Artists connected with Flaxart have long had connections with artists and organisations based in Slovenia. One outcome of these early contacts was the exhibition' Bel+ast', of Belfast based artists, curated by N. Sivavec at Likovni Salon, Celje.

As a result of these initial connections Flaxart has an ongoing recriporical residency arrangement with the Institute for Contemporary Arts – Celje, since 2004. Each year the Institute for Contemporary Arts host an artist in residence from Belfast, whilst Flaxart Studios now host an artist a year from Celje.

Artists based in Belfast who partook in this project include :
Paddy Bloomer, Peter Butcher, Susan MacWillioam and Lorraine Burrell. Artists hosted by Flaxart include Andrea Dzakusic and Mark Pozlep.