Author: Jalatian Sonya

PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9904-8446
Email: [email protected]
31 March 2005
AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE TO RUSSIA VISITS PRIMATE
Sydney, Australia – On Thursday, 31 March, 2005 the Australian
Ambassador-designate to Russia, Mr Bob Tyson paid a courtesy visit to His
Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, Primate of the Armenian Church of
Australia and New Zealand. Over the coming weeks, Mr Tyson will take his
post in Moscow replacing Ambassador Leslie Rowe who in 2003 accompanied an
Australian Government delegation to Armenia headed by the Attorney General,
The Hon. Phillip Ruddock MP.
During the meeting, the Primate enlightened the Ambassador-designate on
issues pertaining to Armenia, welcoming the close relations being forged
between the governments of Armenia and Australia. Mr Tyson disclosed his
intention to visit Armenia soon after his posting since the Australian
Embassy in Moscow is accredited to Armenia as well as ten other countries of
the region.
The Primate today also welcomed twelve Year 10 students from St Gregory’s
Armenian School to the Diocesan Office. The students recorded on video an
interview with the Archbishop posing a series of thought provoking questions
on Armenian youth, how he envisaged the future of Armenian youth in Sydney
and issues relating to the Armenian Genocide in light of upcoming community
events commemorating the 90th anniversary.

