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ART PEDAGOGY AND TEACHING
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS
Workshops have taken place at: 
  • The Athens College Secondary School Adult Education Program
  • The Athens College Secondary School English Summer Camp 
  • The Patakis Editions central bookstore in downtown Athens kids' workshop

Schools where employed as an Art teacher:
  • Greek Public High School, island of Lesvos (2008- 2010)
  • Greek Public Elementary School, Athens (2011-2012)

Formal Art Teaching/Pedagogy qualifications: 
  • Art Pedagogy Certificate from the Athens School of Fine Arts 
  • Passed the Greek ASEP public school teache exam and was hired to work as an Art Teacher 

Photographs documenting the projects, by Penelope Vlassopoulou.


ART PEDAGOGY AND TEACHING PORTFOLIO

Artist book workshops, I & II 
Academic years 2011-13


​Workshop Instructor
Athens College Adult Education Program
February - April 2012 (Artist Book I)

October - November 2012 (Artist Book I)
October-November 2013 (Artist Book I)
October-November 2013 (Artist Book II)


The Artist Book workshop participated in the 2012 and 2014
Adult Education Workshops Exhibitions.

Adult classes



Athens College English Summer Camp art workshop

Workshop Instructor, English speaking environment
Athens College Elementary School Program
​June 2011


Led one of the Art Workshops of the Athens College English Summer Camp Program in Athens, Greece.

Age group, 6-12


Artist books by children

Art teaching
Greek Public Elementary School
2011-2012

Teaching of various ways of constructing a book, including origami inspired methods, and creation of illustrated books were the child was encouraged to be both the writer and the illustrator of their book.

Age group 6-12


Art workshop at Patakis Editions bookstore

Art workshop organiser
Patakis central bookstore kids' workshop, Athens, Greece
2011


Led the art workshop, part of the children's book "Trigonopsaroulis" presentation by Patakis editions. The workshop took place at the central bookstore of Patakis Editions in Athens. 

Age group 3-10


Words and images on freedom, collage, group project

​Art teaching
7 m x 2.8 m, newspaper and magazine pieces on paper
Greek Public High School
​November 2009

Project involving the creation of two large scale works on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic School uprising. All the students of the school (over 200) participated in the project.

Age group 12-15


After Picasso's Guernica, group painting project

Art teaching
3.6 m x 1.8 m, house paint on canvas
Greek Public High School 
​October 2009

Painting project after Picasso's Guernica involving the creation of a large scale group painting interpreting the original work as well as individual paintings made by the students, interpretations of Guernica in color. All the students of the School (over 200) participated in the project.

The large scale group painting of Guernica was featured in the October 28 School celebration of Greece's "NO" to the Nazis in 1940. After the celebration the work was permanently installed in one of the School's classrooms. 

Age group 12-15


Karagiozis Traditional Theatre group art project

​Art teaching
Greek Public High School
May 2010

Group project involving the creation of the School's own Traditional Karagiozis Theatre (Berdes), and the painting of the students' own versions of the Karagiozis Theatre characters and poster creation to advertise the play in the city of Plomari. The Plomari High School in Lesvos. 
 
Age group 12-15

After Theophilos, group painting project

Art teaching​
3.6 m x 2 m, house paint on canvas

Greek Public High School
March 2009

Group painting project based on a work by Theophilos, an early 20th century self-taught painter from Lesvos. 

The project involved the group painting of a large scale painting on canvas and the painting of individual portraits of the 1821 Greek Revolution fighters. All the students of the School (over 200) participated in the project.

The large scale painting served as backdrop during the March 25 School celebration of  the 1821 Greek Independence Day and was afterwards permanently ​installed in one of the School's classrooms. 

Age group 12-15
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  • HOME
  • Current work
  • STATEMENT
  • ABOUT
  • ARCHIVE
    • METAMORPHOSIS >
      • /ATHENS >
        • NO WATER, 2015
        • /KARYSTOS
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014 >
          • BLACK SERIES
          • CARBON SHEET IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
      • /IN TRANSIT >
        • HIGHWAY SEQUENCES
        • LANDSCAPES/IMPRESSIONS
      • /MONTREAL >
        • SEQUENCES
      • /USA >
        • HAYMARKET SQUARE
        • CHICAGO CANYON
        • CALENDAR OF TRACES, 2014
        • BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS, 2014
      • /BELGRADE >
        • 1999
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
        • CONSTELLATION, 2014
      • /KURFÜRSTENDAMM >
        • HIER WOHNTE, 2014
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
        • LINTEL, 2014
        • DOCUMENTARY, 2014
    • LANDSCAPES, 2016
    • THIRTY-SIX BLUE MOONS, 2014
    • MELAN SOMA, 2013
    • ONOMATOPOEIC, 2013
    • WORD PAINTINGS, 2013
    • VAINGLORY, 2013
    • CURTAINMUSTACHE, 2011-2013
    • CARBON SHEET IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
    • EPHEMERAL BOOKS, 2011-12 >
      • COFFEE FILTER BOOK, 2012
      • BUTTERFLY, 2012
      • ANTHOLOGIE DE LA POÉSIE FRANÇAISE, 2012
      • CARDBOARD PACKAGING BOOK, 2011
      • GROCERY BAG BOOKS, 2011
    • LETHE, 2011 >
      • PHOTOGRAPHS
      • PRESS & POSTAL CARDS
      • BOOKS
      • MANUSCRIPTS & OBJECTS
    • FABRIC ON FABRIC, 2009
    • LINE STRUCTURES, 2009
    • 2008 CALENDAR, 2007
    • THE CUBE, 2006
    • JOURNAUX INTIMES, 2006 >
      • INSTALLATIONS
      • ARTIST BOOKS >
        • CE QUI EST CRÉÉ PAR L' ESPRIT EST PLUS VIVANT QUE LA MATIÈRE
        • LE REBELLE
      • POLIS/SENSIBILITÉ
    • SEQUENCES, 2005
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