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| FROM AMSTERDAM TO ATHENS |
On the occasion of the return of the Olympic Games to their birthplace this summer, the Federation of Hellenic Communities of Holland is organizing a great cultural event titled "From Amsterdam to Athens".
We invite you to join us for a day full of Hellenic Culture!
Saturday June 12, 2004
Rhone Congres en Party Centrum
Rhoneweg 12-14 (near Amsterdam Sloterdijk station)
Amsterdam
11:00- 4:00 p.m.
For more information: www.allflex.nl/omospondia.htm, e-mail: omospondia@allflex.nl.
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| EVENTS AT SYDNEY FOR THE WELCOMING OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME. Source MPA |
Large events will take place on June 4, 2004 in Sydney for the welcoming of the Olympic Flame. The events are organized by the Hellenic
Associations in cooperation with the Australian Olympic Committee, in an effort to promote the Olympic Games to the Australian public. The
preparations for the events have already begun in order everything to be ready on June 4th. At the evening of June 4, at the area where since 2
000 the statue of Spyros Louis have been placed, a representation of the lightening of the Olympic Flame will take place at a special altar,
followed by a variety of cultural events. Five Hellenes from Australia will participate at the Flame Relay, while the events will include the planting
of olive trees.
During the same night a great reception will be organized at the central hotel of the city, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Australian
Olympic Committee.
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| 10th PAINTING EXHIBITION OF GREEK STUDENTS IN MUNICH. Source MPA |
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The opening of the 10th Painting Exhibition of students of the Greek schools of Munich, Dahaou and of German schools of the Bavarian capital will take place on May 20th, 2004. The exhibition is organized by the Hellenic Community of Munich at the areas of the Hellenic Center.
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| Call for entries: artists' works |
On the occasion of the Olympics coming in Athens in 2004, the Federation of Hellenic American Organizations "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region and the Sisters Cities Chicago-Athens in cooperation with the Office of the Consul for Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago announce an open juried exhibition for artists residing in the United States.
The exhibition's theme has been inspired by the concept of 'ekecheiria', meaning truce in English. Ekecheiria was observed for over 1200 years during the events of the Olympic Games in the whole of the Greek world so that the Olympics could take place in an atmosphere free of conflict, aggression, and war.
Nowadays the word 'ekecheiria' is particularly relevant as it expresses our anguish with the continuation of acts of aggression and violence around the world as well as the survival of human phobias manifested through multiple faces of racism and terrorism. Ekecheiria can be the process of rethinking and reconsidering notions of peace. It is also dramatically connected with notions of time as Ekecheiria exists only in fragmented and fragile moments. History has proven that truce has a tendency to be ultimately violated.
The questions posed by this exhibition are, "How do artists define 'ekecheiria' (this valuable 'pause' in violence) in contemporary societies which are struggling with armed conflicts, bio-terrorism, and network virus attacks? How do they represent the human process of contemplating, rethinking and reconsidering peace as it is found during short periods of truce?
GUIDELINES
1. Media
This exhibition is open to artists working in any medium.
2. Submission information
Each artist may submit up to three separate entries.
You may submit one of the following:
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Up to 3 color slides
a CD-Rom or DVD of 72dpi jpegs or interactive work
or a DV or VHS tape in NTSC format
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All submissions should be accompanied by a document that clearly identifies the artist's name, address, email-address as well as a list of all works organized by number, title and piece size (where applicable). All slides must be labeled with a red dot in the lower left corner with the above information repeated. Submitted materials should be true and complete representations of the final work.
All submitted materials relating to works selected for exhibition will be retained for the gallery archives. All other submitted materials will be returned, only when a SASE (self-addressed stamped) envelope is included with your submission.
Please send your materials to:
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GENERAL CONSULATE OF GREECE
CONSUL FOR EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
Attention to: Maria Paschalidou
151 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, IL 60601
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3. Entry deadline: April 15, 2004.
All entries must be postmarked by this date.
4. No entry fee
5. Selection process
A jury committee will select sixteen (16) of the submitted artworks to be exhibited at the SCHOPF gallery in Chicago. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified on April 27, 2004. Artists will be responsible for all shipping costs, to and from the gallery.
Jurors: Adam Brooks (Artist, Curator, and Coordinator of Fine Art Program, Columbia College Chicago), Eleftheria Lialios (Photographer, Filmmaker, Installation Artist, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Sabrina Raaf (Artist; Professor, Columbia College Chicago), Leonard Lehrer (Artist; Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Columbia College Chicago), Maria Paschalidou (Artist; MFA Columbia College Chicago) the Federation of Hellenic American Organizations "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region, the Sisters Cities Chicago-Athens, the Office of the Consul for Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago.
6. Awards
Three (3) monetary prizes of $ 2,500, $ 2,000 and $1,500 will be awarded.
7. Exhibition dates: June 4 - July 9, 2004 at SCHOPF GALLERY ON LAKE
942 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL. 60607.
Opening reception: Friday, June 4, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
8. Reproduction
By submitting your work, you agree in its publication for the promotion of the exhibition in the form of an exhibition catalogue and an exhibition website.
