Cankarjeva 18
4000 Kranj
Slovenia
- Arts
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
Carnica Institute is a cultural non-governmental organisation based in Kranj, Slovenia. It employs 9 people and has contracts with more than 20 people regularly. As a center of cultural life in the city of Kranj the organization is partner with several non-governmental and public organization in Kranj as well as the Gorenjska region. As a organization managing 4 galleries we are connected to art academies and faculties with art, design, textile and architecture focus. Our yearly budget is 250 000 EUR, and we are co-financed by Municipality Kranj (50%), Ministry of culture Slovenia, EU funds, sponsors, partner funds (30%), and own resources (20%). Since it was established in 2010, the main activities of the Carnica Institute have been managing cultural public infrastructure, managing and organizing cultural and social events, activities and campaigns, implementing the connections and collaborations between communities, cultural operators and local government, and developing and implementing cultural strategies.
Mission: Carnica Institute has developed a sustainable and repeatable business model in cultural and creative industries which was acknowledged by experts focused on heritage economics. Together with artists Carnica envisions an international cultural hub, a community of artists and cultural workers. Every year Carnica welcomes volunteers to understand cultural non-governmental work. Carnica hosts several international events and runs Artists-in-residence programme. Also it has produced up to ten large size murals and collages in the city of Kranj. Carnica supports the idea of regional development through culture and strives for Kranj to become a city of art festivals.
Objectives:
> connecting non-governmental cultural, educational and urban organizations of Gorenjska region and beyond
> combining interdisciplinary art and cultural heritage research with co-creation
> internationalize annual program of artist-in-residence center
> support under-represented contemporary art such as collage, textile, land art, mosaic, piano music, kinetic ceramics
Since 2010, Carnica has been managing the Layer House, a cultural center in the city of Kranj, Slovenia, and since 2019 it manages the Pungert Tower, children cultural center in the Old Town. The Carnica Institute is contracted by Public Institute Prešeren Theatre Kranj to co-manage the programme of the Škrlovec Tower. The Carnica Institute initiates urban changes in the city of Kranj and its Old Town, as well as cooperates in several cultural, civil and urban renewal projects. Carnica is a producer of many art and music projects and festivals:
> Textile Art Biennial BIEN
> Contemporary Collage Festival KAOS
> Piano Music Festival Pianopolis
> Musicians-in-Residence Cycle Dvocikel
> Artists-in Residence Layer
> Art Exhibitions Program
> Layer Publishing and Writers-in-Residence
We connect organizations from Mediterranean to Alpine region. We wish to internationalize our activities, especially in the field of art and cultural heritage. We have a fully equipped artists-in-residence center with 3 apartments, 2 venues, studios, 4 indoor galleries and 1 outdoor street gallery. We support artists working on large scale murals in the city.
Our primary aim is to connect mobility projects to ongoing activities, such as biennial of textile art, contemporary collage festival, contemporary piano music festival, kinetic ceramics exhibition etc.
To strengthen the international connections in the Mediterranean region.