Monday, March 28, 2011

Artorama



Presented by Arthus and Théo




Artorama is a workshop with a whole range of different activities. During the year, we will try to combine as many activities as possible - such as drawing, painting, comics, stencils, graffiti and sculpture. The workshop will be divided in two parts: The first part will take place on Wednesday from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. and will involve everyone from 14 years old up. The second part will take place on Friday from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. and will involve children.

Obviously the program will adapt depending on age and level of each participant. The objectives of the workshop will be to learn and practice the basics of drawing such as proportions of the human being (face and body), face expressions, portrait, movement, perspective. Once the participants are familiar with these concepts, it will be possible to put them into practices, sessions of rapid sketches and observation drawings, both exterior and interior, will be completed.

We will give to each participant, depending on the material available, the basic ideas for putting their drawings into color with the different coloring techniques, like aquarlic, coloring pencils, crayons and markers.


During the year, we will give everyone the opportunity to develop their own story, step by step: setting up a scenario, character design, sketch, ink, setting color, completion. At the end of this creation, we hope to print a small book containing all the work done over the year. Besides this program, we will often touch on sculpture, stencils and graffiti.







Monday, December 20, 2010

An amazing sign language video by an EVS volunteer!



Steffy is from France, volunteering with EVS in Solidarity Tracks in Lefkada, Greece!

Within her project she has created a video introducing the French sign language with subtitles in Greek, English and French!

A great tool that can give us all ideas and inspire us!

Enjoy!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Χριστουγεννιάτικες Ιστορίες


Το Κέντρο Νέων Καλαμάτας και το Καλλιτεχνικό Στέκι παρουσιάσουν μια σειρά από χριστουγεννιάτικες ιστορίες που θα μας ταξιδέψουν, με μουσική και θέατρο σκιών, σε άλλες εποχές...

Ιστορίες και παραμύθια από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό παρουσιάζονται με έναν διαφορετικό και δημιουργικό τρόπο...

Σας περιμένουμε αυτή τη Τρίτη στο Καλλιτεχνικό Στέκι στις 21:00

Thursday, October 21, 2010

What can you do when you are bored?!?

"Am I bored, am I hungry, when we need to be there?” So many annoying questions that come up in our every-day life way too often.

Instead of turning on the TV knowing there is nothing to watch there are tons of stupid and fun things that you can do. Here are some examples:

- Search for magnetic point on your forehead: Ok, we all have a magnetic point (don’t ask me why!). Take a cap of beer bottle and try to stick it on your forehead. There is a place where it will not fall off even if you are upside down.

- Look for Brian: Brian is imaginary French. When the little French are at school, the only thing they learn in English class is to find Brian: "Where is Brian? Brian Is in the Kitchen. "They become very good at finding Brian, but not in speaking English ...

- Organize your fridge: Ok, for some it would be mission impossible,but suddenly, YOU’RE BUSY!

- Catapult match game: You take a match, you hold it perpendicular to the side of the box and then - catapulatage! See the picture:

WARNING do not play in summer, or inside the house, it can be dangerous. And just because you are bored you don’t need to find work for fireman!

- Try to touch your nose with your tongue


-Make the world's easiest cake for your friends: Nutella rolled. You need 5 eggs, 125g sugar, 125g butter, 50g flour, coconut powder and a jar of Nutella. Break eggs and separate yolks from whites. Beat the egg whites until stiff and put them in the refrigerator. Work with electric mixer yolks, sugar and butter until the color changes. Add flour. Fold the whites. Roll out the dough on a baking sheet and bake 15 to 20 minutes in the oven. When ready, spread the coconut on a damp cloth. Then put the dough on the cloth and spread the Nutella on it. Wrap it and it’s READY!

Here are some ideas. If you have other, come and share them with us at the Youth Center of Kalamata :)

Written by Valentine Baltayan