The Koghb Art School has been teaching local youth fine and applied arts since 1999. Today it is operated by artists and teachers Anna Nasibyan, Arusyak Pashikyan and Satenik Ghulijanyan.
The school was established to offer opportunities and bring together talented young people, living far from the capital of Yerevan, to appreciate art and enrich their lives through culture. The town is walking distance from the Azeri border.
Classes are held every day after school and on weekends, and the pupils range in age from 7-18. Students learn drawing, classical painting, carpet weaving, composition, 3D modelling, woodworking, and the history of art. Every year, young people apply to become students at the school. Graduates attend universities throughout Armenia, but regularly return to organise and attend school-related events.
In the summer, the teachers organise a month-long art camp in the local forest, where the students stay in tents and work intensively. Teachers work hard to expand and develop the programs by offering exhibitions, holiday celebrations, meetings with artists, and symposia.
The Koghb Art School is the home of Yereqnuk Handicrafts, which makes a huge variety of HDIF products, including bestselling Armenian letters, hand-painted tea mugs, hand-painted zippered pouches and cases, and hand-painted wooden ornaments.
Check out the beautiful hand painted products from Koghb Art School at Artful Giving: Bonbonnieres & Favors, Easter ornaments - oval shape and crosses, hand painted pomegranate mug and Christmas ornaments.
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