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At Kara Tepe, Mytilene, Lesbos<\/p><\/div>\n
By Emily Spalding<\/em><\/p>\n Perched on the hill of Schisto refugee camp in Athens, a large rabbit \u2014 around 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall \u2014 has found a home, with grass at her feet and the blue sky as her backdrop.<\/p>\n Stretched along an ISOBOX modular housing unit, an intricate painting of the rabbit spans the length of the box, offering a pop of color amid the browning terrain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Schisto camp, Athens<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe try to add color wherever we can,\u201d explained Manos Chatzelis, who works at another refugee camp, Kara Tepe, located in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.\u00a0 As he spoke, he gestured to a sea of unique images carefully painted onto numerous containers.\u00a0 Chatzelis said that during his two years at the camp, it had transformed\u00a0 from a transit center to what operators now term a “hospitality center.”\u00a0 He attributed some of its sense of community to the art that now defines the camp\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n At Schisto camp, Athens<\/p><\/div>\n Artwork in refugee camps has become increasingly common in Greece, especially in Athens and Mytilene.\u00a0 Organizations like Project Elea<\/a> at Eleonas camp in Athens, as well as visiting groups of volunteers from fine art schools, have worked to incorporate art into daily life in the camps by painting artwork on the containers.\u00a0 Additionally, they often offer a slew of artistic activities for camp residents.<\/p>\n\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/globalreporting2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/06\/IMG_1919.jpg\")
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