2003 Creation of first website of Art Villa Garikula. The website was inspired by wall paintings and decoration by students of the Academy of Art in Tbilisi. The website has won honourable mention in the competition held by Natwerkstan.
2003 Autumn Plainaire in Garikula. Organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Tbilisi Academy of Art.
2003 Meeting with Natverkstan – Swedish network of art organizations.
2003 Mrs. Sandra Rulovs, wife of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, organized plainaire for elderly artists. Link.
2003 US Ambassador in Georgia Mr. Richard Miles hosts the exhibition of works of Roger Colombik and Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik, created in Garikula, in the ambassador’s residence in Tbilisi.
2003 Restoration works.
2003 Artist meeting “Garikula – Kalahari”, inspired with the view of never-the –same mountain across the river.
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2003 Design Atelier of Art Villa Garikula starts working with the cultural department of the US embassy printing calendars with photographs by Robert Capa, as well as other material featuring links between Georgia and the US.
2003 Students of Tbilisi State Art Academy stay in Garikula in residence, helping in cleaning and rebuilding of the house.
2003 Architectural project “Garikula – Centre for the Art” is invited to exhibition on Venice Architectural Biennale “Metamorph” in 2004.
2003 Fulbright artist Clifton Meador visits Tbilisi State Academy of Art and Art Villa Garikula, with workshops on the art of book design.
2003 In his Tbilisi studio Karaman Kutateladze hosts lectures on contemporary art read by Fulbright artist Roger Colombik. Students of the Tbilisi State Academy of Art participate in the residency and prepare works for the exhibition in Garikula. US artist and his wife take plenty of photo material that became a source of much interest in US and Georgia.
2003 Art Villa Garikula collaborates with US embassy and Fulbright Scholar Program and holds professional artist meeting in Art Villa Garikula.