What if children could discover sensory workshops, film screenings,
theatre performances, dance, cooking, clay, photography, concerts,
stand-up comedy, sculpture, painting, video animation, augmented
reality and even a mobile skatepark — all within one exciting
two-day celebration and with free admission?

This is exactly what the
4th Cycladic Kids Festival,
organized by the
Museum of Cycladic Art,
is bringing to Athens on
September 26 and 27.

The festival will take place at the
Athens Municipality Arts Center in Eleftherias Park,
creating a vibrant meeting point where children, teenagers,
parents and visitors can explore art and culture together.

A Festival Inspired by Children’s Voices

One of the most distinctive elements of the festival comes from
the 13th International Painting Competition,
which invited 12,500 children and teenagers from around the world
to express their vision of a museum that truly belongs to them.

Under the theme
“The Museum I Want to Be…�,
children responded through drawings and recordings, sharing
their ideas about what a museum could look and feel like.

Their ideas became part of the inspiration for the festival
programme. Many of the activities have received their titles
from works that were awarded or distinguished in the competition.

Art, Clay, Food and Creative Exploration

Among the many activities, a large amount of natural clay will
transform part of Eleftherias Park into a collective creative
space. The team of Messy Play Hehe Art will invite
visitors to create a collective spiral using sensory materials.

On the following day, participants will have the opportunity to
create a huge Cycladic boat and become part of the experience,
rowing together in an imaginative journey.

The Loups will introduce children to screen
printing, allowing them to print on fabric and create the flag
of their own imaginary museum.

Through the Museum of Cycladic Art’s educational kit
“Food in Ancient Greece�,
AGALE will lead children on a sensory journey
through aromas, textures and flavours.

Children will identify herbs and spices by smell and, wearing
chef hats and aprons, prepare their own healthy energy bites.

Discovering Cycladic Culture

The Directorate of Refugee Education will bring
together children from different backgrounds, introducing them
to the world of the Cyclades through the educational kit
“Cycladic Culture.�

The Boulouki team will invite children to discover
traditional building techniques using authentic materials,
stones and clay mortar, while creating their own constructions.

Faye Chatzi will present a weaving workshop using
natural stones and colourful threads, inspired by the distinctive
colours and landscapes of the Cyclades.

Theatre, Dance and Performance

The theatre group TOPI will meet young and older
audiences through two performances filled with humour,
interaction and imagination.

A(r)CT will present the dance-theatre performance
“Parallel Yellow Lines� and invite the audience
to participate in the dance event “EVERYWHERE.�

Katerina Gevetzi and
Demi Papathanasiou will explore new ways of
connecting the body, space and works of art through an inclusive
dance workshop for people with and without disabilities.

Dance will also be represented by
“The Goats Know the Way,�
which connects children’s artworks with musical narratives
filled with movement, action and humour.

Inclusion and Accessibility at the Heart of the Festival

Inclusion is a central part of the 4th Cycladic Kids Festival.
In collaboration with accessibility specialists
liminal, the organizers have designed a
celebration intended to be accessible to a wide range of visitors.

The accessibility programme includes, among other services,
interpretation in Greek Sign Language,
subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors,
audio description, Braille materials and
tactile maps for visitors with visual disabilities.

Workshops will also include adaptations and preparatory material
designed to support neurodivergent visitors.

Skateboarding, Comedy, Books and Cinema

The festival extends beyond traditional arts activities.
On Saturday, Free Movement will set up its
mobile skatepark and invite teenagers to discover skateboarding.

The stage will also welcome Greek stand-up comedians
Vyronas Theodoropoulos and
Michalis Mathioudakis.

Throughout the two-day event, youth bands created through the
Band Workshop for Kids & Teens will perform
their own musical creations.

At Athens Book Space, the
Library of the Lighthouse for the Blind and the
SEARCH Children’s Library will offer books,
while Koula Panagou will invite children and adults to transform
stories, images and exhibits into a collective visual museum.

The Athens International Children’s and Youth Film Festival
will also present short films designed to be accessible to
children with visual, hearing and neurodevelopmental disabilities,
as well as children on the autism spectrum.