by Anna K. Gargarian

Happy New Year everyone! I know January is already over, but better late than never. After a dynamic winter season for the start of HAYP Pop Up Gallery – the launching of our crowdfunding campaign, our first exhibit “Frame of Mind: Context and Perspective”, and a well-attended Event Week- the HAYP team took a little break to fuel up.

A little update about the team

A lot of you have had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte in Yerevan: her high energy, pep, charm, and French accent are hard to miss. For our more distant followers, you’ve probably read her “Behind the Scenes” articles, or seen her in our crowdfunding video. Unfortunately, Charlotte won’t be with us in Yerevan until this summer (she’ll be finishing University in Paris), but you may find her every once in a while on the Blog writing about the art scene in Paris and whatnot. We look forward to having her back with the team (and a fancy degree) this summer for our HAYP Summer Festival.

Oscar, who was the mastermind behind our crowdfunding campaign, is currently working in Kapan, just outside of Yerevan. He’ll continue to promote us through our Social Media, and maybe we’ll even “Pop up” in his hood (watch out Kapan!).  😉

Lilit Markosian, one of the artists in our last exhibit “Frame of Mind: Context & Perspective”, has been a huge help with designing our Social Media graphics. You’ll be seeing more of her as a co-organizer for this next exhibit.

If anyone’s interested in helping out, please don’t hesitate to contact us! We need all the help we can get, especially as the exhibition date approaches. Let us know where your interests lie, we need help with exhibition installation and set-up, and coordinating Event Week (concerts, talks, film screenings etc.), even volunteering as a bar tender for opening/closing nights! Keep us posted: info.hayp@gmail.com

HAYP 2.0 Coming soon this April

We’re now working in full “action-mode” to plan our next project, let’s call it HAYP 2.0 for now. We’ll be popping up next in April in Yerevan (exact location to-be-determined), and we’ll follow the same format as our first project: 10 days of exhibition and an Event Week. The theme and artists will be different, and we’ll be posting the exhibition concept and “Call To Artists” within a week, so make sure to check out the HAYP on our Blog and Social Media for updates.

That’s it for now, thanks for reading and keep following us for news and info on our upcoming projects.