Rhodes Island is a well known centre for cultural events and festivities in Greece. The visitors that come to the island for Rhodes holidays attend and take part in different cultural events and celebrations. The Art Park is one of the cultural programs organized every year at Rhodes Island since May 2006.

The Art Park of Rhodes, Greece has now become an important institution that attracts the Greek as well as foreign artists to show their artistic abilities and talent. It is a non-profit organization aimed at providing a cultural multi-art platform created for the artists, actors and musicians etc.

The Art Park on Rhodes Island showcases works of different kinds of Art from the month of May to the month of October. You can plan a trip to this wonderful attraction as a part of your Rhodes holidays ideas.

Location:
This art gallery, due to its naturally beautiful setting, becomes more prominent among the other art galleries on Rhodes Island. It is located in the beautiful region of Archipolis. Archipolis being on the way to Eleousa is situated 30 kilometres away from the Rhodes Town.

Also the beach of Kolympia and Afandou are the nearest ones and it just takes about ten minutes on a car or bus to reach there. Art Park of Rhodes is located just ten kilometres past the Seven Springs in Rhodes.

History:
Rhodes’ Art Park is primarily an institution founded by a renowned musician, sculptor maker, and artist named ‘Damon Papakiriakou’ and his wife Emily in May 2006. Initially the institute organised a small multicultural integration. The location of this place is in the mid of various picnic spots, the events started here quite slowly and after gaining repute they have become informal art feasts.

In January 2007, the event was recognised when the Art Park of Rhodes won a large scale competition in Greece of the private art institute’s and galleries. The European Program Leader later on, started granting funds to the Art Park of Rhodes.

Today this art park is being operated as a non-profit organization. Various artists and art lovers from across Europe – The Friends of Art Park –are its significant contributors’Friends of the Art Park’ whose members are art lovers and artists from different countries across Europe.

Purpose of the Park:
The basic purpose of this Art Park is to encourage and support different forms of art and music. It encourages young artists and musicians to show off their talent and provides them with a platform.

Attraction of the park:
The Art Park is very interesting place and holds many attractions for the tourists and visitors. You need not to pay any entry fee or participation fee so you can take its pleasures for as many times you want.

It is an environment friendly park. The Park is provided electricity by the photovoltaic cells that convert solar energy into electricity.

Its location is very pretty and there are many small wooden kiosks used for exhibitions. Some outdoor workshops are also available in this area where various artists can work free of charge. All kinds of music equipment and systems are available in the park.

Therefore, for your Rhodes Holidays, you must come here once to encourage the participants and see the amazing works of young people.

Finding Rhodes accommodation in Rhodes town is a great idea for Rhodes Holidays. In both Old and New town a number of Rhodes Town Hotels, rooms and lodges are available that provide good quality services