Organisation Herstory

In 1996, the Association for the Promotion of Women in Culture – City of Women was established as a legal entity, responsible for the organisation of the International Contemporary Arts Festival – City of Women. In 1995, the festival was initiated by a group of visionary women who prepared the first edition within the frame of a no longer existing governmental institution called the Women’s Policy Office.

The City of Women Association gradually professionalised, and its structure changed accordingly, as reflected in the list below. In 2014, the executive and programme direction were formally split for the first time. In addition, the function of the honorary president was introduced. 

From its initial focus on the annual festival, the City of Women Association expanded its activities throughout the years. Today, it produces new artworks, maintains its library and archive, educates and mentors, advocates for better working conditions and equal opportunities in the arts and culture, participates in public debates and campaigns, and engages in a number of art-based community projects. 

We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the people who have enabled the growth and success of the City of Women since its inception in the 1990s:

Svetlana Slapšak –
  • Honorary President
  • enabled the growth and success
2022–
Eva D. Bahovec –
  • Honorary President
  • enabled the growth and success
2017–2021
Teja Reba –
  • Artistic Director
  • enabled the growth and success
2016–2021
Vesna Leskošek –
  • Honorary President
  • enabled the growth and success
2010–2017
Predrag Pajdić –
  • Programme (Co)selector
  • enabled the growth and success
2010–2011
Mateja Jesenek –
  • Honorary President
  • enabled the growth and success
2008–2009
Dunja Kukovec –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
  • enabled the growth and success
2007–2008
Katja Kobolt –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
  • enabled the growth and success
2007–2008
Milijana Babić –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
  • enabled the growth and success
2005–2006
Mara Vujić –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
  • enabled the growth and success
2009–2015
Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik –
  • President of the City of Women Association
  • enabled the growth and success
2005–2007
Bettina Knaup –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
  • enabled the growth and success
2002–2004
Zoja Skušek –
  • Honorary President
  • enabled the growth and success
2002–2004
Sabina Potočki –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
  • enabled the growth and success
1997–2007
Darja Zaviršek –
  • President of the City of Women Association
  • enabled the growth and success
1999–2001
Koen Van Daele –
  • Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
  • enabled the growth and success
1995–2002
Uršula Cetinski –
  • Artistic Director and Festival Director, President of the City of Women Association
  • enabled the growth and success
1995–1998
Vera Kozmik –
  • Director of the Women's Policy Office and the first Festival Director
  • enabled the growth and success
1995

 

... to those people who have been a part of our core team throughout the years:

Tea Hvala –
  • Arts Education, Library and Editing
  • been a part of our core team
2019–2023
Saša Nemec –
  • Executive Festival Producer
  • been a part of our core team
2022
Urška Lipovž –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2020–2022
Amela Meštrovac –
  • Administration and Finances
  • been a part of our core team
2011–2022
Tanja Završki –
  • Group Coordinator (Women on Women)
  • been a part of our core team
2019–2021
Eva Matjašič –
  • Assistant (Digital Archive – Network Museum)
  • been a part of our core team
2018–2020
Tjaša Pureber –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2019
Sara Horžen –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2017–2018
Nada Vodušek –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2016
Rok Avbar –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2012–2015
Urška Comino –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2009–2010
Sandra Đorem –
  • Administration and Finances
  • been a part of our core team
2009
Pija Bodlaj Zorman –
  • Administration and Finances
  • been a part of our core team
2008–2010
Irena Plešivčnik –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2008
Petra Slatinšek –
  • Public Relations
  • been a part of our core team
2007

 

... and those people who have built our visual identity or provided technical support:

Vesna Bukovec –
  • Visual Identity and Design
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2016–2022
Inga Remeta –
  • Technical Director
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2011–2014
Neja Engelsberger –
  • Festival Visual Identity
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2007–2015
Saša Kerkoš –
  • Festival Visual Identity
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2007–2015
Karmen Klučar –
  • Technical Director
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2004–2009
Igor Remeta –
  • Technical Director
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
2010
Irena Woelle –
  • Festival Visual Identity
  • built our visual identity or provided technical support
1994–2006