ARMENIAN ART EXHIBIT AT SCSU CELEBRATES INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MARY A. PAPAZIAN
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15:24 25.09.2012
Armenian, ConnecticutSouthern Connecticut State University will
inaugurate its 11th president, Mary A. Papazian, Ph.D., on Sept. 28.
President Papazian is the first woman of Armenian descent to serve as
a college or university president in the United States. As part of her
inauguration week festivities, an exhibition of Armenian artwork will
be on display on the SCSU campus through Oct. 21 in the Lobby Gallery
of the John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, courant.com reports.
The exhibit presents paintings, drawings and sculptures by 13
leading Armenian artists some currently or formerly based in Yerevan,
Armenia, while others are in the United States. The artists whose
work appears in the exhibit are Ashod Bayandour, Arshile Gorky, Sarkis
Hamalbashian, Hamlet Hovsepian, Gayane Katchadourian, Vasken Kalayjian,
Reuben Nakian, Vahan Rumelian, Ararat Sarkissian, Arthur Sarkissian,
Shanoor, Kegham Tazian and Paul Zenian.
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