Nova Gorica in Slovenia is one of the European Capitals of Culture in 2025, marking the first time the region becomes a cultural hub. This milestone offers new opportunities for collaboration with EUNIC. Feminism, sustainability, and art are all priorities for cultural players and political leaders in Slovenia. Therefore, the cluster and Nova Gorica ECoC organisers (GO! 2025), in close consultation, have developed a project that addresses these three topics, combining the promotion of young female artists with intercultural exchange. As part of this effort, the project will serve as a pre-event to an international women’s rights conference, running from 28 April to 5 May. Key activities will include workshops for local high school and university art students, offering fresh European perspectives, complemented with public lectures, poetry evenings, and an art exhibition. The project also incorporates environmental elements through the creative recycling workshop and the art project using local plants to raise sustainability awareness. The program will close with a EUNIC panel discussion at the mentioned conference.
This project fills a gap in art education programs for young artists in the region and represents the beginning of a broader collaboration between EUNIC and local educational and cultural institutions. While Ljubljana enjoys extensive international partnerships, cities like Nova Gorica are in need of such connections.

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