“I decided, in spite of the situation, to fight and not to close the center”

“Mughdusyan Art Center” was founded in 2014 by a group of dreamers”, – artist Mariam Mughdusyann tells WomenNet.am- which writes about her not for the first time. This time hraparak.am refered to the impact of the activities, noting that the situation has now become somehow unfavorable for the center as there is a problem of an area.

Mariam says that no one had asked her to open the center, and she had no grant and initial funding; she just had a great dream, the situation was favorable, and she founded the Center for the Arts. The center’s first year of operation was not hard as they had no space problem, because the amount was small, and it was possible to cover that cost.  But this year, the center had to change the area in which the lease is quite a large amount, five times more, so there is a serious problem for keeping the center. Mariam says she was facing a real challenge – close the center and turn it into a business, or continue to hold it as it is.

I chose option 3, and I had at least 2 reasons for this, many citizens have donated books to our library, piano, ceramics, clay oven, and I could not have the property pouch. There was great civic responsibility on me. Closing the center means to disappoint all these people and live with the burden that eventually the situation has decided instead of me. But I decided to fight in spite of the situation”.

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