The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece in the framework of the MATAROA axis of action, joins forces with important artistic institutions of Thessaloniki to promote young artists.

The MATAROA | Visual Arts Awards, is organized annually since 2020 in collaboration with Art Thessaloniki-International Contemporary Art Fair. Aiming to promote and showcase young artists as part of the country’s cultural frontline, the two co-organizers host a contest, set up a thematic exhibition and bestow a series of awards to every artist who strands out. The Jury and the audience, through onsite and online voting, designate the most prominent nominee out of the 10 selected portfolios, to receive the prize of 1,500 Euros. Additionally, two artists receive honorary distinctions, as well as 700 Euros cash prize each. The 10 nominated artists are featured on the websites of both Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair (www.art-thessaloniki.gr | www.artforum.gr) and the Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece (www.peebe.gr | www.culturalsociety.gr).

The MATAROA | Design Awards, in collaboration with Thessaloniki Design Week 2023, support young designers. After the open call for proposals in the themes “Designing the restaurant of the future” & “Smart and innovative food concepts”, and the evaluation process by the committees, the most outstanding entries are selected from the submitted portfolios and will be awarded three prizes worth €1,500, €1,000 and €500 in each theme.

The MATAROA | Photography Awards, first organized in October 2023, in collaboration with the MOMus-Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki issued an open call to emerging photographers to submit proposals for the exhibition programme of the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023 / 25th International Photography Meeting to be inaugurated in October 2023. A three-member committee collected and examined the proposals submitted, then selected two (2) proposals to be presented in solo exhibitions at the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023 in venues selected by the MOMus-Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki.

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30 November 2025
Thessaloniki, Greece

Organization: The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs Greece, Navarino Network

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1 December 2024
Thessaloniki, Greece

Organization: The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs Greece, Navarino Network

AI has entered our lives as an invisible but powerful ally, transforming our reality every day and reshaping our field of possibilities.

In this context and after last year’s extremely successful event, the Cultural Society of Northern Greece and the Navarino Network, in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, are pleased to present the 12th Thessaloniki International Symposium | Prometheus’ Dilemma: The applications of Artificial Intelligence in everyday life.

This year’s Symposium, which will take place on Sunday, 01 December at the Olympion, will deepen the points presented last year, by assembling a panel of leading speakers focusing on the applied practices of AI at multiple levels of everyday life.

In particular, interesting case studies will be presented on the innovative applications of AI in business, government and society, while examples from the fields of Healthcare, Finance, Construction and Agriculture will not be missed , giving space to applications in the field of Cybersecurity and the wider Geopolitical Chess.

Academics, entrepreneurs, politicians and leading scientists from the field of technology contribute with their knowledge and experience about how AI is destined to define every area of our social and professional life in the immediate future.

The Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs was inaugurated in 2012 and it aims to provide a platform for dialogue on the critical challenges of today’s world.

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“Raiment” as an expression of the soul

The exhibition of photographer Vangelis Kyris and embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev is precisely that: an expression of the soul of people, in the macro- and microhistory of Greek society.

Undertaking the research, selection, and curation of the raiments that enriched Thessaloniki’s exhibition, was also a journey for SYMVOLI to the history of the land, its historical figures, the stories of societies, and everyday life.

Thanks to the Papageorgiou Foundation, we were honoured to coordinate, on all levels, a unique exhibition!

Watch the video to explore the narrative of this exhibition through the art of photography and embroidery, time and space, and be reminded of the diverse past of Greece through a medium familiar to all: the raiment.

[at 3:00 of the video is also SYMVOLI’s testimonial about exhibition research!]

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6 September 2024 – 6 January 2025 | Villa Kapantzi

An initiative of the Papageorgiou Foundation, with the cooperation of the Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης – ΜΙΕΤ National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation.

