The Artsahktsi TUMOians in Varo Rafaelyan’s photography workshop walked through wintry Stepanakert and captured all of the city’s beauty.

In Croatian architect Luka Piškorec’s lab, TUMOians experimented with the Python and Processing programming languages and code, creating 2D and 3D animations full of patterns.

From screenplay and illustration to sound and music: A huge team of TUMOians, led by Areg Mkrtchyan, Fadi Baki and Tatev Avetisyan, has created two animations about the most popular Armenian holidays. The animations about Barekendan and Vardavar convey the spirit of the holidays and their rituals. The project was initiated by US Hamazkayin’s Western Regional Heritage Committee and The Board of Regents of Western Prelacy Armenian Schools.

Each of the students in Andranik Babayan’s online workshop made a short film with limited equipment and space. The hero of Gyumri TUMOian Lilit Galstyan’s film is Grandma Jenik, and the setting is her apartment. The result: a slew of interesting stories, told by Granny Jenik’s point of view.

The students in Barcelona-based designer Evgeny Viitman’s online lab have invented a group of fearless characters with each one having a unique personality. As a result, they’ve forged an entire universe with every creation having its own purpose and role.

Alina Sargsyan

Alvard Gevorgyan

Anahit Poghosyan

Meri Zaqaryan

Ovsanna Harutyunyan

Yeva Meliqyan

In Hungarian illustrator Sari Szanto’s online lab, TUMOians chose images from the objects around them and came up with pattern designs that tell stories.

Eva Marukhyan

Ruzanna Sargsyan

In April and May, students in Shamiram Khachatryan’s workshop created comics that depict quarantine and self-isolation. As you can see, there was definitely no shortage of crazy ideas. So dive right in and explore their colorful batch of comics.

Lusine Torgomyan

A creative group of young programmers has been hard at work putting their heads together in Hayk Mikayelyan’s Winter of Code workshop, combining magic and wonder with technology. Using the Javascript programming language, they’ve managed to modify the functions of Google Home in addition to creating a chatbot that, based on the questions and answers you input, predicts precisely which playing card you have.

In a lab with documentary photographer Olga Ingurazova, students captured the look and feel of old Gyumri. They obtained archived photographs of city residents and organized photoshoots that gave them a second life. Check out their results on the TUMO Portfolio page.

In July, TUMOians worked with Motion Graphics workshop leader Tatevik Avetisyan to create motion graphics inspired by Yerevan. From statues to museums and Zvartnots Airport to the metro — students turned Yerevan’s most recognizable landmarks into GIFs worthy of any social media platform.