The Department of Modern and Contemporary Culture of the State Ministry of Culture announces the programme of events of the Majestic State Gallery of Contemporary Art for the month of February 2023.The programme includes art, kinesiology and improvisation workshops for children/families and adults.
1. Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00-16:45
"Where Two Lines Meet: Contemporary Dance Performance and Creative Movement Workshop for Families"
Where Two Lines Meet consists of a contemporary dance performance and a creative movement workshop for families with children aged 4-11 years old. The action is inspired by visual elements seen in works in the State Gallery's permanent exhibition, such as repeated lines, geometric shapes and symmetry. How can these be brought to life in the space?
Through the action, families will first have the opportunity to watch a contemporary dance performance and children will then participate in a creative movement workshop. The children will incorporate the visual elements they have observed, explore through improvisation and create their own movement composition.
The activity consists of 3 parts and will take place on the ground and first floor of the Gallery.
Workshop facilitators: Zoe Giorgalli and Melissa Garcia Carro (choreographers and dance teachers).
Limited number of participants (12). Children from each family must be accompanied by an adult.
Reservations necessary, call 22458228.
2. Saturday 11 February 2023, 11:00-13:00 and 15:00- 17:00 and Saturday 18 February 2023, 15:30-17:30
"Oi paintings have escaped! A visual arts education program for children ages 5-12"
How many ways are there to understand the museum space? By what means do we choose to "narrate" a painting?
Through multi-sensory reading, children will understand the space of the Gallery and selected works from its permanent exhibition. They will move, activate their imagination and all their senses. They will get in touch with concepts and textures and through experimentation they will create their own sensory paintings.
Programme design and implementation: Lenia Georgiou (visual artist)
Limited number of participants (10).
Reservations necessary, call 22458228.
3. Saturday 18 February 2023, 10:30-12:30
"The paintings become three-dimensional: An art education program for families with children ages 6-10"
Using paper as the main material and inspired by the paintings in the Gallery's permanent exhibition, young and old alike create three-dimensional works. Colorful papers and cardboard boxes become the canvas of a creative process where exploration plays the most important role.
Participants discover collage techniques and create the most subversive works as the paintings take on a three-dimensional form. The aim of the project is to offer young and old alike the opportunity to experiment with paper and discover its properties. They will cut, tear, fold and glue, creating their own compositions with forms, shapes and colours.
Program design and implementation: Eleni Piripitsi (teacher/educational program facilitator)
Limited number of participants (up to 10 families; 1 adult with 2 children maximum).
There will be a first come, first served basis.
Reservations required, call 22458228.
4. Thursday 23 February 2023, 19:00-21:00
"Body and other landscapes: A movement improvisation workshop for adults at the State Gallery"
Body and other landscapes is a movement improvisation workshop led by dance artist Konstantina Skalionta. Based on the practice of the animator and using the body and materials as main tools, the workshop invites participants to explore their bodies and other material bodies as landscapes and as imprints of time and memory.
Participants will be guided to explore movement that emerges through the stimulation of senses, memory and imagination, and through the contact of the body with other materials, they will practice tracking movement in a safe and inspiring environment. Writing and painting will be explored as imprints of their kinetic experience in the gallery space.
The workshop is in conversation with the various works in the exhibition and in particular with the work of Antis Ioannidis "Dense Soul", in which fragmented images, shapes, marks, colours and words compose an interior landscape.
Open to adults interested in movement, improvisation and performance. No previous experience in improvisation is necessary.
Limited number of participants (10).
First come, first served.
Reservations required, call 22458228.
(NG/SX)
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