2002 International art catalogue Art of Nations publishes photographs taken in Garikula by Evgeny Nesterov and Irina Padva.
2002 Fulbright artist Joseph Kagle establishes art and resource room in Tbilisi State Academy of Art and holds workshops in Art Villa Garikula followed with the exhibition at Garikula.
2002 Master-class in art history was held for the students from Tbilisi State Academy of Art.
2002 Symposium of Georgian professional painters organized by Nana Bagdavadze (USA).
2002 “Summer Plainaire in Garikula” and “Autumn Plainaire in Garikula”.
2002 Workshop by Swiss photographer Irene Maag.
2002 Caucasus Art Manager’s forum.
2002 Summer symposium with participation of 20 students from Tbilisi State Academy of Art.
2002 “Art In Public Places”, project by a Fulbright artist Roger Colombik, and a group of students from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art; Mr. Colombik read lectures and supervised student works in the framework of “Art in Public Places” project.
2002 The embassy of the US and Tbilisi Karvasla museum organize exhibition of students’ works created in Art Villa Garikula.
2002 The visit to Garikula inspires Russian photographers Eugenyi Nesterov and Irina Padva to take a number of photographs used later in the catalogue “Iskusstvo Nacii” (The Art of Nations).
Local photographers also contribute to the database: Anna Nizharadze, Gia Pailodze, Giorgi Mirzashvili, Guga Kotetishvili, Guram Tsibakhashvili and many others. Painters Giorgi Mirzashvili, Oleg Timchenko and Merab Surviladze create new murals in the citadel.
2002 Fulbright artist from the US Joseph Kagle collaborates with Garikula and the Academy of Art, arranging workshops and an exhibition in Garikula. Mr. Kagle showed different techniques of working with colours and elaborated on the subject of spontaneity of artistic choice during the drawing process.