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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK – ARCAthens Virtual Residency (AVR6) Fellows will participate in AVR6 Synopsis, a presentation/discussion via Zoom, on Sunday, August 7, 12 PM EST.
This event completes the sixth AVR, available for viewing on Instagram and on the ARCAthens website, and is an opportunity to meet and hear from the wonderful Fellows, two dynamic, talented artists, and the intrepid virtual Curatorial Fellow, regarding their experience with ARCAthens. Marie Vickles- Curator – Miami, Adéọlá Naomi Adérè̩mí- Visual Artist -Athens/Ioannina, Tasha Dougé- Visual Artist – NY
Register online: https://bit.ly/3Qc2g4Q.
Afro-Greek-American Marie Vickles is the Director of Education at the Pérez Art Museum Miami and administers programs at the museum that directly serve over 100,000 youth and adults annually. Vickles has organized arts educational programs, workshops, and exhibitions across the United States and the Caribbean for over 15 years.
Adérè̩mí is a Nigerian-Greek, raised in Niger, Nigeria, and Greece, and is currently living between west Africa and Western Europe. She is the director and filmmaker of the 2022 film I am Afro Greek: Black Portraiture in Greece. She is a multilingual, multi-local, and multi-format creative, scholar, policy analyst, and healer. Her work and activism focus on the intersection of social justice, health, Black feminism, class, and race.
Dougé is a Bronx-based, Haitian-infused artist, artivist and cultural vigilante. Her body of work activates conversations around women, advocacy, sex, education, societal “norms,” identity and Black pride. Through conceptual art, teaching, and performance, Dougé devotedly strives to evoke empowerment for women and illuminate the contributions of Black people, declaring that her “voice is the first tool within my art arsenal.”
More information is available online: https://bit.ly/3Sk3cpJ.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
NASHVILLE, ΤΝ – With a special event organized by the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - U.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.