In 2017, from 28 April to 22 July, at the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki of the State Museum of Contemporary Art (now MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts), selections from the visual production born in the workshops of Schools and Departments of Fine Arts throughout the country were presented, within the framework of the 8th Biennial of Students of Fine Arts Schools of Greece.
This organization was completely relevant to the goals of the organization that hosted it: for "research and promotion of experimental artistic expression centered on interdisciplinarity, hybridity and the relationship of art with social reality, as well as for the establishment of networks for the exchange of cultural products and the support of artists in their first professional steps." 95 student-emerging artists from the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Western Macedonia and the Department of Visual Arts & Art Sciences of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Ioannina, presented works of painting, engraving, microsculpture, mixed media, video and installations, practically moving from the protected space of education, to direct exhibition in the public space and to open critical reception.
In the 2017 event, Margarita Tsouloucha (First Prize), Markellos Kolofotias and Dimitra Marini (Second Prize) were distinguished, whose works are presented within the framework of the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, all fruitful material from a thoroughly professional collaboration between the organization and the three young artists and a dialogue that lasted approximately two years.