ANQA carried out a monitoring at State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia
On December 3 National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) conducted a monitoring at State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia to familiarize with the changes and improvements resulted by institutional accreditation…
Read MoreSAFAA students familiarizing with the results of International cooperation and exchange
Information days held by the initiative of External Relations department of SAFAA aimed at presenting in a very interactive way the recent years’ achievements and projects in cooperation with International HEIs. Head of the department Mary Patvakanyan and a staff member from the same department Naira Stepanyan during the meeting sessions with the students of Fine Arts and Decorative Applied Arts faculties held on 19th and 21st of November made a detailed presentation on the achievements of recent years, the exchange programmes with over 26 HEIs in different countries, particularly Erasmus+ ICM and related issues…
Read MoreKomitas Week at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” Exhibition Hall
The major objective of the initiative launched by Yerevan State Conservatory directed to the cooperation of higher educational institutions on art is to create a common field of interest among student-artists that will unite them and reinforce their close communication. This was announced by Narine Avetisyan, the head of Quality Assurance department of the Conservatory. She noted this to be the first milestone that would continue more actively in spring; she also encouraged the students to be not only participants but also initiators. 150th anniversary of Komitas served the best occasion for such an idea…
Read More“Our Komitas”
The 150th anniversary of Komitas and Hovhannes Tumanyan was celebrated at different levels, in various cultural places, and the celebrations still go on. Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan hosts a series of events marking the anniversary of the great composer from November 19-25 under the title “Our Komitas”. On the recommendation of Professor at the Conservatory, Tsovinar Movsisyan, the Komitas Week is held with the participation of students and lecturers from three Armenian HEIs on art: Conservatory, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia and State Institute of Theatre and Cinema…
Read MoreAvetik Avetisyan was elected the dean of Design and Decorative Applied Arts Faculty
On November 20, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia held the elections for the dean of Design and Decorative Applied Arts Faculty…
Read MoreAra Havhannisyan’s Recognizable and Abstract Realities
The originality of artists’ style discloses the directedness of his inner searches. The artist changing his style while in the creative processes solves an important task for himself: to what extent are his perceptions and approaches adapted to the modern time developments, what is the reaction to innovations and his capability to disclose them? It is not about empty formalism but natural developments occurring in the art dictated by life…
Read MoreEdik Vardanyan was elected the dean of Fine Arts Faculty
On November 18, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia held the elections for the dean of Fine Arts Faculty…
Read MoreImagination and Diversity
Works of SAFAA 4th year students of Sculpture department of Fine Arts faculty shown in “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition hall embody fascinating approach of creative imagination. The exhibition, as sculptor Garegin Davtyan described was distinguished by its diversity, where one could particularly notice the search of something new. The attention was especially captured by the means of expression of emotional states (“Pondering”, “Nightmare”, “Strangeness”), manifestation of imaginative feelings (“Talk of the God of Stones and Snake”, “Hanger”)…
Read MoreSAFAA hosted master classes on Sculpture and Painting by Chinese artists
In 2016-2017 the festival organized by “Gorges of Lori” Compatriotic Union was also attended by Chinese artists from the Academy of the city of Nankinwho participated in the pleinairin Armenia. The previous year, five Armenian artists, all of them SAFAA graduates- the president of Artists’ Union of Armenia Suren Safaryan, the secretary of the Union VahagnGalstyan, LevonAbrahamyan, Suren Amiryan and Ara Hakobyan participated in the open air painting within “Great Silk Road” project in Nankin. The project being of an utmost importance to Chinese people, aims at reviving the ties between the Silk Road countries…
Read MoreItalian on Stage
Annually held “Week of Italian Language” this year launched on October 21: this time it kicked off under the heading “Italian on Stage”. The aim of the event was, certainly, the spreading of Italian culture and Italian language. Every Armenian HEI where the Italian is taught, participates in the event. It’s already seven years the students of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia have been studying one of the most beautiful languages of the world with the help of Anahit Mkryan. The group of beginners consists of over 30 students, while in the second course their number is ten…
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