Conversation “Mom, Am I an Artist?” Guest: Emre Erdoğdu

18 February 2026 - Sometimes you watch a film, read a book, or stumble upon a song—and something stirs inside you. It feels as though something has begun. Maybe it’s the first time you ask yourself: “Could I be an artist too?” This talk series follows the traces of exactly those moments.

Conversation “Mom, Am I an Artist?” Guest: Yasemin Mori

29 January 2026 - Sometimes you watch a film, read a book, or stumble upon a song—and something stirs inside you. It feels as though something has begun. Maybe it’s the first time you ask yourself: “Could I be an artist too?” This talk series follows the traces of exactly those moments.

Program Mom, Am I an Artist?

Seminar The Birth Of the Language Of Criticism, Its Limits and Dilemmas

12 January 2026 - This seminar will focus on the origins of art criticism, the sources from which it emerges, the language it employs, what it seeks to achieve, and the possible limits of its scope.

Learning Program Material: Ecosystems

November 24 - 27, 2025 / The learning program, which will examine the relationship and contradictions between contemporary art and ecology through the production practices of different artists each month, aims to introduce young artists to contemporary works and diverse perspectives through the concept of "material."

Seminar Art Readings in the Light of Semiotics

20 November 2025 - We will focus on the adventure of art history; The changing descriptions of art, theorists and art historians using different methods in art history constitute the main axis of our seminar.

Seminar A Story of Modern and Contemporary Art - II

19 November 2025 - The sociological changes in the 19th century, especially in continental Europe, and their reflection on art will be studied with examples from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism.

Seminar A Story of Modern and Contemporary Art - I

6 November 2025 - The sociological changes in the 19th century, especially in continental Europe, and their reflection on art will be studied with examples from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism.

Seminar Curating Live Art: Human and Process

16 June 2025 - This talk focuses on the concept of curating performance art and aims to examine the last 10 years of development of performance art in Turkey from a curatorial perspective.

Acting Workshop Creating Situation and Psychophysical Action - II

24 May 2025 - This workshop explores the transformative impact of external influences and environmental factors on internal action in acting. Concepts such as “atmosphere,” “energy,” and “external force” are experienced through the actor’s body and mind, investigating various sources of dramatic situation creation on stage.

Blog The idea comes first: Erdi Işık

As a jury member for the Forum section - Screenplay Competition at the 21st Akbank Short Film Festival, we spoke with Erdi Işık about the intellectual processes behind his artistic practices, the sources that fuel his creativity, and how he balances the diverse production dynamics within the cultural industry.

Seminar The Birth Of the Language Of Criticism, Its Limits and Dilemmas

12 December 2024 - In this section, the sources from which "art criticism" has emerged, what language it used, what it tried to achieve and what its limits might be.