Past events

On a guided tour of the BIEN 2023 exhibitions in Škofja Loka, you will learn about the work of Finnish environmental and textile artist Kaarina Kellomäki, an exhibition of abstract textile paintings by Varka Kozlović, a Slovenian artist living in Denmark, and the textile work of Turkish artist Gözda Ju.

On Saturday, 17 June, when the "Museums on a Summer Night" event is taking place, our locations will be open from 6.00 to 9.00 pm with free admission. Welcome!

As part of the European Days of Archeology, we will take you through our archeological collection. We invite you to join us in uncovering the oldest periods of human past!

At the Biennial BIEN 2023, the students of the Department of Art Pedagogy of UL PEF are collaborating with the Carbonization project. It will be rounded off with a conversation about the different aspects of Mihelič's works through students' artworks, geotextiles as a carrier of the painting image, materials in art and the challenges of conserving and restoring paintings.

We will start the event with a tour of a textile exhibition designed by migrants and women who have lived here for a long time. A plant printing workshop will follow, where each participant will search for their own expression, their own message.

At the lecture, we will get to know Ivan Tavčar as a politician and mayor of the city of Ljubljana during the turbulent years of the First World War. The writer, lawyer and politician, born in Poljane near Škofja Loka, rose to the top of the leadership of the capital of Carniola with his ability, commitment and work.

The wall installation Zgodboprejke ("Storyweavers") was created at a workshop of the Breja preja knitting community. During the spring months, a group of women who had moved to Škofja Loka from various parts of the world got to know different textile techniques and learned from each other.

Your are kindly invited to a bread baking workshop taking place at the Škopar's Hourse as part of the Historial festival. We'll bake our own piece of bread, get to know the symbolism, customs and folk knowledge associated with bread, visit the mill in the open air museum as well as the ethnological museum collections.

Did you know that the Church of the Annunciation in Crngrob is one of the oldest pilgrimage churches in Slovenia and one of the three European churches where whale ribs are kept? Join our free guided tour of the Church and learn about its interesting history! 

With its programs of textile art and industrial design, Textile Art Biennial BIEN presents itself biennially with exhibitions and projects that reflect on heritage, conservation and sustainability. The central theme of this year's BIEN is “The Sun”.