Dr Spyridon Mouratidis gives lecture in Sydney on Asia Minor refugees

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Artist Dr Spyridon Mouratidis gave a lecture on Tuesday, March 7 at the The Gallery Beta Bar in Sydney at 6.30pm.

Dr Mouratidis was in Sydney for an exhibition of his watercolour artworks called ‘The Debt’ at the N. Smith Gallery in Paddington. The exhibition was held as part of the Greek Festival of Sydney.

During his lecture, which was organised by the Hellenic Lyceum of Sydney, Dr Mouratidis talked about the refugee’s plight on their arrival in Corfu after the Asia Minor Catastrophe.

His paintings were inspired from the interviews from first generation refugees.

At the end of the event, Dr Mouratidis gave the Hellenic Lyceum two paintings from his exhibition.

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