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collaboration ANCA x h-pem | Stitching through history While traversing the booths of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this summer, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) intern, Lucine Mikhanjian, came across a Syrian-Armenian needleworker, whose story of preserving the craft of her ancestors in Armenia inspired her.

collaboration ANCA x h-pem | ArmAs: Celebrating 'something old, something new, something inspiring' Ancient Armenians were known to like a good drink. Today, several Armenian companies are trying to bring back this ancient winemaking tradition. ArmAs Winery is one such example. Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) intern, Megan Vandre, spoke with their CEO, Victoria Aslanian, at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival about Armenia’s recent “wine renaissance” and what ArmAs is doing to propel Armenian winemaking into the 21st century.