OUR STORY
THE ROOTS OF THE ATHENIAN MUSE, ARE TRACED TO THE AGIORGITI FAMILY, WHO FOSTERED THE GREEK CULTURAL FLAME, AS THEIR WAY OF LIFE. DURING THE 1960'S MILITARY REGIME, THEY ESCAPED TO MONTREAL AND REMAINED THERE IN EXILE. THEIR UNIQUE HOME served THE ANTI-DICTATORSHIP MOVEMENT AND WAS A HUB FOR GREEK ARTISTIC & CULTURAL INTELLIGENTSIA ABROAD. UP TO THE 1990'S, INTERNATIONAL BANKER NICHOLAS AGIORGITIS (WHO HAD ALSO SERVED ACTIVELY IN THE 1940'S GREEK RESISTANCE MOVEMENT) SUCCESSFULLY FINANCED AND MENTORED MANY GREEK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE DIASPORA. BY HIS SIDE, KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI-PIPERIGOU, ARTIST, COLLECTOR AND AESTHETE INTRODUCED AUTHENTIC GREEK ELEMENTS IN DESIGNING THEIR BRAND IDENTITIES, BEING HERSELF PART OF THE GREEK MODERNIST MOVEMENT OF THE 50'S. TODAY
AFTER THEIR DEATH IN 2009, IN THE DAWN OF THE GREEK CRISIS, THEIR DAUGHTER MATINA AGIORGITI, INSPIRED BY HER FAMILY'S OWN HISTORY, THEIR HOME'S HERITAGE COLLECTIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC LIFESTYLE, FOUNDED THE ATHENIAN MUSE. THIS IS A NON-PROFIT ENTITY INVOLVED IN RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY SERVING THE ENDORSEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN GREEK HERITAGE TODAY. |