Under the auspices of the A.E. of the President Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The exhibition that enchanted the audience of Athens, came to Thessaloniki enriched with new works of unique costumes of Macedonia and Thrace, an initiative of the Papageorgiou Foundation
From September 6, 2024 to January 6, 2025, on the initiative of the Papageorgiou Foundation and with the cooperation of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, the enriched emblematic exhibition entitled “Clothing of the Soul”, is presented at the Thessaloniki Branch of MIET / Villa Kapantzi, under the auspices of the A.E. of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

After the exhibition’s journey in Greece and abroad*, and the unique response of the public in all destinations, and especially in the Acropolis Museum, where it was held in the context of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, the “Garment of the Soul” came to Thessaloniki. This is a unique exhibition, where photographer Vangelis Kyris and embroidery artist Anatoly Georgiev present the “Greek garment” in a special way and with an artistic perspective, worn by contemporary people, and through the osmosis of photography with fabric and embroidery.

In the exhibition, presented for four months in the city of Thessaloniki, more than 70 costumes of the past “dress” faces of the present, in a unique connection that highlights the richness, the imaginative variety, the mastery of details, the manufacturing skill of the garments. At the same time, through the penetrating gaze, the posture and movement of the body, the costumes become the narrative of the history of the place, the historical persons, the stories of the societies and their everyday life.

As the creator and photographer Vangelis Kyris writes “With a four square frame map as a background, I wanted to travel in space and time, where Hellenism is blossoming. Through the eyes I wanted to reach the soul and Anatoli with his embroidery, to give life to the material. A journey and this too from the depths of the soul to the three-dimensionality of matter, keeping the plane of the photograph as the centre”.

On the initiative to hold the exhibition in Thessaloniki, the President of the Papageorgiou Foundation, George N. Papageorgiou, said: “This exhibition presents clothing as an expression of the soul. The exhibition “Clothing as an expression of the soul of people, in the macro and micro history of Greek society. From the very first moment, this particular work has stimulated the interest of the Papageorgiou Foundation in the enrichment and re-presentation of the exhibition in the city of Thessaloniki”. The Papageorgiou Foundation, sensitive to issues of health, education and science, as well as art/culture, took the initiative not only to present the exhibition in Northern Greece, but also to highlight the cultural heritage and tradition of the region by researching, searching for and photographing new material, creating works-exhibits from Macedonia and Thrace, as well as works indicative of the multicultural identity of Thessaloniki of past centuries.

This initiative, beyond the basis of the initial presentation with costumes from the collections of the National Historical Museum, the Historical Museum of Crete and the Lyceum of Greek Women of Heraklion, was accompanied by a substantial partnership of institutions from Thessaloniki and Northern Greece: The Foundation of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle and the Modern History of Macedonia, the Jewish Community and the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, the Folklore and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace, the Lyceum of Hellenes of Thessaloniki, the Lyceum of the Hellenic Women of Naoussa and the Folklore Dance Club of Chanthi, opened the showcases, cabinets and the memory of the local communities they represent, in order to enable the composition of the exhibition with the new exhibits.

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Halkidiki, Greece

Organization: Municipality Aristotle 

Aristotle, one of the most important and timeless philosophers of global academic thinking, was born in 384 BC in Stagira, Eastern Halkidiki. His work has covered all philosophical concepts and quests: nature, being, ethics, justice / in combination with the critical research of the political development of the Greek city-states.

After his death, cultural festivals and sports games entitled “THE ΑRISTOTELEIA” were instituted to honour his memory. Events, which focused and fully highlighted the complexity of his personality, dominated the cultural calendar of the Hellenistic city of Stagira, while bequeathing the responsibility of their perpetuation.

The international symposium “From Aristotle to Mount Athos”, with a pilgrimage and cultural flavour, will welcome domestic and international academics, as well as representatives of the global tourism industry on 15-17 May 2024 in archaeological and religious sites, creating a holistic experience of exploring the worship paths of Eastern Halkidiki.

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Organization: The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs Greece, Navarino Network

The Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs was inaugurated in 2012 and it aims to provide a platform for dialogue on the critical challenges of today’s world. This year’s symposium focused on the implications of Artificial Intelligence on a social, political and economic level internationally and its application in the context of the Greek ecosystem as well as the formulation of a national strategy.

