Artists giving up on art as a profession is not a new story, in fact it's as old as time itself. Young aspiring artists in Armenia also face insurmountable challenges, and while they may not be creating works of art, they continue to dream.
What happens when the heart wants a day on the shores of Lake Sevan but you hardly have enough for a train ticket and a bar of snickers but the train is not working? Would you consider hitchhiking? A group of girls did.
A personal essay by Gayane Ghazaryan about a trip to Artsakh to see her brother for the first time after he left for his mandatory service in the army. A day her family had always known would come but was never fully ready for. Գայանե Ղազարյանը գրում է իր նորակոչիկ եղբորը առաջին անգամ Արցախում տեսակցության գնալու իր փորձառության մասին։ Մի օր, որին նրանք սպասել են, բայց այդպես էլ պատրաստ չեն եղել։
Meet 16-year-old Liana Gyurjyan who made history becoming the youngest female weightlifter from Armenia in her weight category to win three gold medals in a single day.
If we look at how many monuments have been erected in Yerevan and how many were dismantled, we’ll have an extensive overview of the political currents and ideological tendencies that swept through the country since independence. As per the list provided by Yerevan Municipality, 51 statues and busts were erected in Yerevan since 1991.
Anushik, often called the Girl Orchestra, is “Dhol royalty.” Her mother, Lilit, was known as the “Queen of Dhol.” A story about how music knows no gender.
The stages of the underground are hidden but colorful. The bohemian of the underground creates its own, paints it in colors and like a mad person does not deviate from its unconventional path.
About the moment when it becomes clear where achieving your dream through hard work ends and paying dues to convention begins, when it is no longer enough to be smart and goal oriented, one has to also be born male.
In this piece about mental health issues, Gayane Ghazaryan presents an overall picture of what struggles young people with mental disorders face in Armenia. By piecing together her personal experience with OCD, the stories of three young people and expert opinion, she presents the main factors that hinder the improvement of people’s mental health.
A sharp departure from the confinements of Soviet era filmmakers where any production had to be commissioned by the state and would remain under strict supervision, a 2003 law on mass media, forbids censorship in the Republic of Armenia. But in post-Soviet Armenia censorship has time and again found ways of meddling with cinema.
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