the street is our gallery

September 12, 2017 to September 21, 2017

WORKSHOPS / MURAL ARTWORKS / EXHIBITION / PERFORMANCE

Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. (www.jkpev.de) and UrbanAct (www.urbanact.gr) invite you to UrbanArtVenturesVol.2 during 12-21 September 2017, which is dedicated to urban art and is being implemented within the framework of the European Program Erasmus +.

30 artists from graffiti and street art and youth workers from Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia are involved in the study and application of graffiti / street art, frescoes and urban art.

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Action “UrbanArtVentures Vol.2” includes the following activities and events:

1. Graffiti / Frescoes by well-known artists and workshops / workshops for children and young people from 13 to 20 September in the following places: YEEEK of Volos / Children’s Education Foundation / 3rd and 9th Primary School of Nea Ionia, Volos / “Tzigante” / Volos Municipal Stadium.

Five groups of artists will create a series of frescoes at the aforementioned points in the city of Volos. The participating artists from Greece and abroad are: APSET / ARTEZ / BETTINA DREIER / BIFIDO / BOJAN LACMANOVIC / CEDRIC MAGNIEN / DREYK THE PIRATE / GIACOMO ZORBA (THE OTHER) / IVESONE / JAMER / JULIETA.XLF / JUPITERFAB / KEZ / MATTIA CAMPO DALL’ORTO / MARKUSHINGER / MILICADORDEVIC / NIKOLA MIHAJLOVIC / OXALIEN / SIVE / SOKAR UNO / TAXIS / VOLOTOW.819 / WUPER / XOLAKA

2. Exhibition at the Art Center Giorgio de Chirico (Metamorphosis 3, Volos), which presents:
– Visual exhibition with works of posters of participating artists from Greece and abroad
– A unique collection of books and albums on the history and movements of graffiti and frescoes
– A report of the actions of the two implementing bodies, Jugend- & Kulturprojekte.V. and UrbanAct

The duration of the exhibition is 12-30 September 2017 with free entry and the opening will take place on 16 September 2017, 8 pm with surprises and fire performances.

The action will end on Wednesday 20 September 2017 at 8 pm at the Municipal Stadium of Volos, where the works of the participating artists will be presented, followed by a closing party and fire performance by Art of Flame.

For daily updates: https://www.facebook.com/UrbanArtVentures?fref=ts

UrbanArtVentures Vol.2 “Organizing Organizations in Volos:
UrbanArtVenturesVol.2 is Myrto-Elena Pertsinidis (European Project Coordinator at NGO Jugend- & Kulturprojekt eV), Kyriakos Iosifidis (UrbanAct NGO Coordinator) and Stefan Kiehne (President of NGO Jugend- & Kulturprojekt eV) Kulturprojekt eV).