POSTER EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL CONVENTION
Support A1+!Poster exhibition “50 years of Cultural Exhibitions of the Council of Europe” will be held at the European Regional Academy of the Caucasus (10 David Anhaght Str.), from 5 to 15 May 2005. The exhibition, organised by the Council of Europe Information Office in Armenia with the assistance of the European Regional Academy, is aimed at both the officials and professionals involved in culture and cultural affairs, as well as public at large.
The poster exhibition presents the history of promotion of European culture by the Council of Europe since 1954, through annual art exhibitions.
The RA Deputy Minister of Culture Gagik Gyurjyan pointed out that it was by the accession to the European Cultural Convention back in 1997 that Armenia proved her belonging to Europe.
Director of the Council of Europe Information Office in Armenia Susan Marukhyan emphasised that the Council of Europe exhibitions are the vivid proof of the fruitfulness of the co-operation foreseen by the European Cultural Convention., which aims to promote the consciousness of common European culture by creating educational opportunities and methodology development preconditions and by encouraging and facilitating the free circulation of people, ideas and works of art.
In 1954, the Council of Europe invited all the European states to join its Cultural Convention. Since then, it has organised 28 exhibitions in several European countries, demonstrating the unity of European art and instilling a sense of belonging to a wide European culture.
