ANASA - Greek Eating Disorders
Association
Sculpture: KARDITSA MOU!
Artist: Natalia Tsoukala
ANASA is the first non-profit organization in Greece that
was established in order to inform, prevent and support the individuals that suffer from
eating disorders. It was the initiative of a group of specialized scientists and of the
actress Zeta Douka, who has suffered from the disease, and is supported by the
Municipality of Athens.
Natalia Tsoukala was born in Athens in
1980. She studied photography in Focus and Nottingham Trent University in England. She
lives and works in Athens as a photographer. Her sculpture is a spontaneous and fun game
of words: kardia ('heart' in Greek), Karditsa (a Greek town), karditsa ('little heart' in
Greek). The sculpture is 'dressed' with the map of the area of Karditsa, with the red
roads symbolizing the arteries of the heart and the streets of Karditsa at the same time.
A heart from Karditsa for the Heart of Athens and the hearts of the children!
Art Workshop of Chalkis
Sculpture: MY LITTLE HEART...MY HEART!
Artist: Childen's Team Project of the Workshop (Teachers: Eleni Deli & Kostas
Michalos)
The Art Workshop of Chalkis, is founded
by the Mayor Ioannis Spanos and the painter Charikleia and Dimitris Mytaras in 1978. Its
purpose is the cultural and artistic development of the city. The first Fine Arts class
for adults is formed in 1979. Classes in the creative activity are established for
children from 7 to 18 years of age in 1981. Theatrical game, jewellery, photography and
pottery are additional subjects. In June 1981 a society is founded under the name
"Chalkis Cultural Center".
The heart of the Art Workshop of Chalkis,
cheerful, musical, part of a fairy tale, with thousand eyes and thousand faces, smells of
flowers and sea. Using pop elements and referring to Keith Herring and native-Americans,
children created a three-dimensional creative symphony that "speaks directly to the
heart"
Atelier Spyros Vassiliou
Sculpture: VASSILIOU HEART
Artist: Artistic Team of the Atelier - Drossoula Vassiliou Eliot, Sophia Papadopoulou,
Sandra Berten
Atelier Spyros Vassiliou, located in the actual home and
atelier of the painter just under the Acropole, re-combines the artistic course of one of
the most famous Greek artists. The Museum opened its doors in 2004, exhibiting 120
characteristic works by Spyros Vassiliou in specially designed spaces.
The view from the windows and the roof, objects and
figures from the everyday life, the space that was created in order to host his artistic
action, the frames and the colours play a key role in the work of Spyros Vassiliou as they
are transformed into objects of observation that capture the eye and lead to the themes of
his choice. Vassiliou Heart reflects the aura of all the above, as it is draped with a
collage of representative works of the artist.
Evangelos Averoff - Tossizza
Foundation
Sculpture: HEARTS OF METSOVO
Artist: Children's Art Workshop of the Foundation (with the supervision of Katerina
Dellaporta)
The Children's Art Workshop of the
Evangelos Averoff - Tossizza Foundation operates in an especially designed space, at the
heart of the Museum. The regular creativity programmes of the Workshop are addressed
mainly to the children of the specific area, who participate free of charge in organized
circle of meetings. The aim of these programmes is to give to the children the opportunity
to learn about art, to experiment with different materials and techniques, to express
themselves and to feel the joy of creation.
By working on the heart for Heart2Hearts,
the children of Metsovo combine contemporary art with tradition: the textiles of Metsovo
are known all over Greece, and the children come in direct contact with them. The proposed
sketch was inspired by these textiles and was materialized by the team of the Children's
Art Workshop of the Evangelos Averoff - Tossizza Foundation.
Fillosia - Friends of Theotokos
Sculpture: SECRET PARADISE
Artist: Dony Derdrvani
Fillosia - Friens of Theotokos is one of
the ten non-profit charitable organizations of the association 'Together for Children'.
Dony Derdevani studied in Parsons School
of Design painting in Paris. She lives and works in Athens. Once upon a time, there was a
Secret Paradise. The Secret Paradise of each one of us. Maybe it is still waiting for us!
