ART STAYS - display 2012

We are welcoming volunteers to join us at the 10th yearly edition of the Art Stays International Festival of Contemporary Art that will be taking place this summer, the fourth time in the context of Art Ptuj Summer Festivals. This year's festival is entitled DISPLAY, as it will display works of over 150 artists in Ptuj, Slovenia. 16 curators will present 55 events between 18th July and 3rd September.

We welcome filmmakers, photographers, event managers, artist assistants, translators, etc.

Vabimo prostovoljce da se nam pridruzijo na 10. Mednarodnem festivalu sodobne umetnosti Art Stays, ki bo potekal to poletje, cetrtic v sklopu poletnih festivalov Art Ptuj. Letos smo festival poimenovali DISPLAY, saj bo pokazal preko 150 umetnikov na Ptuju. 16 kustosov bo predstavilo 55 dogodkov med 18. julijem in 3. avgistom 2012.

Vabimo sneamalce, fotografe, pomocnike organizatorja, pomocnike umetnikov, prevajalce idr.

Art Stays is one of the most interesting contemporary art organizations and festivals in Slovenia. Since 2003, it has been reviving Slovenia's art scene with an international vibe. Several important names from the world of contemporary art were presented for the first time in Slovenia.

Art Stays promotes art and culture and supports young and mid-career contemporary artists, photographers, designers and architects. The festival focuses on various media: painting, video, installations, photography and performance. Due to a strong support system and successful cooperation with curators and organizations from Europe and other continents, Art Stays is able to serve its audience and participating artists as a living laboratory of young contemporary art.

Ptuj's strategic position in the heart of Europe provides us with the unique opportunity of becoming an international center of contemporary art, a meeting place for professional and non-professional artists, cultural workers, collectors, organizations and art lovers, who have the chance to come together through events and new projects. In a time when our society's fundamental values are compromised, art can be that one thing to connect people and offer a new purpose.

ART STAYS is a part of European CApial of Culture Maribor 2012.

ART STAYS promovira, podpira in prikazuje dela tako mladih kot že uveljavljenih sodobnih umetnikov in pri tem zajema razli?ne medije od slikarstva in kiparstva do videa, instalacije, fotografije in performansa. Zaradi mo?ne podpore in uspešnega sodelovanja z mednarodno ekipo kustosov in mrežo evropskih zasebnih in javnih organizacij ima ART STAYS priložnost ponuditi širok spekter možnosti za predstavitev in osebno prisotnost številnih sodobnih umetnikov, hkrati pa deluje kot svojevrsten „laboratorij“ mlade sodobne umetnosti.
Naša strateška geografska pozicija v srcu Evrope, na sti?iš?u Vzhoda in Zahoda, Severa in Juga, nam ponuja ?udovito možnost, da vzpodbujamo in omogo?amo kroženje umetniških del, umetnikov in raznolikih strokovnjakov za sodobno umetnost ter zbirateljev in predstavnikov razli?nih organizacij. S podobnim poslanstvom je v okviru naše organizacije leta 2006 nastal tudi razstavni prostor Galerija FO.VI, ki ima od 2010 nove prostore na Kidri?evem v bližini Ptuja.

ART STAYS ponuja program reziden?ne udeležbe in organizira vsakoletni Mednarodni festival sodobne umetnosti Art Stays, ki že od leta 2003 Ptuj vsako poletje za nekaj tednov spremeni v inkubator sodobne umetniške produkcije. Vsako leto se v okviru festivala predstavi široka panorama umetnikov, razstav in dogodkov, rodijo se novi projekti ter razvijajo mednarodna sodelovanja.