`OSCE IS NOT A TRIBE’, IT IS OSCE
A1+
31-03-2005
In the press conference after the meeting with the FM Vardan Oskanyan
Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office called Nagorno Karabakh
President Arkadi Ghoukasyan `leader of Karabakh’. Asked the clarifying
question if he considers Arkadi Ghoukasyan leader of a tribe living in
Azerbaijan and not the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, he
answered, `I am the leader of the OSCE, but OSCE is not a tribe’.
Nevertheless, the Slovenia Foreign Minister made an announcement
profitable for the Armenians; he said that the Karabakh conflict is
special and it is not like other `cold’ conflicts in the region.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office appreciated the meetings with the
officials of Armenia as `interesting and effective’. But he did not
tellanything clear-cut in the meeting with the journalists repeating
that `Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders must use the window of present
opportunities’.
Besides the opportunity Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliev also have
commitments. According to Dimitrij Rupel, they must put an end to
their aggressive announcements.
This night the OSCE Chairman-in-Office will leave for Kyrgyzstan, from
where he will return to Armenia early in the morning and leave for
Tbilisi with his delegation. The head of the delegation explained the
overloaded agenda this way, `Unfortunately my work is very necessary
now; for this reason I will spend the night not in a hotel but on my
way to Armenia. I think it will be more effective’.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Swiss minister says Turkey’s EU bid to help stability of Europe
.c The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Swiss foreign minister said Tuesday her
country welcomed a European Union decision to start membership talks
with Turkey, saying the negotiations would help bring stability to the
European continent.
Micheline Calmy-Rey also urged Ankara to implement human rights
reforms, enacted as part of efforts to join the regional bloc.
The membership talks, due to start Oct. 3, “will contribute to the
stabilization of the region and of the European continent,” said
Calmy-Rey, who is on a three-day visit to Turkey.
“It is essential that the political will is translated into an
effective implementation of reforms on the ground. Switzerland
attaches particular importance to (the elimination) of torture and to
the question of women’s rights,” she said during a joint news
conference with Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul.
Her visit initially had been scheduled for October 2003, but Turkey
withdrew its invitation after the parliament of a western Swiss canton
(state) recognized the 1915-1918 killings of Armenians in Turkey as
genocide.
Armenians say some 1.5 million of their people were killed as the
Ottoman Empire forced them from eastern Turkey between 1915 and 1923 –
and that this was a deliberate campaign of genocide by Turkey’s rulers
at that time.
Turks say the death count is inflated, and insist that Armenians were
killed or displaced as the Ottoman Empire tried to secure its border
with Russia and stop attacks by Armenian militants.
Gul said Tuesday that countries such as Switzerland should not allow
“the Armenian accusations” to strain relations with Turkey.
“These accusations are unacceptable, they sometimes strain
relationships and poison the air … The countries should not allow
this,” he said.
Calmy-Rey said the issue was “a difficult topic in Turkish history.
Switzerland believes that it is up to each country to delve into its
history and to reconcile itself with its history.”
The killings were recognized as genocide by a U.N. human rights panel
and several national governments – including France, Argentina and
Russia – as well as a number of U.S. state governments.
Calmy-Rey is scheduled Wednesday to visit Diyarbakir, the main city in
Turkey’s prominently Kurdish southeast, and Istanbul on Thursday.
03/29/05 13:49 EST
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MOSCOW RESPONDS TO PUTIN’S YEREVAN VISIT
Azg/arm
30 March 05
I did not notice many articles in the Russian press concerning the
Yerevan visit of President Vladimir Putin and those I read really
surprised me: the flourishing Russian-Armenian relations please not
everyone. Even if I came across stinging motives, they were equally
addressed to both states. The headlines themselves spoke well for the
implication of the visit. “Putin Visits the Last Outpost in CIS”,
“Putin Trying to Keep the Last Ally by His Side”. One of the
newspapers hailed the visit – “The Yerevan Gambit”.
The cunning Russian press guessed right indeed the main purpose of its
president’s “tour”. “The protocol pompous arrangements that the
presidents opted in were a veil to hide the tension of the dialogue
Embarrassed over colorful revolutions in the CIS, Russia fears to
lose its nearly the last trustworthy leg”, wrote Commersant. The paper
highlighted Russia’s hopes to transport its troops and armament from
Georgian bases to Armenia. Meanwhile, the paper writes that Armenia
gave consent to this initiative but putting forward a number of its
own preconditions.
The state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta points out, “A political libretto is
ready for the Days of Russia launching today in Armenia”.
Putting in a nutshell that Armenia is the most faithful partner of
Russia, Izvestia tracks down why, “=80¦ because its relations with US
policy’s outposts – Azerbaijan and Turkey – are historically
complicated. It’s possible that Yerevan’s policy will change but not
in a rather long perspective”.
Remaining faithful to the gutter press manner, Moskovski Commersant
