The Ramazzoti International Art Colony is held every August at the lakeside city of Ohrid in Macedonia with up to 20 invited artists attracted from all of Europe and North America, and finishes in an
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exhibition of the artists work. The colony is similar to many other East European art colonies forming a mixture of painters, sculpters, wood carvers and photographers.
The Ramazzoti International Art Colony was founded in 2003 by Zoran and Blagorodna Josifov from Kavadarci, Macedonia. This year they were assisted by Gabriela Naskovska and Goran Mikajlov of Skopje, Macedonia.
The 2008 colony included painters: Jure Cekuta, Slovenia; John Chapman, USA; Gligor Chemerski, Macedonia; Robert Cvetkovski, Macedonia; Marija Dakovic, Bosnia; Jovica Dejanovich, Serbia; Dragan Dejanovich, Serbia; Barbara Demsar, Slovenia; Desislava Deneva, Bulgaria; Simonida Filipova-Kitanovska, Macedonia; Zaneta Gelevska-Veljanovska, England; Maja Dzartovska-Hill, England; Ilija Kochovski, Macedonia; Jana Kunovska, Macedonia; Tome Mishev, Macedonia; Kasiopeja Naumovska, Macedonia; Emil Shulajkovski, Macedonia; Ilija (Chendo) Spasovski, Macedonia; sculptor Dragan Radenovic, Serbia; and photographer Ben Hill, England.
