“Even though I’m sometimes tired after school, I’m always happy to come here,” says Nare Ghazinyan, a sixth-grade student who has been attending the carpet-weaving club since it first opened. She loves drawing patterns, choosing colors and threads, and has already made her first wallet. Although she has not yet had the chance to weave a bag, it is one of the things she hopes to make. Nare is one of around 15 children attending the carpet-weaving club at the Voskevan Culture H

At just 20 years old, Nare Simonyan has already built a name for herself in her hometown of Sisian. Today, many locals simply know her as "Nare the photographer"-a title she wears with pride. What began as curiosity has grown into a thriving small business. Nare has opened her own photography studio, making it one of only two studios currently operating in the town. After graduating from school, she enrolled in the Armenian State Pedagogical University in Yerevan to study pho