A multidisciplinary research and artistic initiative that explores how Armenian regional unions construct identity and "place/space" in diaspora. Using the community of Sis in Lebanon as a primary case study, oral history and spatial theory are employed to "fume" the ingredients of lost homeland and present-day Bourj Hammoud. The project will serve to broaden research on diasporic memory while creating an immediate, tangible resource for the community as well as triggering a dialogue about the current status quo. By blending rigorous anthropology with innovative artistic practice, the aim is to spark a conversation about belonging, resilience, and the future of Armenian cultural spaces in Lebanon and beyond.

A socially rooted, visually poetic project that offers Armenian youth in Lebanon a rare space for reflection, invention, and cultural authorship. Through writing workshops, painting, and a hybrid exhibition model, the project explores identity as both inherited and imagined, and shaped by silence as much as by voice. By engaging directly with schools and sharing the work across both institutional and public contexts, the project fosters genuine community dialogue while producing a lasting artistic and cultural archive.

A platform about post-war realities, migration, the evolving role of diaspora structures, and the geopolitical impacts on vulnerable populations. A blog / website serving as a stepping stone for youth to explore and understand these issues through their own lenses. A platform that operates digitally showcasing multimedia content on identity, conflict, and diaspora politics from the perspective of Armenian youth in Lebanon. With infographics and interactive visuals, a strong social media presence, the blog-style analytical articles and interviews will highlight personal narratives of migration and resilience, community voices on regional affairs, and community dialogues through in-person or hybrid events in Beirut and Bourj Hammoud. The goal is to foster long-term digital storytelling capacity within the community, while creating a lasting resource for cultural reflection and engagement.

A short-form video series filmed in Lebanon, featuring members of the Lebanese-Armenian community. Individuals from diverse demographic backgrounds will take part in unscripted, interview-style segments where they respond to questions, engage in language-based games, and interact with visual prompts designed to spark reflection and dialogue. Participants share what they know, express their views, and uncover new notions about their culture and language. Filmed in authentic community settings, the videos will use humor, imperfection, and everyday spaces to show culture as something lived. By documenting real voices, reactions, and reflections from within the community, the project will help rebuild a sense of presence and possibility around cultural identity.

A podcast that celebrates the achievements of Lebanese-Armenian individuals working in creative fields. Each episode will feature guests who have made a meaningful impact both within the Armenian community and across Lebanese society. Through personal storytelling, the podcast will explore paths to success, creative philosophies, and advice for aspiring Armenian youth in the Diaspora. The podcast will highlight cross-cultural successes bridging two rich identities through storytelling, with representations that go beyond tradition showing how Armenian voices continue to shape the country’s cultural landscape. Recorded in a cozy, home-like setting, the goal is to make guests feel safe, seen, and heard, allowing for honest, emotionally rich conversations.

A cultural revival project dedicated to preserving Armenian embroidery and its forgotten sub-crafts like motif design and fabric stamping. Led by Armenian women from Lebanon, Armenia, and the Diaspora, “Telig” bridges heritage and technology to revitalize traditional arts. Through research, digital restoration, and laser-based reproduction, the project will document and redraw motifs, create reusable toolkits, host community workshops, and launch a traveling exhibition. “Telig” empowers women artisans, promotes intergenerational knowledge transfer, and reconnects youth with their cultural identity. Through combining traditional artistry with modern digital tools, ancestral crafts are safeguarded and actively practiced, while the mediums used in the project reflect the historical depth and adaptability of Armenian craftsmanship.

A trilingual report in Armenian, Arabic, and English, honoring the warmth of home and the strength of identity. Designed to be participatory and deeply rooted in lived everyday experiences, the project is about belonging, healing, and knowledge transfer, it focuses on the exploration of Armenian culture and layered belonging in Lebanon through food and language – two of the most emotionally resonant and intimate cultural mediums that foster connection and shared belonging. A reflective report will be drafted and published, weaving together quotes, stories, and insights from participants of the workshops and language sessions. It will explore questions such as: What does it mean to belong to two places? How do food and language shape identity? What bridges can be built through shared experience? The project will also produce a replicable toolkit for family-based language learning and intergenerational cooking sessions.

A series of open mic events and collaborative sessions in Beirut with a focus on Lebanese-Armenian spaces, inviting comedians, musicians, poets, dancers, and storytellers to share their voices. This project will aim to serve as both a creative platform and a cultural preservation space, mixing tradition with modern expression and fostering intergenerational dialogue. “Pem” addresses the existing gap of Armenian creatives and artists in Lebanon not having a dedicated platform or space where they can express themselves in Armenian and through their own cultural lens. It will create a safe, supportive, and culturally resonant space strengthening community bonds, encouraging artistic expression, and ensuring that Armenian voices thrive within Lebanon’s diverse cultural landscape.   

A project that attempts a mapping and reconciliation of three geographies that are variations of each other through images from the past and present. The project unites all three dimensions of Hadjin; a geographically accurate past using images from the applicant’s grandfather, and its present reinventions, through a book and postcards. Alongside photographic documentation, one important aspect of Hadjin identity is to be highlighted: the Hadjin dialect, as a pillar for defining a community. By reclaiming snippets of the extinct dialect and weaving past and present, the project hopes to emerge with a versed reading of an identity, related to a place that, even if geographically discontinuous, may still exist in its original capacity.

A two-channel video installation at the intersection of documentary, performance, and experimental cinema, it meditates on thresholds between art and life, creation and erosion, preservation and dissolution. Depicting a dust-laden underground studio in Bourj Hammoud, sculptor Krikor Avessian becomes both maker and material, merging body and clay in a poetic exploration of transformation, decay, and survival. Through ritual gestures – encasing, wrapping, suspending, and breaking free – he embodies the elemental cycle of existence. The project meditates on Armenian Diaspora identity and culture by transforming an inherited sculptural practice into a contemporary video artwork. It balances preservation and innovation by honoring the embodied craft and intergenerational knowledge of Bourj Hammoud while reinterpreting these traditions through performance, visual poetry, and experimental cinema.