2022 in review: COAF’s major infrastructure projects in Armenia 18 November 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 5 min read 2022 was a prosperous and exciting year for COAF—a slew of new initiatives, groundbreakings, and collaborations. Looking back, let us present COAF’s most large-scale infrastructure investments in education, healthcare, child and family services, and economic sectors in…
Tumanyan’s “The Dog and the Cat” in Chinese 22 July 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read Do you know an Armenian author whose literary work heroes and themes are simple villagers and their ordinary life? If you’re at least slightly familiar with Armenian literature, you have probably admired Hovhannes Tumanyan, a celebrated Armenian poet,…
Digital artworks that will make their way to an open-air studio 10 April 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read At the Lori COAF SMART Center, everyone’s special in their own way. If there is one thing our longtime student Nvard Petrosyan is famous for, it’s her digital artworks. Digital Drawing is just one of…
Once upon a time in France | Nane Alikhanyan 1 April 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photo courtesy of Nane Alikhanyan 3 min read Those who wanderlust will agree that traveling might be costly, but it is worth infinitely more than you spend on it. Meeting new people, observing cultures, experiencing beauty and lifestyles, and tasting…
The philosophy of Shahane Halajyan 20 March 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 4 min read Behind COAF’s efforts to make Armenia’s villages a better place to live is a big team of believers and doers. Get to know one of them. The COAF SMART Center Education Manager Shahane Halajyan is a longtime COAF family member who…
Architectural Competition for COAF SMART Armavir 11 March 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read COAF invites architects from all over the world to participate in an open architectural competition for its second COAF SMART Campus in Armenia’s Armavir region. Inspired by the success of the first COAF SMART Campus in Lori (2018) as a…
Going deep into people souls with Stella Avetikyan 29 January 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read When you go deep into the human soul, you find deep people. Stella Avetikyan, one of the first graduates of the COAF SMART Center, belongs to that human “genre.” “Very Deep” («Շատ խորը») is also called the initiative…
“If I built a robot one day”: Mariam Khachatryan 16 January 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photo by: Knar Babayan 2 min read A 17-year-old girl from Marts village of Lori, passionate about physics and math, says she might build a robot one day. Meet Mariam Khachatryan, one of the oldest “inhabitants” of our COAF SMART…
5 questions with Artashes from Alaverdi 12 December 2021 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Arnos Martirosyan 2 min read The Holidays are the perfect time to gather with our family and friends and have conversations which we often didn’t have time for during the year. These days we sat down with COAF SMART Center student…
The hidden energy of Vanadzor and one of its youngest artists 3 December 2021 By Nane Vardanyan 2 min read “There is a hidden potential and immense energy in Vanadzor (the third-largest city of Armenia),” believes 19-year-old Levon Harutyunyan, a former student of Lori’s COAF SMART Center. The energy is within urban artists who play…
Similar and unique: Torosyan brothers from Alaverdi 29 October 2021 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 2 min read They do everything in twos․ People occasionally stop and stare at them. Teachers routinely mix up who said what. Meet one of the famous duos of the COAF SMART Center, identical twins Hayk and Hrachik…
An Armenian student’s journey of starting university in Yerevan 3 September 2021 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read The new academic year presumes many rural Armenian youths moving to Yerevan, Gyumri, or Vanadzor (the cities where most state universities are located) to start university in their preferred professional field. Aghunik Shambaryan, a COAF SMART student…
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