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Exhibitions
The premises of the association also offer a gallery space known as EPEKA Gallery. Works by Jernej Forbici (SLO), Bojana Radulovič (MNE), Marko Lipuš (SLO), and others have been on display there.
In 2013 a major exhibition, entitled Intergenerational Comics Exhibition – Together for a Better Living, was opened and hosted 50 adult and 50 young artists. The exhibition was a part of an international EU-funded project coordinated by Info Project from Romania involving 11 organisations from various countries (Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom).
In 2014 EPeKa was invited to co-curate 100 years in the Balkans – The comic strip in resistance with Stripforum from Zagreb, an exhibition conducted in partnership with Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée and the Bosnian Cultural Center from Sarajevo and Stripartnica Buch. This most significant exhibition on comics from the region, which also features Slovene comics, is on display at the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels. The exhibition features artists from former Yugoslavia: Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia (featuring artists Kostja Gatnik, Miki Muster, Tomaž Lavrič, Zoran Smiljanić, Iztok Sitar, Jelko Peternelj).
In 2015 and 2016 EPEKA GAllery has hosted several exhibitions of several deifferents artist: Selma Selman (BiH), Alan Kosmač (SLO), Marjan Amalietti (SLO), Serena Luna Raggi (ITA), Stojan Grauf (SLO).
Education
The association is also concerned with socially engaged education, especially when it comes to marginal social groups. In the past it has organised several workshops, lectures, and projects aimed at an inclusive approach for local and international protagonists (such as English lessons for Roma, intercultural dialogue, lessons of Romani language, etc.).
The education projects are closely related with the European Volunteer Service (EVS), an organisation with which EPEKA extensively collaborates. Among other sources, EPEPEKA is also financed through institutions that promote European mobility and education: the Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS), MOVIT – a Service for the Promotion of Youth Mobility, and the Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund.
Social entrepreneurship
The most well-known EPEKA´s project is Romani kafenava, the first Roma restaurant in Slovenia, which opened its doors in 2014. The project was supported by the EU Social Fund and the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Rights of the Republic of Slovenia.
Other projects include lectures and debates on social economy, the destigmatisation of vulnerable social groups, and other relevant themes.

a.Adventure Park; result:activities for a healthy and creative leisure spent in nature;role: leading org.; donor: ECTC Maribor and other donors;
b.Romeo and Juliet Part 2 in Slovenia, Maribor, youth exchange with a Norwegian partner; applicant role: coordinator, partner, donor: Norwegian National Agency;
c.Seminars for NGO and the Interested Public“How to Prepare EU Projects”;role:leading org.; donor/fund provider: Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy of the Republic of Slovenia,
d.Slovene Culture in the European Area: the Architect Jo?e Ple?nik, an exhibition in the Architecture House in Rome and Florence.Results:exhibition and promotion of Slovene cultural heritage;leading org.;donor:Slovene Ministry of Culture and other donors and sponsors;
f.Cultural events for revitalization of the Betnava manor; role: co-organizer with a partner, the DS3P society, donor: owner of the manor, sponsors, donors;
g.Work meetings with NGO from the Podravje region as a part of the regional NGO hub; applicant role: donor: applicant, donor.

Overview
Exodos Ljubljana, established in 1999, is a non-profit, independent theatre and dance production centre.
For the past 14 years in the month of May, it has been organising the Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.
Since its modest but daring beginning in 1995, the Exodos Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts has become one of major international festival in Slovenia. Each may we bring in Ljubljana eminent artists from all over the world.
Besides, we produce several new productions by young choreographers and directors every year, and take care of their presentation in Slovenia and - through international connections - other countries around the world. The artists which we presenting are: Matej Kejžar, Ivan Peternelj, Leja Jurešić, Boštjan Antončič, Jurij Konjar, Gabrielle Nankivell, Ana Stegnar, Magdalena Reiter, Damjana Černe.
Exodos Ljubljana was also executive producer of Gibanica, Moving cake, the platform of Slovenian contemporary dance, which we have each two years and which is common project of almost all dance production house in Ljubljana.

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Within the corpus of the exhibitions every year is organised a group show of art students of a national education institution, while one exhibition term is given to the guest curator. One of the main project of the gallery Simulaker/Association LokalPatriot is international festival of documentary photography (workshops, presentations and exhibitions) which is running from the year 2000. The rest of the program consists of the solo and group exhibition of the selected artists.