PASADENA ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
272 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
Telephone: (626) 795-1750
Fax:(626) 584-6524
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As you know, Pasadena is home to one of the strongest Armenian
communities in the diaspora. As such, it’s important to ensure that
there is a public space of reflection and remembrance for the victims
of the Armenian Genocide. Last year community leaders came together
and formed the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee to
establish and maintain a public memorial of the Armenian Genocide
within the City.
The proposed site for the public artwork is Memorial Park in the City
of Pasadena and the planned dedication in 2015 will coincide with
100th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide.
The Memorial will be constructed and maintained entirely with private
funding. I know you understand the importance of having a memorial for
the Armenian Genocide and I am asking that you help support this
project. /Please consider making a tax deductible donation for $99
or more to this very important cause for the Armenian community./
The Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee received 17
submissions for the design of the Memorial and an independent 3 judge
panel unanimously selected the design by Pasadena Art Center
Environmental Design student Catherine Menard.
The central feature of memorial’s minimalist design’ a
carved-stone basin of water straddled by a tripod arrangement of
three columns leaning into one another’is a single drop of water
that falls from the highest point every three seconds, each
`teardrop’ representing one life lost. Over the course of one
year, 1.5 million tears will fall into the pool, the estimated number
of victims of the Armenian Genocide.
The Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee was deeply
impressed by Catherine, who developed and presented an emotionally
compelling design for a historical event that she initially knew
nothing about. “We hope that this memorial will inspire a similar
emotional connection in those who encounter it, for generations to
come.”
Details regarding the project’s budget and construction will be
developed over the next several months, with official groundbreaking
anticipated in 2014 and dedication of the completed memorial on April
24, 2015. You can follow us on Facebook at PASAGMC to learn more.
Sincerely,
William M. Paparian
Chairman, Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee
P.S. The Turkish government has already started fighting against the
project. We can’t let them be successful! Please donate today and
stand together with the Armenian community and the victims of the
genocide.
From: Baghdasarian