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M AY-J U L 2018 AIA’S WORLD
THE INITIATIVE
WHEN ART MEETS
S OL I DA R I T Y
AIA SOON WILL BE Because of their proximity to the near weavers in the world famous Ateliers
HOME TO A TAPESTRY east and north Africa, Greece and Pinton in Felletin-Aubusson, France
‘‘DESIGNED’’ BY THE Italy have done the ‘heavy lifting’ for utilising the UNESCO intangible heritage
ACCLAIMED GREEK our shared European humanity and recognised “basse lisse” technique. The
A RT IST SOPH I A VA R I responsibility under the U.N. Refugees tapestry will be completed in time for an
AS A GIFT TO AMNESTY Convention. Whilst not forgetting that the unveiling at Athens International Airport
I N T E R NAT IONA L . overwhelming majority of those displaced on June 23rd, very close to the World
O ΔΑΑ ΣΎΝΤΟΜΑ ΘΑ by the war in Syria are still to be found in Refugee Day on June 20th.
ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΉΣΕΙ ΈΝΑ its four neighbouring countries of Turkey, It follows on from the equally generous
ΥΦΑΝΤΌ, «ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΕΝΟ» Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, Amnesty gift to Amnesty International in 2016 by
ΑΠΌ ΤΗ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΎΣ ΦΉΜΗΣ International wanted to show its gratitude Ms. Vari’s husband, Fernando Botero,
ΚΑΛΛΙΤΈΧΝΙΔΑ, ΣΟΦΊΑ to the people of Greece who have which led to the creation of another
ΒΆΡΗ, ΩΣ ΔΏΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΣΤΗ received, and for the most part welcomed, giant Aubusson tapestry entitled “The
ΔΙΕΘΝΉ ΑΜΝΗΣΤΊΑ. hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Musicians”. The Botero-Amnesty
war and persecution. This was and is all Aubusson tapestry is displayed in Bogota’s
The image for the tapestry ‘I Love Greece’ the more generous since it has coincided El Dorado International Airport.
was a gift from Ms. Vari to Amnesty with a time of economic hardship and Speaking of her decision to gift the image
International, in support of its global austerity in Greece. to Amnesty International Ms. Vari said:
‘I Welcome Refugees’ campaign, as a The creation of the large tapestry was “I strongly support the idea of thanking the
“thank you” to the people of Greece for in turn made possible by the generous people of Greece for their generosity and
the solidarity and generosity shown by so support of Athens International Airport, solidarity with those less fortunate arriving
many of them towards the thousands of gateway for millions of travellers to Greece on our shores. I am proud that it will be
men, women and children seeking refuge each year. The tapestry was woven over displayed for the enjoyment of millions of
from the civil war in Syria. the past several months by several master travellers arriving in Greece every year.’’
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THE INITIATIVE
WHEN ART MEETS
S OL I DA R I T Y
AIA SOON WILL BE Because of their proximity to the near weavers in the world famous Ateliers
HOME TO A TAPESTRY east and north Africa, Greece and Pinton in Felletin-Aubusson, France
‘‘DESIGNED’’ BY THE Italy have done the ‘heavy lifting’ for utilising the UNESCO intangible heritage
ACCLAIMED GREEK our shared European humanity and recognised “basse lisse” technique. The
A RT IST SOPH I A VA R I responsibility under the U.N. Refugees tapestry will be completed in time for an
AS A GIFT TO AMNESTY Convention. Whilst not forgetting that the unveiling at Athens International Airport
I N T E R NAT IONA L . overwhelming majority of those displaced on June 23rd, very close to the World
O ΔΑΑ ΣΎΝΤΟΜΑ ΘΑ by the war in Syria are still to be found in Refugee Day on June 20th.
ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΉΣΕΙ ΈΝΑ its four neighbouring countries of Turkey, It follows on from the equally generous
ΥΦΑΝΤΌ, «ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΕΝΟ» Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, Amnesty gift to Amnesty International in 2016 by
ΑΠΌ ΤΗ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΎΣ ΦΉΜΗΣ International wanted to show its gratitude Ms. Vari’s husband, Fernando Botero,
ΚΑΛΛΙΤΈΧΝΙΔΑ, ΣΟΦΊΑ to the people of Greece who have which led to the creation of another
ΒΆΡΗ, ΩΣ ΔΏΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΣΤΗ received, and for the most part welcomed, giant Aubusson tapestry entitled “The
ΔΙΕΘΝΉ ΑΜΝΗΣΤΊΑ. hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Musicians”. The Botero-Amnesty
war and persecution. This was and is all Aubusson tapestry is displayed in Bogota’s
The image for the tapestry ‘I Love Greece’ the more generous since it has coincided El Dorado International Airport.
was a gift from Ms. Vari to Amnesty with a time of economic hardship and Speaking of her decision to gift the image
International, in support of its global austerity in Greece. to Amnesty International Ms. Vari said:
‘I Welcome Refugees’ campaign, as a The creation of the large tapestry was “I strongly support the idea of thanking the
“thank you” to the people of Greece for in turn made possible by the generous people of Greece for their generosity and
the solidarity and generosity shown by so support of Athens International Airport, solidarity with those less fortunate arriving
many of them towards the thousands of gateway for millions of travellers to Greece on our shores. I am proud that it will be
men, women and children seeking refuge each year. The tapestry was woven over displayed for the enjoyment of millions of
from the civil war in Syria. the past several months by several master travellers arriving in Greece every year.’’
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