[spectre] new venue

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apollonia
 is pleased to invite you to the inauguration of it's new venue,
12 rue du Faubourg de Pierre a Strasbourg,
On Tuesday the 6th of June 2002 at 8 p.m.

The exhibition of the contemporary Ukrainian photographers and
the concert of the multicultural Strasbourg-based band Les Dahus, as well a=
s a celebratory drink are at the program of this party.

apollonia   echanges artistiques europeens - european art exchanges
12 rue du Faubourg de Pierre  67000  Strasbourg

apollonia has the support of the  Ministry of Culture and Communication - D=
RAC Alsace, the Greek Ministry of Culture,
 the program Culture 2000 of the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Af=
fairs.

Press Conference

Thursday 6 June 2002
at 6.30 p.m.

espace Apollonia
12, rue du Faubourg de Pierre
67000 Strasbourg

Tel.: + 33 (0) 3 88 52 15 12
fax: + 33 (0) 3 88 52 15 44
e-mail: artexchanges@free.fr
http://www.art-exchanges.net=20

We are pleased to invite you to attend a press conference where we will pre=
sent:

the forthcoming programme for our new venue, which will be officially inaug=
urated at this occasion, with a celebratory drink and to the multicultural =
rhythms of the Strasbourg-based band LES DAHUS,

the new web site www.art-exchanges.net, as well as the electronic journal G=
azet'art (n=B0 7),

the exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian photographers,

and to announce that our project, entitled "Apollonia, Visual Arts Network"=
, is the only French triennial project in the plastics arts field to have b=
een selected for assistance from the European Union for the three coming ye=
ars. The various partners in the programme will be in Strasbourg for the oc=
casion, representing 8 European structures (Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Fra=
nce, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland).

PRESS RELEASE
Apollonia, Visual Arts Network

The European Community has recently announced the list of projects it has s=
elected for 2002 as part of its financing programme "Culture 2000".
Only one long-term co-operative project, presented by a French NGO with his=
 headquarters in Strasbourg, features on this list: "Apollonia, Visual Arts=
 Network".

This developing network takes its energy and its raison d'etre from the div=
ersity of unique cultures and the wealth of innovative and original forms o=
f artistic expression to be found in the outer regions of Europe.

A number of associates and partners contribute on a permanent basis to the =
development and elaboration of operations that encourage international mobi=
lity and exchanges of artists, artworks and multidisciplinary productions. =
The aim is to increase public awareness of the cultural particularities of =
other peoples, and to highlight the questions that artists pose about conte=
mporary society.

This network organises many events and various coproductions, in particular=
 involving the regions of south-east Europe, the Black Sea an the Caucasus,=
 Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet republics and so on.

The members of the network, and the team at Apollonia, European artistic ex=
changes, are delighted to see that there is a great deal of interest throug=
hout Europe for these little known and oft criticised forms of artistic exp=
ression.

After a number of years of hard work and shared passion, our network now ha=
s a new perspective, that of acting to obtain wider recognition for artists=
 who find themselves outside the official systems, and to promote their wor=
k as part of the construction of a multicultural European space.=20

ORGANISATION / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Apollonia, European artistic exchanges

PROJECT CO-ORGANISERS
Association Apollonia, Strasbourg, France /
Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium /=20
Contemporary Art Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece /=20
ATA Ray Contemporary Art Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria /=20
European Centre for the Aid to Artistic Creation, Lodz, Poland /=20
Contemporary Art Centre Bucharest, Romania /=20
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany /=20
Prague Museum of Fine Arts, Czech Republic.

OTHER PARTNERS
SEECAN Network, Utopiana (Geneva), Arteon Art Magazine (Poznan), March Bloc=
h University (Strasbourg), Strasbourg College of Decorative Arts, Culural F=
oundation of the People's Bank of Cyprus (Nicosia), Stitching Caucasus Foun=
dation (Tbilisi), Artexpo Foundation (Bucharest), Society of Collectors of =
Contemporary Art (Moscow), Central Artists' House (Moscow), National Contem=
porary Art Centre (Moscow), The Subsidiary, National Centre for Contemporar=
y Art (Nizhni-Novgorod), Bratislava Municipal Gallery, X-Centrum (Plzen), S=
ea Elephant Travel Agency (Istanbul), Moravia Gallery (Brno), Contemporary =
Art Museum (Skopje), Skopje Centre for Contemporary Art, Cetinje Biennal of=
 Contemporary Art, Artbox (Thessaloniki), Contemporary Photography Centre o=
f Skopelos, Contemporary art centre of Rethymnon, College of Fine Arts of C=
luz,. College of Fine Arts of Thessaloniki, College of Fine Arts of Baku, C=
ollege of Fine Arts of Tbilisi.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
Public (180,000 visitors over three years), artists (130), art critics (21)=
, exhibition stewards (18), cultural operators (89), teachers (60), student=
s (3,000), schoolchildren (9,000), visual arts structures and organisations=
 (46 structures )=85.


DURATION

2003 to 2005

=20

PRESS RELEASE

Exhibition
"Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers"

Apollonia / European Artistic Exchanges is pleased to present, from 145th M=
ay 2002, an exhibition of Ukrainian artists.

This exhibition brings together eight photographers who represent current a=
rtistic creation in this country:

=B7	Exhibited artists:=20
		S. Bratkov, M. Kulchitsky, V. Chekorsky, D. Dulfan,
		V. Tsaholov, I. Chichkan, M. Mamsikov, O. Kulik

Curator: Martha Kuzma

=B7	Exhibition from 15th May to 5th September 2002=20
	at the espace Apollonia
	12, rue du Faubourg de Pierre
	F-67000 Strasbourg

=B7		From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to noon and from 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m=
=2E

=B7		Free admission
Information

Apollonia, European artistic exchanges
12, rue du Faubourg de Pierre
F-67000 Strasbourg
Tel:+33 (0) 3 88 52 15 12
Fax:+33 (0) 3 88 52 15 44
e-mail: artexchanges@free.fr
http://www.art-exchanges.net

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Melentie Pandilovski
Director
Contemporary Arts Center  - Skopje
Orce Nikolov 109, 1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
Tel/Fax: +389.2.133.541
Tel/Fax: +389.2.214.495
Mobile: +389.70.217.075
http://www.scca.org.mk
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