thinks that Putin is rather popular in Armenia and takes the chance to
be witty, “Perhaps more than Kocharian himself”. The author of the
article, AlexanderBudberg, could not help displaying his anti-Armenian
“astuteness”, “Alliance with Russia is of great significance for the
republic. They say shamelessly in Yerevan that the country lives on
the money that Armenians worldwide send to their homeland. But at
least half of the country has moved to Russia”.
Interestingly, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, not distinguished for pro-Armenian
views, was rather moderate in its “independent” approach. “Visit of
the Moscow delegation was called to show that there are still
countries among the post-soviet republics that are not under the
West’s influence yet”.
By Ruben Hayrapetian in Moscow
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Asia Times Online, Hong Kong
Middle East
Mar 29, 2005
Fear in the real capital of Lebanon
By Lucy Ashton
ANJAR, Lebanon – Outside a villa in Anjar, a small Lebanese town near the
Syrian border 58 kilometers east of Beirut, seven armed guards hover by a
portrait of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. A burly man with a slug of a
moustache and a leather jacket stands hard beside me, he is Mukhabarat – a
member of Syrian intelligence. “Mamnour, Mamnour” (forbidden) was all he
said and pointed me away. His chief, Major General Rostum Ghazali, obviously
did not want to talk. The villa’s doors, great metal slabs that look like
meat safes, remained firmly locked.
Anjar is the control center of Lebanon, the base of General Ghazali, head of
Syrian intelligence, the man who allegedly threatened former Lebanese
premier Rafik Hariri just before his death in a bomb explosion in Beirut
last month.
This town is not ethnically Lebanese at all, but populated by Armenians,
2,600 of them, and about 1,000 Syrians – mostly soldiers and intelligence
men. The Armenians settled beneath these snow-striped gullies in 1939, all
the signs are written in both Arabic and Armenian script.
Stopping at a grocer’s to buy a cool drink, no one wants to speak. At the
mention of the Syrian troops the owner drops his eyes and concentrates hard
on wiping the already clean counter top with a rag.
On Araks Street, Joseph Palasian and his family are gathering to celebrate
Easter, they will exchange eggs and go to Serb Boros Church. His wife is
hesitant, but Joseph and his sons want to speak. “We are no friends of the
Syrians,” he says, smiling beneath a picture of Jesus Christ. “They are not
like the Hezbollah, who have a purpose and keep out the Israelis for us. The
Syrians do no good for us Lebanese.”
Joseph has ceased to respect the Syrian intelligence agents. Every day he
goes to their houses and bangs on the doors. “Time to leave!” he shouts.
Joseph is not afraid of retribution, because the Tashna – Armenian – militia
will protect him.
Or the Lebanese army, he hopes. On Easter Sunday, the town requested the
Lebanese soldiers to come and secure the churches for celebrations. What are
they afraid will happen? It’s hard for Joseph to say. The town is suspicious
that the Syrians will cause trouble, that they will plant bombs at the
churches. The two explosions in Christian areas of Beirut last week were
warnings from Damascus, Joseph thinks. Why? Because they want to prove that
Lebanon cannot remain safe without the brotherly guns of Assad to enforce
the peace.
So far no Syrian troops have withdrawn from Anjar and the checkpoints in the
hills remain in place. A week ago some Syrian soldiers arrived from the
direction of Beirut, rested two days, and climbed over the mountain. Joseph
suspects they are not far away, waiting out of sight, just in case.
Bartan, Joseph’s 18-year-old son, wants to drive with us, a couple of
minutes away, to a Syrian camp. His mother is freaking out, pleading with
him from the balcony as he jumps down the stairs. We stop five kilometers
west of the Syrian border, but Lebanese do not pass east of here much.
Neither Bartan nor our driver wants to leave the car. They are too scared.
A young Syrian soldier, gun slung from his shoulder, wanders from the pink
blossom trees to meet us. For an occupiers’ camp it is terribly relaxed,
there are no gun emplacements or sand bags and not even a gate. The trucks
are parked in a jumble, as though some families have stopped for a weekend
picnic. There is a notable absence of armory. A senior officer appears. He
leads us back to the road, to his general.
Ten minutes have passed since Joseph told us he wanted the Syrians out. “We
are very good friends with the Christians,” promises General Mohammed Aziz.
He is a cheerful man in fatigues and white basketball boots. He walks with a
slight limp, as if there is a thorn in his foot. “They need us here to keep
the peace. But if the Christians want us to leave, we are ready to go, but
when that will happen I don’t know.” General Aziz has lived in Anjar two
years, his family is in Damascus, he would quite like to go home, he says.
Back at the car Bartan would like to move. He has decided he is afraid now.
The Syrians do have a habit of arresting Armenians and accusing them of
being fighters in the Tashna militia. Then what happens to them, Bartan does
not know, or more likely will not say.
As we leave, I ask our Muslim driver if the residents of Anjar are just
being cautious. Zouheir replies, “No we are all really very worried.”
This fear – Christian or Muslim – does not mean that war is imminent. Rather
it is the apprehension of a nation that has seen the bloody chaos of civil
war from 1975-1991 and lived in wary co-existence ever since. The fear comes
from the knowledge it could all easily happen again.
Lucy Ashton is a freelance journalist based in Amman, Jordan.
(Copyright 2005 Asia Times Online Ltd.

