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SUMMARY:Dance with Color
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the arts exhibition by the talented artist Mikaella. Explore her captivating creations and immerse yourself in a world of dynamic artistry. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience art that truly moves with color!  \nDay/Time: Friday\, March 14\, 2025 7PM – 10PM \nDay/Time: Saturday\, March 15\, 2025 2PM – 6PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/dance-with-color/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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SUMMARY:Hyusnunts And Friends: Songs Without Words
DESCRIPTION:Hyusnunts and friends: Armen Hyusnunts (saxophones)\, Artashes Kartalyan (keyboards)\, Levon Simonyan (guitar)\, Vik Momjian (bass guitar)\, & Arman Jalalyan (drums) \nSongs without words \nTuesday\, March 11\, 2025 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM \nTickets: $50 \nFor tickets www.ArmenianArts.com & Info – Please call 747-208-2000
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/hyusnunts-and-friends-songs-without-words/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Cosmic Solitude: Meet The Author Yulia Grigoryants
DESCRIPTION:COSMIC SOLITUDE is an exploration of solitude and isolation in one of the Soviet Union’s largest cosmic ray research stations\,  located in the remote mountains of Armenia. Once a place of great scientific importance\, the station continues to operate today\, though only three people live and work there year-round\, surrounded by silence and vast\, open landscapes.  \nThrough striking imagery\, the book documents life at the station\, offering a rare glimpse into a world where time seems to stand steel. But beyond its surface\, Cosmic Solitude is a reflection on the deeper meanings of solitude both physical and existential. It encourages the viewer to pause and think about the connection between people and the places they inhabit\, about time\, and about the meaning of what it is to be human and alone.  \nEdited by renowned photo editor Sarah Leen and printed in Italy\, Cosmic Solitude is a visual journey into one of the world’s most remote scientific outposts\, where past and present quietly coexist. \nYULIA GRIGORYANTS is a visionary documentary photographer from Armenia whose work explores the unseen aspects of human experience\, capturingthe aftermath of conflict\, the lives of marginalized communities\, and the enduring impact of social and cultural challenges. Through her lens\, she examines themes of memory\, loss\, and the quiet resilience of people. \nHer photography is deeply influenced by her personal history: born in Azerbaijan to an Armenian family\, Grigoryants fled the country in 1988 to escape the violence against Armenians. Growing up in Armenia during the transition from Soviet rule to independence\, surviving a devastating earthquake\, and enduring the socioeconomic hardship and scarcity following years of war. Her work has been published in major outlets such as The New York Times\, The Sunday Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, and Al Jazeera. It has also been showcased at the Sharjah Art Biennial (UAE)\, Musée Albert-Kahn (France)\, the Council of Europe (France)\, Somerset House (UK)\, The House of United Nations (Armenia). \nGrigoryants has received several notable awards\, including the Albert-Kahn Award and Prix Maison Blanche. She currently lives and works between Paris and Yerevan. \nDay/Time: Tuesday\, March 4\, 2025 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/cosmic-solitude-meet-the-author-yulia-grigoryants/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T190000
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SUMMARY:Voices Unheard: Stories of Identity and Language
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Armenian Arts for an evening of documentary and experimental short films that straddle the layered and overlapping spaces between image\, identity and language. The five filmmaker/artists—Carla Kekejian\, Mariam Meliksetyan\, Ara Oshagan\, Gazelle Samizay and Anahid Yahjian—tackle diverse themes from multiple perspectives as they meditate on what is a name\, return to diasporic language\, walk in spaces of incarceration\, consider memory on indigenous land and reflect on a hidden language. All works are interconnected and retain a deep-lying coherence as the filmmakers/artists look to the future to imagine new ways of being and thinking. \nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers/artists. \nCarla Kekejian – Harsneren\, 16 mins\, 2019 \nMariam Meliksetyan – Say My Name\, 21 mins\, 2024 \nAra Oshagan – but for the happenstance of history II\, 4 mins\, 2020 \nGazelle Samizay — My Shadow is a Word Writing Itself Across Time\, 6 mins\, 2017 \nAnahid Yahjian – Hishé\, 5 mins\, 2021 \n– \nDr. Carla Kekejian is a licensed speech-language pathologist and founder of SoCal Speech-Language Therapy\, a private practice dedicated to supporting pediatric speech and language development. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Utah and her M.A. in Education with a focus on Human Development and Psychology from UCLA. Dr. Kekejian is a faculty member at both CSUN and CSULB\, where she instructs a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in speech-language pathology.  \nMariam Meliksetyan is an Armenian-American actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She has been professionally trained at the prestigious UCLA School of Theater\, Film & Television\, Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins\, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Having worked as an actress in many independent films\, she longed to tell stories from behind the camera as well. Fueled by a lifelong love for cinema and a fascination with documenting the world around her from a young age\, she set out to make her directorial debut with the short experimental documentary “Say My Name” which she also produced. \nAra Oshagan is a diasporic multi-disciplinary artist and curator exploring dispossession\, identity\, and decolonization. Working in photography\, collage\, installation\, and film\, he has published four books and exhibited globally\, including in Los Angeles\, New York\, Armenia\, and South Korea. His work has been featured in NPR\, LA Times\, and Hyperallergic. Oshagan is an Artist-in-Residence at 18th Street Art Center and curator at Glendale’s ReflectSpace Gallery. \nGazelle Samizay\, born in Kabul and raised in rural Washington\, explores culture\, nationality\, and gender through her bicultural identity. Her photography and mixed media work has been exhibited globally and is in major museum collections. A published writer and vice president of the Afghan American Artists and Writers Association\, she has received numerous awards. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona and is the gallery director at UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Art Gallery. \nAnahid Yahjian is a Los Angeles-based independent writer\, director and producer of experimental\, documentary and narrative cinema. Her work is driven by questioning and pursuit: of history\, of power\, of memory\, of liminality\, of the surreal and the sublime. Her commitment to telling true stories was shaped by an early love for visual storytelling that was formalized in college and took flight during her coming of age in Armenia. When not creating her own work\, she directs commercials\, branded content and music videos.  \nThursday\, February 27\, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/voices-unheard-stories-of-identity-and-language/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Diana Markosian's FATHER
DESCRIPTION:Join Aperture and The Center for Armenian Arts for a conversation between photographer Diana Markosian and artist Ara Oshagan. They will discuss Markosian’s most recent publication\, Father (Aperture\, 2024)\, an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection\, recounted through documentary photographs\, family snapshots\, text\, and visual ephemera.  \nDiana Markosian: Father presents the Armenian photographer’s journey to another place and another time\, where she attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger—her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence\, her reconciliation with him\, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement after a separation during Markosian’s childhood. The images\, made over the course of a decade\, take place in her father’s home in Armenia. Father follows her first monograph\, Santa Barbara (Aperture\, 2020)\, in which Markosian recreates the story of her family’s journey from post–Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s.  \n––  \nDiana Markosian (born in Moscow\, 1989) is among the leaders of a new generation of photographers and lens-based artists advancing documentary storytelling through image-making. In 1996\, she moved to the US from Russia with her brother and mother\, leaving behind her father\, who would eventually relocate back to the family’s home country of Armenia. Her photographs have been published in Vanity Fair\, Vogue\, and the New Yorker. Her work is represented by Galerie les filles du calvaire\, Paris. The artist’s acclaimed first monograph\, Santa Barbara (Aperture\, 2020)\, was selected as one of the top books of the year by Time and the Museum of Modern Art Magazine. She holds an MS from Columbia University in New York.  \nAra Oshagan (born in Beirut) is a multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and cultural worker who explores histories of marginalization\, displacement\, and identity. A descendant of communities uprooted from their indigenous land by the Armenian Genocide\, he was born in Lebanon and displaced by war as a youth to the US. Oshagan has published four monographs and has exhibited his artwork internationally. His work has been featured in the LA Times\, NPR’s Morning Edition\, and Hyperallergic. His work is in the permanent collection of the Craft Contemporary Museum\, Southeast Museum of Photography\, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts\, and Modern Art Museum of Yerevan. \nTuesday\, February 25 at 7:00 pm PST
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/diana-markosians-father/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event,Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T220000
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SUMMARY:Tashtakerank (Burnt Ends)
DESCRIPTION:TASHTAKERANK (Burnt Ends) is a collection of short stories that echo Khoren Aramanu’s memories from his early childhood to the present day (Iran\, Armenia and the USA)\, imbued with subtle humor.  \nKhoren Aramouni Keshishyan is a writer\, playwright\, and translator. He was born in 1948 in Iran. Aramouni studied in the Armenian Studies department at the University of Isfahan for 2 years. In 1969\, he repatriated to Armenia. He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1975. In 1980\, Aramouni emigrated to the United States. He has been published regularly in Armenian language newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and collaborated on television programs. He is founder of I-Ben printing and publishing. He was also the U.S. representative of the Armenia based\, Garoun monthly literary magazine. Aramouni’s first full-length book\, Posthumous Wedding\, was published in Armenia in 1992. Since 2004\, Aramouni has been a member of the Writers’ Union of Armenia. In 2014\, he received the William Saroyan medal from the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora. He was awarded a medal for his literary accomplishments from the Writers’ Union of Armenia in 2018.  Aramouni has been recognized for his writing by several state and local institutions in California. Aramouni has published 18 books. Seven of his plays have been staged in Armenia and the U.S. He currently resides in Glendale\, California. \nDay/Time: Thursday\, February 13\, 2025 – 7:00PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/tashtakerank-burnt-ends/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
