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Hey homeboys and girls! Have you ever wanted to take a ceramic class? Do you want to? Yes? No? Well that’s our project! We’re making pinch pots!

Pinch pots are a bit easier than using a traditional wheel. The wheel has a pretty steep learning curve, and a good chance of getting you head to toe covered in mud. The pitch method is cleaner, easier, and genuinely way more fun.

As per usual, we’ll have everything you’ll need to do it. However this project is a **TWO PART** project, lemme say again **TWO PART**. You’ll show up (hopefully) this Wednesday on the 30th. Make em’ however your heart desires. Then our amazing ceramic professor, Zen. She’ll fire them, and have them ready for you to come back on the 14th and paint them anyway you want!

We’ll be using acrylic paint, since traditional ceramic glaze is kinda tricky, (ask a ceramic student they’ll tell ya) and after we’ll use a special gloss coat over all of it, to make it look extra nice for whenever plant will live in it.

— Henry, Art Club President

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Mnemosyne Projects & Bellevalia Hydra gathered friends for an evening celebrating the inaugural Bellevalia Olive Grove Art Residency following Bellevalia’s renovation led by architect Marilia Lezou @marilialez and iterior designer @k4trikon ,opening a new chapter for the house as a space for cultural exchange.

We welcomed our first resident artist, Stefan Dotter @stefandotter Inspired by Stefan's work and reflections, this year's theme came naturally as "Belonging," the connections that bind us to a place and shape our sense of self within it.

A site-specific exhibition "Vessels" curated by Ekaterina Juskowski @juskowski placed works by four ceramicists, Dianne Alexandre @dianealexandre , Dana Aviv @dana.aviv.ceramics , Zen Du @zen_du , and Nadiia Shpoval @nadiiashapoval among living olive trees, in the sun and beside the sea, allowing human intuition and nature to appear as expressions of the same search for belonging.

Katerina Trikon @k4trikon also curated the evening, grounding it in the island's character. Aggelos Aggelou @aggelos.aggelou.79 , brought the sound of rebetika and Afro-Greek spirit into the grove. Andrew Kamel @andrechameau followed with a preview of songs from his upcoming album, mixing bossa nova and French chanson, drawing on influences from Brazil to the Levant.

Belonging became a meeting point for people, places, and stories.

We look forward to the next chapter!

Photos by @douglasmartineveleigh Mnemosyne Projects

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We are officially back in the States. The whole show survived transport thanks to my wife @lmschico who insisted we figure out how to bring it home. We had an amazing time in Italy, but Rome, with its people who value face-to-face connection over a hustle culture, has stolen our hearts.

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The Dream Jar by @zen_du
Created with Raku techinque, the colours of the ceramics are somewhat a surprise. With influences from Japan and Hawaii, the artist allows us to manifest our dreams through the rituals that surround the piece.
Showcased during this year’s ‘Vessels’ site specific exhibition @bellevaliahydra with exhibition design by @marilialez curation by @juskowski and project execution by Katerina Trikon

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Peace out Rome. Thank you Lori-Ann and Paulo at @cretarome for making this a great month. Shout out to my amazing studio partner @zen_du. #porcelain #boomersooner #amacovelvetunderglaze #ceramics #skull

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За несколько дней на Гидре удалось увидеть совершенно разные подходы к современному искусству. Первое и главное событие - это открытие новой выставки Nari Ward в Deste Foundation. Далее были также открытия локальных проектов и камерной керамики.

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Beautiful opening last night of the show “Echoes of Empire” of June resident artists Zen Du and Stuart Asprey! What a wonderful way to celebrate the last show of this season and the closure of our studio for the summer. Thanks to all those who came from near and far. @cretarome @zen_du @stuartasprey #artistresidency #contemporaryceramicart #contemporaryceramicsculpture

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Three unforgettable days immersed in the magic of Hydra during DESTE Art Week✨

From experiencing Nari Ward’s thought-provoking exhibition at DESTE, to standing beneath Lighthouse of the Earth by @wilhelmina_s__ at the island’s edge, and discovering Rob Pruitt’s playful Beauty Salon @artcinemasocial and Vessels at Bellevalia @bellevaliahydra each offered a unique dialogue between art, place, and imagination.

Hydra continues to prove that contemporary art feels most alive when it’s woven into the landscape, history, and rhythm of the island.

#Hydra #arttravel #HydraArtWeek #ContemporaryArt #GreekSummer

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"Vessels" exhibition opening day

June 22-26, 2026
Bellevalia's Olive Grove
Hydra Island, Greece

Ceramicists

Dianne Alexandre
Dana Aviv
Zen Du
Nadiia Shapoval

Curated by Ekaterina Juskowski
Installation design Marilia Lezou

Photography: @douglasmartineveleigh Nadiia Shapoval Ceramics

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Mnemosyne Projects presents the works of four ceramicists in a site-specific exhibition at Bellevalia Olive Grove. Set within the living landscape, the exhibition explores ceramics beyond function, as a medium once shaped for symbolic, ritualistic, and artistic purposes. In this context, ceramics take on another dimension, one that carries memory, identity, belief, and transformation. Together, site and objects invite reflection on the relationship between human intuition and the natural world.

Curated by Ekaterina Juskowski
Exhibition design by Marilia Lezou
Produced by Bellevalia Hydra

Opening reception June 22, 2026 11 AM - 5 PM
Bellevalia's Olive Grove
Hydra Island, Greece

#hydraisland #hydraislandgreece #destefoundation

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New exhibition opening on Saturday, May 30th is 'Becoming Visible', with stunning work from artists
@studiomorin (art featured on flyer)
@yunuschkirate
@fl_fineart
@lizettecreates
@williamcricket
@zen_du

Becoming Visible explores queer identity as a continuous act.

Shaped by growth, community, and the choice to be seen. Featuring artists whose work moves between subtle transformation and bold expression, the exhibition traces the space between internal knowing and outward presence.

Rooted in shared experience, Becoming Visible is about joyfully claiming space, and the
power of doing so
together.

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