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Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s Interview with Conference Director Julie Wrinn

Julie Kuzneski Wrinn became director of the conference in 2007 after serving for three years on its board of directors. A native of Indiana, Pennsylvania, she received Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in English from the University of Virginia. A ten-year veteran of the book publishing business, she held [...]

Klara Barcic
When people who like to travel talk about Croatia, they usually talk about its magnificent coast and its 1200 islands, covered with green carpets of scented Mediterranean vegetation. Little is known about its hinterland. Indeed, it is difficult to count all the sights to be seen and all the cities that well deserve [...]

Interview with Cliff Snell III by Galya Mladenova

Cliff Snell III is the American “fairytale surrealist” artist. His “fairytale” swirling nature paintings are very distinctive, and his collectors prize his dreamy, but precise use of color. Naturalists enjoy his ability to present an accurate, if beautiful specimen of a plant, and those who seek beauty just [...]

Zdravka Evtimova

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Shon didn’t have enough money. All his friends had forgotten him. He couldn’t pay his sex tax and that meant that he could no longer be a man. He’d be processed into a stone, and he knew he’d be deaf and blind dust. Each particle of the dust he would turn into would [...]

Klara Barcic
At this time of the year many tourists head for Siena. It is not only its beauty, and its historic centre, declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site, that attract many visitors every year, but the city is also famous for the well known palio, a horce race traditionally called the Carriera, [...]

Interview with Sue Nichol by Galya Mladenova

Sue Nichol is a British artist who paints places with which she has strong associations and knows very well. She’s attracted to the ‘edges of the land’ – fabulous and varied coastlines or the rocky edges found throughout the British landscape. She paints using oils, acrylics and ink [...]

Klara Barcic
There is an extremely interesting and mysterious point in the north-west of France, which a traveler cannot leave without saying au revoir, à la prochaine (in Breton kenavo ar c’hentañ). This point is called Brittany (Breizh). Its cliffs are very well acquainted with dark ocean storms and with the awfully unpredictable strength [...]

Interview by Asya Draganova with Barbora Brezáková
I am happy to bring you an interview with the young artist from Slovakia, Barbora Brezáková. She is a student at Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK. This is how we met and how I first got familiar with her art… Choosing art for your profession is a big risk, [...]

Interview with Antera by Galya Mladenova

Antera is a young artist who is deeply interested in painting, heroic fantasy and video games. She’s attracted to online games like World of Warcraft, which are filled with a rich mythology. She used to paint abstract art, but thanks to WoW, she switched to figurative painting back in [...]

Germany those days is like an art stage! I’ve already got you acquainted with last year’s Let’s Go Home. After its success the talented Charlotte Friling surprised us with another amazing project – Recast.
Now, full of energy as ever, she will amaze us yet again with the incredible second Art Barter which will be held [...]

Extraordinary balance, agility and motor coordination – these are the primary skills of an acrobat.
This ancient “profession” finds its origins in China, over 2500 years ago. At first it was only a part of the village festivals. As it developed, the royal audience was attracted to the beautiful and complicated movements. The acrobats were met [...]

Yana Radilova

Listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites since 1972, and one of the most impressive archeological monuments in Bulgaria, the Madara Horseman, standing 23 meters tall, is a tremendous rock relief located near the village of Madara in the region of Shumen.

One day the movie director Kurt Kuenne forgot to have his parking validated. Then a nice thought came to him out of the nowhere: “Wouldn`t it be great, if we actually received ‘real’ validations!” And the story was born. “Validation” was played at 34 film festivals and won 17 awards.

An interview with the French photographer Jean-Marc Caracci by Denka Koleva
Jean-Marc Caracci about HomoUrbanusEuropeanus
Jean-Marc Caracci is a French photographer with Sicilian origins.
Although Born in Tunis, he grew up in Montpellier, Southern France.
He worked in a car company till 2006, but then decided to be a fulltime photographer.
In June 2007, he [...]

The first thing to notice is the impressive brilliance of the golden domes. But that` s not all it has to show, since the temple is a modern Tower of Babel, built with pieces from all around the world.

Or at least, the whole of Europe would work in 1904

Beauty is in the small things. In your cup of coffee, for example. Have you ever looked at the strange shapes of soft white milk and thick black coffee? It doesn’t matter that your future is not written there. You might simply get a little “good-morning” mood.
This is the only philosophy of the new [...]

By Asya Draganova
A lot of people have told me they find the west coast of England the most picturesque, idyllic and inspirational part of the country… but is it so?
I would like to take you to Weymouth: a small town situated on the English channel coast, in the county of Dorset. The town’s [...]

By Kristina Petrova

Saturday morning. There’s something that makes me love Saturday mornings and I could never figure out what it was until now. I would like you to start loving Saturday mornings as well. Nothing more. There are no asterisks at the end of the sentence, evilly referencing clauses in a tiny font.

Saturday morning: variation [...]

An interview with the guitarist and music composer Yoni Vidal by Dessislava Berndt
Yoni, what is the meaning of music for you?
For me music is a mixture of different sounds respecting the harmony and the color of each other that, when put together, become a powerful creation that can create emotions and memories to us, humans.

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An interview with the American artist Kent Lovelace by Asya Draganova
First of all, thank you for accepting our interview invitation, Kent. As a form of ice breaking I would like to ask you to introduce yourself to ourselves in a non-traditional way: it could be a song, a phrase, a colour… anything you like, [...]