Past events

Children, you are warmly invited to join our storyteller Karla B. Rihtaršič on a walk through the world of Ive's illustrations, presented at the exhibition Ive Šubic – illustrator and cultural figure. You will hear stories from the artist's life, and on top of that, some from the books that Ive illustrated.

The Croatian artist Goran Tomčić, whose exhibition titled Pompom Nets - Škofja Loka, is currenly on view at the Ivan Grohar Gallery, will give a lecture on the history of participatory work in art history and today.

Katja Preša is one of the wittiest storytellers in the Slovenian area. She embarked on the storytelling journey with the "Za dva groša fantazije" team of Radio Študent. She is happy to tell stories to both children and adults, preferably in a humorous way.

On Prešeren Day we invite you to visit the Škofja Loka Museum, Škopar House, Ivan Grohar Gallery and France Mihelič Gallery and other locations. We will be open from 10 am to 5 pm, admission will be free! Welcome!

The Pompom Nets exhibition is a spatial installation by Croatian artist Goran Tomčić (1964) living in Berlin. It is the first comprehensive presentation of a participatory project, in which the artist has been creating current situations and spatial installations all over the world in cooperation with the public since 2015.

The stories that Lukavi Luka and Šmentane muhe have in their saddlebags are mostly old folk tales from Notranjska, which they inherited from their grandparents. They talk about the creation of the world, the three sister rivers, about St. Peter and Jesus, when they were walking around the world, about why the stupid farmer has the fattest potato, about the soldier Pust, King Matjaž and other sayings and things.

We invite children to take a tour of the From Fleece to Wool exhibition, followed by a creative workshop where we will make decorative sheep from wool and cardboard.

You are invited to the opening of the exhibition Bobbin lace aka “špice” in the Žiri region.

On This merry day of culture, we invite you to visit the Škofja Loka Museum, Škopar's House, France Mihelič Gallery and Ivan Grohar Gallery and join us for a guided tour of the beekeeping collection in the Brode House of Beekeepers! Entry is free.

The symposium Ive Šubic - artist and spiritus movens will shed light on the importance of Šubic's artistic and cultural work from several perspectives.