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SUMMARY:No Other Words: Haikus
DESCRIPTION:No Other Words by Karén Karslyan is an experimental collection of haikus composed exclusively of the words from Yeghishe Charents’ “My Sweet Armenia.” Through the haikus crafted with the technique of constrained writing\, Karslyan engages in a dialogue with Charents\, at times poking fun\, and at times raising profound questions about contemporary matters\, identity\, recent wars\, and love. \nKarén Karslyan (b. 1979) is a poet\, visual artist\, translator\, holds a PhD in English and is the chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Armenia. He is the author of six books including\, Lezvi Tsayrin (On the Tip of the Tongue)\, a collection of poetry (Granish\, 2022); and Aterazma\, a typographic film-novel (Inknagir\, 2016). His Armenian translation of Lust by Kathy Acker was published by Inknagir in 2015. His writing has been featured in anthologies across multiple languages\, including English\, Spanish\, and French. His performative lectures of Aterazma have been hosted by Coimbra University (2018) and the University of Michigan (2022). His visual art includes flipbooks and video art pieces that have been exhibited at film and art festivals. He is the recipient of the Granish Best Short Story Award (2024) and Best Poetry Award (2021)\, as well as NPAK’s Young Artists Award (2004). In 2003\, he was recognized as Armenia’s “Scandalous Writer of the Year” by Public TV. Born and raised in Armenia\, he now lives in Wisconsin. \nDay/Time: Sunday\, January 26\, 2025 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/no-other-words-haikus/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241222T180000
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SUMMARY:Absence
DESCRIPTION:This World and Life are not one-sided\, not even two-sided\, as in black and white photography. They contain everything possible and impossible. Art and creativity\, in general\, are attempts to reproduce this rational and irrational reality as adequately as possible\, but each time\, it depends on what methods are used in the process of this action. When we think about the absence that is the common basis of our disappointment and unhappiness as human beings\, this is no longer enough to cope with reality because what it is is already overwhelming. \nUsing different methods\, visual artists and composers define and communicate the presence of absence. Through a dialogue with the viewer and listener\, they complete the void of absence so that the expressing and expressed world ceases to be dual; it becomes one and complete. Art then becomes the presence of absence. \nNames: Josh Arias\, Sam Dvin\, Charlie G. Hachadourian (1954 – 2022)\, Irena G. Minasyan\, Panorjit Palatthuam\, Sev\, Tigran Tahmizean\, Armineh Teimourian \nDay/Time: Friday\, December 20\,2024 7PM – 10PM \nDay/Time: Saturday\, December 21\, 2024 2PM – 6PM \nDay/Time: Sunday\, December 22\, 2024 2PM – 6PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/absence/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241212T190000
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SUMMARY:The Iconography of Catholicos' Vestments in the Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting
DESCRIPTION:The book is dedicated to exploration of historical origins and development of ceremonial vestments for the pontiff of the Armenian Apostolic Church-the Catholicos. It explores the dressing ritual\, protocol and the symbolism of it. In medieval manuscripts created in Armenia prior or in main book-making centers of the Armenian diaspora\, there are portraits of famous Catholicoi depicted wearing ceremonial garments. Those portraits are the base for investigating Catholicos’ vestments of the XIII-XVIII centuries\, uncovering their symbolism and discussing several artistic and iconographic issues of those illustrations. This book is aimed to specialists dealing with issues of the Armenian Church culture\, religious scholars\, historians\, ethnographers\, culturalists\, philologists\, and the general reading public. \n\n\n\n  \nSofi Khachmanyan was born in Yerevan. After graduating from school\, she studied at the Art College No. 8 in Yerevan\, attained the title of Master of Needlework Arts. Since 1988\, Sofi has lived in the United States. She received her professional education in fashion design and textile science from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 1993 (AA degree)\, and received her bachelor’s degree in 2006 and master’s degree in 2008 from Cal State LA. In 2014\, she became a candidate at the Institute of Arts\, National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia. In 2019\, she defended her dissertation at the same institute on the topic “The Symbolism of Catholicos’ Vestments and its Iconography in Medieval Miniature Painting”\, which became the basis of her First book. \n\n\n\n  \nFor over two decades\, Sofi has taught courses in fashion design\, garment construction\, textile science\, and history of fashion at various higher education institutions in Los Angeles. In addition to teaching\, she researches and curates two historical collections in Los Angeles belonging to the Telfeyan families\, who were wealthy merchants from Caesarea. Sofi also collaborates with the Ararat Museum in Mission Hills through scientific consulting and practical work\, directs the Creative Hands Art School\, and is engaged in lacemaking and “Nuno” felting. \n\n\n\n  \nDay/Time: Thursday\, December 12\, 2024 – 7:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/the-iconography-of-catholicos-vestments-in-the-armenian-medieval-miniature-painting/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T233000
