Actions & projects.

O.P.E.N. · Erasmus+

Education and empowerment of incarcerated women through Erasmus+.

IN n OUT · Collaborative theatre in prisons

Collaborative theatre in prisons and film storytelling, co-funded by the European Union through Creative Europe.

Liberating education – From prison to society

An online discussion on prison education and the transition back into society.

INTEGRATE · Theatre, education and inclusion

Theatre workshops with adult prisoners, supporting education, creative expression and social inclusion.

ATTACH · Theatre as a second chance

Theatre education with participants in prison and documentation of the theatre process within Erasmus+.

All2gather · Observatory for Art in Prison

An Observatory for Art in Prison, documenting and connecting artistic and humanitarian activities.

Training seminar for adult educators and prison volunteers – Overcoming barriers in prison

Overcoming barriers in prison: a training seminar for adult educators and prison volunteers.

A Road of Letters · Podcast

Audio stories from Digitally Closer, connected with APICCO’s work in prisons.

Prison education during the pandemic

An online conference on the conditions and prospects of prison education during the pandemic.

Common Ground Project

Digital accounts of isolation and confinement, also reflecting on the experience of people in prison.

Summer School 2019

APICCO contributed 4 workshops to the 2019 INEDIVIM Summer School in collaboration with ARSIS and Freedom Gate.

I Am Here! From the Cell to the Metro

An exhibition of prisoners’ photography and painting at Athens Metro stations.

Escape with a Book

A performance at Syntagma on prisoners’ educational rights, alongside the Here I Am exhibition.

… so that it may not be heard …

An artistic collaboration between former prisoners and prison officers at the BioMechanical Festival in Chalkida.

Participation in an Association of Criminologists conference

APICCO participation in a conference of the Youth Committee of the Association of Criminologists.

Theatre education at Malandrino Prison

A detailed presentation of the workshop and the performance ‘The Numbered’.

Yoga at Domokos prison

Yoga classes at Domokos prison as part of APICCO’s activities.

Summer School 2018

APICCO contributed 3 workshops to the 2018 INEDIVIM Summer School in collaboration with ARSIS.

The Gamblers

Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Gamblers’, performed by incarcerated participants at Domokos Prison, Domokos 2018.

Theatrical Escape from Stereotypes and Prejudice

A conference and theatre presentations addressing stereotypes and prejudice.

Officer…!

A production by the Domokos prison officers’ theatre workshop, presented in Lamia and Athens.

Participation in a General Secretariat for Crime Policy conference

Participation in a General Secretariat for Crime Policy conference in Athens.

A Road of an Alphabet

A Road of Letters: a book of texts by students at the Domokos prison Second Chance School.

APICCO adult theatre education

An adult theatre group with former prisoners and community volunteers, continuing the creative encounter beyond prison.

Creative writing at Domokos prison

Creative writing workshops at Domokos prison during 2017–2019, with Kalliopi Pasia.

Workshops at Domokos prison

Theatre and creative writing workshops with participants at Domokos prison. The Second Chance School theatre group worked with Giorgos Dampasis and Sofia Ioannidi. Kalliopi Pasia edited the original texts developed…

Participation in a General Secretariat for Crime Policy conference

Participation with speakers in the exhibition of prisoners’ artworks and prison products.

Open rehearsal at the Domokos workshop

An open rehearsal by the Domokos Second Chance School theatre group in June 2017.

“I, Oedipus” · Theatre performance

A theatre performance in November 2017, with theatre education and stage guidance by Sofia Ioannidi.

Poetry Day at Domokos prison

Participation in World Poetry Day at Domokos Second Chance School.

O.P.E.N. · Erasmus+

Education and empowerment of incarcerated women through Erasmus+.

The Book as a Magical Object

As the organiser of the Municipality of Penteli’s 2nd Youth Festival in 2025, Apicco delivered the free experiential workshop The Book as a Magical Object.

Liberating education – From prison to society

Training seminar for adult educators and prison volunteers – Overcoming barriers in prison

APICCO and the Georgios Zouganelis Network for Culture and Education in Prisons co-organised the free online seminar Overcoming Barriers in Prison on 3–4 and 17–18 April 2021.

