June 11, 2020, Yerevan, Armenia: The Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA) announces the launch of a new online educational program, called “The Art of the Mask”.
CCA continues to present unique educational projects during these unusual times. The Center’s educational programs, based on its permanent exhibitions, resumed online on May 1. Now, CCA launches “The Art of the Mask,” a new educational program for families with children ages 7 and older.
The program will take place on Zoom platform. Participants will learn about the history of the mask, its usage and significance in different cultures. Ritual, theatrical, masquerade, and other types of masks from various time periods will be presented, as well as artworks by famous artists, the mask being the essential and central part of those works. In the last and creative part of the program, participant families will create protective masks with materials available in their homes.
“Education has been one of CCA’s primary functions since its opening, and the Center continues to value the importance of knowledge during this pandemic. “The Art of the Mask” educational program aims to maintain the connection between the community and the Museum through discussions on topics of art. As a result, a unifying creative atmosphere will be nurtured among families, and the participants will prepare protective face masks, thus acquiring very vital and helpful skills nowadays,” stated the Acting Executive Director of CCA, Vahagn Marabyan.
To register for the program, please call (+374) 77 21 81 35 or message us on CCA’s official Facebook page.
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The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is dedicated to bringing the best of contemporary art to Armenia and presenting the best of Armenian culture to the world. Having celebrated its grand opening in November 2009, CCA continues to exhibit unique works of modern art, offers a wide variety of exhibitions and a diverse program of lectures, films, concerts and numerous educational initiatives for children and adults. The annual visitation of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts exceeds 1,000,000 people.