{"id":37796,"date":"2020-04-04T08:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=37796"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:33:45","slug":"the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On behalf of the PicsArt team, our hearts go out to everyone around the world who has been impacted by COVID-19. We would also like to acknowledge and say <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.app.link\/74xayUYqr5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cthank you\u201d<\/a><\/strong> to the selfless efforts of doctors, nurses and people everywhere who are on the front lines of this battle every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PicsArt was founded on the belief that anyone can be a creator and that visual stories&#8211;in whatever shape they take&#8211;have the potential to change the world. Before I became an engineer and entrepreneur, I wanted to be an artist. Life had different plans, but creating visual stories has remained a core part of who I am. I am not particularly good at it, but it helps me feel inspired and grounded at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>We could all use more inspiration and grounding these days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a start-up, PicsArt doesn\u2019t have the cash reserves that some big-tech companies have, but we <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have <\/span><b>the<\/b> <b>gift of creativity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In an effort to help our global communities cope with stress, boredom and even depression, here is what we\u2019re committing (as always, this is in addition to many features and content already freely available):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/editing-tools?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;utm_campaign=banner_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PicsArt web tools<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> free until June<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: New and upcoming creative tools on picsart.com can be used by anyone, including small businesses and non-profits most affected by COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pixelart.onelink.me\/BL4W\/4d1b3e43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PixelArt by PicsArt<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for free<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Our color-by-numbers app can be a great and easy way to help cope with stress and will be free for at least three months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community support<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We\u2019re working with non-profit organizations in communities where we have offices to donate computers to students in need, help create PSAs and spread kindness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep creating and stay inspired, now more than ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hovhannes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37806\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Banner_650x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 On behalf of the PicsArt team, our hearts go out to everyone around the world who has been impacted by COVID-19. We would also like to acknowledge and say \u201cthank you\u201d to the selfless efforts of doctors, nurses and people everywhere &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":37808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","faq_show":false,"faq_enable_schema":false,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_enable_schema":false,"how_to_is_upload":false,"faq_title":"","how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"","how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"","how_to_image_alt":"","how_to_display_image":0,"faq_items":[],"how_to_steps":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"acf":{"faq_show":false,"faq_title":"Frequently asked questions","faq_enable_schema":true,"faq_items":null,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"default","how_to_steps":null,"how_to_enable_schema":true,"how_to_is_upload":true,"how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/create\/editor","how_to_display_image":null,"how_to_image_alt":"","footer_banner_name":"Start your design in Picsart","footer_banner_link_":"\/","footer_banner_button_text_":"Get Started"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 - Picsart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 - Picsart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 On behalf of the PicsArt team, our hearts go out to everyone around the world who has been impacted by COVID-19. We would also like to acknowledge and say \u201cthank you\u201d to the selfless efforts of doctors, nurses and people everywhere &hellip; Continue reading &quot;The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Picsart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-04T15:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-16T19:33:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"515\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hovhannes Avoyan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PicsArtStudio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PicsArtStudio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hovhannes Avoyan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 - Picsart Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 - Picsart Blog","og_description":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 On behalf of the PicsArt team, our hearts go out to everyone around the world who has been impacted by COVID-19. We would also like to acknowledge and say \u201cthank you\u201d to the selfless efforts of doctors, nurses and people everywhere &hellip; Continue reading \"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0\"","og_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/","og_site_name":"Picsart Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart","article_published_time":"2020-04-04T15:40:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-16T19:33:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":515,"url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Hovhannes Avoyan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PicsArtStudio","twitter_site":"@PicsArtStudio","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hovhannes Avoyan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/"},"author":{"name":"Hovhannes Avoyan","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/32b338ef21b769a67f42b75b6c136768"},"headline":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0","datePublished":"2020-04-04T15:40:20+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-16T19:33:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/"},"wordCount":317,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/","name":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0 - Picsart Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","datePublished":"2020-04-04T15:40:20+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-16T19:33:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","width":770,"height":515,"caption":"PicsArt team"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/the-gift-of-creativity-a-note-from-hovhannes-avoyan-ceo-founder-of-picsart\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Gift of Creativity: A Note From Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO &amp; Founder of PicsArt\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#website","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/","name":"Picsart Blog","description":"Keep up with the latest news in photo editing, digital photography, and art trends.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization","name":"PicsArt Inc.","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2016\/02\/PicsArt-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2016\/02\/PicsArt-logo.png","width":195,"height":43,"caption":"PicsArt Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart","https:\/\/x.com\/PicsArtStudio","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/picsart","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/picsart-photo-studio","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/picsart"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/32b338ef21b769a67f42b75b6c136768","name":"Hovhannes Avoyan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Hovhannes-Avoyan.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Hovhannes-Avoyan.jpg","caption":"Hovhannes Avoyan"},"description":"Hovhannes Avoyan is a longtime entrepreneur, engineer, and investor, having started and sold more than six companies in 25 years. His biggest and most recent success is PicsArt, now the world\u2019s largest creative platform and social editing community of more than 150 million monthly creators."}]}},"featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2020\/04\/Collage_Blog_770x515-1.png","dimensions":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37796"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37821,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37796\/revisions\/37821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}