The Hovhannes Sharambeyan Museum of Folk Arts is located on the outskirts of Yerevan, serving to preserve both tangible and intangible elements of Armenian cultural heritage through a rich collection of historic objects across all areas of Armenian folk art including textiles, woodcarving, and metal working. They also work to preserve traditions, sometimes hosting book […]
The National Gallery of Armenia, housed in a grand building on Yerevan’s Republic Square, offers a fascinating look at how Armenia’s art has evolved through the centuries from Early Christian art to the 20th century. Several galleries display Russian and other European art as well, highlighting the dialogues which have taken place between Armenia and […]
Centrally located in a historic building on Shota Rustavelli Avenue, the National Gallery is one of many museums that are unified under the Georgian National Museum. It is known for its collection of historic and contemporary Georgian art, from paintings and drawings to sculptures, as well as a number of original works by famed Georgian […]
Igrika Crafts is a family-run art studio based in Tbilisi which specializes in block-printed textiles with traditional Georgian folk motifs. They graciously offered to organize a block-printing workshop for my fellow SRAS Tbilisi study abroad participants to teach us more about their art as well as the Georgian history, culture, and folk art which inspires […]
Maia Tsinamdzgurishvili is a modern Georgian textile artist living and working in Tbilisi. I had a chance to visit with her in her apartment in Tbilisi in the hopes that I might learn not only about her own work, but about the state of modern textile arts in Georgia. During my time with Maia she […]
The Georgian State Silk Museum celebrates and supports sericulture (the process of making silk) as an act of biology, engineering, handicraft, and art. Its displays take you through the lifecycle of the silk-worm to the gathering, weaving, and dying of silk threads to the final cultural products sericulture produces. The facility also hosts a reference […]
In 2018, doctors in Montreal began prescribing visits to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) for patients experiencing depression, anxiety, and other health issues. This innovative approach to mental health treatment was launched under the initiative of the MMFA in collaboration with Médecins francophones du Canada (MFdC). The program allows physicians to provide patients […]
Taleen Voskuni’s Lavash at First Sight (2024) is a funny and lighthearted sapphic romance about two Armenian-American women roped into promoting their respective Armenian food companies at a food-packing conference in Chicago offering a chance to win a Super Bowl advertisement slot. The two are just hitting it off when the parents of one recognize […]
The Tbilisi History Museum is a quick peak into the city’s 19th century past that helps solidify its importance as a commercial hub at the cultural crossroads of the Persian, Ottoman, and Russian empires. Housed in a historic building with other worthwhile museums and telling its story through models, life-size dioramas, historic photographs, and other […]
