Μεσαίο Καρλόβασι / Σάμος

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Mesaio Karlovasi

The Plaster Casting Workshop is located in Mesaio Karlovasi on the island of Samos and operates as a branch of Culture and Prosperity s.c.e. The Plaster Casting Workshop is a fully equipped space which consists of two points. The exhibition space which is used for the theoretical part of the educational program and the workshop which has a comprehensive toolkit and can support the practical training. The exhibition area of the Plaster Casting Workshop in Samos has a wide variety of exhibits and has been specially prepared for the needs of knowledge transfer, through example, as well as the explanation of the results obtained from the processing and processing of plaster. The classroom has a capacity of 13 people and has a telephone, Internet, Air condition, screen for presentation of visual educational material and workbenches. Access is from the ground floor and can be easily visited by wheelchair. Disembarking people from vehicles can be done right outside the building.

For the participation of those interested in the workshop, it is necessary to book immediately at least three days in advance.

The main link between the practical and the theoretical part of the Plaster Casting Workshop's educational program is the selection of molds in order to achieve, in harmony, a complete learning outcome.

Going through the process of creating a gypsum copy (practical part) at the same time, we have taken care of the collection of information from the existing literature (theoretical part) and the selection of a photographic material in order for the participants to gain access to the historical events that accompany it.

Filming by Mr. Georges Salameh, collaborator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, for the participation of the Plaster Casting Workshop in Art Space Pythagorion, organized by the Schwarz Foundation in the summer of 2023 in Pythagorion, island of Samos

The emotional value and Social Recognition that stems from the younger age, grows, matures and is handed down by the two brothers to the new generation is the central message of the photograph placed in the photographic exhibition "As we were then: A photo album from Karlovasi and beyond" by Mr. Georges Salameh in Pythagorion at the Schwarz Foundation – Art Space Pythagorion.

The Plaster Casting Workshop, as a continuation of the family tradition, takes over to continue the journey in the use and processing of Gypsum .

Culture and Prosperity sce, in the context of participation in the International Festival "In the footsteps of Pythagoras" in Marathokampos, Municipality of Western Samos, chooses to adapt the presentation of the educational program of the Plaster Casting Workshop in an outdoor area, thus giving the opportunity to the attendees to get acquainted with the processing and construction of objects using the material of Gypsum.

The aim of Culture and Prosperity is for the visitor to acquire the first contact with plaster, to acquire the necessary knowledge about the particularities of the material and to experience the process of processing and producing objects. At the same time, the visitor is " transported " to the position of the Plasterer and the object he created belongs to him. In addition, the object is given to adorn the personal or professional space of the participant in order to keep alive his memory regarding his participation in the Plaster Casting Workshop.

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