Armenian weaving: Tradition and Innovation
The first exhibition of the year opened at “Albert and Tove Boyajyan” exhibition hall last Friday showcasing the carpet-weaving works of the students of the Faculty of Design and Decorative Applied Arts. The exhibition is entitled “Armenian weaving․ tradition and innovation”…
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Regular session of Board of Trustees
On March 3 a regular session of SAFAA Board of Trustees took place at State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. The following topics were on the agenda…
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Awarding Ceremony of the Competition Entitled “Best Student”
The awarding ceremony for “Best Student”-2021 took place on February 4, in the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia. The event was attended by the ESCS Minister Vahram Dumanyan, Deputy Minister Karen Trchunyan, Rectors and vice-rectors of HEIs and students…
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Annual Student Exhibition at Artists’ Union
Beside the exhibitions regularly organized on certain specialties throughout the year the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia has also established a tradition of general annual student exhibition which is a kind of test summarizing the teacher-student joint work…
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Board of Trustees Held a Session
On January 7, the regular session of SAFAA Board of Trustees was held…
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Edik Ghubazyan “Design begins with the right choice of fonts”
Edik Ghubazyan, lecturer at the chair of Computer Graphics and Fashion Design of SAFAA has big contribution to the development of Armenian letter art. He is the author of about 500 fonts. Yesterday he presented a part of his works at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition hall…
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A glimpse of Krakow
Lecturer at Graphics department of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Zackar Demirtshyan recently participated in Erasmus+ programme delivering one-week lecturing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow after J. Matejko, Poland…
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Jubilee marked at Albert and Tove Boyajian exhibition-hall
The Institute of Fine Arts established in Yerevan 75 years ago opened a good opportunity for Armenian youth to receive art education; throughout its existence it educated many generations, including numerous prominent artists who rendered great services to Armenian culture…
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SAFAA-75th anniversary: A jubilee exhibition at Artists’ Union of Armenia
In order to get higher education in fine arts, Armenian youth used to leave for Russian cities, mainly Moscow or Leningrad and Georgia, Tbilisi as well till 1945, but that continued until the decree to open Fine Arts Institute in Yerevan on 29th of June of the same year. It was not a coincidence that the role of arts education raised immediately after the World War II, the period when the society was on depression after so much loss and art development was one of the effective means to fight it…
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When Art is Life and Life is Art
Nicole Chevrier is a French artist who used to work at the University of Lyon, Saint Etienne. She has been a member in the committee of competition for professors, the President of Modern Art Association, has had a series of exhibitions and art projects…
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