Between the 19th and the 25th of September it was our school's turn to organize the students' exchange. Eleven students and two teachers of the Liceo Artistico Policarpo Petrocchi from Pistoia, Italy and five students and two teachers of the National School of Applied Arts »Saint Luca« from Sofia, Bulgaria joined our students in various workshops. The students worked together in a stop-motion animation workshop; they learned how to design a T-shirt using the tie-dye and screen printing techniques. The students met designer Editta Zelolepo a representative of an Artists' Cooperative ZOOFA who presented them an innovative business model. We took our guests to an excursion to the region of Prekmurje, where they could learn from the local craftsmen about an almost extinguished art of black clay baking. On the last day of the exchange the students participated in a porcelain workshop.
I seriously doubt I'll ever forget that week in Ljubljana. It was an extraordinary experience, the people were awesome and the organization was top notch.
I didn't encounter any communication problems as all of the Slovenian and Italian guys are fluent in English. As a matter of fact, I still keep in touch with them.
The workshops were very useful and the sights of Ljubljana owe-inspiring. My only remark about the exchange is that it should have been longer!
Nikolay Balimezov, Bulgaria
I really want to be someone who can speak foreign languages as natives do and discover as many countries as I can. For this reason, I think the Erasmus project was a really great experience for me. I enjoyed every moment I spent in Ljubljana, and I already miss my new friends.
Julia Pagniello