members), who have been educated in the field and have a restoration certificate. +
The Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia was established in 1976 when it became a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC/AICT). +
Since being established in 2000 by director and screenwriter Miha Čelar, Astral Film has produced several feature films and documentaries, as well as cross-media documentaries and docu-fiction projects. +
Established in 1983, the Audiovisual Laboratory (AVL) of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts has since 1999 made up a part of the Institute of Slovene Ethnology. +
The cultural and creative sectors (CCS), including film and audiovisual, have been amongst the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis, which has also accelerated the existing trends in AV training and capacity building. +
The A.V.A. Institute, Academy of Visual Arts, officially established in 2007 by Pepi Peter Sekulich and Igor Grm, with the inauguration of the first lectures in the school year 2008/09, offers Bachelor of Arts with Distinction (BA Hons) study programmes of both classical and contemporary visual arts. +
Originally established in 1984, the Ave Vocal Group later became the Ave Chamber Choir, and under its conductor Andraž Hauptman it quickly gained recognition in the world of Slovene and European vocal music. +
The Avla NLB Gallery was established in 1971 in the foyer of the headquarters of the largest Slovene bank – Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), next to the Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre in the Ljubljana city centre. +
The history of the Avsenik Ensemble goes back to 1953, when the accordion player Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015) formed his first trio and later regrouped it into a quartet that also featured his older brother Vilko Ovsenik (who had changed his name to the pre-WWI spelling of the family's last name). +
Located at the Avsenik homestead in Begunje na Gorenjskem, the Avsenik Gallery was founded in 1989 by academic painter Martin Avsenik, son of musician Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015), leader of the internationally-renowned and award-winning folk pop music group Avsenik Ensemble. +
With the motto "an asylum for critical thoughts", Azil Bookshop is the first Slovene bookshop to specialise in theory and reference books related to the social sciences and the humanities, especially sociology, philosophy, archaeology, psychology, anthropology and the arts. +
Baza 20 was one of the numerous camps in the woods of Kočevski Rog which were once the commanding structures of the National Liberation Movement of Slovenia in the Second World War. +
Priding itself on being the only festival in the world dedicated to beached whales, the Beached Whale Festival (Festival nasedlega kita) is a laid back and at the same time very creative and upbeat summer music festival presenting curious new music to the region. +
In 2009, the Mladinsko Theatre initiated the Bobri (in English, Beavers), the Ljubljana-based festival of children's education in culture and the arts. +
Founded in 1951, the Bela krajina Museum is based in the Metlika castle, situated in the old part of this picturesque town near the Kolpa River, the natural border between Slovenia and Croatia. +
Since its opening in January 2010, the Beletrina Bookshop represents an important space for socialising and getting information about the contemporary literary scene by organising a variety of events, such as book presentations, author meetings, etc. +
The Beletrina Publishing Institute (up to 2014 known as Študentska založba Publishing House) is one of the most productive Slovene publishing houses. +
Beli sladoled (meaning, "White ice cream") is an artist group consisting of two academic painters: Miha Perne from Ljubljana and Leon Zuodar from Postojna. +
Established in 1975, the Municipality of Slovenj Gradec annually bestows the Berneker Award in honour of sculptor Fran Berneker (1874–1932) and the Berneker Honourable Mentions on creators engaged in the field of arts and culture, mostly an important protagonists of the local amateur cultural activities. +
Beseda (Word) is a collection of literary texts in Slovenian, collected for research and educational purposes and managed by the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. +
The Best First Book Award is an award announced by the Slovene Writers’ Association and given annually by the Chamber of Publishing and Bookselling to the best first book published in the previous year. +
The Best Short Story Award was introduced by the Slovene Writers’ Association and the Sodobnost International Cultural Society in recognition of what was felt to be an under-appreciated literary genre. +
Beton Records is a Ljubljana-based record label specialising in experimental/abstract hip-hop and electronic beats, founded in 2010 by Mare Godnjavec (aka Jizah), a key figure in the Slovenian hip-hop scene of the last 20 years. +
In 1997, Matija Bevk and Vasa J. Perović founded the Ljubljana-based award-winning architecture office Bevk Perović Arhitekti, which has since become widely known throughout Slovenia for its large-scale public housing projects and visionary private residence designs. +
The Bežigrajska galerija (Bežigrad Gallery) with its 2 locations in the Bežigrad neighbourhood north of the Ljubljana city centre simply named Bežigrajska galerija 1 and Bežigrajska galerija 2, features smaller exhibitions by younger or established Slovene artists. +
A renowned puppetry festival, the Biennial Festival of the Contemporary Puppetry Art LUTKE has been organised by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre since 1995. +
The Biennial of Design, known also by its Slovene acronym BIO, explores and reflects contemporary developments in international design through a collaborative process; questioning and analysing current conditions in industrial production, public and private space, systems and networks. +
The Biennial of Slovene Book Illustration has been organised since 1993 by Cankarjev dom Gallery in cooperation with the Illustration Section of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU) with the aim of promoting book illustration as a fine arts discipline. +
First held in 2008, the Big Architecture Festival is an international architectural event managed by Zavod Big – Center for Creative Economy of Southeast Europe, originally known simply as Zavod Big, these days as BIG SEE. +
Although Big Band KK has existed since the eighties (and was formerly know as Big Band Krško), it was practically and formally established in 1994, when Aleš Suša took over as the band's leader and conductor. +
Launched in 2018, the BigSEE Awards are presented each year in the framework of the Month of Design as well as one of its component events, the Big Architecture Festival. +
The Doslovče village house Pr' Dolenc in which priest, writer, and playwright Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962) was born was reconstructed and opened as a museum in 1971. +
This house is the birthplace of Slovenj Gradec's most famous citizen – the Slovene-born composer Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), who carried on the legacy of Schubert and Schumann and is renowned as an author of late-romantic Lieder. +
The birthplace of writer, dramatist and priest Janez Jalen (1891–1966), which dates from the early 17th century, was declared a cultural monument in 1987, renovated to house the museum in 1992 and opened to the public in 1997. +
The house in which linguist, literary historian and librarian Matija Čop (1795–1835) was born was that of an average well-off family in Gorenjska, with a history that dates back to the 16th century. +
The birthplace of poet Simon Gregorčič (1844–1906), located in the village of Vrsno, seven kilometres from Kobarid, was restored in period style and opened as a museum in 1966. +
The BISTRA Scientific Research Centre in Ptuj developed out of the Bureau for Strategic Technological Development (the abbreviation is BISTRA), which was established in 1994 to meet the planning and management needs of developing the local community and the region. +
The Blade Production House was established in 2012, with its field of expertise spanning from the production of commercial ads and music videos to short and, as of recently, also feature films. +
The town of Bled with its idyllic island situated in the centre of the lake is one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions from a natural and historic point of view. +