hosq is a creative institution and foundation in Armenia that runs laboratories and education programs, a public and professional network, and research and fellowship initiatives.
Working across practice-based research, new standards and guidelines, and long-term collaborations, hosq helps shape the country’s creative industries as a sustainable, innovative field for artists, communities, and partners.
hosq is a cross-sector creative industries hub in Armenia, operating through a cluster-based structure.
hosq brings together artists, designers, producers, technologists, educators, independent studios, institutions, and local communities into shared processes of research, making, and learning. Work at hosq begins with close engagement and conversation, followed by hypotheses tested through action, reflection, and iteration.
As both an institution and a foundation, hosq runs laboratories and education programs, public and professional networks, as well as research and fellowship initiatives. Through practice-based research, policy work, and the development of new standards and guidelines for the creative industries, hosq contributes to building a more resilient and future-oriented ecosystem in and from Armenia.
Structured as a cluster organisation, hosq initiates collaborations and connects local initiatives with international contexts, supporting the formation of long-term working relationships between people, institutions, and practices. hosq operates as a growing network across multiple venues and platforms in Armenia and beyond, cultivating a safe and interdependent environment for experimentation, shared learning, and new professional roles.
hosq brings together artists, designers, producers, technologists, educators, independent studios, institutions, and local communities into shared processes of research, making, and learning. Work at hosq begins with close engagement and conversation, followed by hypotheses tested through action, reflection, and iteration.
As both an institution and a foundation, hosq runs laboratories and education programs, public and professional networks, as well as research and fellowship initiatives. Through practice-based research, policy work, and the development of new standards and guidelines for the creative industries, hosq contributes to building a more resilient and future-oriented ecosystem in and from Armenia.
Structured as a cluster organisation, hosq initiates collaborations and connects local initiatives with international contexts, supporting the formation of long-term working relationships between people, institutions, and practices. hosq operates as a growing network across multiple venues and platforms in Armenia and beyond, cultivating a safe and interdependent environment for experimentation, shared learning, and new professional roles.
Our work is anchored in Armenia — in Yerevan and in other towns and territories where we prototype future creative hubs. From this local base, hosq builds connections across the South Caucasus and beyond, linking Armenian initiatives to festivals, residencies, institutions, and partners in Europe and other regions.
Creative industries are among the fastest-growing economic drivers globally—fueling GDP growth, attracting investment, and defining cultural influence. In Armenia, the cultural and creative industries (CCI) already account for 4.4% of GDP, a figure close to the European Union average. Yet the sector's full potential remains untapped.
hosq exists to unlock that potential by addressing critical industry needs: access to funding, professional development, international partnerships, digital transformation, and policy advocacy. We connect education to measurable economic outcomes, ensuring that training, residencies, research, and international exchange directly support talent success.
hosq exists to unlock that potential by addressing critical industry needs: access to funding, professional development, international partnerships, digital transformation, and policy advocacy. We connect education to measurable economic outcomes, ensuring that training, residencies, research, and international exchange directly support talent success.
Labs, Residencies & Education
We design laboratories, residencies, and study programs where artists and creative professionals test ideas, develop works, and build new collaborations. These formats intentionally bring together different disciplines — sound, movement, image, text, and technology — and serve as testing grounds for methods of collaboration between people, roles, and practices.
Work begins with engagement and situational research in close dialogue with local practitioners and institutions, followed by experimentation, reflection, and iteration.
Professional & Organisational Development
Through workshops, lecture series with local and international experts, mentoring, and peer-to-peer formats, hosq supports artists, producers, and small teams in strengthening their practice. This includes artistic research and dramaturgy as well as project design, production, coordination, and long-term planning, with a focus on sustainable collaboration within local contexts.
International Collaborations & Market Access
hosq connects projects developed in Armenia to international festivals, exhibition spaces, and partner institutions. We facilitate co-productions, touring, and research exchanges, building international collaboration as a continuation of locally grounded work and long-term partnerships with Armenian-based institutions and practitioners.
Creative Hubs, Spaces & Placemaking
Together with local actors and institutions, hosq explores how existing buildings, townships, and landscapes can function as temporary or permanent creative hubs. These experiments test models of shared use and collaboration and inform future infrastructure — cluster campuses, regional nodes, and shared spaces that host production, education, and public programs.
Research, Ecosystem Insight & Advocacy
hosq observes and documents developments within Armenia’s creative field, learning from local practice and international reference points. This research informs our own programs and supports institutions, funders, and partners with insight into needs, potentials, and future directions.
