«ART EN ROUTE 2019»
4th Pancretan Street Art Festival in Heraklion
Open invitation to artists
Following its astonishing success in 2018 the organizing committee is already preparing the 4th Pancretan Street Art Festival in Heraklion.
Organised with the intention of promoting our artistic potential, raising public awareness of the artistic creativity and attracting foreign artists and visitors, the Second Pancretan Street Art Festival opens on 1 July, once again transforming our city into an open stage of creativity and fun. Over the five days of the Festival, artists of all kinds (painting, icon-painting, graffiti art, sculpture, music, theatre, dance, performance, cinema, video art, photography and more) are invited to offer the public the chance to get to know them and their work, in selected open-air or indoor areas of the city, allowing the people of Heraklion to watch the creative process live and up close.
To allow participants plenty of time to prepare, the Heraklion Municipality and its volunteers, as well as the Perfecture of Crete, the Municipal Social Development Enterprise of Heraklion, the Heraklion Port Organization, E.K.I.M. , the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), the Architects’ Association of Heraklion Prefecture and the Commercial Association of Heraklion, who are supporting the Festival this year, extend an open invitation to art groups and individual artists wishing to attend. Please apply by filling in the Festival participation form, with details of any ideas and proposals, by 28 February 2019, either on the webpage https://www.heraklion.gr/en/culture/art-en-route-2019/art-en-route-registration.html or at the Heraklion Municipality Artistic Director’s office in the Youth Centre (2 Androgeo Street, weekdays 11:00-13:00. For more information please contact: +30 2813-409250, +30 6942896427, email: streetartfestival.gr@gmail.com