Filoi tou Pediou
Sculpture: The Power of Love
Artist: Stratis Mentakis
With a number of solo exhibitions and
many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, and with several international honorary
exhibitions and awards, Stratis Mentakis has received important critiques for his work
from Greek and foreign art critics and theorists. As Paolo Bellezza notes, the works of
Stratis Mentakis 'do not belong to the space of logic, are full of mystery, project a
strange charm, and for these reasons they fit into our century'. According to professor
George Markou, Founder of the Museum of the Greek Nobel Collection, the recent dreamy
landscapes of Mentakis are different, 'they speak out his heart, referring to the
catastrophic fires of last summer in Greece that deeply influenced all Greek citizens and
especially those who closely lived the tragedy, like Mentakis himself.
In the same manner, his work for Heart2Hearts moves along
an abstractive space, where infinitesimal variations of red co-exist, symbolizing the
incidences as well as the emotions of the artists.
Foundation of the Hellenic World
Sculpture: ANCIENT AGORA the heart of the city
Artist: Artistic Team of the Foundation - Maria Papadopoulou, Yiannis Paschalidis, Savvas
Pelonis
The Foundation of the Hellenic World,
which was envisioned, founded and funded by the family of Lazaros Efraimoglou, is a
privately funded not - for - profit cultural institution based in Athens. FHW's mission is
the preservation of Hellenic history and tradition, the creation of an awareness of the
universal dimension of Hellenism and the promotion of its contribution to cultural
evolution. Its aim is the understanding of the past may as a point of reference for the
formation of the present and the future and that contemporary thought may once again be
inspired by the Hellenic spirit. Hellenic Cosmos, the cultural centre of the Foundation of
the Hellenic World, is one of the most complete museum areas of Athens. It is an ultra
modern, living museum of Hellenism, across the science, arts and every aspect of society:
it aims to be a source of information that satisfies the needs of contemporary
"society of knowledge".
The heart designed depicts the Ancient Agora of Athens
which constituted in Antiquity the centre of the city's life. Here the miracle of Ancient
Athens was accomplished. Here walked the philosophers, the politicians, the merchants, the
judges. Here was the birthplace of democracy. Today, at the "Tholos" of the
Hellenic Cosmos, and at the exhibition "Meeting at the Ancient Agora" visitors
learn about the Ancient Agora and witness the ideological, philosophical, political,
social and artistic reality of Ancient Athens that transcended time. The Ancient Agora of
Athens is the beating heart of the city, both past and present.
Guesthouse PYLI, Psychiatric
Hospital of Attica
Sculpture: SPEAKING BY HEART
Artist: Team Project (Scientific Supervisor: Ioannis Kourmoulakis)
Guesthouse PYLI is an external unit of the Psychiatric
Hospital of Attica. It has 11 guests - male and female, aged between 25-50 years. It
operates in the area of Kallithea for seven years now and its goal is the psycho-social
rehabilitation of its guests.
Towards this goal, the guests actively participate in the
project Heart2Hearts, having the opportunity to activate themselves but also to send a
message against the stigma of the mental diseases and to express their right to equal
participation in the social life. The creation of the heart was based on a combination of
colours and drawings, on top of which 'words of the heart' are written. Thoughts and
feelings of the mentally diseased about the life in and out of the disease.
Hara
Sculpture: NO TITLE
Artist: Penny Geka
Hara is one of the ten non-profit
charitable organizations of the association 'Together for Children'.
Penny Geka was born in 1975, in Athens.