Academics, entrepreneurs, politicians and leading scientists from the field of technology came to the historic cinema and filled the hall with knowledge and experience about how AI is destined to define every area of our social and professional life in the immediate future.

SYMVOLI is very proud have provided it’s organizational services and be part of unraveling the unknown world of AI.

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Organization: Greek Ministry of Culture 

It is with great honor and pride to cooperate with the Greek Ministry of Culture for the organization of “Monumental Adventures in the UNESCO monuments”. The two-day seminar is addressed towards primary and secondary education workers and its goal is to inform the Directorates of Primary and Secondary Education about the new rich educational material, designed and implemented by the Department of Educational Programmes and Communication of the Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes of the Ministry of Culture, and inspire them through detailed presentations and creative workshops to  contribute to its dissemination to the teachers of the schools they supervise.

We are very happy to be able to contribute to the cultural education of future generations!

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Organization: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Thessaloniki

SYMVOLI collaborated with the Heinrich Boell Institute for the 8th Congress of Young Europeans entitled ‘Independence Days: Our challenges, our responses‘.

This year’s theme captured the defining struggles and battles that this generation faces, ranging from basic care and mental health fragility to affordable housing, gender rights and labor insecurity all the way to political underrepresentation. Young minds and facilitators across Europe came together for a 4-day conference to critically address these issues in a series of workshops and panels and put forward their own solutions.

The motivation for a brighter tomorrow led 100 delegates fill the halls of Olympion Theatre, the Glasshouse of Thessaloniki’s Port and Agora Modiano with fresh ideas, insights and information that will hopefully help them shape a better future.

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Organization: SANI SA

30 years of Sani Festival

celebrating with a top-class concert of the world’s most beloved tenor, Andrea Bocelli,
with jazz, pop and rock legends, and leading Greek performers

The timeless value of music is defined by the impact it has over time.

The same goes for the value of the institutions that serve it.

30 year of Sani Festival: A festival that is a story of love for music and the arts, that shaped a path of innovation, quality and high aesthetics. An entrepreneurial initiative that surpassed all expectations to bridge tourism and culture, Sani Festival has forged a route of international recognition and reach, linking this corner of the Greek map to the international music scene. A festival that will host at the peak of its celebration the biggest music event in the country, a celebratory concert of the world’s most beloved tenor, Andrea Bocelli.

A bold idea that was born in 1992, Sani Festival was destined to soar, from the first few melodies of Jazz on the Hill to becoming one of the country’s foremost cultural institutions, right on Sani Hill – where the sea, sky and greenery coexist in harmony with the arts, against a backdrop of a medieval tower. Three decades and 385 concerts, performances, events: music legends and new creators from around the world as well as Greek artists who have left their mark have been ascending the stage of Sani Festival for thirty years.

Honouring its continuous trajectory, adhering to the quality and prestige of the concerts it presents, this year’s anniversary edition of Sani Festival presented a unique in Greece, impressive and refreshingly disruptive programme. Sani Hill welcomed foreign and Greek concerts that were milestones of the summer. Living legends of the jazz, pop and rock scene, for whom the festival was one of few stops on their tours, and artists returning to Greece after decades are just some of the musical propositions that comprised 2022 feast: Chucho Valdés, Paquito D’Rivera, Al Di Meola, Jack Savoretti, Bob Geldof. Rock and pop music entered the festival’s music repertoire for the first time, as a festival that continues to evolve. At the same time, two Greek productions specially designed to celebrate 30 years showcased an institution that innovates and sparks creativity, with great Greek performers in participation: Manolis Mitsias, Christos Thivaios, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Penny Baltatzi, Dimitris Basis, Rena Morfi, Doros Dimosthenous, Rita Antonopoulou, Kostas Thomaidis, Kalliopi Pouska. This fete of music concluded with an emblematic concert, where an artist of mythical status ascended the stage of Sani Festival: Andrea Bocelli, performed within arm’s reach of the limited number of attendees who enjoyed the most highly anticipated music event of the summer of 2022!

We are more than grateful to Sani Resort for entrusting us, and for honoring us to be the exclusive production/management partner of SANI FESTIVAL for more than 10 years now!

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