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Dear artists,

The Organizing Committee Castra 2015 invites you and your friends to the ceremonial opening of the International Biennial of Watercolour Castra 2015, as well as to the awards ceremony, taking place on 29th August 2015 at 17.00 in Ajdovščina, Slovenia.

Artworks of 184 artists from 54 countries will be exhibited in three art galleries in the town of Ajdovščina: Lokarjeva galerija, Pilonova galerija and in the gallery Lična hiša in Ajdovščina from 29th August to 30th September 2015.

Throughout the Biennial Castra 2015, art workshops will be going on. Particularly interesting will be the Symposium held on 26th September 2015, with the theoretical exposés on the theme of 'Watercolour yesterday, today, tomorrow ... " and undoubtedly the dinner party in the hall of the youth hostel Hiša mladih in Ajdovščina.

Moreover, 'Painting itineraries' have been scheduled too: they will take place in various picturesque wine-growing locations and places of historical towns and villages: in the town of Vipava, in the medieval town of Štanjel in the Karst region, in the medieval settlement Vipavski križ, in the picturesque villages Osek and Ozeljan, in the small picturesque town of Kanal ob Soči, in the medieval village of Šmartno in Brda and in the baroque city of Ljubljana.
Dates of ‘Painting itineraries’:
30th and 31st August 2015, 1st and 2nd September 2015, 3rd September 2015 27th and 28th September 2015, 29th and 30th September 2015You can find more information on the website: bienale.castra.si

Information on accommodation and transport: Tourist informative centre TIC Ajdovščina: http://www.tic-ajdovscina.si/?lng=eng http://www.tic-ajdovscina.si/ tic.ajdovscina@siol.net TIC / Telephone: +386 5 365 91 40

Information on minibus transfers from and to the Airports of Ljubljana,Venice, Treviso, Trieste: info@goopti.com www.goopti.com