Izlake–Zagorje Art Colony
In the 2008 year of the intercultural dialogue the colony hosted more international participants coming from the newly acceded EU countries (e.g. Sean Kane from Slovakia, Masszi Ferenc from Hungary, Einar Vene from Estonia, Augustinas Žygimantas from Lithuania).
Background
The colony was initiated by Tone Leskovšek, local painter and teacher and backed up by the Ljubljana Fine Artists Association. From 1965 till 2005 it was managed by Nande Razboršek, now succeeded by painter Nikolaj Beer as artistic director.