Cycladic Kids Festival

The Museum of Cycladic Art organizes the 1st Cycladic Kids Festival on September 23 and 24 at the City of Athens Art Center (Eleftherias Park, Vassilissis Sofias Avenue), in cooperation with the City of Athens Culture, Sports and Youth Organization (OPANDA) and under the auspice of the Ministry of Culture. Children 4 to 15 years old are invited to participate in in the most creative weekend in the center of Athens for free!The 1st Cycladic Kids Festival is the culmination of the International Kids’ Art Contest by the Museum of Cycladic Art, which celebrates its 10th anniversary! The submission process of the contest under the title "The human being at the center", was completed on May 30 with 19,500 entries. A selected number of works and the winners of the competition will be presented during a large on-site exhibition at the Music and Arts Center of the City of Athens. Moreover, the park will be brimming with theatre, music and dance performances, cinema, puppet shows, book narrations, art workshops, multiple activities and board games for all family members on Saturday September 23, 11:00 – 21:00 and Sunday September 24, 11:00 – 18:00!It's a first for the Museum's Department of Educational Programs that decided to host a multidisciplinary Arts Festival, outside its premises, accessible to all children. In collaboration with the Kalamata Dance Festival, the National Theatre of Greece, the Athens International Children's Film Festival, the illustradays festival, Polyphonica, the Orchestra of the Winds, the Network for Children's Rights, Library4all and other institutions, we invite young people and their loved ones to a thrilling two-day celebration. Inside the Center’s premises and at its gardens, parallel events shall take place where art groups and associate fine art companies representing different forms of art will deliver unique performances.

1ST CYCLADIC KIDS FESTIVAL

Venue &amp; Time ScheduleCity of Athens Art Center Vassilisis Sofias avenue(Metro station: Megaro Mousikis)Saturday 23/09, 11:00 – 21:00 Sunday 24/09, 11:00 – 18:00Entrance freeFor children 4 to 15 years old

ProgramThe most exciting weekend in the center of Athens<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cycladic-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/timetable_140923.pdf">Download the program</a>EntrancePriority ticket 30 min. before the beginning of each activity

INFORMATION

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
Open to all visitors

The human being through the history of art, the different eras, everyday life, equality, diversity, social inclusion. The human being today. The human being in the future. 
The submission process of the contest under the title The Human Being at the Center, was completed on May 30 with 19.500 entries.

The International Kids’ Art Contest by the Museum of Cycladic Art celebrates its 10th anniversary presenting a selected number of works in a large on-site exhibition.  At the same time, all children's works are displayed on the digital platform kidscontest.gr, making the exhibition accessible to everyone, from anywhere in the world.

This year's main character is the Female Figurine (ca. 2700-2400/2300 BC) which is on display on the 1st floor of the Museum in the permanent “Cycladic Art” exhibition. Having as a reference the figurine, we invite children to create art inspired by the transformations of humans through the history of cultures, the works and the environment that they create.

EXHIBITION AREA

KIDS' ART CONTEST EXHIBITION

LIBRARY4ALL
Open to all visitors

In the framework of the 10th anniversary of the International Kids’ Art Contest and the 10 years of operation of Library4all, we joined forces to support school libraries throughout Greece! We host a “wave of books” in the exhibition area of the City of Athens Arts Center to collect new or quasi-new Greek books suitable for children 4-12 years old.

Note: Library4all will not accept encyclopedias, activity books, schoolbooks, stickers, cartoon characters, newspaper offers. We mainly invite you to bring fairy tales which are much needed in kindergartens all over Greece.

Library4all wishes all schools to have an accessible, up-to-date library, connected to school life, with a librarian and annual state funds for the purchase of books. A genuinely open, accessible, inclusive library.

EXHIBITION AREA

A LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE

MOUTZOURES
Continuous flow order of priority

CENTER C

FACEPAINTING | 4+ YEARS

LA PETITE MARGUΕRITE (Vasia Tsotsou, Kariofyllis Grozoudis)
Open to all visitors

The La Petite Marguerite team designed an artistic performance and invites young and old to embark on a search for a new place, the dreamy Coccyx Cloud!

