ARTALK LTD.

National Network
Cyprus
Address

Arahovas 6, Strovolos,
Nicosia 2021
Cyprus

Telephone
+357 22 438264
Telephone (other)
+357 22 325033
E-Mail
haris@artalk.org
E-Mail (2)
info@artalk.org
Mobile Phone
+357 99 527713
Website
http://www.artalk.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
Artalk is a non-profit and non-governmental voluntary organisation. It is registered as Ltd company. In line with the conditions of regfistration it has three directors, a secertary and the core members. These are: Haris Pellapaisiotis (founding director) Pavlina Paraskevaides (Director) Maria Margaroni (Director) Tereza Spanou (Secretary) Christos Hajichristou ( Member) Ruth Keshishian (member) Panyiotis Michael (Member) Andre Zivanari (Member) Affiliated 570 +. A stable source of funding for our events is the Ministry of Education/Cultural Services with 10,000 euro anually Private sources such as the Swiss bank UBS 17,860 euro (2006) Annual budget for event varies from 15,000 - 30,000 euro Artalk is involved in the research, organisation, realisation and documentaion of the yearly Artalk seminars, workshops and art events by internationally recognized artists, philosophers, art historians, art curators and critics who are involved in the development of contemporary art practice and thought.
Mission and Objectives

In recognition of the absence of critical debate in Cyprus concerning issues of contemporary art, visual cultural practice, art education and aesthetics our organization has sought to deal with what we consider to be a serious lapse in the advancement of contemporary culture through the Artalk seminars program. Since 2004 we have brought to Cyprus over 25 internationally recognized speakers on modern and contemporary art from a broad range of countries.
Our mission is to continue with our program of seminars, art educational workshops and public art events and to establish Nicosia as an important cultural crossroads for the exchange of ideas between Europe and the surrounding regions of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.

Main Projects / Activities

Our main activities to date have been the staging of the Artalk seminars, art workshops and public events.
We aim to produce a serious of publications from the Artalk seminars and events.
We also aim to be in a position to commision electronic site specific projects for the Net by major artists, philosophers, historians etc. One such project is creation of a virtual reference library based on the books that have influenced our invited speakers.
We also wish to explore the possibility of art residencies for the future.

Contact (1) Full Name
Haris Pellapaisiotis
Head of the organisation
Haris Pellapaisiotis
Contact (2) Full Name
Tereza Spanos