The third international interdisciplinary conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will take place in 11-13 November 2018 in Mexico City, hosted by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Centro de Cultura Digital. Submissions are welcome from all art and research fields and cutting-edge technology in art research. Deadline for submitting abstracts and short CV: May 12th, 2018.

See mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2017-2018 in the page Mentors.

On September 12-13, 2018, the project “Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema” (CIAK) was launched through its kickoff meeting that took place in Bari, Italy. CIAK is funded by the Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme 2014-2020 and the kickoff meeting was hosted by the lead partner, the Foundation Apulia Film Commission. Ionian University is a CIAK project partner, represented by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, being responsible for organizing and delivering the planned educational activities starting in 2019, as well as theme-specific festivals.

The ebook with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2017 was published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts in September 2018. This digital publication includes 38 contributions, in Greek and English, of writers from 14 different countries, accepted by the scientific and artistic committee.  ΤΤΤ2017 Proceedings

Marianna Strapatsakis, artist and former Associate Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University will present her work at the exhibition entitled Shell // the politics of being at the 15th Kypseli High School in Athens. Exhibition opening: 26 June 2018 | 17.00 - 21.00. Exhibition duration: 26 June - 24 July 2018.

Steven Bernstein,, who visited Corfu and lectured at the students of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University last month (May 2018), organizes two online webinars: 1) DIRECTING, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ACTING - June 30th (Saturday), 2018 4pm to 7pm GMT , 2) THE VISUAL IMAGINATION - July 1st (Sunday), 2018 4pm to 7pm GMT

Accomplished visual artist and filmmaker of Eija-Liisa Ahtila was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, in a ceremony that took place in the Ionian Academy on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018.

The Honorary Degree Award Ceremony of Eija-Liisa Ahtila as an Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts will take place Tuesday, 5th of June, 2018, in the Ionian Academy, at 12:00 o' clock.

The two departments of the Faculty of Music and Audiovisual Arts, the Department of Audio and Visual Arts (AVARTS) and the Department of Music Studies (Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Lab, EPHMEE) of the Ionian University join once again forces in order to organize the 12th annual Audiovisual Arts Festival, held from May 28 το June 10, 2018, in Corfu. During the Festival, Sottovocce will take place on 29-30/5, 1-2/6/2018 at Ionian Vouli.

For the 12th consecutive year the Audiovisual Arts Festival will take place in Corfu from Monday, May 28th to Sunday 10th June. The program is co-organized by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts and the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University, incorporating a wide variety of educational and artistic activities.

We warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition “Genus” with artwork by the British visual artist Rob Kesseler, on Wednesday, May 30th 2018, 20:00 (8:00 pm), at the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu.

The academic calendar for the year 2018-2019 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

Great premiere of the British-American film "Dominion" exclusively in the framework of the 12th Audiovisual Arts Festival of the Ionian University in Corfu, Ionian Academy, Saturday, May 12 at 21.00.

You are invited at the opening of the advanced drawing workshop exhibition, of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, that will take place at the Corfu Art Gallery, on Tuesday, 15th of May, 2018 at 20.00 pm. Exhibition duration: May, 15 - May, 24 2018. The exhibition is part of the 12th Audiovisual Arts Festival.

Steven Bernstein, acclaimed filmmaker and fervent supporter of the Greek audiovisual and film productions, is about to visit Ionian University (3-5 May 2018). His 3-day visit on Corfu, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, includes an open seminar in the Assembly Hall of the Ionian Academy on Thurday May 5th, 2018 at 12 noon.

The Laboratory of Photography of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts invites you at the opening of the 13th Student Photography Exhibition, Friday the 4th of May, 2018, at 20.00, in the Prison of the Old Fortress.

The Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology and the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, with the support of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece, organize a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Germann, from the Department of Art History at Ithaca College, New York State, USA: “Engaging Dido And Lady Elizabeth: Feminist Interventions In The Past And For The Future”. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 7:00 pm. at I. Theotokis 72.

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, on the occasion of the 12th Audiovisual Arts Festival and in collaboration with the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, inaugurates the exhibition of the British visual artist Rob Kesseler on 30th of May 2018. [Images: © Rob Kesseler]

The 11th Sonic Arts Summer Academy & Festival is co-organised with the Region of the Ionian Islands, 10-15 July 2018.

Aggeliki Ioakeimidou, student of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, gets the 1st Greek Award for her film entitled "Forest Red" during Athens Animfest 2018.

Postgraduate Programme "Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age" 2018-2019 has been announced with a renewed curriculum.

Assistant Professors of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Apostolos Loufopoulos and Konstantinos Tiligadis, participate in the exhibition of the Greek section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA – Hellas) titled Theorimata which will be inaugurated for the first time on Thursday, February the 8th at 19:00 at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST).

The Head of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Professor Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, and the Secretariat wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, full of health and creativity - The Dean of the Faculty of Music and Audiovisual Arts, Associate Professor Andreas Floros.

Within the framework of the course “Mathematics and Art”, taught by Assistant Professor Michalis Panagopoulos, a visit to the Herakleidon Museum in Athens will take place, on Friday, December 22, 2017.

The animation feature film THEOX by Giorgos Nikopoulos, graduate and Phd Candidate at Audio & Visual Arts Departments of Ionian University, will have a wordwide premiere at Olympion Cinema Theater, on Thursday, November 9th at 18.00 during the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and will be repeated on Saturday 11th at 17.30, at Tonia Marketaki Cinema Theater located, Apothiki D, Port of Thessaloniki.

Graduation Ceremony Timetable for all the Departments of Ionian University during November 2017.