It is a performance that is different from the stage structure and explores space creating a unique atmosphere where audience and performers interact through the floating world of the soap bubble. 

As long as the music plays, the dream and the dance among the soap bubbles continue and we stand united to make wishes and dreams come true!

Contributors:
Concept, choreography, craftwork and performance: La Petite Marguerite (Vasia Tsotsou, Kariofyllis Grozoudis)
Scenography and costumes: Ioanna Gouzeli, Dimitris Sarlanis

SQUARE

BUBBLE PARADE | FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

LOOPS
Continuous flow order of priority

During this workshop, children will encounter the art of handmade silk-screen printing, one of the oldest printing techniques! 

Each kid will print cards on which he/she can then intervene applying other techniques (painting, collage, etc.). At the same time, the Loops team will explain the magic behind silk screen printing, its applications, as well as some very interesting facts about its history.

Contributors:
The workshop will be held by the Loupes team, Lena Daniilidi, Marina Stathopoulou and Magda Steiakaki.

CENTER B

SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP | 4+ YEARS

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
Continuous flow order of priority

The Cycladic figurine comes to life through a unique workshop and acquires as many forms as any child can imagine and create!

Cut shapes, combine materials, paint, and travel in Time using the Cycladic figurine as your vehicle. How many transformations can this world hold?

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by Vivian Emmanouilidou. 

CENTER A

MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP | 4+ YEARS

WeMe CONSTRUCTS
Up to 20 entries per slot with priority ticket, available 30min. before the event

The WeMe Constructs team runs a unique clay workshop. Our little friends will produce sculptures on paper surfaces, using clay as "glue" to help stick together unanticipated small objects to design a single human form that will combine old and contemporary materials.

Contributors:
The workshop will be held by the members of the team WeMe.

CENTER C

VISUAL WORKSHOP | 4-6 YEARS

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
4 Groups of 4 people with a priority card, available 30 min. before the event

“Cycladoupolis” is a board game of environmental education designed by the Museum of Cycladic Art and WWF Hellas. Its main goal is to make kids grasp the value of nature to our life on the planet and clue them in on the Cyclades’ precious biodiversity, as well as on the notion of sustainable growth, through a series of fun challenges and riddles.

The game is aiming at raising awareness on issues of environment protection and inspire parents and children to adopt a new attitude towards life. The game board represents the natural environment and the prospects of sustainable growth. 

“Cycladoupolis” is aspiring to restore the notion of economy to its primary and fundamental meaning. Children are taught to put their own house in order, which is no different than tending to the needs of the planet they inhabit. They protect the environment to secure resources both for the present and the future. 

The goal of the game is not to obtain ownership, but to protect nature and the sustainable activities in the Cyclades. After all, at the end of the day, what is the real trophy? A pocket full of money, but no fresh air to breathe, or a good quality of life?

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by the team of the Museum of Cycladic Art. 

CENTER C

BOARD GAME | 6+ YEARS

15:00 - 15:30 LENA PAPLIGOURA | 15:40 - 16:10 PYGMALION DADAKARIDIS | 16:20 - 16:50 ANTONIS PAPATHEODOULOU | 17:00 - 17:30 VICTORIA HISLOP

Four unique stories come to life thanks to four even more unique voices. Lena Papaligoura, Pygmalion Dadakarides, Antonis Papatheodoulou and Victoria Hislop will attend the Kids' Festival and read unique fairy tales addressed to all!

Contributors:
The readings by Lena Papaligoura, Pygmalion Dadakarides and Antonis Papatheodoulou will be conducted in Greek.
The reading of Victoria Hislop will be held in English.

CENTER A

READING BOOKS | FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

FACEPAINTING | FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

ILLUSTRADAYS FESTIVAL
Continuous flow up to 25 participants

A unique illustration workshop applying doodling and graffiti techniques. Doodling is the most spontaneous and vibrant form of art based on 'unconscious drawing'.

