The art galleries el.marneri galerie and Τεχνοχώρος art gallery of Lebesi Street, next to the New Museum of the Acropolis, organizer for the third year in a row Lembessiart, at 6-7 October 2012.

Lembessiart2012, is a celebration for young and old full of art, creativity, educational games and surprises in the most beautiful and historical neighborhood of Athens.

Like every last year 3 years, on their own initiative, the owners of the cultural spaces el.marneri galerie and TECHNOCHOROS art gallery organize this two-day event with the aim of “scatter” art and culture under the roof of the Acropolis, hoping to thus promote to visitors the power of creativity, teamwork, noble rival, ecology, solidarity and sympathy, as unique tools for the evolution of all of us, of our city and what we expect. For this purpose, all the educational actions this year, especially those referring to children, are aimed in this direction. Helpers in this effort are of course the partners, artists, volunteers and friends of art, the sponsors of the event, as well as shop owners in the wider area of ​​Makrigiannis neighborhood.

The program of events follows:
Saturday morning
11:00 | "We print and capture ideas, feelings and memories on different papers creating our own little ones “works of art”».  With the beginning of the school year, a journey to books and art begins with the signing of Come to Play and the visual art of Rallos Katsaris (for children 4- 10 years)
12:00 | Creative expression workshop with recyclable materials from the 3rd Pack of Sea Scouts N. Faliro, for children of age 6 – 12 years.
12:30 | "What is hidden under Lebesi Street;» Free drawing activity for children 7-10 years old edited by the painter Emilia Tsekouras.
13:00 | Excerpt from the choreography of Hara Giannakopoulou's children's play "The Sleeping Circus", by the Kinitira Studio team.

Saturday afternoon
17:00 | Demonstration debate competition by the OPA Rhetoric Club on the topic "Can art that offends religion be censored".
18:00 | "Carving the wood" Demonstration of engraving art using the relief method by the engravers Yiannis Kardiako and Yiannis Kolios. Visitors will print and carve their own engravings on wood and linoleum.
19:00 | Street Latin Dance show, with Dimitris Anagnostou & his team with the active participation of the public.
20:00 | "Stories about odd couples" These stories are written in books. Storyteller Evi Gerokosta shares them with the public like old fairy tales. With the mouth and with the heart. Because that's how they were written... The show is aimed at adults.
21:00 | Jazz music for trained ears by M.O.T.He (music of the heart) jazz trio, Vangelis Chinas (drums), Ilias Pantazis (bass), Manolis Papadakis (piano).
Sunday morning
11:00 | Group painting for children 7-9 years with the theme "Athens, my city" edited by the painter Anna Tsalaga.
12:00 | "Treasure Hunt", great game from the 3rd Group of Sea Scouts N. Faliro with many surprises and gifts, for children from 11-15 years. Children are asked to work as a team in competition with other teams and to put their minds on alert to cope with the "crazy" demands of the game.
12:00 | "ORI-ZONTAS" Puppet show by the puppeteer Nefeli Bonanou for children from ages 4 years and older
12:45 | "I make my own doll" Doll making and animation workshop. We make dolls from glue and paper, we bring them to life by giving voice and movement,
animation: Nefeli Bonanu , Socrates Pappas, for children 6 years and older.
13:00 | "Poster-Vision" Poster construction using the collage technique by the 3rd Group of Sea Scouts N. Faliro for children of age 11-15 years.

(Is the motto of the 16th Spare Parts Bazaar 12:00 until 13:00 there are parallel actions to creatively occupy our little friends from pre-school age up to their age 15 years)

Sunday afternoon
17:00 | The secrets of the art of Origami (paper folding), by visual artist Maria Dukakis.
17:45 | Demonstration debate competition by the OPA Rhetoric Club with a surprise theme on art.
18:30 | "The Waltz of Dreams" Puppet show by the puppeteer Sokratis Pappa. For children over 15 years and adults.
19:00 |  "We dance Hip-Hop" The Dance Stage group with Dimitra Agrafiotis, Mina Rinni, Tasso Rinni and Simos Stamatoukos dancing in the street. (The dance stage is located in Chalkida and comes exclusively for lembessiart2012)
19:15 | Visual performance (dance theater) with a title “pandora's box” from Marilou Theodoridou's team, “In the box”. She is joined by, Eriketi Andreadakis, Fotini Vai, Konstantina Lampi, Danai Morfoniou, Xenia Nikolaou, Eleni Turva, Christiana Tsousis. Music: fear & the loathings.
19:45 | Closing party with Rock n’ Roll by dance group Rollin Foxes.
During the weekend the artist Christos Alaveras, will be with us from Thessaloniki for a unique painting performance titled “Visual reports in Lembesi”, recording the happenings and events that will happen. When will it happen?, remains unknown to both us and the organizers since the artist wants to maintain the element of surprise for the audience.

Prof’ throughout the two days there will be an open-air exhibition of sculpture and installations in Lembesi. They are participating: Adrianos Angelopoulos, Yannis Aitinidis, Gagik in Altunya, Manolis Anastasakos, Kostas Varotsos, Vasilis Karakatsanis, Aristomenis Katsoulas, Christina Kellidis, Haris Kontosfyris, Francesco Moretti, Stella Bolonaki, George Tsakiris, Nota Tsitoura and Kaiti Haliori.

also, throughout the event will “is running” the project “Walking through the city” by artist Denia Cekura, where passers-by will be invited to draw their favorite route on a map of the center, or a route they take in their everyday life. This aims to create a group visual composition, which will emerge from the intersections, convergences and divergences as well as parallel courses, routes that each visitor will be able to draw on a map of the city. The results of the project will be presented at the end of the two days to the public in a live performance of people who will ”wear” these visual routes and will walk through the city.

Active participation in this year's event will be the 70th Primary School of the area where the students' creations will be exhibited on the street with the theme:

"I see the city with my own eyes" , the "Alphabet" and "My neighborhood". Finally,  at el.marneri galerie you will have the opportunity to enjoy the solo exhibition of Sofia Gaitani "PEOPLE'S WORDS" who will present her own alphabet with her painting and at TECHNOCHOROS art gallery she will “is running” the painting exhibition, “At the bottom of time” with participants Sarantis Gaga (artist from Thessaloniki) and Anne Thulin (artist from Sweden who lives and works in New York).

During the two days, passers-by will be offered treats such as ice cream from the best gelateria in Athens, “Gelato Polis”,  for young and old. Also the owners of the "Wine Point" and "Liondi coffe" stores & wine” will offer wine. The "Lion coffe & wine" will be offered by Leontitis, wine of his own production and the "Wine Point" wine of the Gentilini estate. Finally, the "fun bike" will raffle off free rides with two- and four-seater quad bikes. The above are housed in the area of ​​Makrygianni and support the institution of lembessiart with their offer.

Source : culturenow.gr