Through foundation-based support, mentorship, and advocacy, hosq helps shape new professional standards, sectoral guidelines, and policy approaches for the creative industries, contributing to a more coherent and resilient ecosystem.
Digital Platform & Network
hosq is building a digital platform that extends these streams online, currently connecting a network of 300+ artists, creators, and creative initiatives. The platform supports collaboration, knowledge exchange, and visibility across local and international contexts.
We design laboratories, residencies, and study programs where artists and creative professionals test ideas, develop works, and build new collaborations. These formats intentionally bring together different disciplines — sound, movement, image, text, and technology — and serve as testing grounds for methods of collaboration between people, roles, and practices.
Work begins with engagement and situational research in close dialogue with local practitioners and institutions, followed by experimentation, reflection, and iteration.
Professional & Organisational Development
Through workshops, lecture series with local and international experts, mentoring, and peer-to-peer formats, hosq supports artists, producers, and small teams in strengthening their practice. This includes artistic research and dramaturgy as well as project design, production, coordination, and long-term planning, with a focus on sustainable collaboration within local contexts.
International Collaborations & Market Access
hosq connects projects developed in Armenia to international festivals, exhibition spaces, and partner institutions. We facilitate co-productions, touring, and research exchanges, building international collaboration as a continuation of locally grounded work and long-term partnerships with Armenian-based institutions and practitioners.
Creative Hubs, Spaces & Placemaking
Together with local actors and institutions, hosq explores how existing buildings, townships, and landscapes can function as temporary or permanent creative hubs. These experiments test models of shared use and collaboration and inform future infrastructure — cluster campuses, regional nodes, and shared spaces that host production, education, and public programs.
Research, Ecosystem Insight & Advocacy
hosq observes and documents developments within Armenia’s creative field, learning from local practice and international reference points. This research informs our own programs and supports institutions, funders, and partners with insight into needs, potentials, and future directions.
Through foundation-based support, mentorship, and advocacy, hosq helps shape new professional standards, sectoral guidelines, and policy approaches for the creative industries, contributing to a more coherent and resilient ecosystem.
Digital Platform & Network
hosq is building a digital platform that extends these streams online, currently connecting a network of 300+ artists, creators, and creative initiatives. The platform supports collaboration, knowledge exchange, and visibility across local and international contexts.
To establish Armenia as the leading creative innovation hub in the Caucasus region, to create globally competitive creative enterprises that celebrate Armenian identity while contributing to the international creative economy.
hosq empowers creative professionals through collaborative platforms, innovative resources, and strategic partnerships that enable sustainable business growth, international market access, and artistic excellence—while preserving and promoting Armenia's unique cultural heritage.
Heritage — Celebrating Armenian traditions while fostering contemporary expression
Innovation — Embracing technology and creative experimentation
Collaboration — Building networks that amplify collective potential
Excellence — Pursuing the highest standards in creative production
Sustainability — Creating economically viable and environmentally responsible practices
Inclusivity — Ensuring diverse participation and equitable access to opportunities
hosq’s strategic framework draws on European cluster development methodologies, adapted to the specific context of Armenia’s cultural and creative industries. As an artist‑led institution and accredited cluster organisation, hosq links Armenia’s creative field to wider European and international networks, partnerships, and funding programs, while keeping local needs and realities at the centre.
Innovation — Embracing technology and creative experimentation
Collaboration — Building networks that amplify collective potential
Excellence — Pursuing the highest standards in creative production
Sustainability — Creating economically viable and environmentally responsible practices
Inclusivity — Ensuring diverse participation and equitable access to opportunities
hosq’s strategic framework draws on European cluster development methodologies, adapted to the specific context of Armenia’s cultural and creative industries. As an artist‑led institution and accredited cluster organisation, hosq links Armenia’s creative field to wider European and international networks, partnerships, and funding programs, while keeping local needs and realities at the centre.
hosq operates as an independent, non‑profit foundation registered in Armenia. As an artist‑led institution, it combines grassroots experience with institutional responsibilities: building programs, managing resources, and maintaining long‑term partnerships across public, private, and civic sectors.
A board of trustees and an advisory group drawn from Armenia’s creative field steward hosq’s direction and governance.
A board of trustees and an advisory group drawn from Armenia’s creative field steward hosq’s direction and governance.
hosq operates as a dynamic ecosystem for Armenia’s creative field. Our strength lies in a collaborative model that brings together the creative community, private industry, academic institutions, and public partners to drive long-term sector development.
