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The first Atelier for Greek Festival Managers<\/strong>, the Greek version of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, tailor made for the needs of the Greek festivals\u2019 professionals, was organized in Eleusis from 15th until 17th February 2019<\/strong> by The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA)<\/strong> and Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three days, twenty-five young and emerging curators and festival managers from Athens, Anogia and Chania (Crete), Eleusis, Thessaloniki, Katerini, Kozani <\/strong>and the islands Lesvos<\/strong> and Paros <\/strong> worked intensively on the Atelier\u2019s program that aimed at both empowering professionally the participants as well as promoting networking and collaboration between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced festival artistic directors such as Mark Ball<\/strong>, Creative Director of the Manchester International Festival and Vidgis Jakobsdottir<\/strong>, Reykjavik Arts Festival Artistic Director, from abroad, and Kelly Diapouli<\/strong>, Artistic Director of Eleusis 2021, Frosyni Trousa<\/strong>, Artistic Director of the ARC for DANCE Festival, and Yolanda Markopoulou<\/strong>, Theatre and film Director, from Greece, presented their methods and guided the participants through individual working groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conversation with the mentors made clear the importance of the mission and the vision of a festival for the formation of a strong and clear identity and also for the precise design of its implementation. Moreover, the way that festivals influence the growth and development of the artists and create new opportunities for new artistic productions became a point of special interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the way that festivals influence the growth and development of the artists and create new opportunities for new artistic productions became a point of special interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the facilitation of Mike Van Graan<\/strong>, Founding President of the African Cultural Policy Network, participants and mentors defined the key issues related to Greek festivals and raised the following questions:
How can festivals contribute practically to their local communities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n