In 2005-2007 she attended the post-graduate course of Fine Arts at the Athens School of
Fine Arts. In 1997-2002 she studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, with
professor Rena Papaspyrou. In 1993-1997 she studied sculpture at Tinos School of Fine
Arts. Solo exhibitions: 2005 To Milo Gallery, Athens. Group exhibitions: Dreams come true
Zoumboulaki gallery, Le don d'Aphrodite La Galerie be -Brussels, Lacoste Project 12.12
-Benaki Museum, Rooms to let, Action field Kodra '06- Thessaloniki, Industry and Nature in
contemporary art - Lulea Summer Biennal Konstens Hus - Sweden, Contemporary Greek Artists
To Milo Gallery- Athens, Contrasts International Competition (1st Prize), Municipal
Gallery of Agios Nikolaos - Crete, A tableSkoufa Gallery, Athens, Fresco and salty Moni
Lazariston Centre of Contemporary Art - Thessalonica, Fresco and salty Margaris Gallery -
Amfilochia, Solous Locus Gazon Rouge Gallery - Athens, Ereipion Enoikoi (Ruins dwellers)
Portaria - Pilio, 6 Rooms 2002 Kappatos Gallery - Athens, 11th Biennale "Cosmos"
of young artists of Mediterranean - Athens. Thinking about the beating of the heart, the
repetitiveness of the pulses, the light sensation the heart beats leave in our ears, the
artist created a work to visualize the sonic landscape of this impression. With a needle
and threads, she embroidered and pierced the paper, 'writing' points and lines that refer
to their sonar aspect and not to their attributed meaning. An image with intense
musicality is created!
Hellenic Fashion Designers
Association
Sculpture: FLOWERS FOR YOU, AND LOVE
Artist: Michalis Aslanis
The Hellenic Fashion Desigers Association (HFD) was
establishes in 2003 and its members are the vast majority of Greek fashion
designers-createurs. Its aims are to promote Greek fashion in Greece and abroad and to
develop it in terms of creativity and production by treating it both as a vehicle for
economic growth as well as a cultural element and to aid its members to achieve
recognition while improving their working conditions.
Michalis Aslanis studied decoration and
graphic work and established himself in the Greek Fashion World since 1974. Since then,
his work has been presented in individual and group fashion shows in Greece and abroad,
where he has represented Greece and was presented with numerous awards and nominations.
Today, apart from clothes, he also designs various functional objects and jewellery and is
considered to be one of the best known Greek Fashion Designers. He is also well known for
his sophisticated embroidered patterns that carry a specific ethnic influence: these were
also used to decorate his heart, full of flowers and inspired from the concepts of love,
gentleness and the glorious Greek summer.
Herakleidon, Experience in Visual
Arts
Sculpture: Visual heART
Artist: Artistic Team of the Museum
A new private museum space in the heart
of Athens, under the shadow of the Acropolis, has opened its doors to friends of the fine
arts. The exhibition program cconsists of artists who play or have played an important
role in the evolution of Art.
Mr. Paul Firos and his wife Anna-Belinda, collectors and art lovers, were inspired to
create this new private museum by their love of neoclassic buildings and their commitment
to preserve such buildings. This is combined with their desire to share with others their
enthusiasm for the fine arts and thus contribute to the artistic life of Athens. The
museum's mission is to introduce visitors to the art of the exhibited artist, to show how
the artist has evolved through the various important periods in his or her career, to
explain the various techniques used by the artist to express his or her vision, and to
help the visitors connect to both the artist's life and work. To accomplish this, not only
will works of the artist be on exhibit, but also preparatory sketches, drawings,
photographs and personal items. Audiovisual and other aids provide complete and detailed
information on the life of the artist, each phase of his or her work, and his or her
techniques. In addition to the permanent collections, the museum "Herakleidon,
Experience in Visual Arts" hosts exhibitions of work by Greek and foreign artists.
Currently, it stages an important show on Toulouse Lautrec and the Belle Epoque Era. An
original collage of images of works of art that were exhibited by the Museum decorates the
heart's surface.
Merimna's Friends
Sculpture: AFTER THE RAIN
Artist: Yiorgos Dermitzakis
Merimna's Friends is one of the ten
non-profit charitable organizations of the association 'Together for Children'.
Yiorgos Dermitzakis is 29 years old and
has done Veterinary Studies. However, along the way, painting - his big love - won him and
he is now working as a professional painter. One of his works has been published in
'EPSILON' magazine, while he is preparing his first solo exhibition. Gustave Klimt,
Francis Bacon, HR Giger και Wayne Barlowe are some of his favourite artists, while in
his works he is using realistic elements through the prism of surrealism, with intense
symbolisms. His sculpture refers to the incidences of last summer in Greece, which were
detrimental for the environment. Only though the endless love for nature and through the
patience... of a small snail we will be able to reverse the harmful consequences.
