Online Presentation | “Hack the Art: Yanoulis Halepas” – A Panhellenic Competition for Schoolchildren

Drawing inspiration from the troubled life and great artistic legacy left by the Greek sculptor Yanoulis Halepas, schoolchildren are being invited to create digital works using art and new technologies, as well as the life story and experiences of an artist who would, in the end, carve out an entire chapter to himself in the cultural heritage of both Greece and the world.

In these two online hours, you’ll get the chance to meet the winning teams of last year’s competition, who’ll be presenting their projects. You’ll also be introduced to the team of people who worked to create our new digital competition, and to learn everything you need to know about taking part with your school.

The “Hack the Art: Yanoulis Halepas” Panhellenic competition for schoolchildren is being organized by the Onassis Foundation in partnership with the Teloglion Foundation of Arts and the National Gallery of Greece – Alexandros Soutsos Museum. Accredited by the Hellenic Ministry for Education and Religious Affairs, it is being realized under the aegis of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy.

Discover the program, sign up, and get ready to take your own journey through the enigmatic artistic universe created by Yanoulis Halepas.

12:00 – 12:15 | Welcome

• Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Development and Innovation at the Onassis Foundation
• John Chrysoulakis, General Secretary for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy – Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor Emeritus
• Anastassios Emvalotis, Member of the Hellenic Institute of Educational Policy Administrative Board – Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Professor at the Department of Primary School Education – University of Ioannina
• Christina Panagiotakou, Head of Educational Programs at the Onassis Foundation

12:15 – 12:40 | The new “Hack the Art: Yanoulis Halepas” competition

• Alexandra Voutira, General Director of the Teloglion Foundation of Arts, AUTh, and Professor Emeritus of the School of Fine Arts, AUTh
• George Tzirtzilakis, professor, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly

12:40 – 12:50 | Q&A

12:50 – 14:00 | Presentations of the award-winning digital projects

(Secondary school teams that won awards at last year’s competition – “Hack the Map: Imaginary Worlds” – will be presenting their digital projects in order to inspire those new schools signing up.)

12:50 – 13:00 | KALAMATA EXPERIMENTAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, School Team: TIME TRAVELERS

Digital Project Title: “STORIES TOLD BY THE CITY: By Tram, in a Ford Automobile, on a Silver Horse, or Barefoot: A Cultural Journey Through 1920s Kalamata”

13:00 – 13:10 | 1st KARDITSA EXPERIMENTAL GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL, School Team: ARCHAIO PEIR

Digital Project Title: “ARCHAIO: Using ICT Tools to Develop a Mobile App for the Archeological Museum of Karditsa”

13:10 – 13:20 | 1st KAMATERO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, School Team: PURPLE.EXE

Digital Project Title: “Thieves and the Police in the Newly Established Urban Greek State – The “Iouniana” Civil Conflict [The Events of June 1863]”

13:20 – 13:30 | ELEFTHEROUPOLI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, School Team: FREETOWNHACKERS

Digital Project Title: “THE WAY OF WATER”

13:30 – 13:40 | ATHENS COLLEGE – JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, School Team: MAP TREKKERS – SPACETIME TRAVELERS

Digital Project Title: “GIVING MAPS A VOICE: Time Travel Through the Land of Corinth”

13:40 – 14:00 | Discussion / Q&A

Chair: Vicky Gerontopoulou, Onassis Library Coordinator