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The Visual Artists Association of Central Greece was founded in
1999 in Lamia and consists of artists living or coming from central Greece.
Serving its basic principles, the Association has organised exhibitions,
lectures, happenings, educational excursions, and fine art interventions
both outdoors and indoors. Since 1999 it has organised the artistic workshops
of the Municipality of Lamia, thus creating a cradle of fine art education
for young people. At the same time, it contributes to the artists' unification
as well as to the promotion and expansion of Fine Arts nationwide. It
cooperates with fine art institutions and associations and it contributes
to the aesthetic reform of public spaces. It has also proposed the following:
establishing a Fine Arts High School in Lamia, creating departments of
the Higher School of Fine Arts in the region of Roumeli, supporting the
Modern Arts through proper infrastructure and enriching it with the works
of contemporary artists.
EXHIBITIONS:
Thessaloniki (City Art Room), Prefecture Mansion of Fthiotida (for the
benefit of earthquake victims in S. Attiki) Historical Rentina (Karditsa),
Karpenisi (Winter celebrations), Stylida (Navy Week), European Day "In
town, without my car" (Lamia), "Fthiotika 2000" (Picture Library of Lamia)
dedicated to the memory of K.Kontogiannis, "Fokika 2001" (Amfissa) dedicated
to the memory of Augeri Kanata, "Lokrika 2001" (Kamena Vourla) " Alleys
of Lamia" (two-days outdoor exhibition framed by cultural happenings)
"Ampelourgein" (Hatzimichalis EState, Atalanti)
EXHIBITIONS
AND PARTICIPATIONS: "In Mediterranean colour" a production by the
Mediterranean Music Centre of lamia (Picture library of Lamia), National
Miniature Exhibition, a production by Visual Artists Association of Northern
Greece (Vafopouleio of Thessaloniki), National Volunteering Conference
(Archaeological Castle of Lamia), Carnival of Lamia 2001- construction,
establishment, painting with the public's participation, "Olympic Ideals",
international regional exhibition of Visual Arts, Municipality of Stavroupolis
(Thessaloniki-Lamia), "Maliakos: my sea" competition of child painting,
organisation of Visual Art Workshops of the City of Lamia, Student Exhibition
of Visual Arts, Workshops 1999, "Idea-sculpted bench", citizens' participation
in a visual art proposal of Visual Artists Association of Central Greece,
honourable event in honour of founding member of the Association Christos
Kagaras, founding member of the National Association of volunteer and
non-profit organisations, 1st inter-Balkan Exhibition of Contemporary
Miniature Art 2002, a production by the Visual Artists Association of
Northern Greece.
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