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SUMMARY:Intersecciones LA
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URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/intersecciones-la/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241123T233000
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SUMMARY:Glowing Flowers by Lusine Avdalyan
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URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/glowing-flowers-by-lusine-avdalyan/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T233000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20241106T051058Z
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SUMMARY:The Story Behind The Journey
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/the-story-behind-the-journey/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T233000
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SUMMARY:Documentary by Artak Movsisyan
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URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/documentary-by-artak-movsisyan/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
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SUMMARY:Lusine Saakyan: PETROGLYPHS OF SYUNIK
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nFriday\, November 15\, 2024.   5 pm – 8 pm \nSaturday\, November 16\, 2024.   3 pm – 6 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/lusine-saakyan-petroglyphs-of-syunik-3/2024-11-16/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20241018T045835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T100556Z
UID:10000426-1731690000-1731700800@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Lusine Saakyan: PETROGLYPHS OF SYUNIK
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nFriday\, November 15\, 2024.   5 pm – 8 pm \nSaturday\, November 16\, 2024.   3 pm – 6 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/lusine-saakyan-petroglyphs-of-syunik-3/2024-11-15/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lucine-invite1x-1-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241114T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20241018T045835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T100556Z
UID:10000425-1731610800-1731621600@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Lusine Saakyan: PETROGLYPHS OF SYUNIK
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nFriday\, November 15\, 2024.   5 pm – 8 pm \nSaturday\, November 16\, 2024.   3 pm – 6 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/lusine-saakyan-petroglyphs-of-syunik-3/2024-11-14/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lucine-invite1x-1-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20241105T233740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T234258Z
UID:10000534-1731265200-1731276000@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Earth's Canvas
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/earths-canvas/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/basin-copy.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240925T030246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T194955Z
UID:10000531-1730057400-1730068200@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Vicken Tarpinian - October 27th\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:Vicken Tarpinian in LA \n50 years on Stage \nSunday\, October 27\, 2024 7:30 pm \nTickets: $75 (Tier 2 – 50 of them) // $50 (Tier 1 – 50 of them) \nFor tickets  www.ArmenianArts.com & Info call 747-208-2000
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/vicken-tarpinian-oct-27-2024/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ArmenianArts-Vicken.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241026T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241026T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240925T025029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T191817Z
UID:10000530-1729971000-1729981800@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Vicken Tarpinian - October 26th\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:Vicken Tarpinian in LA \n50 years on Stage \nSaturday\, October 26\, 2024 7:30 PM \nTickets: $75 (50 of them) // $50 (50 of them) \nFor tickets  www.ArmenianArts.com & Info call 747-208-2000
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/vicken-tarpinian-oct-26-2024/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LA24_Poster_Square22cm-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20241019T001326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241019T050732Z
UID:10000003-1729432800-1729452600@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Ginifest 2024 Wine & Spirits Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 7th Annual Ginifest® Wine & Spirits Festival is a showcase of unique wines from all around the world and of course\, Armenia’s and the Armenian Diaspora’s premier wine and Spirits products. Now\, after its sixth year\, the festival once again will showcase wines from Armenian and International wineries – with Armenian heritage\, spirits companies\, caterers\, sweets\, cheese\, and cigar exhibitors. \n  \n 
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/ginifest-2024-wine-spirits-festival/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/October-20th.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ginifest":MAILTO:info@ginifest.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240811T201338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T042506Z
UID:10000436-1728068400-1728079200@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Woven Legacies
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition and fundraising Sale of Armenian Antique Rugs \nCurated by Hratch Kozibeuokian \nthe exhibition will remain open till October 19 \, 2024 \nGallery hours \nMonday til’ Friday 5pm – 9 pm \nSaturday 2pm – 6 pm \nSunday By Appointment Only Call 747-208-2000
