ARMENIAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF AMERICA
65 Main Street | Watertown, MA 02472 | (617) 926-2562
ARMENIAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF AMERICA (ALMA)
presents
GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION CONCERT
and
GENOCIDE EXHIBIT OPENING
EVENT DETAILS
Sunday
May 22, 2011
2:00 pm
ALMA’s Contemporary Art Gallery, 3rd floor
Free and open to the public
On Sunday, May 22, 2011 ALMA will present a special concert
memorializing the Armenian Genocide and featuring performances by
several accomplished musicians. The concert will follow the official
opening of the new Genocide exhibition on ALMA’s mezzanine at 2:00
PM. Guests are welcome to enjoy refreshments, which will be served
after the concert.
The new exhibit “The Armenian Genocide: Hayots Tseghaspanutiun” is a
stunning visual narrative of the events of the 1915-1923 Genocide, and
the continuing aftermath and denial by the Turkish government over
generations. The exhibit’s texts and overall design were created by an
ALMA committee: Haig Der Manuelian (Chairman), Dr. Barbara Merguerian,
Gina Hablanian, Gary Lind-Sinanian, and Arakel Almasian, assisted by a
number of outside consultants. The striking wall graphics were
designed by Ed Malouf of Content Design Collaborative. The visitor
will find a chronological narrative of the tragic events leading up to
World War 1, the years of Genocide (1915-1923), and the continued
denial to the present.
The official opening of the exhibit will be marked by a ribbon-cutting
ceremony, performed by the first Armenian Ambassador to the United
States (1993-1999), Rouben Shougarian.
Shougarian was the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia
(1999-2005) and Ambassador to Italy, Spain and Portugal (2005-2008).
He currently teaches at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at
Tufts University in Massachusetts. Shougarian’s book “West of Eden,
East of the Chessboard: Four Philosophical Looks Upon the Unknown” was
presented at ALMA last year.
The exhibit’s design committee will be in attendance at the opening
and welcomes questions and comments from the public.
Admittance is free to all events of the day and visitors are welcome.