Novo mesto Spring

The Municipality of Novo mesto is commemorating the anniversary of the Novo mesto Spring throughout the year with a series of events organized by different institutes and institutions. The Novo mesto library will host evening talks every Thursday on the topic of the Novo mesto Spring, titled Novo mesto poDmlad, where they will present both the already established artists and young, talented and daring local artists from various fields of creation. The thematic year will also be commemorated by a cultural badge of Novo mesto, which will symbolically connect and reward visits to different cultural institutions in the town. The library façade will be illuminated in colour, and the empty shop windows in the town centre will be used for exhibitions. One of the issues of the Rast local magazine will be dedicated to the Novo mesto Spring, and an exhibition will be hosted in front of the library on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Miran Jarc, a prominent poet and one of the central figures of the Novo mesto Spring.

The main ceremony will be held in September by the Anton Podbevšek Theatre, and the Museum of Dolenjska will on this occasion prepare a retrospective of the ground-breaking art even, the 1st Regional Art Exhibition in Novo mesto, entitled The First Regional Art Exhibition 100 Years Later and an exhibition presenting the protagonists of the Novo mesto Spring.

Municipality of Novo mesto