16. 6. 2025 Round Table: The Future of culture, Rotovž Center and visual art in the city

Round Table: The future of culture, Rotovž Center and visual art in the city
UGM, Strossmayerjeva ulica 6
Monday, 16 June 2025, 17:00–19:00

The Office for Culture and Youth of the Municipality of Maribor and the Maribor Art Gallery are pleased to invite you to a round table discussion on the significance and opportunities of the emerging cultural centre on Rotovž Square. The Municipality of Maribor is implementing the largest investment in cultural infrastructure in the country - the City Hall of Culture on Rotovž Square. It will combine and intertwine under one roof the contents of a library, a visual arts exhibition centre and a city cinema, as well as other interdisciplinary and intergenerational programmes.

The roundtable will bring together reference guests from the world of art and culture in Maribor, Slovenia and beyond to address some of the topics that will be key to the direction, positioning and development of cultural activity in the city in the coming period. The Rotovž - City House of Culture will act as a connecting link and symbolic home of Maribor's culture. Questions, comments and suggestions from the audience are welcome at the round table.

Introduction: Simona Vidmar, Head of UGM
Event moderator: Jure Kirbiš, curator at UGM

Programme:

Pannel 1: Future of culture in the city
Saša Arsenovič, mayor of Municipality of Maribor (MOM)
Marko Mele, Director of Science at Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Davorka Pregl, leader of the Council Group at MOM

Pannel 2: City Hall of Culture
Klemen Brvar, Head of Maribor Publiy Library
Nina Kirbiš, Head of the Office for Culture and Youth at MOM
Tine Lugarič, Co-founder and Creative Director of Studio Trampolin
Gregor Reichenberg, Deputy Mayor for the area of architecture and spatial planning at MOM
Renata Zamida, Head of Center Rog, Ljubljana

Pannel 3: Future of visual art in the city
Irena Borić, freelance curator
Metka Kavčič, artist
Rok Predin, director and animator
Oto Rimele, artist

We invite you to anonymously complete the survey here and help shape the future of UGM. The roundtable and questionnaire are part of public programs that we will carry out together in the following months in preparation for the gallery’s expansion into Rotovž – the City Hall of Culture.

Join us! Admission is free!