Mission Statement
“Kyveli Institute” is a non-profit, non-governmental cultural centre. It was founded in 1999 aiming to preserve, research, develop and disseminate the historical evidence pertaining to 20th century greek and european theatre through the life and work of one of its great all-time stars, the actress Kyveli, and of her family.
The aims of “Kyveli Institute” are:
To research and promote the theme Culture-Art-Politics between 1888-1978, in Greece and abroad as a cohesive project centred on Kyveli’s biography (“20th century Panorama”).
To salvage, preserve and interlink the numerous archives of the period.
To utilise cutting-edge technologies for the dissemination of informative and critical knowledge and the strengthening of research on related issues.
To set up a functional nucleus for cultural and educational programmes.
To support research and researchers at the Institute’s “Centre of Research, Documentation and Hospitality”.
To document the contribution that Kyveli’s family made to the theatre, the arts and politics, using printed and electronic means.
To cooperate in the development of joint programmes with similar cultural-educational institutions around the world.
To develop new means of creative expression at local, national and international levels, mainly focussing on young people engaged in the exploration of theatre as a means of unity in cultural diversity.
To strengthen local creativity at both the professional and amateur levels.
To assist in the development of cultural tourism in the Aegean region.
STRUCTURE
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Kyveli Theohari-Zografidi, Michalis Makroulakis, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Alexandros Myrat, Adamantios Pepelasis, Petros Potamianos, Valentine Stephanides-Potamianos
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair:
Valentine Stefanides-Potamianos
Vice-Chair & Artistic Director: Georges Vafias
Secretary: Kostas Melides
Treasurer: Petros Potamianos
Member: Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis
COLLABORATORS
“Kyveli Institute” is a private endeavour, which relies exclusively on private initiatives, sponsorships and European Union programmes. It is administered by a small, flexible and effective executive, which includes various specialists, depending on the tasks at hand (theatrologists, architects, etc).
To the permanent structure belong:
Kostas Melides: Economist (MBA)-Administrative Consultant
Angelos Dendrinos: Museologist (MA)-Special Consultant
Manolis Siragakis: Theatrologist
Mary Kapi: Theatrologist
Helene Kozaou: Museologist
Dimitris Talaganis: Architect-Visual Artist, (“Exhibition Space” concept and design)
Matt Gkikas: Editor-Designer (Publications and Web)
Georgios Chatzigeorgakidis: Web Developer-Designer
The Institute’s actual web page is partially based on material provided by the team that created its initial one.
Interactive Design:
Dept. of Product & Systems Design Engineering, “University of the Aegean”, Syros
Project Team:
Prof. Ioannis Darzentas
, Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos,
George Karvelis,
Babis Alifieris
Project coordinator-scientific consulting-texts:
Helen D. Goulis
Organisation:
Angelos Dendrinos
Research-design of genealogical information:
Giannis Papadopoulos
Translation into English:
Yannos Mitsos