9. Liability information
The Federation of Hellenic American Organizations "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region and the Sisters Cities Chicago-Athens assure that every precaution will be taken for the safety of the work. However, neither "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region, the Sisters Cities Chicago-Athens, the Office of the Consul for Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, its officers nor employees, staff or volunteers nor anyone connected with the exhibition will be responsible for loss or damage however caused. Your entry into this exhibition constitutes agreement with these terms. Artists are responsible for liability during shipping and works left after the return deadline at the gallery.
10. Disclaimer
Entrants and their collaborators will retain full rights to all work submitted for the contest. Every effort will be made to contact those who submit entries without valid contact information, however, completeness of entry remains the responsibility of the artist. Neither the Federation of Hellenic American Organizations "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region, the Office of the Consul for Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, its partners or sponsors are responsible for losses due to misdirection, mis-timing or incompleteness of entries or artworks. Entry constitutes permission to "ENOSIS", the Council of Hellenes Abroad North & South America Region, the Sisters Cities Chicago-Athens and the Contest administrators reserve the right to adjust the deadline dates or open up a second deadline date for additional entries based on jury scheduling considerations and/or on total numbers of entries being received at any one time.
This document can be downloaded as a PDF file at visualpause.com, where updates about this exhibition will occasionally be posted.
Any further questions can be directed to the curator of the exhibition Maria Paschalidou
at: info@visualpause.com
GALLERY INFO:
Schopf Gallery on Lake is committed to promotion of the arts in all medium and manner. It invites the public to share in the experience, interpretation and understanding of contemporary visual art. In 2003, the gallery hosted the highly successful Chicago Solutions Show featuring over 40 artists and juried by Ed Paschke. Bill Schopf, who is also owner of the Music Box Theater- long dedicated to cutting edge independent and foreign film, seeks also to bring a similar cultural contribution with Schopf Gallery on Lake.
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| Convention of Leadership 100
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The new leadership of the organization, the redoubling of its members and the creation of a special project for children and youth, were some of the issues discussed at the 13th Annual Convention of "Leadership 100" that was organized on February 19-22 at Palm Beach, Florida.
The organization, which this year celebrates 20 years of existence, has managed to increase the number of its members from 280 to 670, while contributions during 4 years reach $15.1 million and pledges reach the amount of $38.5 million. Up to date, the organization has offered approximately $14. 7 million for the support of a variety of projects.
According to Greek News, the members of Leadership 100 renewed their annual meeting for March 2005 at Phoenix, Arizona and honored Father Alexandros Karloutsos, departing Executive Director of the organization, and welcomed Father Dimitrios Antokas, who will be the new Executive Director. On coming May, Mr. Arthur Anton will depart from the position of the President, which will be taken by Mr. John Pagiavlas.
SOURCE:GREEK NEWS
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| Festivals in Sydney
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With Karagiozis and Greek food the 22nd Hellenic Festival of Sydney organized by the Hellenic Orthodox Community of South New Wales, continues its events.
On Tuesday March 10, the play "Paragon File" written by Adam Hatzimanolis began its shows. As mentioned in the leaflet of the Festival, this is an "almost autobiographical play, through the assistance of multimedia, which presents incredible but true stories lived or imagined by Hatzimanolis, growing up as a Greek in a town south of Sydney."
Tonight (Wednesday) the famous Karagiozis player, Kostas Zouganelis, exhibits figures of Karagiozis and handmade puppets. The exhibition is organized at the public library of Campsie. Today, the chief chef David Trirekas and Georgia Rizakou will present at a Greek restaurant in Sydney, a series or recipes from Southern Greece.
SOURCE:ERT
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| For the 11th time, the members of the Coordinating Youth Committee and the Board of the Federation of Hellene Pontians in Europe, will have the annual Conference of Pontian Youth that will take place on March 20 & 21, 2004 at Kolpinghaus, Lange Str. 26, 60311 Frankfurt am Main.
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The Conference of Pontian Youth in Europe is an institution of the Federation of Associations of Hellene Pontians in Europe and its Youth.
More than 200 youth (ages 15-35) from all Pontian Associations in Europe gather every year at a Conference that covers historic and other issues regarding Pontos, youth and humanity.
Our conferences consist sources of knowledge, discussion, ideas, views and proposals.
The great gathering of youth takes place only few weeks prior to the annual Festival of Pontian Dances (May 29, 2004 in Berlin), offers the opportunity to youth to get acquainted with their historical background, to meet each other and to actively participate at the activities of the Federation.
This year's speakers are:
- Michael Haralampidis,
Pontian History- memories, identity and development
- Nikos Zournatzidis,
Pontian Dances- Past, present, future
- Stavros Lambrinidis,
Olympic Truce - Signing of the Declaration for the Olympic Truce
- Stelios Elliniadis,
21st Century - Let us keep the flags of the Hellenic Culture in Efxeinos Pontos higher and higher
- Youth Coordinating Committee of OSEPE,
Organized Pontian Youth in Europe -
Power of creation, innovation, vision and cooperation
Information and contact details for Pontian Youth in Europe:
http://pontos.neolaia.de - email: pontos@neolaia.de
Sincerely,
Pontian Youth Coordinating Committee in Europe
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