and more are upcoming…
The poster of our exhibition
How the face is imprinted in art, through the eyes of people who were persuaded to paint because they believed to themselves? And what happens when the characters are displayed in different cultures?
“ANTIGONE-Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence” supports the initiative “CHROMATODROMOS” in the second group painting exhibition entitled “The depiction of the face in different cultures.”
“CHROMATODROMOS” is an initiative to support visual artists with mental problems, which involve not only individuals but also organizations / institutions interested in upsetting the prevailing conception of education whereby especially people with disabilities are considered more recipients rather than producers knowledge. Particular emphasis is given to the socialization of people with interaction effects and projection, mainly through individual and group exhibitions. As part of this initiative conducted creative activities related to visual arts, which collectively decide and plan all its members.
In the second group exhibition artists wanted to capture faces of a multi-cultural landscape, influenced by travel, everyday life, news and dreams.
With the support of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, which embraced the group since its inception, the exhibition opens in Thursday, February 16th, 2017 at 18.00 and will be hosted in the area of the MMCA.
Duration: 16th to 19th and 23rd to 26th February 2017
Days & hours: Wednesday 10: 00-22: 00, Friday 10: 00-19: 00, Saturdays 10: 00-18: 00 Sunday 11: 00-15: 00.
Face is Art
It’s Christmas and we are still painting faces
It’s Christmas and we are still here, painting, focused on the face. The weather is very cold, but the group of the volunteers are working hard for the upcoming exhibition, but also for the good of the companionship, needed especially these days. Loneliness was discussed to be one of the biggest challenges for the people with mental problems. CHROMATODROMOS, the initiative that works for the project ARTS, tries to be more than an art group; focuses on the support, the friendly environment, the place for communication, the workshop of self-evaluation.
Merry Christmas from ANTIGONE with love!
The initiative for the support of artists with mental problems, from Thessaloniki, wish you Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Portraits in art
“I don’t care! I’d rather sink — than call Brad for help!” laments Lichtenstein’s 1963 Drowning Girl.
Portraits in art, is a part of the creative workshops for ANTIGONE’s volunteers, focused on the portrayal of the face at various periods of history and in various styles. The volunteers, under the the guidance of the instructor,they study the techniques and styles, gaining an initial diagnosis, before they will find their own way of expression.
Every Wednesday, here!
Visitors for “Face in Different Cultures”
In ANTIGONE the previous days he had some visitors from Turkey interested in the work of the group of CHROMATODROMOS, our initiative for the promotion of artists with mental problems.
The Turkish friends were educators interested in networking with artistic groups, so they were invited to attend one Wednesday’s meeting. After a discussion and an interactive presentation of the group’s work, they were welcomed to participate in a short laboratory for face creation, focused on the representation of the Face in Different Cultures (our topic for the last workshops).
The position of women in different civilizations was an interesting issue, at the moment that many volunteers tried to create the face of the women immigrants they can deal with in their everyday life. Faces with many different colours, various expressions, thoughts for the meaning of a painting, were the discussed ideas that came up from sharing.
An interesting meeting, at the time that our group looks for partners, founders, friends…
The FACE in ART
Creating Faces- creative Faces
Face : The representation of human emotion through facial expression has interested artists since antiquity.
In ANTIGONE the artistic workshops for this period are oriented on face representation in different cultures. Different artists are invited to guide the group of volunteers on the drawing of a face, the expressions, the cultural aspects, the meaning of our inner thoughts. Every Wednesday the volunteers are gathered around the big table, reading books of art, looking for paintings to be inspired, discussing for issues they are dealing with. Is it a group therapy? No, it’s a group of people that they became friends, sharing a common love, art.
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