Municipal Gallery of Athens
Sculpture: HEART 2 CELL
Artist: Efi Tsoulouchopoulou
Efi Tsoulouchopoulou was born in Athens
Greece, in 1971. She studied art in Greece and at the Fine Art University of Brera in
Italy. She has worked at an important Private Greek collection in Athens, and at the
Stavros Mihalarias art Institution and she has taught art at the MEDITERRANEAN ECS Private
University in Athens. Since 2003, she has worked at the Municipal Gallery of Athens, at
the Educational Department as well as in its Archives. She has presented her work at solo
exhibitions in Greece and she has participated in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad,
where she was also presented with numerous awards. According to her inspiration, the heart
is transformed into a human cell, consisting of the concepts of Love, Birth, Life and
Health, which the spectator is invited to discover.
Museum of Greek Children's Art
Sculpture: THAT WAS JUST THE THING TO DAMP ONE'S SPIRITS
Artist: Team of children, aged 10-13, who participate in the 8 month Circle of Artistic
Experiences of the Museum - Sofia Karydi (10 years old), Efi Kravariti (11,5 years old),
Annie Riga (10 years old), Giorgos Rigas (13 years old), Nektaria Sereti (12 years old),
Myrto Stamatopoulou (10 years old), Myrto Tzaneti (9,5 years old), Sanat Herera Louhan (11
years old)
Since its establishment in 1994, the
Museum of Greek Children's Art has been presenting drawings and three dimensional artwork
by children 5 to 14 years old. The Museum organizes a variety of educational activities
for children and teachers.
By observing fruits, vegetables and flowers, the children
painted the heart with colours and used the technique of collage. The hands simply add to
the well known Greek expression, which constitute the title of the heart.
Museum of Greek Folk Art
Sculpture: PERPETUUM MOBILE
Artist: Velissarios Voutsas
The Museum of Greek Folk Art is under the
auspices of the Ministry of Culture. It was established in 1918 with the name 'Museum of
Greek Handicrafts' and in 1959 it took its present name. It comprises of rich collections
of folk artworks between 1650 and today, which are presented in 4 exhibition spaces. The
objective of the Museum is the collection, the study and the research of the recorded
evidence of the newer Greek folk culture, as well as its preservation, exhibition and
projection. The aim of its educational programmes for children and adults is the
introduction to the Greek folk culture, tradition and history, with ultimate goal to
familiarise young people about the earlier cultural heritage and the preservation and
projection of historical memory.
Velissarios Voutsas had always talent for
creating unusual structures as well as for painting ever since his youth in Thessaloniki,
Greece, where he was born in 1950. His interests led him to study architecture in Paris,
where he graduated in 1977. It was there that he came across photography, the magic window
through which the world reveals itself to the skilled eye. In the more than 25 years
since, he has been exploring the world of Byzantine murals, traditional Greek
architecture, archeological finds, people and landscapes as a professional photographer.
His work with the mobile elements is connected to a series of photos by the artist that
have the notion of the game as their main theme and have been published with the title
'harin paidias' and have been exhibited under the general title 'homo ludens'. It refers
to the unmatchable, restless ideal: the universe is as it is in order for us to exist, in
order for our heart to beat as it does. But in order for us to exist we need love, and the
games of love make our hearts beating faster. Let us play, then. A restless heart is maybe
for another universe, but in our universe in neds to be beating. For ever.
National Book Centre of Greece
Sculpture: BOOK, I'VE GOT YOU IN MY HEART
Artist: Vaso Psaraki
The National Book Centre of Greece gladly
participates in the parallel public art project Heart2Hearts, which brings art out in the
streets and sends various messages to the public. The sculpture of the National Book
Centre, signed by the exceptional illustrator Vaso Psaraki, sends out the message of love
for the book. With the wish that the joy of reading will follow us throughout our lives!
The title refers directly to the
well-known expression that we tend to use when we love someone (or something): "I got
him/her in my heart". Thus on the first side, there is a book on a heart. On the
other side, people of all ages run, travel, work, rest…always with an open book in their
hands.