Prison education during the pandemic

APICCO adult theatre education

Since 2017, Apicco has run an adult theatre group that brings together formerly incarcerated people and volunteers from the wider community.

Adult theatre education workshops at the Municipal Regional Theatre of Roumeli

From 2017 to 2019, Apicco collaborated with the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Roumeli in Lamia, supporting two cycles of adult theatre workshops.

Theatre in the facilitation of vulnerable groups

Apicco – Social Cooperative Enterprise for Collective and Social Benefit took part in You.Th.i Festival, a festival of youth and free expression held on 10 April 2016 at…

Liberating education – From prison to society

On 19 June 2024, an open online discussion on prison education marked the completion of a three-year ethnographic study in Second Chance Schools operating in prisons.

Theatre workshop at Ploes

Three seasons of collaboration through the Ploes visual archive.

Prison education during the pandemic

On 17 October 2020, APICCO Community-based Art organised an online conference on prison education during the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the International Day of Education…

Common Ground Project

Difficult days, days of social isolation imposed by circumstances and by the need to protect health.

Participation in an Association of Criminologists conference

APICCO contributed a speaker to a conference organised by the Youth Committee of the Association of Criminologists.

I Am Here! From the Cell to the Metro

Exhibition of works by incarcerated people (Photography – Painting).

Escape with a Book

Theatre performance ‘Escape with a Book’, presented at Syntagma Square as part of the photography exhibition ‘I Am Here! From the Cell to the Metro’.

… so that it may not be heard …

An artistic collaboration between formerly incarcerated people and correctional officers at the 3rd BioMechanical Festival 2019, ‘Voices of the Unseen’.

Participation in a General Secretariat for Crime Policy conference

APICCO contributed speakers to a conference organised by the Ministry of Justice’s General Secretariat for Crime Policy at the Association of Greek Archaeologists building…

Theatrical Escape from Stereotypes and Prejudice

With the aim of promoting theatre as a means of social awareness, challenging prejudices surrounding both incarcerated offenders and correctional-facility staff, and…

Officer…!

A theatre performance by the Domokos Correctional Officers’ Theatre Group, presented as part of the event ‘Escape from Stereotypes and Prejudice’, Domokos – Lamia, 2018.

“I, Oedipus” · Theatre performance

“I, Oedipus — a journey of self-discovery through myth” was performed at Domokos in November 2017, following the Summer School. The poster records the date as 1 November 2017.

Participation in a General Secretariat for Crime Policy conference

APICCO contributed speakers to a conference organised by the Ministry of Justice’s General Secretariat for Crime Policy at the Association of Greek Archaeologists building…

Open rehearsal at the Domokos workshop

The June 2017 open rehearsal concluding the first workshop cycle.

Poetry Day at Domokos prison

Participation in the World Poetry Day event at Domokos Second Chance School, with Sofia Ioannidi, Kalliopi Pasia and Giorgos Dampasis.

Break the Chain

A performance raising awareness of human trafficking, presented as part of the Break the Chain Festival 2016.

O.P.E.N. – Opportunities for Women Prisoners through Education and Networking

APICCO is taking part in the new Erasmus+ project O.P.E.N.

IN n OUT – Collaborative theatre in prisons and new creative storytelling to build bridges between inmates and society

Collaborative theatre in prisons and film storytelling, co-funded by the European Union through Creative Europe.

INTEGRATE – INclusion and educaTional EnliGhtenment with dRAma and ThEatre

Theatre workshops with adult prisoners, supporting education, creative expression and social inclusion.

the ArT of Theatron As a second CHance Project

Theatre education with participants in prison and documentation of the theatre process within Erasmus+.

All2gather Project – Observatory for Art in Prison

An Observatory for Art in Prison, documenting and connecting artistic and humanitarian activities.

A Road of an Alphabet

‘A Road of an Alphabet’ is the first book published by APICCO.

Digitally Closer

The need to adapt to the new reality created by the COVID-19 measures, and the necessary use of digital tools to support communication and the organisation’s goals, gave…