Artists Soteur (Sotiris Fokeas), Sdeviano (Stefanos Papademos) and the Illustradays festival invite children to set their imagination free and paint together. At the end of the workshop, a giant canvas will be filled with color thanks to children working together while the drawings of one will complement and converse with the drawings of the other.

Contributors:
The workshop was organized in collaboration with Illustradays, the only illustration festival of Greece, in partnership with the artists Soteur (Sotiris Fokeas) and Sdeviano (Stefanos Papadimos). 

CENTER B

ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP | 8+ YEARS

ATHENS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
Open to 60 spectators

The Athens International Children's Film Festival curated two thematic short animation screenings. The first day is dedicated to the power of diversity and acceptance by people individual and the community.

Revolving around the themes of imagination and empathy, selected films of the "The Courage of Acceptance" programme praise our differences and show how easily our world can be made better through acceptance and open-hearted thinking.

It takes courage to accept not just yourself, but also the others: their limits, their weaknesses, their uniqueness. Everything is reflecting back to you, after all. 

Contributors:
The curation of the film selection was realized by the Athens International Children’s Festival’s team. 

EXHIBITION AREA

SHORT SCREENINGS | 6+ YEARS

ELENI GEROULANOU & KOULA PANAGOU
Up to 25 participants with mandatory participation of parents/guardians with priority card, available 30 min. before the event

With the precious help and guidance of Eleni Geroulanou and Koula Panagou, we shall discover through colors, textures, maps and materials that our mind cannot imagine "The Human Being at the Center". In a workshop where young and old we will work together; we will design many different environments and ask ourselves who this person is and what this center is.

The center of the city? The center of the planet? The center of the heart? The center of the fairytale? 
And which Human Being?

The kiddo? The Big Fella? The alien? The person next door? My own Human Being?

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by Eleni Geroulanou and Koula Panagou. 

Learn more: 
https://kidscontest.cycladic.gr/en/

CENTER Α

VISUAL WORKSHOP | 6-10 YEARS

PARAMYTHOKOMIX
Open to all visitors

Paramythokores (Antonia Velliou, Vassilia Vaxevani and Ifigenia Kakridoni) together with illustrator Dimitris Kasdaglis design and present a unique performance that combines live storytelling and comic art. 

As the narration progresses, images come to life in front of children's eyes on a large comic page. The show includes a children's comic book workshop. 

Contributors: 
Paramythokores: Antonia Velliou, Vasileia Vaxevani and Iphigeneia Kakridoni
Illustrator: Dimitris Kasdaglis

CENTER C

BOOK NARRATION & COMIC WORKSHOP | 5+ YEARS

INTERNATIONAL KALAMATA DANCE FESTIVAL
Up to 30 participants with participation card, available 30 min. before the event

A workshop that invites children to explore the relationship between dance and sculpture. The workshop includes dance and clay sculpture, focusing on how one practice affects the other. 

We will dance, sculpt and discover whether dance is a moving sculpture. The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of previous dance experience.

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by the psychologist and choreographer Vittoria Kotsalou.

SQUARE

DANCE WORKSHOP | 6-12+ YEARS

WIND ORCHESTRA
Open to all visitors

The 60 members of the "Orchestra of the Winds" aged 5 to 63 years old form a multicultural and all-age music family who mainly use Orff musical instruments, such as xylophones, metallophones, baroque flutes, our body and voice as a musical instrument and as many percussion and improvised instruments as possible to explore and eventually play all kinds of music in groups.

Contributors:
Concert coordinator, vocal instructor, and leading figure of the "Orchestra of the Winds" Paraskevi Roumian. 
“The Orchestra of Winds” consists of members aged 10 to 64 years old. 

SQUARE

ORFF ENSEMBLE | FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23

AFOU GROUP
Up to 100 spectators

The first paper three-dimensional performance in Greece "Daedalus and Icarus" produced by "Afou" Group masterfully combines the art of theatre, animation, puppetry, visual arts, storytelling and music. Through the pop-up scenery, three-dimensional constructions, dolls and objects made with traditional Japanese techniques and an impressive moving panorama, the team of performers presents the first "volatile" myth of humanity! 

