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PRESS RELEASE -- ARTISTIC HOSTING FichtiArt - ARTISTS FROM MOROCCO TO ARGOLIDA

Read articles in the local press about the completion of the Art Residency

ACTIVITIES
● Friday, November 28 – Saturday, December 6, 2025 – Creation of a work at Francesco Moretti's
Art Workshop● Thursday, December 4 – Visit to the Art School of
Argolis● Wednesday, December 3 – Friday, December 5 – Collaboration with the Department of Performing and Digital Arts
● Friday, December 5 at 18:00 – presentation of the work at a meeting with the public at the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum Appendix Nafplio.

The Greek-French cultural association FichtiArt www.fichtiart.com, organizer of the festival of the same name, which this year took place for the fifth year, organizes an Artist Residency in the city of Nafplio. The main objective of the initiative is to promote the culture of contemporary art, the dissemination of new artistic expressions, the cultural exchange and the enrichment of the local community through contact with international creators. The guests are two internationally renowned artists from Morocco:

● Mustafa Romlì, multifaceted artist working with photography, installation, painting and ceramics, founder/president of the Biennale of Contemporary Art of Casablanca (https://www.biennalecasablanca.org/), Director of the Résidence d'Artistes Ifitry (IFITRY Essaouira | Maroc Premium), the Centre d'Art Contemporain d'Essaouira and the Fondation Maroc Premium.

● Aicha Abouhaj, an up-and-coming artist, designer and art director, based in Casablanca, focusing on sculpture and painting. The two artists will stay in Argolida for ten days, as part of the Artistic Hospitality FichtiArt action, which is under the auspices and subsidized by the Ministry of Culture. During their stay, they will work on the creation of a medium-sized work that will be placed in a public space in the area, as a permanent artistic imprint, a legacy for the area.

FICHTIART
The FichtiArt festival, an initiative of the Greek-French association of the same name and chaired by Mrs. Eleni Tsetsekou, has evolved in recent years into a dynamic core of artistic and cultural activity in Argolida. In addition to its established summer festival – which includes music, theater, architecture, poetry, literature, ecology, dance and visual arts – FichtiArt has implemented a number of independent initiatives. Indicatively, we mention the action to support the reopening of the Peloponnese railway line for tourist purposes, in collaboration with the Swiss Consulate, and the holding of art events in railway stations of Argolis, as well as the presentation of Land Art works in Mycenae by a seven-member group of artists, on the occasion of the restoration of the "path of the graves". Thanks to the stable and high-quality presence of the institution in the region, the collaborations that support this new artistic residency program are numerous and particularly important.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

🔵 ● Friday, November 28 – Saturday, December 6, 2025 – Creation of a work at Francesco Moretti's
Art Workshop The production of the work will take place in the workshop of the Italian visual artist Francesco Moretti (www.francescomoretti.eu), in Agios Adrianos, Nafplio (Art Atelier Francesco Moretti) and the artists will be hosted at the Casa dell'Arte guesthouse (Casa dell'Arte Nafplio - Guesthouse), which thus inaugurates a series of Artistic activities Hospitality in Argolida.

🟡 ● Thursday, December 4 – Art School of Argolis – On the morning of Thursday, December 4, the two artists will participate in an important moment of contact with the new generations of creators, as they will visit the Art School of Argolis (Art School of Argolis). The program includes a meeting with the students of the Lyceum, a presentation of the artistic work of the two Moroccan creators and a discussion about philosophical issues of art. This will be followed by an art workshop based on the geometries of painting, where students will have the opportunity to experiment practically with the concepts presented. We thank the director of the Art School of Argolis, Mr. Andreas Tsekes, for embracing the program, recognizing it as an important educational experience. We also thank my colleague artist and educator Mrs. Magda Mara, who enthusiastically embraced the initiative and contributed substantially to the implementation of the meeting.

🔴 ● Wednesday, December 3 – Friday, December 5 – Collaboration with the Department of Performing and Digital Arts, University of the Peloponnese. The presence of the two Moroccan artists has also made it possible to collaborate with students of the Department of Performing and Digital Arts, University of the Peloponnese. Students will follow the process of creating the work in the workshop, record the most important moments with the equipment provided by the Department and conduct interviews with the artists, in order to produce a comprehensive documentation of the artistic hospitality and their presence in the area. The event warmly thanks the students of the Department of Documentation: Maria Tsitini, Zoe Firopoulou and Anna Fregidou for their time, as well as the lecturer Mr. Vassilis Psarras (visual artist, Assistant Professor of the Department of Visual Arts) for the immediate interest and coordination of the documentation team.

🔵 ● Friday, December 5, 18:00 – National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum - Nafplio Branch, 23 Sidiras Merarchias Street, Nafplio. (https://www.nationalgallery.gr/ktiria/ethniki-pinakothiki-parartima-naf…) The two artists will present their work on Friday, December 5 at 18:00, in an open meeting with the public of Argolis at the Nafplio Branch of the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum.

FichtiArt would like to thank the Director of the Gallery, Ms. Lambrini Karakourti for her hospitality and her constant interest in the artistic and cultural activities of our festival. All interested parties are invited to participate.

Grant / Auspices:
Ministry of Culture and Sports, Creative Greece Action – Contemporary Culture Grants 2025", Multithematic Festivals/Actions

Support:
National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum - Nafplio
Branch School of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese – Department of Performing and Digital Arts, University of the Peloponnese.
Art School of Argolida

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