At the Cultural Embassies of Southern Styria – Embassies of Art, young artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Poland, Kazakhstan, Côte d'Ivoire, and Austria meet the wine and cultural landscape of Southwestern Styria. During an intensive week of work, they develop new works on the theme "Essence of Southern Styria".
The artistic focus in 2025 is on photography – from analog to digital, complemented by unconventional techniques such as solarization, cyanotype, or scanner exposure. Collages and mixed-media approaches with video, paper works, and painting are also represented.
During the Open Days, the wineries invite visitors to gain insights into these artistic processes. Guests can enter the studios, engage in conversation with the artists, and experience how international perspectives are translated into photography and visual art.
The following wineries will open their doors on Thursday:
- Winery Wolfgang Maitz, Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße
- Winery Masser, Leutschach an der Weinstraße
- Winery Gut Moser, Leutschach an der Weinstraße
- Winery Polz, Graßnitzberg
- Winery Trapl, St. Stefan ob Stainz
Admission is free
We would like to thank our sponsors, Energie Steiermark and Raiffeisenbank Gleinstätten-Leutschach-Wildon eGen, for their support.
The Cultural Embassies of Southern Styria 2025 are implemented as part of the LEADER cooperation project "We are a Quality Brand" of the LEADER regions of Southern Styria and Schilcherland, supported by funds from the federal government, the state of Styria, and the European Union.
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