In an artistic universe with atmospheric lighting, we will tour Ancient Athens, the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora, the Hill of Ares, the workshop of the architect Daedalus, where he made famous sculptures and everyday utilitarian objects that we use to this day. 

Contributors:
Concept-Director:  Dimitra Pemousi 
Text: “Afou” group 	
Artistic design – Scenography: Pavlos Nikolakopoulos 
Lighting designer: Konstantinos Kostopoulos 
Original music – Sound design: Manolis Manousakis 
Dramaturgic design : “Afou” group/ Alexandra Liakopoulou 
Dancing dramaturgy: Ioanna Vasilakopoulou 

Constructions: Dimitra Pemousi, Evridiki Pemousi 
Special constructions: Alexis Papachatzis, Vasiliki Maltsaki 
Crankie scroll construction: John Tsioutas 
Lighting techician: Kostas Kostopoulos 
Graphic designer: Marinos Tziaros  
Promo video: DK Studio
Photographs: K. Kostopoulos 
Marketing and communication: TECHNES KAI PAIDI 
Production: ΑΜΚΕ ΜπαGάζια

EXHIBITION AREA

PUPPETRY | 5+ YEARS | FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

LA PETITE MARGUΕRITE

Team La Petite Marguerite team plans an artistic intervention and invites young and old to get to know the fascinating Enarites!

Enaerites are two real creatures that tour the urban landscape in search of poetry and the dream that exists within us. They play, dance, create and give countless bubbles and countless moments of joy and carelessness.

This is an artistic participatory performance which takes place through visual storytelling and of course... bubbles!

Contributors:
Concept, choreography, craftwork and performance: La Petite Marguerite (Vasia Tsotsou, Kariofyllis Grozoudis)
Scenography and costumes: Ioanna Gouzeli, Dimitris Sarlanis

SQUARE

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
Up to 20 participants per slot with priority card, available 30 minutes before the beginning of each session.

From a very early age, people made human figures with whatever material available. Our inspiration for the workshop is the Cycladic figurine "Cup bearer", which depicts a man seated raising his hand as if ready to propose a toast. 

Children will observe the movement of the figurine and then they will get their hands on clay to make their own human forms. 

They will shape, squeeze, cut and engrave and, in the end, use a recyclable material to deliver movement.

Contributors:
The workshop will be realized by Despoina Sakellariou and Foteini Gkountopoulou.

CENTER C

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART

The human being through the history of art, the different eras, everyday life, equality, diversity, social inclusion. The human being today. The human being in the future. 

The submission process of the contest under the title The Human Being at the Center, was completed on May 30 with 19.500 entries.

The International Kids’ Art Contest by the Museum of Cycladic Art celebrates its 10th anniversary presenting a selected number of works in a large on-site exhibition.  At the same time, all children's works are displayed on the digital platform kidscontest.gr, making the exhibition accessible to everyone, from anywhere in the world.

This year's main character is the Female Figurine (ca. 2700-2400/2300 BC) which is on display on the 1st floor of the Museum in the permanent “Cycladic Art” exhibition. Having as a reference the figurine, we invite children to create art inspired by the transformations of humans through the history of cultures, the works and the environment that they create.   

Learn more: 
https://kidscontest.cycladic.gr/en/

EXHIBITION AREA

INTERNATIONAL KIDS ART CONTEST EXHIBITION

LIBRARY4ALL

In the framework of the 10th anniversary of the International Kids’ Art Contest and the 10 years of operation of Library4all, we joined forces to support school libraries throughout Greece! We host a “wave of books” in the exhibition area of the City of Athens Arts Center to collect new or quasi-new Greek books suitable for children 4-12 years old.

Note: Library4all will not accept encyclopedias, activity books, schoolbooks, stickers, cartoon characters, newspaper offers. We mainly invite you to bring fairy tales which are much needed in kindergartens all over Greece.

Library4all wishes all schools to have an accessible, up-to-date library, connected to school life, with a librarian and annual state funds for the purchase of books. A genuinely open, accessible, inclusive library.

EXHIBITION AREA

A LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE!

