Final Meeting & Events in Spain (March 13–14, 2026, Morella – Senia region) The European OTRart (Overview Through Rubbish & Art) project was successfully concluded in Spain, marking the end of a significant and incredibly fruitful collaborative initiative. The project brought together artists from different countries, organizations, and local communities from six Mediterranean countries, with …
19 – 27 november 2025 With Cornelia Eichhorn & Fanny Lavergne The partner Avignon University is a multidisciplinary public university located in the heart of the city of Avignon. Founded in 1303 and re-established in 1984, it now welcomes around 7,500 students and offers degree programmes from bachelor’s to doctoral level in literature, languages, humanities …
On 18 December, the OTRart Project – co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe Programme (Project 101174453 «OTRart – Overview Through Rubbish & Art: Revealing Waste Through Art») – brought a unique creative experience to the Primary School of Asprohoma in Kalamata. Artist Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, together with environmental educators Ioanna Ravani and Georges …
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Study Day 19th Nov: Art to raise awareness about waste issues From 17 to 23 November at the Villa Creative, Avignon University hosts the two visual artists Fanny Lavergne and Cornelia Eichhorn for an OTRart residency dedicated to Agricultural waste, a key issue in the Vaucluse region. A key moment of the program to meet …
When Art Connects a Community Šolta, Croatia – October 2025 A ten-day artistic journey has just concluded on the island of Šolta, part of the Functional Urban Area of Šolta–Split, leaving behind not only a striking community installation but also an enduring sense of connection and purpose in the Framework of the OTRart project – …
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On Saturday, September 27th, 2025, Kalamata came alive with color, music, and creativity! 🎨🎶 As part of the European project OTRart – Overview Through Rubbish & Art, a unique artistic intervention took place at the Central Market, focusing on the reckless use of plastics. Artists KABRIT (Lebanon) and SKITSOFRENIS (Greece) collaborated, transforming discarded plastic objects …
OTRart is an initiative of the Creative Europe Programme that addresses the problems of waste in the Mediterranean through creative and transformative artistic expressions and, at the same time, aims to raise public awareness and promote the adoption of European environmental policies through art.The project began in Kalamata (Greece) in January this year and involves …
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OTRart: Coastal Commons was a socially-engaged, site-specific initiative that explored how coastal spaces can be reimagined through collective care, material reuse and artistic interventions. It sat within the broader project OTRart, which engages with environmental sustainability through artistic discourse, by working with artists who engage in sustainable artistic practices, and who view waste or recycled …
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