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Thomas Economacos
Artist, Arts Coordinator for Poiein Kai Prattein, Greece
Presentation during Session about Kids' Guernica Experiences: "Kids' Guernica action with the children from the 108 Primary School of Athens"
categories: Kids' Guernica Exhibition at the Zappeion Megaron Athens + Discussions
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He was born in Athens. He has attended drawing lessons at the Architecture Association of London and a sculpture course at Richmond College. He has continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (tech workshop for theatre design). In 1996 he graduated from Wimbledon School of Art (BA Honors) in theatre design. He has also attended thanks to the ERASMUS program a course on lighting and sound design at the Finnish Theatre Academy (Tampere). Since then he has designed sets, costumes and lighting for theatre and dance schools in Athens and elsewhere in Great Britain, Finland, Cyprus and throughout Greece. He teaches theatre design and lighting at the stage school for Dance and Drama in Athens. He is an ex-member of British theatre designers (1998 - 2001) and a member of the the Greek Chamber of Plastic Art.
Since 2005 he is the arts coordinator for Poiein kai Prattein and in this capacity has been a facilitator for numerous painting actions and exhibitions been doing Kids' Guernica actions in Ubud (Bali) , Kastelli (Crete), Chios (Greece) and Izmir (Turkey) as well as in Athens. He has also advised Bernard Conlon in Belfast on this action and attended the Kids' Guernica exhibition and symposium on art education and social justice held in Tallahassee, Florida, USA in January 2010.
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