LOOPS (Lena Daniilidi, Marina Stathopoulou, Magda Steiakaki)
Continuous flow order of priority

During this workshop, children will encounter the art of handmade silk-screen printing, one of the oldest printing techniques! 

Each kid will print cards on which he/she can then intervene applying other techniques (painting, collage, etc.). At the same time, the Loops team will explain the magic behind silk screen printing, its applications, as well as some very interesting facts about its history.

Contributors: Lena Daniilidi, Marina Stathopoulou, Magda Steiakaki

CENTER B

PARAMYTHOKORES
Open

Paramythokores choose fairy tales from the rich tradition of the Cycladic islands suitable for children. Storytelling is accompanied by traditional island music and songs.
 
Using the fairy tales and legends of the Cyclades as a compass, we will wander the glass mountains and the bone plains, we will fish magical fish and sunbathe in the Cycladic sun.

Contributors:
Paramythokores (Vasileia Vaxevani, Αntonia Velliou, Iphigeneia Kakridoni)

SQUARE

BOOK NARRATIONS | 4+ YEARS

ILLUSTRADAYS FESTIVAL
A unique illustration workshop applying doodling and graffiti techniques. Doodling is the most spontaneous and vibrant form of art based on 'unconscious drawing'.

Artists Soteur (Sotiris Fokeas), Sdeviano (Stefanos Papademos) and the Illustradays festival invite children to set their imagination free and paint together. At the end of the workshop, a giant canvas will be filled with color thanks to children working together while the drawings of one will complement and converse with the drawings of the other.

Contributors:
The workshop was organized in collaboration with Illustradays, the only illustration festival of Greece, in partnership with the artists Soteur (Sotiris Fokeas) and Sdeviano (Stefanos Papadimos).

Center C

ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP | 4+ YEARS

NETWORK FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
 (Panos Christodoulou, Koula Panagou and Thanasis Kotsovos) 
Up to 25 participants with priority card, available 30 min. before the workshop

An information and awareness-raising workshop on the Rights of the Child and more specifically the Right to Identity, on the occasion and inspiration of the knowledge book "Do I have rights? Yes, I do!'' by Panos Christodoulou-Stella Stergiou, Mikri Selini publications.

The "Network for Children’s Rights" (Network) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 with the main aim of defending the rights of the child, as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).

Capitalizing on the above mission statement, the Network supports all children regardless of ethnic origin, race, gender, religion and language, through specialized pedagogical programs, creative group activities, non-formal education actions, as well as psychosocial and legal support actions.

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by Panos Christodoulou, Koula Panagou and Thanasis Kotsovos.

CENTER B

VISUAL ARTS WORKSHOP | 8 -12 YEARS

INTERNATIONAL KALAMATA DANCE FESTIVAL (Vittoria Kotsalou)
Up to 30 participants with participation card

A workshop that invites children to explore the relationship between dance and sculpture. The workshop includes dance and clay sculpture, focusing on how one practice affects the other. 
We will dance, sculpt and discover whether dance is a moving sculpture. The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of previous dance experience.

Contributors:
The workshop will be conducted by the psychologist and choreographer Vittoria Kotsalou.

SQUARE

DANCE WORKSHOP | 6 -12+ YEARS

NATIONAL THEATRE
Up to 25 participants with priority sheet

A hybrid children’s performance inspired by important milestones in the life and work of famous artists of the 20th-21st century, such as Y. Kusama, J. Pollock, V. Van Gogh, C. Monet et al. "Sky" is a verb invented by F. Kalho, defying the limits of words, admiring the vastness of nature and sky. The stage action is a co-production of the children and is based on theatrical play techniques, releasing their creative powers and expressive means with their symbolic thought- imagination as a valuable companion! 

Contributors: 
Concept, design and coordination by Dimitra Nikoloopoulou Δήμητρα Νικολοπούλου (performance facilitator, theatre educator, art theoretician)

Performers on stage: kids dancers from the Greek National Theater school 

CENTER A

INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE | 7 -12 YEARS

ATHENS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
Open to 60 spectators

The Athens International Children's Film Festival curated two thematic short animation screenings. The second day is dedicated to humans and the modern values that unite us all. 

