On Thursday, June 26, and Friday, June 27, the Clearing of Stavros Niarchos Park at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) transforms into an open space of coexistence and creation, where cultures meet, communicate, and co-shape a common place—through traditions, narratives, arts, and sounds from different countries—at the Common Grounds festival.

The festival creates a vibrant and participatory space through cultural activities, workshops and interactive experiences open to the public, presented by the participating institutions and organisations. At the heart: dialogue and co-creation.

Common Grounds means common ground – but also common experience.

The SNFCC issued an open call to communities, groups and collectives from all over the world that live and work in Greece and represent different cultures and countries. Embassies and/or associations from 13 countries (Albania, Argentina, Austria, Austria, Brazil, Brazil, France, Germany, Georgia, Japan, India, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, Moldova, Norway) responded and a diverse program with a multitude of activities was formulated: From Brazilian samba, Kenyan traditional dance and Argentinean milonga classes, to Mexican piñata and Japanese ikebana workshops, but also many sports activities and live music and dance performances. The Common Grounds festival invites the public to participate, interact and get to know different cultural traditions that highlight common places through diversity.

With the participation of :

Austrian Embassy in Athens

German Embassy in Athens

Embassy of France in Greece

Embassy of Georgia in Greece

Embassy of the Republic of Moldova

Embassy of Japan in Greece

Embassy of Norway in Greece

Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kenya in the Hellenic Republic

Hellenic-Kenyan Chamber of Commerce, Development, Shipping, Tourism & Culture

French Institute of Greece in Athens

Refugee Week Greece

Art and Action Network

Acropolis Tango Festival

Arte Brasileira Atenas

Association of Mexicans in Greece

Association of Albanian Writers and Artists in Greece

Union of Greek-Moldavian Friendship “Alexandros Ypsilantis”

Dansul Neamului Association

Greek-Georgian Cultural Association

Groupi polifonike Vëllazërimi

Siva Om School of Yoga

Shoqata “Emigranti” Patra

The Festival:

26-27 June

19:00-20:30 

  • Art Workshops
  • Athletics

19:00-22:30

  • Screenings

20:30-22:30 

  • Music and Dance ensembles

Major Donor of the SNFCC: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

INFO

Common Grounds

Thursday 26 and Friday 27 Ιουνίου, 19.00 – 22.30

Clearing, Stavros Niarchos Park

Admission is free

For more information you may look at www.snfcc.org or on the social media @SNFCC.

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