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Creative Writing & Ceramics Workshop

Creative Writing & Ceramics Workshop

€650.00Price
Le génie d’Egine - The Genie of Aegina 
Sunday 16th to Saturday 22nd, February 2025
with Maud Vidal-Naquet & marina coriolano-lykourezos

This workshop will be held in French. For text in french go here.
 
How about capturing a Greek island’s winter spirit – without its summer, cumbersome tourists -  by way of creating texts and ceramics? This is what we would like to offer you in this writing and ceramics workshop on the island of Aegina, offering you special experiences and authentic encounters that will inspire you to create.
 
You will be staying in a small and simple hotel, a stone’s throw away from the centre of the port. Every day, with Maud, you will discover and capture the beautiful energy of the island through creative writing: its port and evocative, archaeological sites, its history and myths, its varying landscapes and special light, its beaches and delicious food… As for marina, she will open her studio and invite you into a ceramics journey: day after day you will create your everyday cups, bowls, plates… objects that will embody your experience and carry vivid memories of it. 
 
All this in a winter atmosphere, that gives space for way more intimacy in your relationship with the island than what you could ever dream of in any summer visit. Just like Aladin and his magic lamp, you will be the master of a crockery filled with some of the island’s magic – memories that you will be able to revisit whenever using it back home.
 
Aegina – a lesser known island with its own life & myth, which deserves some attention.
Aegina was a nymph seduced by Zeus, whose progenies were covered in glory. In Antiquity, she was a great rival of Athens, with its powerful fleet, its temples and currency – it is believed the first coins were minted there. In the early 19th century, during Greece’s war of independence, it is made first capital of the country.
Today it is known for its tasty pistachios, lively port, hidden marvels, archaeological sites and beautiful, patrician houses, a clear blue sea and a lively, artistic community. Only an hour away from Athens, it floats in the middle of the Saronic Gulf.
 
This workshop is limited to a group of 10 participants.
It includes:
- 5 full days of workshop, divided in morning and afternoon sessions, about 3 hours each.
- All materials and firing of ceramic pieces
- Six delicious meals
- Help on how to organise your trip
 
It does NOT included:
- Flight to and from Greece
- Transport from and to airport
- Boat to and from Aegina
- Accommodation
- Meals, extra activity and transport not mentioned.
Price Options
One-time purchase
€650.00
Creative Writing
€325.00every month for 2 months

  • How can you pay for this workshop?

    There are 2 options to pay for this course:

    1. Pay the whole amount when you book the course. Payment is refundable if you cancel 30 days before the start of your course.

    2. Pay for your course 50% upon booking and the remainder 1 month later or upon your arrival, whichever is sooner. Advance payment is refundable if you cancel 30 days before the start of your course.

  • Who are the teachers

    Maud Vidal-Naquet & marina Coriolano Lykourezos

    Maud is a journalist and writer who runs creative writing workshops to share her passion for words. “Writing liberates, pacifies, structures and allows us to explore our creativity, our sensitivity and our relationship to the world. It is a personal journey filled with surprises, and a way for me to share my fascination for the musicality of words and their evocative power” she says.

    She studied History. Before entering the world of journalism, she worked in Paris as head of editorial projects for the internet in the early 2000s. A trip to Africa changed her life: after returning to Paris she decides to move to Greece, settles on the island of Aegina and starts writing for a living. Greece has held a special place in her heart since childhood.

    The sea, the light, the cycle of the seasons, a feeling of freedom, a human quality in people’s relationships – these are some of the reasons she dropped anchor on this little island close to Athens. From here, she collaborates with French magazines (Géo, le Figaro magazine, le Nouvel Observateur, The Good Life…) and writes books and travel guides (Hachette, Aubanel...).

     

    Marina holds a BA in Art History & Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has worked in publishing, as a translator, as a curator and has collaborated with the Athens Photo Festival. She had the gallery space cats&marbles in Athens between 2004 and 2009.

    Her  home has no boundaries, her heart is anchored in many places. She is half Greek half Brazilian, born in London, grew up in Paris and Rio de Janeiro, studied in London and came to Greece in 1999. She finally settled in Aegina in 2012 somewhat by chance, with her partner Yanis with whom she created The Cool Projects in 2013. Soon after arriving on the island she discovered the art of ceramics with ceramicist Theodora Chorafas, a passion with a sure future.

    ​In September 2021, together with Theodora Chorafas and HP Coulon, she co-organised the International Slipware Symposium: two weeks of co-creation on the workshop, materclasses, presentiations and two exhibitions. The event was beautifully captured by Oliwia Tado in a video that can be seen here.

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