The International Art Colony "Ramazzotti" is an annual
art colony
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held at the lakeside city of
Ohrid
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in
North Macedonia
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. The colony runs every August for up to 20 invited artists. The colony attracts artists from all of Europe and North America and finishes with an
exhibition
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of the artists' work. The colony runs similar to many other
East European
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art colonies, forming a mixture of sculptors, painters, wood carvers and photographers. The colony was founded in 2003 by Zoran and Blagorodna Josifov from
Kavadarci
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of
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
.
Artists attending the 2008 colony were:
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Jure Cekuta, Slovenia
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John Chapman, US
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Gligor Chemerski, Macedonia
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Robert Cvetkovski, Macedonia
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Marija Dakovic, Bosnia
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Jovica Dejanovich, Serbia
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Dragan Dejanovich, Serbia
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Barbra Demshar, Serbia
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Desislava Deneva, Bulgaria
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Simonida Filipovska-Kitanovska
Simonida Nemanjić ( sr-cyr, Симонида Немањић; – after 1336), born Simonis Palaiologina (, sr. Симонида Палеолог, ''Simonida Paleolog''), was a Byzantine princess and queen consort of the Kingdom of Serbia (medi ...
, Macedonia
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Zhaneta Gelevska-Veljanovska, Macedonia-England
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Maja Dzartovska-Hill, England
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Ben Hill, England
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Ilija Kochovski, Macedonia
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Jana Kunovska, Macedonia
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Kasiopeja Naumovska, Macedonia
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Tome Mishev, Macedonia
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Dragan Radenović, Serbia
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Emil Shulajkovski, Macedonia
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Ilija Spasovski-Chendo, Macedonia
References
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Arts festivals in North Macedonia
Macedonian art
Culture in Ohrid
Summer in North Macedonia