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Ruben Malayan
Ruben Malayan is an artist who is inspired passionately by Armenian script. He and other artists can write Armenian letters beautifully, and even create new, elaborate Armenian fonts for computer programs, which ironically are threatening the art of writing. In addition to his calligraphic skills, Malayan dreams of teaching calligraphy to children -- a dream gradually coming true.
At the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Malayan created a large map with inscriptions in calligraphy by his young pupils -- an example of cartographic craft that immediately became a work of art. Malayan wants calligraphy to be not just a momentary fancy but something to stay indelibly with his pupils. To do so, he will teach future artists the art of writing in one of Yerevan's art colleges.
In the process of learning calligraphy from artists like Malayan, students are helping to revive not only Armenian calligraphy but also their own handwriting. |