Press conference on the occasion of the six month artist-in-residence stay of the Armenian artist Arman Vahanyan (Foundation KulturDialog Armenien) in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, as the first artist of the international artists’ exchange program between Foundation KulturDialog Armenien, Christoph Merian Foundation (Atelier Mondial), Base, Switzerland and the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, at ARMENPRESS (Armenian News Agency), Yerevan, on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 at 2 p.m.

After returning from Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, the first candidate of the international artists’ exchange program, the Armenian artist Arman Vahanyan (KulturDialog Armenien) will speak about his stay in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, about his artistic development during the six months of his stay and also about his experiences and impressions in Germany at the press conference. Arman Vahanyan and president of Foundation KulturDialog Armenien, Sona Harutyunyan, will report about the artist’s two exhibitions during his stay (“Arman Vahanyan: Visual Formations” – solo exhibition at “T66 Kulturwerk”, Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany and “Auftakt 1 / KunstDialog” – common exhibition of graphic works by Arman Vahanyan and pulp-painting works by the Swiss artist Therese Weber at “a.a.1. Kulturraum Arlesheim”, Arlesheim (Basel Country), Switzerland) They will also talk about Foundation KulturDialog Armenien’s participation at the international cultural festival “Freiburg Stimmt Ein” at Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, with a workshop on linocut, directed by Arman Vahanyan.

On the occasion of the press conference, Foundation KulturDialog Armenien will present the second candidate of the international artists’ exchange program, the Swiss artist Silas Heizmann, who is in Yerevan since July 5^th and who will live and work here for the next six month. He will present his work to the Armenian audience in his solo exhibition at NPAK starting November 29^th, 2016.