Art and community
Art is considered one of the most basic human needs for expression and communication with oneself, the community and the environment. Over the course of its history, it has been a universal, safe field for hosting, meeting and connecting individuals and communities with different cultural references.
There is a part in the human psyche that nurtures the curiosity to investigate, meet and know the different, the “other”, with which it wishes to be mirrored and identified with its deepest nature. The identification with the feelings and emotion of the creator, makes the person visible in space and time . By recognizing the self through the other he can feel exalted feelings and experience the experience of eternity and brotherhood. From the engravings on the rocks and caves of history, to her great works.
In the context of our desire for a pluralistic society, the connection of individuals and communication with the community, which is our basic philosophical vision, art is one of the main areas of the “Humanlinks” programs, equally and in relation to other areas. It is a building block in the communication support programs and interconnection of individuals and the community. Thanks to its nature it can contribute therapeutically in various areas: from deep personal expression and creation, individual or group therapeutic planning, to its dynamic contribution to the development of the wider community on many levels such as expression, culture, economy, culture and others . Furthermore, it contains the cultural prescription for anyone who wants and needs it.
From the beginning of our formation as a group, art has been present in our programs anyway mainly as a means of expression in various forms such as band music and concerts, creative writing and expression. Photography workshop and film evenings. Visits to museums and other cultural art sites. It was also applied as a therapeutic approach, with the technique of ” art therapy » to groups of people who are being tested for mental health issues. Our era shows that in the coming years art will play a much more important role at the level of the wider community and its involvement in it in every way.
Having gained the experience of its therapeutic qualities on an individual, group and community level, we continue to develop and nurture corresponding art programs that we know can be a safe and inclusive means of communication, strengthening relationships, enjoyment and all that it offers always depending on the wishes and needs.
In this context, beyond the closed or open visual and performing arts workshops, exhibitions, concerts, a network of creators of various art forms is organized who connect and interact with each other and communicate with the state and the community.
Visual artists, creators of applied arts, fashion and jewelry designers, street musicians, dance groups, cultural institutions, express themselves, create and exhibit, creating an atmosphere of community culture in the area.
Individuals and groups who participate gain deep emotions and psycho -therapeutic experiences. They feel feelings of intimacy, they feel that they are seen and seen, that they are not alone and alone, that they have each other and that they can meet safely in a non-violent, harmless and pluralistic place that is art.
Activities: Music, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Dance, Ceramics , Sculpture, Textiles , Jewelry, Fashion, Cinema, Graffiti.