National Opera of Greece
Sculpture: LISTEN TO THE GREEK NATIONAL OPERA BEAT!
Artist: The construction department of the National Opera
The Greek National Opera's mission is to
present high quality productions of opera, ballet, operetta and opera for children to a
wide public; to support Greek artist; to communicate and collaborate with artists and
opera houses abroad; to support young, talented artists by commissioning new work for our
Experimental stage; to create educational programs for schools and children; to be a
vibrant organization, accessible to everyone.
The Greek National Opera Heart has been
created by the people of the theatre, by those working in the construction department. Its
design is the outcome of an idea that came up from the team that always works backstage,
in order to prepare each and every production of opera, operetta, ballet and children's
opera. The GNO Heart expresses the beat of the theatre. By being placed in the centre of
the city, with lots of other hearts, wishes to talk in a different way, to the heart of
the audience and be part of a wonderful campaign that will help children.
Nikolaos Perantinos Sculpture Museum
Sculpture: THE HEART OF ATHENS IS BEATING WITH SCULPTURE
Artist: Sculpture team of the Museum
Nikolaos Perantinos Sculpture Museum was
established in 1991 by the sculptor Nikos Perantinos (1910-1991). Nikos Perantinos has
been a significant representative of Ancient Greek Sculpture. In 1991 the Academy of
Athens awarded him with the 'Prize' of Fine Arts in the field of Sculpture. The Museum
offers various educational programmes for adults.
The sculpture team of the Museum dreamt
of the city of Athens full of sculptures! Unique works of art and Museum replicas in the
streets and in the city squares. Their motto is the wish for 'Museums to go out in the
streets'!
’'Orionas' Day Centre of
A.P.H.C.A
Sculpture: GOOD & EVIL
Artist: Team Project of adolescents (Co-ordination: Eleni Palle, Art Therapist)
The therapeutic Day Centre 'Orionas' is a
Unit of Mental Health that offers its services to adolescents of 12-16 years. An
integration department that is approved by the Ministry of Health operates within the
Centre. The main goal of the programme is the therapeutic and educational support of
adolescents, as well as the promotion of their emotional, cognitive and social development
according to their needs and their potentials.
The sculpture refers to the elements of good and evil
that co-exist in our lives. It is, essentially, an alternative depiction of the Chinese
yin and yan, with symbolisms such as the presence of wings and the dual face (little angel
and little devil.
Panhellenic Juvenile Diabetes
Union
Sculpture: TROPICAL HEART
Artist: Aleksandra Isakidi
The Panhellenic Juvenile Diabetes Union
is one of the ten non-profit charitable organizations of the association 'Together for
Children'.
Aleksandra Isakidi was born in 1973 in Germany. She
studied Painting in the School of Fine Arts in Athens (1992-98), graduating with honours.
She has done two solo exhibitions in 2003 and 2005 in Gallery 7, Athens, and has shown her
work in several group exhibitions. Part of her work belongs to private collections. On the
surface of the sculpture, a tropical forest is created. It is the characteristic style and
combination of images that the artist prefers to use.
Pediki Stegi
Sculpture: ANGEL HEART
Artist: George Alexandrakis
Pediki Stegi is one of the ten non-profit
charitable organizations of the association 'Together for Children'. George Alexandrakis
was born in Crete in 1978. He studied in TEI of Athens. He lives in Athens. He is
concentrated in interior design, photography and writing. He has participated in many
group exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has worked in many fashion magazines. His work
published in decoration magazines. His work is to be found in shops and private
collections in Greece.
An angel, lost in the city, is searching for love,
spreading it all around in the form of butterflies so that these butterflies will reach
everyone and love will become a motto for all people. A photographic pop art composition.
Pnoe - Friends of Children in
Intensive Care
Sculpture: ΠΑΙΞΕ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΣΟΥ
Artist: Marina Stellatou
Pnoe - Friends of Children in Intensive
Care is one of the ten non-profit charitable organizations of the association 'Together
for Children'.
