Who we are
Ambassadors for Hellenic Culture & Art
Published for over a decade by Ariston Foundation, Portes is a collection of carefully curated stories written by people to whom Greece is a muse. These experts—museum founders and curators, historians, archaeologists, scholars, artists and passionate members of the arts and culture community—convene annually to produce the limited edition Portes.

EDITORS, AUTHORS & JOURNALISTS
Storytelling with love for Greece

CULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDERS
Living & promoting heritage

ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & DESIGNERS
Inspired by Greece to inspire

HISTORIANS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS & MUSEUM CURATORS
Discovering & preserving for ages to come

AMBASSADORS FOR HELLENIC CULTURE & ART
Lifelong passion for Hellenism
Contributors
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ELENA AGAPITOU
Filmmaker & copywriter
MYRSINI ALEXANDRIDI
Artist
NICHOLAS ALEXIOU
President, Hellenic American Project
ELENI ALOUPI-SIOTIS Chemist & archaeological scientist
CALLIOPE ANAGNOSTI
Owner & Head Pastry Chef, Madame Gâteaux Athens
NAOMI ANTONAKOS
Director, Stephen Antonakos Studio
DAN JACQUELINE P.R. ARANDA
Author & researcher
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ANGLYN BALODIMAS-BARTOLOMEI
Professor of Education
ARGYRO BARBARIGOU
Chef & author
NICOLETTA BARBATA
Photographer & writer
IOANNIS BETSAS
Associate professor, history of education
EVELYN BERVOETS
Artist
DAPHNE BIKA
Art historian, conservator of antiquities & works of art, Ministry of Culture
ALEXANDER BILLINIS
Writer & author
CHRIS BLAKE
Journalist, writer & editor
C
CLAIRE CATACOUZINOS
Writer & editor
MARIA CHRISTODOULOU
Clinical herbalist & founder, The Greek Herbalist
VASILIS CHRYSANTHOPOULOS
Photographer
MARIA MADONNA CONSTANTINIDES
Artist & founder, Akia Collection
ANDREA CROWLY
Director of partnerships & philanthropy, Near East Foundation
D
ZOE DALARI
Writer & researcher
ANNEZINA DAMPOLIA
Artist
GEORGE DAVLAS
Co-founder, Davlas PR
MIMI DENISSIActress, director, playwright, producer & theater entrepreneur
PAVLOS DEMERTZIS-BOUBOULIS
President, Bouboulina Museum
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VASILIKI ELEUTHERIOU
Writer & researcher
VIKTORIA FASSIANOU
Director, Alekos Fassianos Estate & Museum
KONSTANTINOS FIKAS
Photographer
YANNIS FOTIADIS
Architect & artist
G
ISABELLA GALANTE
Writer & researcher
THOMAS GATOS
Hospitality consultant
SOTIRIOS GARDIAKOS
Artist
LAKIS GAVALAS
Designer, fashion entrepreneur
MARIA GEORGOPOULOU
Director, Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ANGELA GEREKOU
Actress, former president, Greek National Tourism Organisation, former deputy minister at Hellenic Ministry of Culture, former Hellenic Parliament MP
NIKOLAOS DE GRECE
Artist & photographer
ELLA GONZALES
Writer & researcher
REUBEN GOOSSENS
Maritime historian & author
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GIORGOS HATZINASSIOS
Composer
STEPHEN HARRIS
Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria
KRISTINA HEADRICK
Founder, YiaMas
LEONID ILYUKHIN
Artist & researcher
ANASTASIA IOANNOU
Writer & researcher
ANTONIA IROIDOU
Artist
ALEXANDER JASCHIK
Photographer
K
BELLA KARRAGIANNIDIS
Food writer, recipe developer & photographer
DIMITRIS KALIAKOUDAS
Photographer
NIKOS KAVOUKIDIS
Cinematographer, director & producer
DIMITRIS KLEANTHIS