Whether it is animated fairy tales or emotional everyday life narrations, the stories from around the world presented in the thematic "Human Values" clearly affirm that respect for diversity, universal kindness and the breaking down of stereotypes make coexistence in our world more appealing, easier and more purposeful.

Contributors:
The curation of the film selection was realized by the Athens International Children’s Festival’s team.

EXHIBITION AREA

SHORT FILM SCREENINGS | 8+ YEARS

POLYPHONICA
Open to all participants

Polyphonica's team will perform selected music and dance parts of the work "Don't stop believin’". 

A musical full of friendships, confessions, confrontations, humor, romance and surprises, with many pop and rock songs, energetic dances and a triumphant finale. The project highlights the power of a group of teenagers who keep on chasing their dreams.

Polyphonica was founded in 2011 and seeks to offer children and young people the opportunity to participate for free in choir, dance, theater, musical theater, ukulele and other workshops. 

Contributors: 
Vocal coach: Dimitris Bouzanis
Dancing coach: Anna Athanasiadi
Acting coach: Nikos Ioannidis
Choir and dancers: Alexandros Nasiopoulos, Artemis / Chryssi Melbourne, Valentina Doros, Evita Andriopoulou, Eleni Daramara, Iliana Tsenoli, Heracles Haritos, Calliope Daramara, Leoni Kanellopoulou, Maria Thomas, Maria Mantzavinou, Marifet Mitsiou, Melina Papazoi-Katou, Melina Tzelepi, Reggina Sanida, Smaragda Raviolou 

CENTER A

MUSICAL

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24

Listen to Victoria Hislop, Lena Papaligoura, Pygmalion Dadakaridis and Antonis Papatheodoulou narrate their fascinating stories about the Human being at the Center!Take part in a National Theatre of Greece performance and get to know its little friends. Dare to explore your body through the Kalamata Dance Festival workshop. Build collaboratively a giant art project using the graffiti/doodling technique with the illustradays festival team.Learn about your rights through an art workshop dedicated to the book by the Network for Children's Rights "Do I have rights? Yes, I do!"Watch the first Greek 3D performance made of paper entitled "Daedalus and Icarus" by the Afou puppet show company.Dance to the rhythm of the musical with the Polyphonica team, immerse yourself in the Wind Orchestra notes and enjoy watching a film from the Athens International Children's Film Festival.Wear comfortable clothes as you are invited to paint, print and design your own Human being at the center using different materials and applying various techniques and see your works at the exhibition in the framework of the Kids’ Art Contest and warmly applaud the winners!Ooh and don't forget to bring your favorite book! In collaboration with Library4all and the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we serve school libraries throughout Greece! Therefore, we wish to create a "resonating book wave" in the exhibition area of the Music and Arts Center made of new or quasi-new greek books, for children 4-12 years old.

FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

A few words about the 10th anniversary of the International Kids’ Art Contest of the Museum of Cycladic ArtThe International Kids’ Art Contest by the Museum of Cycladic Art was launched in 2013 with 250 entries. The aim was to offer the opportunity to kids 4-15 years old (preschool children, primary and secondary school students as well as Special Schools children) to familiarize themselves with the Cycladic, Ancient Greek and Cypriot culture and at the same time to further explore their imagination.Children are invited to participate either independently or through their school. The projects’ assessment and the selection of the winners is carried out by the judging panel which consists of influential figures in the fields of arts and culture. This year's jury is Victoria Hislop, author, Pygmalion Dadakaridis, actor and Eleni Geroulanou, teacher, author and founding member of Library4all, Hara Marantidou, visual artist, designer and architect, Antonis Papatheodoulou, children's books author, Panos Christodoulou, Director of the Network for Children's Rights, children's books author. Participants are children and students from all over Greece and abroad representing -among others- special education schools as well as refugee reception and integration centers. The contest is supported internationally by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassies and Consulates in major European cities, Australia and the United States and schools locally.We received 19.500 entries this year!