Vasilis Kostas is an acclaimed laouto (traditional Greek lute) player from Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. He is a member of the Global Messengers, an ensemble launched by Grammy Award-winning pianist Danilo Perez. This year, Danilo Perez and the Global…
Catherine Kernan is a printmaker, painter and author who lives and worksin Boston, US. She is co-founder and partner of Mixit Print Studio, a professional open rental printmaking studio in Somerville, Massachusetts, and co-author of Singular & Se…
Nikos Tsouchlos is Associate Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University and President of the Athens Conservatoire. He spoke to Greek News Agenda* on the past and, crucially, the future of this major performing arts educati…
The construction and use of bouzouki constitute a representation of the paths that tradition unfolds in the neighborhoods of the present. In such a path lies the beginning of a workshop specialized in the construction of traditional musical instrumen…
The exhibition and conference "Art Communicating Conflict Resolution" will take place in Thessaloniki in the summer of 2022, exploring art’s possible positive effects on conflict resolution efforts.
The art exhibition, featuring works by 39 int…
Sofia Labropoulou is a kanun player and composer who merges the worlds of Greek and Mediterranean folk, classical Ottoman, western medieval, experimental and contemporary music. After eight years of playing…
George Petrides, who lives and works in New York City and Athens, Greece, creates abstracted figurative sculpture. Born and partially raised in Greece, he has always been inspired by ancient Greek sculpture but also by the later works that were influ…
The global premiere of Makriyannis Unplugged will take place in Los Angeles, at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, on March 26. Acclaimed director and actor Yorgos Karamihos pays tribute to General Yannis Makriyannis, hero of the Greek War of Independence…
Over the past year and a half, the art world has witnessed a fusion of the online and physical worlds. As art fairs and galleries return to in-person events this fall, it’s becoming clear that today’s art market is now a fully hybrid one&…
The non-profit organization Greece in USA - a New York City-based organization that aims to promote contemporary Greek Culture in the United States – recently launched the second iteration of its program for the internationalization of Gre…
General Secretariat for Public Diplomacy