The hub brings together:
Participation is layered: some join specific labs or residencies, others become long‑term collaborators, partners, or institutional members. What connects them is a shared commitment to building a sustainable creative field in and from Armenia. Membership and participation are currently invitation‑ and project‑based; over time, hosq is formalising clear membership pathways for individuals, collectives, and organisations.
The hub brings together:
- Independent artists and creative professionals who experiment, perform, and produce.
- Creative enterprises, studios, and collectives developing projects, products, and services.
- Cultural institutions, venues, and festivals that host programs and audiences.
- Educational and research partners who contribute knowledge and learning.
- Public bodies and foundations engaged in long‑term cultural development.
Participation is layered: some join specific labs or residencies, others become long‑term collaborators, partners, or institutional members. What connects them is a shared commitment to building a sustainable creative field in and from Armenia. Membership and participation are currently invitation‑ and project‑based; over time, hosq is formalising clear membership pathways for individuals, collectives, and organisations.
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partners
Ecosystem
Research & Education
Bridging Knowledge & Practice
We support applied research and skills development, ensuring that artists, creative professionals, and organisations gain the digital, managerial, and collaborative capacities needed to operate in today’s creative economy.
We support applied research and skills development, ensuring that artists, creative professionals, and organisations gain the digital, managerial, and collaborative capacities needed to operate in today’s creative economy.
Industry
Fueling Growth & Innovation
We work with forward-thinking businesses and financial institutions that recognise the economic potential of creativity, co-developing projects and tools that connect creative work with sustainable business models and investment.
We work with forward-thinking businesses and financial institutions that recognise the economic potential of creativity, co-developing projects and tools that connect creative work with sustainable business models and investment.
Public & Civil Society
Advocating for Systemic Change
We align our work with national and regional priorities, contributing insight, standards, and policy recommendations that help create a stable, supportive environment for the cultural and creative sector.
We align our work with national and regional priorities, contributing insight, standards, and policy recommendations that help create a stable, supportive environment for the cultural and creative sector.
Community / Participants / Members
The Heart of hosq
We are a home and meeting point for Armenia's creative talent — artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, technologists, and many others. Through shared programs, resources, and decision-making, members actively shape hosq’s direction and the future of the field.
We are a home and meeting point for Armenia's creative talent — artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, technologists, and many others. Through shared programs, resources, and decision-making, members actively shape hosq’s direction and the future of the field.
Whether you're an artist seeking collaboration, a partner supporting local creative industries growth, or an international organisation exploring opportunities — hosq is your platform to connect, learn, and create.
team
As artists and cultural managers, we design flexible spaces for experimentation and collaboration — places we share from within, growing and adapting with communities and institutions.
- Andriesh Gandraburhosq Program LeadComposer, sound designer, and educator working at the intersection of sound art, media, and performance. Founder of the Sound Art and Sound Design program at HSE School of Design. At hosq, he guides programs that expand sound-based research into broader interdisciplinary contexts.
- Shoghakat MLKE-Galstyanhosq Program StrategiestArts manager, choreographer, actress - dancer and educator. As Creative Director of MIHR Contemporary Dance Theatre, she helped shape Armenia’s contemporary movement scene and its distinctive “Music of Movement” language. At hosq, she builds laboratories that connect artistic practice, research, and community.
- Andronik Khachiianhosq Program Curator & Art DirectorArtist and curator across bio art, performance, and sound. He has led interdisciplinary laboratories and curated exhibitions in Europe, Mexico, and Armenia. At hosq, he curates lectures and labs and builds cross-disciplinary projects that shape the institution’s direction.
- Sonya Ovchinnikovahosq CoordinatorMusician and cultural organizer. Trained in vocal performance and piano, later at Rimon College of Music. She has coordinated music camps, residencies, and collaborative projects. At hosq, she supports creative processes from both artistic and organizational sides.
- Lusine MLKE-Galstyanhosq Program ManagerCreative producer, musician, and songwriter. Co-founder of Tiezerk and Head of Events at Hrach’s Art Space. At hosq, she develops programs that bring artistic experimentation into shared cultural frameworks.
- Arthur Atayanhosq Project ManagerMusician, arts manager, and educator with a background in art history. Active in Armenia’s underground scene both as performer and organizer, he has curated numerous cross-genre events. At hosq, he fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and artistic exchange.
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