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/woven-legacies-2/2024-10-04/2/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/instagram-carpet.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240811T201338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T042506Z
UID:10000527-1728028800-1728061200@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Woven Legacies
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition and fundraising Sale of Armenian Antique Rugs \nCurated by Hratch Kozibeuokian \nthe exhibition will remain open till October 19 \, 2024 \nGallery hours \nMonday til’ Friday 5pm – 9 pm \nSaturday 2pm – 6 pm \nSunday By Appointment Only Call 747-208-2000
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/woven-legacies-2/2024-10-04/1/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/instagram-carpet.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240920
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240917T224033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T224047Z
UID:10000532-1726531200-1726790399@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Xenosphere
DESCRIPTION:Xenosphere – A Liminal Territories Experience by PXLMADE
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/xenosphere/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/What-is-technology26.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240716T013244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T041928Z
UID:10000430-1726412400-1726426800@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Alexander Sadoyan - Spiritual Colors
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 13\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10 pm \nSaturday\, September 14\, 2024  3 pm – 9 pm \nSunday\, September15\, 2024  3 pm – 7 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/alexander-sadoyan-spiritual-colors/2024-09-15/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Instagram-Alexander-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240716T013244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T041928Z
UID:10000429-1726326000-1726347600@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Alexander Sadoyan - Spiritual Colors
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 13\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10 pm \nSaturday\, September 14\, 2024  3 pm – 9 pm \nSunday\, September15\, 2024  3 pm – 7 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/alexander-sadoyan-spiritual-colors/2024-09-14/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Instagram-Alexander-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240716T013244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T041928Z
UID:10000014-1726254000-1726264800@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Alexander Sadoyan - Spiritual Colors
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 13\, 2024.  7:00 pm – 10 pm \nSaturday\, September 14\, 2024  3 pm – 9 pm \nSunday\, September15\, 2024  3 pm – 7 pm
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/alexander-sadoyan-spiritual-colors/2024-09-13/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Instagram-Alexander-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240716T021316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240818T011233Z
UID:10000017-1725649200-1725746400@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:GATA Band
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/gata-band/
LOCATION:Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Performance Art Center\, Pasadena\, California\, 2495 E. Mountain Street\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91104\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gata.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240806T232206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240818T010251Z
UID:10000424-1724511600-1724522400@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Anna Kostanian: She Vibrates
DESCRIPTION: KOSTANIAN: ENERGY AS ART  \nLet’s embark with Anna Kostanian to the center of the galaxy\, to the reflection of the cosmos in a drop of water\, to the sun inside its rays\, to the center of gravity. The artist’s signature form is the primal understanding of energy released to all points outward simultaneously. Anna Kostanian releases\, explodes and envelops. She embodies energy and her art manifests it\, delivers it and\, most importantly\, records it. \nThe recent paintings by Anna Kostanian continue with her career-long embrace of the primitive\, the emotive\, the raw and untamed. And yet\, even with the liberated rhythm apparent in each work\, there is an unyielding order\, a ripple through both time and space\, a precise substructure that guides the artist’s brute brushwork. \nWhen her paintings are composed in her assertive dark chroma we see themes and feelings rendered before us. But in choosing white paint in some of this work\, the painter embraces the act of reduction. These white tones\, this absence of color\, this consideration of invisibility… it all conspires to construct an additional paradigm. She enters bold pictorial territory in the paradoxical absence of assertive delineation – the absence of color adds the ethereal to the possibilities of what is going on here. \nWhite paint is\, in the history of painting\, the additive to create softer colors\, the mix to brighten\, the dabble of reflected light. In the tradition of the rigorous modernist Robert Ryman and with the bold minimal freedom of the painter Agnes Martin\, Kostanian rids her paintings of anything but themselves. Abandoning color emphasizes the presence of paint\, of the artist’s intent to create rather than render\, to play god (or more appropriately\, goddess) and fabricate a new universe instead of subordinating wonder and awe to something prefabricated. \nThis exhibit highlights a broad swath of the artist’s oeuvre\, from the compact to the monumental\, from documentation of the temporary to the portable and permanent. Wherever paint is composed\, energy abounds and this artist belabors that unyielding fact to wonderous results. \n—Mat Gleason\, 2024