Marina Stellatou was born in 1975 in the
island of Kefalonia. She graduated from the Department of Theology of the University of
Athens and studied Painting in the School of Fine Arts in Athens, with I. Valavanidi and
M. Manoussaki as professors. She graduated with honours in 2006. She continued her studies
in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, while she also attended workshops of Stage
Design and Angiography. Since 2007 she teaches at the art workshops of the Children's Art
Museum in Athens. She has shown her work in one solo exhibition and several group
exhibitions. Part of her work belongs to private collections. On the surface of the
sculpture, a tender and optimistic field is created. It is full of children's toys,
painted with the characteristic style of the artist.
Social Work Foundation -
Hatzipaterion
Sculpture: REAL WORLD
Artist: Daniela Knop
The Social Work Foundation -
Hatzipaterion is one of the ten non-profit charitable organizations of the association
'Together for Children'.
Danni is a nursery school teacher and
came to Greece in 1988 from Hamburg - Germany for one year. She is still here...she works
as a teacher and her interests include art, painting and making ornaments from wood. World
through children's eyes, looks like this! Shouldn't it look the same for adults? It
shouldn't be as hard...
Soma Ellinikou Odigismou (Greek
Guides) - Department of Athens
Sculpture: THE HEART OF THE LARGEST FRIEND'S GROUP IN THE WHOLE WORLD
Artist: Irene Andritsis, Lou Andritsis
Greek Guides, a non-governmental
organization, is a way of living: it is an international, independent organization with
educational character for children of 5-17 years old and young adults. It was founded in
1910 in England from lord Robert Baden Powell and is the 'The largest friend's group in
the whole world', with 160 departments all over Greece, departments in 140 countries and
10.000.000 members worldwide.
Rena Andritsis is a civil engineer and
painter. She is the general secretary of the Greek Guides of Athens Department. Lou
Andritsi is a 17 years old student and paints from an early age. In the sculpture, each
color symbolizes a group of children according to their age: turquoise for the stars (5-7
years), yellow for the birds (7-11 years), blue for the guides (11-15 years), red for the
old guides (15-18 years) and green for the adults. The messages written on the surface of
the sculpture signify what the Guides mean for each of the children.
Spastics Society Athens (Cerebral
Palsy Greece)
Sculpture: FENG HEART SUI
Artist: Amarildo Topali
The Spastics Society Athens (Cerebral
Palsy Greece) is one of the ten non-profit charitable organizations of the association
'Together for Children'. Amarildo Topali was born in 1977. He studied in University of
Pireus. He is concentrated in painting, design and decoration. He has participated in the
art event "Cow parade Athens 2006" with the sculpture "selfish cow"
sponsorized by ΔΕΛΤΑ. He has won the prize of painting design for Nirvana ice creams
by ΔΕΛΤΑ. Many of the places that he did the interior design were published in
decoration magazines. He is travelling all over the world, for artist reasons. His solo
exhibition can be found at the music hall "LA BOHEME", Athens. His works are to
be found in private collections in Greece and abroad.
The inspiration for the sculpture came from Asian art and
the use of symbols that are connected to the philosophy of Asian culture: luck, vitality,
happiness.
Spathario Museum of Shadow Theatre Municipality
of Maroussi
Sculpture: EUGENIOS SPATHARIS, 'THE GREEK TEACHER'
Artist: Menia Spathari-Papargyriou
The creation of the Spathario Museum is
the result of yearly and consistent effort by the famous artist Eugenios Spatharis, and of
the strong will of the Municipality of Maroussi that led towards the realization of their
common dream: for Karagiozis to have a permanent 'home'. The Spathario Museum of Shadow
Theatre, Municipality of Maroussi, unique in it its kind all over the world, was
established in 1991, while in 1993 the first ... of Greek Shadow Theatre. Since 1996 it
offers educational programmes for schools. The main aim of the Museum is to protect and
promote this important part of our cultural heritage of folk shadow theatre and its
representative, Karagiozis.
The 'teacher' of the Greek shadow
theatre, the inspirer, the world 'winner' is depicted along with Karagiozis in the
sculpture, which refers to the projection of this art and cultural heritage through the
Museum.
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