Videographer & photographer
ZOE KERAMEA
Artist
MAKOS KOUKAKIS
Chef
CHRISTOS KOUKIS
Poet
ISMENE KILIA
Writer & researcher
L
IOANNA LALAOUNI
Director, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
ANNE DE PASQUALE LONNBERG
Actress, songwriter, scriptwriter, musician & author
NIKOLETTA LIAKOSTAVROU
Head, OTE Group Telecommunications Museum
NIGEL LOWRY
Founder & director, Greek Shipping Hall of Fame, journalist, Lloyd's List Athens Correspondent
CHRISTINA LORIDAS
Writer & founder
M
ATHENA MACHA -BIZOUMI
Associate Professor of Folklore, Democritus University of Thrace
ELIAS MAMALAKIS
Chef & TV-host
THOMAS MALOUTAS
Professor emeritus of social geography, Harokopio University
GIOTA MANTZOURATOU
Wildlife photographer
ROBERT MCCABE
Photographer
JOHN MCKESSON CAMP II
Director, Athenian Agora Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Stavros Niarchos Foundation professor of classics
YASSONAS MEGOULAS
Artist & designer
CHRISTINA MORALI
Artist & ceramicist & Head, Yannis Moralis Studio
ANTHE MITRAKOS
Co-founder & editor, Portes Magazine
VASILIKI MITRAKOS
Co-founder, Portes Magazine
THEODORA MILLER
Artist & designer
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PETER NIKOLAIDIS
Marine biologist & oceanographer, Aegean Institute
ANDRONIKI PAPADOPOULOS
Writer & researcher
IOANNA PAPANTONIOU
Founder, Basil Papantoniou Foundation & Greek Costume Society, educator, stage & costume designer
DESPOINA PAPADEAS
Writer & artist
TEDI PASCARELLA
Writer & researcher
FILIA XILAS PATTAKOU
Writer, researcher & author
STELIOS PARLIAROS
Pastry chef
GISIS PAPAGEORGIOU
Illustrator & author
KOSTAS PAPASPILIOS
Researcher, TV presenter & author
VANGELIS PARAVAS
Marine researcher & conservationist, former president of MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal
DESIREE OPIAT PRINSLOO
Artist
XENIA POLITOU
Aegeas AMKE curator of modern Greek culture, Benaki Museum
DIMITRIS POLYMENOPOULOS
Journalist & photographer
KATHERINE POSEIDON
Writer & researcher
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KARL REBER
Director, University of Lausanne Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
KATERINA SAKELLIOU
Chef
KILLIAN SCHMITZ-HUBSCH
Architect, educator & author
DEAN SIRIGOS
Editor & journalist
ARIS SOTIRIOU
Founder, Neanikon
ANETTE SPAAN
Photographer
IOANNA STAMOULOU
Chef
TASSOS STATHOPOULOS
Journalist & author
T
ROBERT U. TAYLOR
Artist
LINDA THEODOROU
Writer, researcher & author
ARISTOULA TOLI
Co-founder, Avles arts organization, dancer, educator & researcher
COSTAS THEOCHARIS
Illustrator & author
GABRIEL TOMPALIDIS
Artist & illustrator
VASILIS TSATSARAGKOS
President, Olympic Airlines Employee Cultural Center (POLKEOA)
CHARIS TSEVIS
Artist
AMARYLLIS TSEGOU
Founder, The Tasty Other, photographer & recipe developer
FOTIS TZANAKIS
Journalist
GEORGE TZIALLAS
Tourism expert, former secretary at Hellenic Ministry of Tourism
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PANOS VALSAMAKIS
Head, Valsamakis Ceramics
DIMITRIS VAFEIADIS
Mosaic artist
MARY VERGOU
Head, Benaki Toy Museum
NATALIA VOGEIKOFF-BROGAN
Head archivist, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ELENA VOTSI
Jewelry designer
THEODORE VOKOS
Managing Director, Posidonia Exhibitions
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DIANE ALEXANDER WHITE
Photographer, Field Museum Chicago
AGATA WIERUSZEWSKA
Artist
ARTEMIS ZENETOU
Executive Director, Fulbright Foundation in Greece

