Kytherians developed arts and associated them with their daily life, work, social events, manners and customs. The Kytherian tradition in the music and dance is rich. A lot of elements show the kinship with the Cretan and Ionian music, but there is a individual sound in the kytherian song and dance. There're very erotic verses, romantic melodies and dances that express joy, love, unity. The famous dances on Cerigo are syrtos, mpourdaris, mpallos, Ai Giorgis (Ionian dance), European as waltz, fox, tango, Cretan dances e.t.c. The lute and the violin are the basic organs of Kytherian music. Nowadays the new generation tries to keep alive the musical and dancing tradition by teaching provided by the Kytherian associations.

The art of painting meets in the hagiographies of Byzantine temples and continue currently with the painters as Georgios Drizos, graver and lithographer Vasilios Charos and the painter - graver Manolis Charos. The literature is also characteristic for her influences from the Ionian and the Cretan School . In 19th century Iosef Kaloutsis, Georgios Mormoris, Antonios Fatseas and Emmanouel Stais rise to eminence and of course exceed the borders of Kythera and belong to the Ionian School . Panos Fyllis is the master of neo-kytherian literature. He wrote narratives, rhymes and serenades. The schoolteacher Ioannis P. Kasimatis recorded historical and folklore facts of newer season and saved the manners and customs of Kythera by narrative way.