Projects- Workshops in Residence
July, 2024
Snapshots from the Workshop in Residence 'Greek Light Essence', at Mets Arts Center. A collaboration between Mets Arts Center in Athens and Gallerie De Ploegh in the Netherlands.
The residency aimed to present artworks created during the ten-day artist-in-residence program hosted at the Mets Arts Center. The core objective of this initiative was to foster a dialogue between the diverse expressive mediums and techniques of the participating artists, all drawing inspiration to capture the unique light that bathes and defines the Greek aesthetic. Through the artists' distinctive approaches, the exhibition served as a window into the essence of Greece. Visitors had the unique opportunity to witness the artistic process in action and discover multidimensional interpretations of the theme.
Initiative and Production: Niovi Kritikou, Art Historian and Curator
Co-Production: Mets Arts Center, Gallerie De Ploegh
Participants:
Antonopoulou, Panagiota
Belleforte, Dianne
Charalampous, Maria
Chondrou, Georgia
Filippopoulou, Emmelia
Kanavos, Nikolaos
Lagos, Nikos
Navrouzoglou, Iordanis
Pantazidou, Fani
Psychopedopoulou, Faye
Stravoravdis, Petros
Tsolaki, Danai
Vangelatos, Vangelis
Velaeti, Vivi
Workshop in Nisyros Island, Greece, 2019
Nisyros, 2019
The Nisyros Project was a twelve-day artistic Workshop in Residence, supported by Manchester School of Art (MSoA), UK, and The Municipality of Nisyrians, which took place in Nisyros, an Island in the Dodecanese Region in Greece, between 23/9 and 4/10/2019. During this period, six BA and MA students from MSoA came in contact with the Greek landscape and culture through a series of both individual and group activities such as excursions to the countryside and visits to picturesque settlements, exploration and study of the volcanic territory, familiarisation with local traditions and customs, interaction with the locals and participation in the folk Festival of Agios Ioannis Theologos. At the same time, the participants' creative dialogue and the everyday artistic practice in the historical building of Loutra culminated in the final Exhibition 'In Site' in the Archaeological Museum of Nisyros, where they presented the outcome of their work on the island and they shared their newly gained experiences.
Initiative and Production: Emmeleia Filippopoulou, MA Fine Art
Co-Production: Hatitze Achmet, MA Fine Art
Participants: Emmeleia Filippopoulou,
Hatitze Achmet,
Jasper Howard, BA Fine Art,
Nola James, BA Fine Art,
Jay Mulholland, BA Fine Art Graduate,
Mickey Thomas, BA Fine Art
Sponsors: Municipality of Nisyrians, Manchester School of Art
Artistic Practice in Loutra,
Emmeleia Filippopoulou, Mickey Thomas, Jasper Howard, Group Photo
Emmeleia Filippopoulou, Mickey Thomas, Jasper Howard, Group Photo
Artistic Practice in Loutra,
Nola James, Jay Mulholland, Hatitze Achmet