Arts @ Deree

When: Thursday March 12th, 19:30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Sòlastas Ensemble
Exploring the crossroads of electroacoustic music, improvisation and traditional musics

Labrini Gioti, voice, piano, nyckelharpa
George Tsimbouksis: guitar, bouzouki, mandola, vocals
Antonis Pantazis: mandolin, andufe, vocals
Haris Kellaris: bass, soundscapes

Free admission – open to the public

When: March 11, 2020, 19:30
Where: Black Box Theatre

ARTS FESTIVAL 2020
Martha Graham Interprets Greek Myths: Violence and Revenge through the Dancing Body
by Classics Professor Nina Papathanasopoulou

With Graham technique dance instructor at the National School of Dance in Athens, Penny Diamantopoulou.

A presentation on Martha Graham and Greek mythology, focusing on Graham’s inspiration from Greek tragedy, her movement vocabulary, and her groundbreaking portrayal of anger, grief, destruction, and revenge through the dancing body.

With dance excerpts from Graham’s Night Journey and Clytemnestra

Courtesy of Martha Graham Resources

Free admission – open to the public

Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias street
Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki

[email protected]

When: March 9, 19:30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Works by Haydn, Beethoven and Y. Constantinidis

Nikos Mandylas, violin
Leslie Jones, cello
Christine Tokatlian, piano

Free admission – open to the public

Organized by Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts

When: March 9-13 2020
Where: ACG Campus

Art History, Contemporary Dance Practice, Graphic Design, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts

Check the full program of the event here.

All events are open to the public
Free admission

For further information, please visit our site: www.acg.edu
call us: 210 600 9800 ext. 1456 (Monday – Friday: 08:30 – 16:00)
or email us: [email protected]

When: February 21 | 18:00-22:00
Where: ACG Art Gallery

Duration: February 21-March 21, 2020
Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 14:00-18:00, Sat: 12:00-16:00

The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts (FRSFPA) of Deree – The American College of Greece is pleased to present the exhibition “Collectanea”, curated by invited curator Christoforos Marinos.

The participating artists are: Nikos Alexiou, Anna Constantinou, Ria Dama, Nella Golanda, Nana Isaia, Zissis Kotionis, Panagiotis Koulouras, Vasiliki Lefkaditi, Klearchos Loukopoulos, Nina Papaconstantinou, Anthimos Peloponnisios, Kostas Roussakis, Studio Lialios Vazoura, Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Tassos Triandafyllou, Giorgos Tserionis, Maria Tzanakou, Andreas Vais, Myrto Xanthopoulou. 

About the exhibition

“Collectanea” was born out of a reading of the eponymous book by acclaimed essayist Zissimos Lorenzatos (1915-2004). The time (summer) and place (Skyros and Evia) of reading this philosophical diary have been crucial in conceiving the curatorial concept and selecting the artists. In his attempt to visualize a reading experience, the curator assumes the role of mediator: he assembles artworks that seem to embody the spirit of the book and certain obsessions of its author.

This monumental book by Lorenzatos, considered by many to be Greece’s most significant man of letters of the twentieth century, was published in 2009 by Domos Publications. As the author writes about his diary entries, “’Collectanea’ refers to the adventure of sensitivity, the adventure of contemplation or the adventure of language”. Accordingly, the exhibition attempts to spatialize this multiplicity of adventures. The artworks that compose the exhibition refer to the adventure of the gaze, to the ritual of reading a text or a landscape, to the relation of writing to image (to an image as writing and to writing as an image), to the great importance of small things.

The exhibition features drawings, photographs, sculptural installations and a video. Some works function as notes and three-dimensional visual essays, while others function as diary entries and phychograms. We also encounter text-sculptures as well as drawings that focus on the process of immersing ourselves in a text and the physical relationship we develop with it.

The autobiographical discourse that imbues this curatorial poses questions related to the hidden dynamics of bringing together artists and artworks, the profound communication between curator and artist, and the practice of curating. “Collectanea” approaches the concept of collecting through the personal and selective view of a curator deeply interested in the reciprocal relationship between text and image.

For more information, contact Ms. Niki Kladakis at 210 600 9800 (ext. 1456), from 9:00-16:00, Monday-Friday, or at [email protected].

