Announcements

The Doctor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of Ionian University, Konstantinos Drosos, was elected President of the Finnish IEEE Signal Processing and Circuits & Systems Chapter.

The computer games' tournament for blind and partially sighted students, implemented within the LEAP project, has begun.

Bill Psaras, alumnus and adjunct professor of the Department of Audiovisual Arts, participates in "Nice!" Exhibition. Duration: 16 March-4 April 2016, curated and edited by Yiannis Grigoriadis and Yiannis Isidorou. Production: Lo and Behol.

Spring semester classes starting: Monday, February 8th, 2016. Direct download link: Courses Schedule Spring 2015-2016. For more information concerning the Courses Schedule, please contact av-orologio@ionio.gr.

Discrimination for Katerina Avraam at ASIFA Hellas Animation Contest for her work entitled The Ordeal

The third free computer game for blind children and adults, the Curve, is completed. The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University works on developing computer games for blind children, as part of the project LEAP (Listen-Learn-Play).

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University offers a Doctoral Studies Programme which presents specialization in the main Department’s study fields. These study fields include forms of audiovisual expression, with the use of up to date technology and the technologies regarding the production of sound and image with emphasis on their application on the artistic, communicative and educational field.

Creativity, health and happiness are some of the warmest wishes for this festive season from the President of the Dept AVarts Dept, Associated Professor Andreas Floros, and Administrative staff, mrs. Niki Alevizaki and mrs. Georgia Apostolopoulou. The Secretariat of the Dept AVarts will remain closed from 24 Dec 2015 until 08 Jan 2016. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Deadline: 20 Dec 2015 More info: dimiourgia.afisa@isotita.gr

Omega is a “strategic partnership” financed by the European Commission and coordinated by Yaşar University of Izmir. Its subject is the employability of arts graduates. In the course of the partnership 30 students and 10-15 teachers from the following European institutions will take part in an ‘intensive pilot course’ on Art and Music Students in Business. Deadline: 14 NOVEMBER 2015.

The website welcome2ionio is online for new students 2015-2016.

Summer vacation period for the year 2015 lasts from August 3rd to August 28th, 2015.

Mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2015-2016 are: Thomas Valianatos 1st year students Michalis Panagopoulos 2nd year students Andreas Giannakoulopoulos 3rd year students Konstantinos Tiligadis 4th year students Apostolos Loufopoulos 5th year students Spyridon Verykios on degree   More information: (...)

The 2 day symposium proceedings Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art – Body - Technology have been released. The bilingual ebook, published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio and Visual Arts has ISBN 978-960-7260-54-3 and is free, distributed by Fagotto Editions.   The proceedings ebook is available at: Fagotto Books Festival website: (...)

Special Effects Award to Ionas Katrakazos by Hellenic Film Academy (HFA) for his movie “Norway”.

If you want to study for a Master in Sound and Music Computing, you might consider applying in Copenhagen. Deadline April 1st.

Mentors of undergraduates for the current academic year are: Michalis Panagopoulos 1st year students Andreas Giannakoulopoulos 2nd year students Konstantinos Tiligadis  3rd year students Apostolos Loufopoulos 4th year students Spyridon Verikios 5th year students Ioannis Deligiannis on degree More (...)

The website welcome2ionio is online for new students 2014-2015.

Selected video works created by students from the Audiovisual Arts Festival 2014 were screened at the Festival de Cinema de Avanca, Portugal, which took place during 18-27 July 2014.

The calendar of the academic year 2014-2015 has been updated, including the important dates of both academic semesters, the exam and holiday dates.

The External Evaluation Report by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency for the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University has been published.

Discrimination for Nikolas Grigoriou who designed the corporate identity of the Department's Alumni Association.

The works of the graduate student Dimitris Argiriou entitled "Dinner" and "One Line" were screened on Opening Nights in Athens, Short Film Festival in Drama and over 20 world festivals and won awards in Europe and America.

The students of the Photo Lab of the Department of Audiovisual Arts exhibit their work. Duration of the exhibition: 9-30/5/2014

The Proceedings of the two-day symposium Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region have been published by Fagotto Books, with ISBN 978-960-7260-51-2. The proceedings ebook is available at: Fagotto Books

The External Evaluation Report by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency for the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University has been published.

The Visual Dialogues 2013, which the Onassis Cultural Centre is staging for the third time, mark the 150th anniversary of the birth and 80th anniversary of the death of the great poet, C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933). Participating artist is the graduate of the AVarts Dept. Bill Psarras.

Photo Exhibition "Ithaca 2013" until 19th January 2014. Curator of the exhibition: Anastasia Mastrakouli, student from the Department of Audio and Visual Arts.

The 2 day symposium proceedings Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region have been released.

Deadline submission (extended): Saturday 30th November 2013. Curator of the exhibition: Anastasia Mastrakouli, student from the Department of Audio and Visual Arts.