The mission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) is strongly supported by the Active Citizens Fund, a programme that aims to develop the sustainability and capacity of civil society and to promote active citizenship, democratic procedures and human rights. This support enables CVAR to organise numerous activities and educational programmes, which strengthen bicommunal cooperation and inter-cultural dialogue and create and maintain a climate of peaceful coexistence between the communities on the island. The fund's support is also key in the Centre's ability to take vital infrastructure upgrades, and several other steps aimed at increasing economic autonomy and energy sustainability.
In particular, we are very thankful to the Active Citizens Fund for the support in developing a new digital platform that will enhance the museum’s visibility online, support its research and educational activities, and strengthen interaction with a broader range of followers. In addition, a number of educational programmes and other projects have been realised with the support of the Active Citizens Fund.
Events:
- Saturdays at the Museum: Living Stories
- Saturdays at the Museum: The Secret of the Regina
- Saturdays at the Museum: Living Stories
- Lecture: Cypriot medieval graffiti: centuries of history scratched on the walls
- Music Talks: The Scent of Flowers
- Saturdays at the Museum: Berengaria, an Enigmatic Queen
- Music Talks: The Bohemians Smetana & Dvořák Part II
- Saturdays at the Museum: Carnival!
- Women's Walk & Talk - March 2024
- Lecture: Colonial society in 1930s Cyprus and the dismissal of John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities
- Conference: Cyprus through the lens of Camille Enlart
- Music Talks: The Bohemians Smetana & Dvořák
- Saturdays at the Museum: The Secret Rooms
- Printing Workshop: Stamps and Fabrics
- Saturdays at the Museum: The Diary of a Naturalist
- Music Talks: Maria Callas Part II
- Saturdays at the Museum: Τhe Chosen Tree
- «Titchy Titchy Trolls!»
- Saturdays at the Museum: The little lead soldiers broke out of the Museum!
- Music Talks: Maria Callas
- Lecture: ''The Tale of an Artwork: The Lost Mosaic Wall in Cyprus''
- Saturdays at the museum: ''Step into my shoes''
- Music Talks: Tenors and contraltos, baritones and sopranos Part II
- Lecture: ''An Ottoman souvenir from Cyprus: The coral seal pendant of John Houseman Hutchinson (1822-1902)''
- Music Talks: Tenors and contraltos, baritones and sopranos
- Music Talks: In Memoriam
- Book Publication: Lecture by Robert S.Merrillees
- Summer at the CVAR
- Landscapes. Photographic Exhibition by Veysi Soyer
- Bi-communal Treasure Hunt
- Women's Walk & Talk - June 2023
- Summer adventure with friends at the CVAR
- Music Talks: Scenes of Madness - Part II
- Saturdays at the Museum: We love dogs
- The children give us a tour at the museum!
- Saturdays at the Museum: Weaving Stories
- Music Talks: Scenes of Madness
- Saturdays at the Museum: Wandering through the narrow streets of the Old City
- Saturdays at the Museum: Easter Art Hunt
- Music Talks: Orientalism II
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Ioannis Kasoulides and Özdil Nami.
- Women's Walk & Talk - March 2023
- Music Talks: Orientalism
- Lecture: The abandoned villages in Cyprus between 1601-1609
- Saturdays at the museum: Carnival
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Dimis Michaelides and Ümit İnatçı
- Music Talks: Storms
- The news of CVAR's Educational Department
- Music Talks: Heaven and Earth
- Music Talks: Turn of the Century Music
- Movie Screening: Olivia
- Photographic Exhibition: Veysi Soyer
- Saturdays at the Museum: Agathokles and his Time-Machine
- Primary School
- Music Talks: Curses & Blessings - Part II
- Music Talks: Curses & Blessings
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Michael Sarris and Mustafa Besim
- Colouring Pages Challenge - Part I
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Sertaç Sonan and Zenon Tziarras
- Lecture: Approaching Art & History in Cyprus, by Johann Pillai
- Film Presentation: Beyond History Education
- Summer at the CVAR: Colouring Pages Challenge
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Emine Çolak & Erato Kozakou Marcoullis
- Lecture: The City In-Between: Competing visions for the image of Limassol
- Music Talks: Summer
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Vasileia Anaxagora and Asli Bolayir
- Σάββατο στο Μουσείο: «…μπες λίγο στα παπούτσια μου»
- Cyprus through the eyes of migrants
- Women's Walk & Talk - May 2022
- Music Talks: Duets
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Yeliz Shukri and Elena Alonefti
- Σάββατο στο Μουσείο: Χάρτινα Στεφάνια
- Saturdays at the Museum: Easter Art Hunt
- Music Talks: Choral Music
- Walking Tour: Old Nicosia
- Women's Walk & Talk - March 2022
- Thoughts over a cup of coffee: Kate Clerides and Meltem Onurkan Samani
- Music Talks: Celebrations!
- Saturdays at the Museum: Masks from Venice (In Greek)
- Lecture: Ghosts in Cyprus
- Live Performance: Alev Adil, The Four Dreamers
- Exhibition: Till we meet again...
- Women's Walk & Talk
- Exhibition: Children Drawing Cyprus
- Online Exhibition: Children Drawing Cyprus
- Music Talks: American Music II
- Venice in Cyprus: Online Photographic Exhibition
- Lecture: The Stones That Whisper: Dervishes and Women's rituals in Limassol, 18th-20th Century
- Lecture: Representations of Cypriot Antiquities in Currency Designs - The Transition from Colonial rule to Independence
- CVAR Puzzle Hunt
- Music Talks: American Music
- Movie Screening: Missing Fetine
- Virtual Women's Walk Talk
- Music Talks: Female Composers II
- Music Talks: Female Composers
- Music Talks: Impressionists and Music
- Music Talks: Celebration
- Music Talks: Wagner
- Lectures: Discussing the Cyprus Problem
- Lecture: The Queen's New Clothes