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MON COIN Studio Celebrates Contemporary Greek Ceramics

2021-05-25 by Phil Butler

Myrto Lykopoulou ceramics

Mon Coin Studio in downtown Athens is running the “Aegean” exhibition featuring over 100 Greek ceramic artists and workshops.

Tags: Alexandra Manousakis, Antonis Palles, Apostolidis Yannis, art studio, Greece art, Greece ceramics, Greek potters, Kallia Panopoulou, Maru Meleniou, Minoan ceramics, Minoan pottery, MON COIN, Mycenaeans, pottery

British School and Fitch Laboratory to Host Ceramic Petrology Course

2021-01-11 by Phil Butler

Fitch Laboratory BSA

From 24 May to 4 June 2021, the Fitch Laboratory will hold a two-week postgraduate training course Introduction to Ceramic Petrology Course 2021.

Tags: Aegean ceramics, Aegean culture, ancient history, ancient pottery, archaeological courses, archaeology, Athens, British School at Athens, BSA, Ceramic Petrology, ceramic study, ceramics, course, Fitch Laboratory, Greece studies, Greece study, petrology, postgraduate studies, pottery

Knossos Curator and British School Offer Unique Pottery Course

2019-01-08 by Phil Butler

BSA

Coming up in Heraklion, April 5th through 17th, 2019, the British School at Athens will offer the Prehistoric, Greek and Roman Pottery Course, a unique opportunity for hands-on experience in the field of archeology.

Tags: ancient pottery, archeology, archeology courses, British School, British School at Athens, Bronze Age, BSA, classes, Dr. Kostis S. Christakis, Fitch Laboratory, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Knossos, Knossos Curator, Minoan pottery, Minoans, pottery, UCL Institute of Archaeology

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