ALUO celebrates!

We invite you to join us at the events celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana (UL ALUO), which highlight many other things that are connected with — and connect us all with — ALUO!

ALUO 80: OPEN Academy

On Thursday, 5 June, as part of the anniversary, this year’s traditional Open Academy, student exhibition at the end of the academic year, opens at all three locations of the Academy. Opening events:

15.00 | DOLENJSKA cesta 83
Department of Industrial Design and Applied Arts (Industrial Design & Applied Arts) + Department of Visual Communication Design (Photography, Graphic Design, Illustration & Interactive Design — exhibition of this department is part of the European Design Festival 2025 programme)

17.00 | TOBAČNA ulica 5
Department of Restoration (Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art / Paintings and Polychrome Sculpture / Wall Paintings and Stone Sculpture) + Video, Animation and New Media (Department of Painting)

19.00 | ERJAVČEVA cesta 23
Department of Sculpture + Department of Painting (Printmaking & Painting)

22.00– | DOLENJSKA cesta 83
After

The exhibition will be open from 6 to 8 June and from 14 to 16 June, all days from 10 am to 6 pm. On Sundays, 8 and 14 June, the Tobačna site will only be accessible through the passage by the Bleiweis Road.

Guided tours: 6 June, 7 June and 8 June at 11 am; 14 June and 15 June at 4 pm.

ALUO 80: UTOPIAN Academy

On Friday, 13 June, a festive performative manifestation will take place at the future location of UL ALUO on Roška cesta (46.047193, 14.520344), the result of the interdisciplinary art-research project Mapping Roška, which was carried out in the academic year 2024/25. The project dealt with this part of Ljubljana, where the new UL ALUO is to stand one day. Its aim was to bring together artistic, design, architectural, landscape, environmental, humanistic, etc. practices to create a new vision of the area.

The event will be accompanied by a music programme and a picnic.

ALUO 80: GALA Academy

On Monday, 16 June, the 17th edition of the June in Ljubljana Festival will include the University of Ljubljana’s Day of the Arts 2025 (from 2 pm to 7 pm) and the 80th anniversary ceremony of the UL ALUO (from 7 pm onwards).

This year, for the third year in a row, the UL’s Day of the Arts is dedicated to a broad presentation of the university’s artistic activities, and as part of the celebration of its 80th anniversary, this year’s programme has been organised by the UL ALUO, in cooperation with other faculties and academies of the UL. A special feature of the programme will be the ALUO 80: ART MARKET, a student art fair in Zvezda Park.

The evening of the day at Congress Square will be entirely dedicated to the anniversary of the UL ALUO. The Gala Academy, a celebration with a multifaceted cultural and artistic programme will take place on the big stage, featuring performances by many students, alumnae, alumni and friends of the academy, including the keynote speaker Marjetica Potrč. The event will be moderated by Boštjan Narat.

More at: www.aluo.uni-lj.si/en/aluo-80