Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art
Established in 1993, Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art is located on the fringes of the old town centre and is part of the architectural complex of buildings that once formed the foothill castle of the Counts of Celje. Since 2005 the gallery has been a part of Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts.
History
Besides being an active exhibition hall for recent and current visual art production, it aims through its programme to create a museum collection of contemporary Slovene visual arts. Since 1963 the permanent exhibition has gradually grown; at first it was contributed to by important Slovene artists and since 1980 it has been regularly expanded with work by artists who either live in the Celje region, are natives of the city or are connected with it in some other way. The gallery currently possesses over 200 works that are presented to the public in thematic exhibitions.
Venues
The Hodnik ('Corridor') Gallery is a part of the Gallery intended exclusively for young artists. It hosts creative workshops for children and youth, as well as the so-called 'student premieres'. Students and graduates of fine arts academies get a chance to present their work to the public for the first time, gain their first experience in the public sphere and their first references.
Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art runs two satellite galleries (Likovni salon Celje and Račka Gallery) which present the most recent visual arts work and also manages a residency programme for international visual artists.
