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The Connections Through Culture grants programme nurtures fresh cultural partnerships between the UK and select countries in Asia Pacific and Europe, including Armenia. These grants support new ideas and collaborations from artists and cultural organisations at any stage of development.

The grants supported in this round of the Connections Through Culture programme focus on two areas: diversity and inclusion as well as addressing climate change. The collaborations across borders and artistic disciplines will lead to new ideas to address these global challenges.

The grants support new connections, exchanges and collaborations between artists, cultural professionals, creative practitioners and art and cultural organisations.

2025 Grant recipients: Armenia

Connections Through Culture – Fashion Scout Armenia Award

Fashion Scout Armenia Award

UK: Fashion Scout London

Armenia: Fashion and Garment Chamber of Armenia

This project’s objective is to strengthen the already established and successful Fashion Scout Armenia Award as a key component of Yerevan Fashion Week. Leveraging British expertise and best practices, the award enhances Armenia’s presence in the global fashion industry while opening new career-defining opportunities for talented young designers.

Connections Through Culture – Rooted Echoes: Co-Creation Across Changing Landscapes

Rooted Echoes: Co-Creation Across Changing Landscapes

UK: Rejuvenate UK CIC

Armenia: Today Art

This is a participatory eco/bio art project that brings together both countries through two artists led residencies focusing on co-creation. Together, they will investigate climate change, environmental loss and ecological healing. Using natural materials, seeds, live plants, sound and visual art, the project will co-create temporary ecological artworks with local participants including youth, farmers and artists.

Connections Through Culture – Tamasha Tales: An Armenian Tale

Tamasha Tales: An Armenian Tale

UK: Tamasha Theatre Company

Armenia: NPAK

Folktales sit at the intersection of childhood and adulthood, reflecting the human condition in a way that transcends time and geography. For this iteration, they will pair a leading Armenian artist with a UK-based mid-career artist of Armenian heritage to create new works that adapt and transform these folktales. Together, the artists will co-create a reimagined folktale using multidisciplinary approaches, shared with both Armenian and UK audiences.

Connections Through Culture – Woven Stories: A UK-Armenia Wool Exchange

Woven Stories: A UK-Armenia Wool Exchange

UK: The London Cloth Company

Armenia: Homeland Development Initiative Foundation

This project brings together artisans, weavers and rural communities to co-create new value in the Armenian wool sector. Centred on the November Wool Forum in Yerevan, activities include product design workshops, artisan training and the official launch of the Arm.Wool platform. Together they will experiment with design, revive spinning traditions and open new markets for Armenian wool.