We believe creative expression is a human right, and that the experience of different art forms, when handled with tact and delicacy, gives an individual an opportunity to learn about themselves and those around them.

Art is a unique form of communication: it follows none of the usual rules and it operates through the unexpected. It expresses itself in a diversity of forms, languages, colours, lines, sounds, movement and improvisations which, like society, can often not be contained by absolute definitions.

The socio-economic and cultural backgrounds of many of our students however, may mean they feel detached from the world of art – a problem exacerbated by the fact that art does not have a place on the curriculum beyond the first two years of secondary education.

Athena-syntax provides an unthreatening artistic environment which allows for uninhibited creativity, encouraging students to activate capacities they haven’t used before and giving them a chance to express themselves in a context of advanced intercultural dialogue.