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Prior Years

Sato Moughalian on Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian ~ September 21, 2019

Sato Moughalian on Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian ~ September 21, 2019

Sato Moughalian, "Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art David Ohannessian" Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 4:00 pm, at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 Copies of Feast of Ashes will be available for purchase at the event.Feast of Ashes tells the story of David Ohannessian, the renowned ceramicist who in 1919 founded the art of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem, where his work and that of his followers is now celebrated as a local treasure. Ohannessian’s life story is revealed by his granddaughter Sato Moughalian, weaving together family narratives with newly unearthed archival findings. Witnessing her...

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Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on The Missing Pages ~ September 12, 2019

Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on The Missing Pages ~ September 12, 2019

Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh, "The Missing Pages" Moderated by Harout EkmanianThursday, September 12, 2019 at 7:45 pm at St. Leon Armenian Church, Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center, 12-61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 The event is free. A reception will follow the discussion and book signing. For more information call 201-791-2862. The Missing Pages is the biography of the Zeytun Gospels, a manuscript illuminated by the greatest medieval Armenian artist, Toros Roslin, which is at once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Join Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh as she traces the manuscript’s footsteps through seven centuries, from medieval Armenia to the killing fields of...

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Susan Pattie, "The Armenian Legionnaires" ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Susan Pattie, "The Armenian Legionnaires" ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:00 pm at AHARI (Armenian Historical Association of Rhode Island) 245 Waterman Street, 5th floor conference room, Providence, RI 02906  Click here for flyer.

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Reading of "Zabel In Exile" in Watertown

Reading of "Zabel In Exile" in Watertown

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. (6 p.m. reception and gallery viewing) Reading of Zabel In Exile, by R. N. Sandberg, Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, at the Armenian Museum of America, 65 Main St., Watertown, MA  Co-sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association, the Armenian Museum of America. the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives.  Click here to view flyer.

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Taner Akcam, "Oppression to Extermination: Revisiting the Final Decision"

Taner Akcam, "Oppression to Extermination: Revisiting the Final Decision"

Monday, June 17, 7:45 p.m. St. Leon Armenian at St. Leon Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ  Co-sponsored by AGBU Ararat, Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party-Ramgavars, Armenian Network of America-Greater NY,  Daughters of Vartan-Sahaganoush Otyag, Knights of Vartan-Bakradouny Lodge, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), Tibrevank Alumni Inc., and St. Leon Armenian Church.   Click here to view flyer.

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