Photo: Studio Lialios Vazoura, “Lost Bird”, 2019

When: Wednesday February 12, 2020 | 19:30
Where: ACG Deree 7th level Auditorium

An evening of piano music with Ioannis Potamousis. 
Featuring works by: Beethoven, Debussy, Koumendakis and Liszt

Open to the public
Entrance: Free

When: December 4, 2019, 20:00
Where: Pierce Theater

ΑΣΟΝ- Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra

Performing works by Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Nikos Skalkottas

Conductor: Pavlos Sergiou
Soloist: Dimitris Toufexis

This evening’s concert is held in honor of Professor Dimitris Toufexis in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of The American College of Greece and his dedication to the advancement of music education in Greece.

Open to the public, free admission

Reception will follow

For more information: 210 6009800 ext. 1456 (9:00-16:00)

When: Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 19:00
Where: Pierce Theater

The American College of Greece and the Attica Tradition Foundation invite you to the Twenty-Fifth Annual Kimon Friar Lecture by:

Ian McEwan
The Self in Literature

Ian McEwan was born in 1948 and lives in Gloucestershire, England.  He is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels, as well as The Daydreamer, a set of stories for children. He has written many screenplays as well as the libretto for an opera. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, 1975, won the Somerset Maugham Award.

His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, The Cement Garden, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize, Atonement, Saturday, Solar and Sweet Tooth. His novels On Chesil Beach and The Children Act, were recently adapted by him for the screen. This year sees the publication of Machines Like Me, a novel about AI.

Reception to follow

Open to the Public
Free Admission

For more information, contact us at:
210 600 9800 ext. 1456

[email protected]

Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street
Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki

Organised by: The American College of Greece and the Attica Tradition Foundation

When: July 18, 20:00
Where: Black Box Theater

Admission Free

Reservation required
Tel: 210 600 9800/ext.1320, Monday – Friday 12-2pm
Email: [email protected]

Organized by:
Embassy of Japan in Greece | The American College of Greece

When: Tuesday, June 18
Where: Black Box Theatre

The Music Theatre
Workshops [I] and [II] present:

In Limbo

A music theatre piece

Tuesday, June 18

14:00 open rehearsal

17:00 performance

Black Box Theatre

Free admission and open to the public

For more information, please contact

The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts at

210600 9800 ext. 1456

When: Friday, April 19 2019, 18:00
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

2500 years of Greek Music and Songs!

A concert presented by students in MU 4031 Studies in Modern Greek Music and MU 4065 Ensemble.

Musical supervision and orchestrations by Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou.

Free admission

Organized by: Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts

When: April 12-19
Where: ACG Gallery

The Visual Arts program presents
Senior Projects 2019

An exhibition featuring the work of graduating students:
Anthi Bozoviti, Sherouk Elabasi, Pinelopi Lykogianni, Pavlos Stavroulakis, and Konstantina Votsika

Opening: Friday April 12, 19:00-22:00
Duration: April 12-19

Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 15:00-18:00

Open to all, with free admission

ACG Gallery, Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens
For more information, please contact Mrs. Niki Kladakis at 210 600 9800 ext. 1456, or at [email protected]

When: April 3-4, 18:00-20:00
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Paint in(g) Cinema: Surrealist spaces and narratives
A two-day festival dedicated to the surrealist understanding of space and narrative in cinema

Curated by: the Art History Society in collaboration with the Visual Arts Society and the Film Club of Deree – The American College of Greece

The curatorial selection of the festival focuses on short to mid-length experimental motion pictures. From David Lynch to Salvador Dalí, this festival will navigate the audience through the world of diverse surrealist approaches in cinema. Screenings will be followed by a post-reflective discussion led by Dr. Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Curator and Art History Professor at Deree.

Free entrance. Refreshments and snacks will also be available to the audience.
For more information please contact: [email protected]

Festival lineup:

Day 1: 1 hour and 40 mins

1. The Grandmother, by David Lynch

5 min. break

2. Room 8, by James W. Griffiths
3. Not I, by Becket
4. Falling, by Adriano Cirulli

10 min. break

30 min. Q&A

Day 2: 1 hour and 40 mins

1. Chien Andalou, by Spanish director Luis Buñuel and artist Salvador Dalí.

5 min. break

2. Rabbits, part 1, by David Lynch
3. Destino, by Walt Disney and Salvador Dali
4. Mr. Madden, by Floyd Hardy

10 min. break

30 min. Q&A

When: April 2, 13:45
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

A lecture by:
By David Edelman
Associate Professor
Director of Performing Arts Leadership and Management Program
Shenandoah Conservatory, VA, USA

Co-Editor: The American Journal of Arts Management
Member, Board of Directors, Social Theory, Politics and the Arts

Free admission