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/anna-kostanian-she-vibrates/2024-08-24/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Instagram-ԱՆԱ.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240823T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240823T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240806T232206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240818T010251Z
UID:10000423-1724432400-1724443200@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Anna Kostanian: She Vibrates
DESCRIPTION: KOSTANIAN: ENERGY AS ART  \nLet’s embark with Anna Kostanian to the center of the galaxy\, to the reflection of the cosmos in a drop of water\, to the sun inside its rays\, to the center of gravity. The artist’s signature form is the primal understanding of energy released to all points outward simultaneously. Anna Kostanian releases\, explodes and envelops. She embodies energy and her art manifests it\, delivers it and\, most importantly\, records it. \nThe recent paintings by Anna Kostanian continue with her career-long embrace of the primitive\, the emotive\, the raw and untamed. And yet\, even with the liberated rhythm apparent in each work\, there is an unyielding order\, a ripple through both time and space\, a precise substructure that guides the artist’s brute brushwork. \nWhen her paintings are composed in her assertive dark chroma we see themes and feelings rendered before us. But in choosing white paint in some of this work\, the painter embraces the act of reduction. These white tones\, this absence of color\, this consideration of invisibility… it all conspires to construct an additional paradigm. She enters bold pictorial territory in the paradoxical absence of assertive delineation – the absence of color adds the ethereal to the possibilities of what is going on here. \nWhite paint is\, in the history of painting\, the additive to create softer colors\, the mix to brighten\, the dabble of reflected light. In the tradition of the rigorous modernist Robert Ryman and with the bold minimal freedom of the painter Agnes Martin\, Kostanian rids her paintings of anything but themselves. Abandoning color emphasizes the presence of paint\, of the artist’s intent to create rather than render\, to play god (or more appropriately\, goddess) and fabricate a new universe instead of subordinating wonder and awe to something prefabricated. \nThis exhibit highlights a broad swath of the artist’s oeuvre\, from the compact to the monumental\, from documentation of the temporary to the portable and permanent. Wherever paint is composed\, energy abounds and this artist belabors that unyielding fact to wonderous results. \n—Mat Gleason\, 2024
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/anna-kostanian-she-vibrates/2024-08-23/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Instagram-ԱՆԱ.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240822T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113710
CREATED:20240806T232206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240818T010251Z
UID:10000422-1724353200-1724364000@armenianarts.com
SUMMARY:Anna Kostanian: She Vibrates
DESCRIPTION: KOSTANIAN: ENERGY AS ART  \nLet’s embark with Anna Kostanian to the center of the galaxy\, to the reflection of the cosmos in a drop of water\, to the sun inside its rays\, to the center of gravity. The artist’s signature form is the primal understanding of energy released to all points outward simultaneously. Anna Kostanian releases\, explodes and envelops. She embodies energy and her art manifests it\, delivers it and\, most importantly\, records it. \nThe recent paintings by Anna Kostanian continue with her career-long embrace of the primitive\, the emotive\, the raw and untamed. And yet\, even with the liberated rhythm apparent in each work\, there is an unyielding order\, a ripple through both time and space\, a precise substructure that guides the artist’s brute brushwork. \nWhen her paintings are composed in her assertive dark chroma we see themes and feelings rendered before us. But in choosing white paint in some of this work\, the painter embraces the act of reduction. These white tones\, this absence of color\, this consideration of invisibility… it all conspires to construct an additional paradigm. She enters bold pictorial territory in the paradoxical absence of assertive delineation – the absence of color adds the ethereal to the possibilities of what is going on here. \nWhite paint is\, in the history of painting\, the additive to create softer colors\, the mix to brighten\, the dabble of reflected light. In the tradition of the rigorous modernist Robert Ryman and with the bold minimal freedom of the painter Agnes Martin\, Kostanian rids her paintings of anything but themselves. Abandoning color emphasizes the presence of paint\, of the artist’s intent to create rather than render\, to play god (or more appropriately\, goddess) and fabricate a new universe instead of subordinating wonder and awe to something prefabricated. \nThis exhibit highlights a broad swath of the artist’s oeuvre\, from the compact to the monumental\, from documentation of the temporary to the portable and permanent. Wherever paint is composed\, energy abounds and this artist belabors that unyielding fact to wonderous results. \n—Mat Gleason\, 2024
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/anna-kostanian-she-vibrates/2024-08-22/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://armenianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Instagram-ԱՆԱ.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Armenian Arts":MAILTO:info@armenianarts.com
END:VEVENT
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