FREEDOM [Sofia Mitraki]

 Following an official request from Haute-Vienne, the International Center Saint – Just-le Martel has selected and sent an invitation to top Artists who participated in the 34th Festival of France in 2015 to present their works, because it is currently working feverishly to organize a very important International Exhibition on Freedom Freedom of expression as a commemorative honor on the sad anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo almost ten years ago.

This great International Exhibition will be hosted at the Espace Noriak – Cultural Center – of Limoges in France. The opening ceremony will take place on 7/1/25 and the closing ceremony on 24/1/25.
The International Exhibition will be mainly educational in nature. It will be addressed to Educational Institutions and will be visited by students on specific days and hours. at the same time there will be a discussion, study and analysis of the Artistic works. It will also be addressed to the general public who will visit it on other specific days and times.
Acclaimed Greek artist Sofia Mitraki will exhibit her works on the theme of Freedom, Freedom of thought and expression, which is affected by constant censorship attacks aimed at disinformation.
The role of Art develops the feeling and sensitivity, but unfortunately it is outside the educational process instead of forming the basis of a specialized knowledge since all children and all people have the right to it. Art can touch the heart of the world, exercise self-criticism, defend Freedom... The plastic man burns his spirit. The free man transforms his essence into an offering of love and the spirit of Freedom!

A brief report on the 2015 Festival.

The 34th International Festival of France had opened its gates on September 25, 2015. Among the important Cultural events, the dominant one, as every year, was the International Exhibition of Visual Arts with works by top Artists from many countries of the world.
Freedom was the first main theme of the International Exhibition dedicated to the heaviest price for Freedom of Expression in January 2015 in Paris when cowardly executioners spread death in the offices of the Carlie Hebdo Magazine. Twelve dead including four important Artists.
The then President of the International Festival, Gerad VANDEN-BROUKE, in the invitation he addressed to the participating Artists, had stated..
The Creation of the Artist is a powerful statement of individual rights such as Freedom Freedom of thought Freedom of expression and connects the conception of the idea and its implementation in Artistic creation with poetry citing the poem of Paui Eluard who praises Freedom.
Second theme of the International Exhibition was the current issues of National and International news.
Third theme that it was related to childhood.
The closing ceremony of the Cultural Festival took place on October 5, 2015.
Acclaimed Artist Sofia Mitraki participated with eight works which then participated in International Exhibitions in Spain, Israel and Japan.

Indicative works of the artist Sophia Mitraki