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Creative Armenia and AGBU Launch Fellowships to Champion Innovative Talents

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PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday, 

CREATIVE ARMENIA AND AGBU LAUNCH FELLOWSHIPS TO CHAMPION INNOVATIVE TALENTS

Creative Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) are delighted 
to announce the launch of the Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellowships, which will 
discover, nourish and promote creative talents across the arts. Through a 
year-long program of funding,  mentorship and tailored promotion strategies, 
Creative Armenia and AGBU will empower innovative artists to achieve a career 
breakthrough, both locally and globally.
 
“As a nation, we take great pride in a heritage of visionary writers, 
musicians, filmmakers, and artists. But what are we actually doing to discover 
and empower our future creative visionaries?” said filmmaker and writer Garin 
Hovannisian, founding director  of Creative Armenia. “The Creative Armenia-AGBU 
Fellowships are our answer to this question.”
 
The Fellowships represent the first collaboration of AGBU and Creative Armenia, 
which entered into a strategic partnership in May. Creative Armenia, a global 
arts foundation for the Armenian people, pursues a mandate to discover, 
develop, promote, and produce  innovative talent. A trusted bedrock of the 
Armenian diaspora, AGBU has been creating opportunities for Armenian artists 
for decades to extend their education and showcase their talents to diverse 
audiences across the globe. The organization formalized its  support for the 
arts with the establishment of the Performing Arts Departments in the United 
States (in 2012) and France (in 2016).
 
“The synergy of this partnership opens up unprecedented opportunities for 
artists to expand their reach and make their work known locally and 
internationally,” said producer Eric Esrailian, who is a member of the AGBU 
Central Board and a founding member of  Creative Armenia’s Board of Advisors. 
“This fellowship will help advance Armenian arts and culture on the global 
stage.”
 
The Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellowships are open to innovative talents in all 
creative fields—including film, music, literature, visual arts, theater, 
design, and photography. During the course of one year, fellows will gain 
access to industry connections and  tailored strategies to develop, pitch and 
promote their projects through one-on-one mentorship meetings and workshops. A 
$5,000 grant will also be provided. The fellowships are open to artists of 
Armenian origin and those who have a demonstrated interest in  Armenian 
culture. The presence of fellows in Armenia is not required. 
 
Applications are accepted now through September 15 on 
creativearmenia.org/fellowships and agbu.org/creativearmenia.

For inquiries, please contact Alec Mouhibian at alec@creativearmenia.org and 
Hayk Arsenyan at harsenyan@agbu.org.

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Founded in 2017, Creative Armenia is an innovative arts foundation that 
develops – and realizes – the strategies of a cultural awakening. Its founding 
advisory board includes Serj Tankian, Eric Esrailian, Arsinée Khanjian, Eric 
Bogosian, Carla Garapedian, Simon  Abkarian and Michael Aram. For more 
information, please visit  www.creativearmenia.org.
 
Established in 1906, AGBU is the world's largest non-profit Armenian 
organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU preserves and promotes the 
Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian 
programs, annually touching the  lives of some 500,000 Armenians around the 
world. For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit 
www.agbu.org.

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