School programmes
kindergartens | nursery schools | primary & secondary schools | parents’ associations
The educational programmes of FOUGARO are addressed to students in primary and secondary education. Running daily, they aim at promoting the children’s creative contact with nature, art, theatre, literature, narration and handicraft as well as with FOUGARO itself as a place for Life and Art.
programme
“The mulberry trees of Morias… in Fougaro’s Plaza”
trees, mulberries, nature games, environment, ecology, fairy tales, dramatisation
Fun and learning out in the open, by a row of mulberry trees at Fougaro’s plaza. As the seasons succeed one another we observe the trees and their surroundings —fallen leaves, bare branches, new tender foliage in the spring— and we learn by playing in the yard!
Why was the Peloponnese also called Morias? What is sericulture, and how do you think humans discovered silk? How did silk get to Europe? The children engage in theatrical improvisations around these subjects, while others produce art with the gifts of nature around them: leaves, twigs, earth…
As you go, don’t forget to collect your young tree! You’ll need to plant it in your schoolyard and take care of it!
* The programme takes place in outdoor/semi-outdoor areas, so you must see to it that the children are suitably dressed for the time of year. There is no bad weather… there is unseasonal dressing!
Duration 75΄
Recommended and adapted for nursery school, primary school and junior high school classes.
On the occasion of the now women project
or the exhibition homeland landscapes
“The dragon’s nail”
artworks, playing, history-middle ages, dragons, knights, theatrical play, fairy tale, ecology, origami-making
A guided tour and acquaintance with artworks in the context of the “NOW WOMEN” project at FOUGARO. The children participate in games based on aesthetic and intellectual stimuli. A sculpture-toy, the “carousel” by Florentia Oikonomidou, and a painting by Clara Glauert with references to medieval manuscripts, take us on a journey into the dark times of dragons and duels and into a fairy tale about Azdar, the dragon on the centre of Earth…
In addition to the proposed origami making, the children practise their fine mobility skills and enjoy a theatrical object—the dragon’s nail!
Duration 75'
Recommended for nursery- and primary-school children.
“Traces and Imprints”
The students will locate the work a major Greek printmaker, Dimitra Siaterli, in the LIBRARY. This is a chance to experiment with a great branch of visual art: printmaking!
We shall deal with the drawing and the composition of the subject we wish to depict, and how we can render it using this specific technique.
Making use of the many possibilities afforded by this form of expression, we shall create prints with the monotype technique and arrive at a special and unique outcome.
The children develop their skills in drawing and using tools and promote a spirit of collaboration through a pleasant and creative process.
Duration 75΄ - 90'
Recommended and adapted for nursery school, primary school and high school classes.
Carnival 2025 @ FOUGARO ARTCENTER
Paper airplane workshop
Among the flying toys of the old days, we have selected to share with you an entertaining paper airplane with two bridles that flies softly and is a coveted traditional springtime toy for children! Using the simplest of materials (paper and thread) we make it step by step and then we all run outside to welcome the spring air… now in the courtyards of Fougaro, just like children used to do in wasteland areas!
Mask making workshop
She is smart. She is sly. She is wise. She has a beautiful, fluffy orange tail. She is the fox! She is Mrs Maro of the Greek fairy tales. She is Aesop's muse. She is the one who keeps us company with her stories and exploits. She is the one who shows us how to overcome difficulties. She is the one that is in danger of humans these days. For this Carnival, we shall put on a fox's mask. We shall see the world through her eyes.
In this mask-making workshop on the subject of the fox, children get to know an animal with a strong presence in Greek folklore which is now threatened by the human hand. They shall build their own mask through a mixed media technique (drawing, cutting, assembly, painting with eco-friendly spray colours).
Duration 75'
The two educational programmes above are recommended and adapted for nursery school, primary school and junior high school classes.
