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The Association of Visual Artists of Crete, in collaboration with the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), presents the group art exhibition \u201cThe Land You Create.\u201d The exhibition is organized as part of the international conference 13th Sino-European Conference \u201cIsland and Coastal Tourism Futures 2026,\u201d bringing contemporary artistic practice into creative dialogue with the international academic community.<\/p>\n
The Exhibition Theme This perspective by Kazantzakis serves as the starting point for the 20 participating artists, who approach travel as a journey of self-discovery and as an act of shaping and recreating place through memory and imagination. At the same time, the artworks focus on the human imprint on the environment, as well as on the dramatic dimensions of displacement and refuge, mapping the multiple facets of contemporary experience. Participating Artists<\/p>\n \u2022 MICHALIS ATHANASAKIS Visitor Information<\/strong> The Association of Visual Artists of Crete, in collaboration with the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), presents the group art exhibition \u201cThe Land You Create.\u201d The exhibition is organized as part of the international conference 13th Sino-European Conference \u201cIsland and Coastal Tourism Futures 2026,\u201d bringing contemporary…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cretavisualarts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u201cSurely, when you travel, you always find whatever you carry within you. [\u2026] That is why every accomplished traveler always creates the country to which they travel\u2026\u201d Nikos Kazantzakis<\/p>\n
\nThe exhibition unfolds in the foyer of the \u201cMarkos Karanastasis\u201d Indoor Gymnasium. Set within a large-scale, raw industrial environment beyond the boundaries of the conventional gallery, the curatorial approach of visual artist and art historian Evi Michelaki places the artworks in direct dialogue with the architecture of the building.
\nInstallations, sculptures, mosaics, and painted compositions transform the space into an open field of wandering, exploration, and contemplation for the visitor.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 ELENI VO GIATZAKI
\n\u2022 YIOULI GAROFALAKI
\n\u2022 ELEFTHERIOS DAFNOS
\n\u2022 VICKY KAMENOU
\n\u2022 THALIA KANNAVOU
\n\u2022 DESPOINA KATZAGIANNAKI
\n\u2022 STELLA KUKULAKI
\n\u2022 MARGARITIS HARRIS
\n\u2022 CHRISTINE BOLADZ
\n\u2022 RENA MATALLIOTAKI
\n\u2022 EVI BALOO
\n\u2022 VIVY DINAPOGIA
\n\u2022 KOSTAS PAGOMENOS
\n\u2022 RENA PATMANIDI
\n\u2022 ELEFTHERIA PYTIKAKI
\n\u2022 STAMATIS SAMAKOURIS
\n\u2022 IOANNIS STATHOGIANNIS
\n\u2022 ANDREAS STYLIANOUDAKIS
\n\u2022 MARIA HARKOUTSI<\/p>\n
\nVenue: Foyer of the \u201cMarkos Karanastasis\u201d Indoor Gymnasium (HMU), Heraklion, Crete
\nDates: 20\u201326 September 2026
\nOpening Hours:
\nMonday\u2013Friday: 11:00\u201313:00 & 17:00\u201321:00 Saturday: 17:00\u201321:00
\nOpening: Sunday, 20 September 2026 | 19:30
\nAdmission: Free
\nContact & Information: Evi Michelaki Email: evemichelaki@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"