Nairy Shahinian: Ecstatic Moments Project
In times of unimaginable crisis, Nairy Shahinian, like many of us, turns to music. In her words, “personally, music has…
Category: Arts+Culture
Depicting Armenia in Another Light: The Creative Voyage of Karishok Dulyan
“I entered the art world at a very young age,” explains the Armenian artist Karishok Dulyan, who held her very…
Abstract Reality
Essay and artworks by Gayane Arushanian Does reality echo the chaos of our thoughts? Do we become like nature in…
Darkness of Heart
Pain only takes selfies.
Don’t expect others to do it.
“Can you please take
a picture of my agony?”
No.
Your plight is yours.
Share it.
But don’t share anyone else’s.
Your digital temple—
worship in it,
but don’t bring
in the “other.”
Defiant Dreams: an Interview with Taleen Kali
Taleen Kali’s music will take you on a journey that can at once be dreamlike, cosmic, and full of the…
AZAD FILMS: 100 Years of Armenian Cinema
Welcome to Azad Films, a series of online and in-person events dedicated to increasing the appreciation and accessibility of Armenian…
To Turn an Armenian Out
Last night I left a baby on a rock. Unlike the others, this baby wasn’t detailed – it didn’t drool…
Hummus Sexuality is Not Tabbouleh: Love, Laughter, and Drag with Vera Hannush
Speaking with SWANA drag king Vera Hannush is an event filled with lots of laughter, playful absurdity, and enough love…
The Colliding Identities and Alternate Worlds of Stephany Sanossian
Walking into the 2022 Armenia Art Fair, I could see that each corner, each artist, and each work of art…
There’s Nothing More Powerful than Living your Authentic Truth: Interview with Anoush Ellah
Have you experienced a drag performance where the artists are wearing traditional taraz or tatreez costumes? As many people of…
Nirvana’s Unwanted Disciples
A post-Soviet factory building in the middle of nowhere. Mind-altering music. Unexpected conversations. In vibrant, immersive prose, Levon Shant Ekmekjian describes his initiation into the Armenian underground music scene.
A Journey into Ripsime’s Inner Kingdom
Born into a family of academics, the British-Armenian artist, Ripsime never imagined that she would one day pursue a career…
Art After the War: A Conversation with Lena Halteh
I first interviewed Lena Halteh during the 2020 Artsakh War, when we were both focused on selling our creative work…
Bala Bimbambum in the Land of Bugistan
Growing up in Yerevan, Babken Sakanyan felt constrained, unable to explore their gender and artistic identities. When they moved to Berlin, they started to explore drag and other art forms. Eventually they were inspired by their drag character, Bala Bimbambum to create a world with no limits where they could explore all elements of Armenianness, queerness, art, drag, imagination, and expression.
“From Myself to Myself by Myself”: Amassia Niziblian’s debut solo exhibition.
On October 1st, 2021 Amassia Niziblian, a 21-year-old Armenian-Canadian artist, debuted her very first solo art exhibition at the Hay Art Cultural Center in downtown Yerevan. Her work draws from her personal diary, as well as her Armenian identity and her experience as a woman.
Zepure, Զեփյուռ, a Breeze
By Kristin Anahit Cass This article is done as a collaboration with Entanik, a global organization dedicated to uplifting and showcasing…
borders are
borders are 1. invisible margins 2. like a necklace with a clasp too tight 3. traffic lights pulsating the color…
Ode to My Daughter’s Other Half
by Maryam Dilakian Mama, can you please tell meSome stories about Armenia?My daughter asksNo doubt perplexedAs alwaysBy all she knows…
Could be
By Sargon Yousefian Dezag Tekkie Assimilation as Erasure. I’ve spent a good chunk Of my life not understanding What happened…
Small Business Owners: Sonya Ohanjanyan
With a profound passion for both art and Armenia, Sonya was determined to combine them both and create her own…