The Messenger
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, #052 (0826)
Press scanner
Prepared by Anna Arzanova
Georgian roads closed because of heavy snowfall
According to Svobodnaya Gruzia, heavy snowfall has caused many Georgian
roads to be closed.
According to the Roads Department press center, the movement of all
kind of transport is prohibited on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the
Georgian Military Highway.
Snow has already been cleared from the Rikoti Pass, which connects
Western with Eastern Georgia, and vehicles with snow-chains are
permitted to cross the pass; but other main roads in Western Georgia,
including those between Kutaisi and Racha and Zugdidi and Svaneti
are closed, Svobodnaya Gruzia reports.
On the Ninotsminda section of the road to the Georgian-Armenian
border transit with chains is possible, and this is now the case on
the Batumi-Akhaltsikhe highway.

Armenian politician given 3-year prison sentence for spreading anti-Semitic
propaganda
AP Worldstream
Mar 18, 2005

An Armenian court on Friday sentenced a radical nationalist politician
to three years in prison for disseminating anti-Semitic propaganda.
Armen Avetisyan, the leader of the United Armenian Aryans’ party, was
charged with spreading hatred toward Jews through the mass media in
this impoverished former Soviet republic.
Avetisyan denied the charges.
The landlocked Caucasus country, which is strongly Christian, has a
Jewish community that numbers less than 1,000.

ArmenPress
March 17 2005
KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IT WITH LYCOS MANAGERS
YEREVAN, MARCH 17, ARMENPRESS: President Kocharian received today
top managers of German IT Lycos company to look into what can be done
to train more skilled IT specialists in Armenia. Top managers were
quoted by Kocharian’s press office as saying that they intend to
carry out projects in Armenia for next six years. Kocharian said the
government is ready to assist the process of IT development.
Lycos Armenia currently employs around 170 employees. It is
heavily growing in all areas, and is now the biggest development
location for Lycos Europe . Since there is a growing demand the
company is actually engaging new staff and plan to employ 220
employees within this year. Additionally Lycos Armenia is enlarging
its operations department which was set up in the year 2004, and now
employs 25 employees.
Kocharian also received today Vahagn Movsisian, the director of
the Armenian Development Agency (ADA). Movsisian was quoted as saying
that the ADA was recognized by World Bank as the second best
development agency among counterparts in Central Europe and Central
Asia and the best fifth in the world.
Kocharian and Movsisian also discussed ways for making Armenian
markets attractive for foreign investors.

USA, Russia pushing Armenian president towards Karabakh deal – newspaper
Iravunk, Yerevan
15 Mar 05

US pressure on Armenia is aimed at compelling President Robert
Kocharyan to sign a settlement on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, not
at orchestrating an “orange revolution”, according to an article in
Armenian newspaper Iravunk. “Both Washington and Moscow regard Robert
Kocharyan as a `politically written off’ figure who can be forced to
accept an unpleasant decision,” the article said. Some opposition
forces too would like Kocharyan to sign a settlement, as it avoids
them having to deal with the problem. A preliminary document is
expected to be signed during the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents’
next meeting in May, according to the article. The following is the
text of Ovanes Galadzhyan’s report in Iravunk on 15 March headlined
“Moscow and Washington have politically ‘written off’ Robert
Kocharyan”; subheadings have been inserted editorially:
US Senate committee hears criticism of Armenia
Of late not a day has gone by without a statement, report or
discussion that is negative for Armenia. During recent hearings at the
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on “The Future of Democracy in
the Black Sea Area”, US Deputy Assistant Secretary John Tefft said:
“Further reform is hampered by Armenia’s relatively isolated position
and the ongoing Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, which has been an enormous
drain on the government’s resources for over 10 years.” Almost the
same was said about Azerbaijan, but for the note: “Azerbaijan
continues to offer [extensive and] invaluable support to the United
States for the global war on terror, including but not limited to
blanket overflight rights, the use of Azerbaijan military bases,
information sharing and law-enforcement cooperation.”
During the same hearings the director of International Security and
Energy Programmes at the Nixon Centre, Zeyno Baran, said the Armenian
diaspora “limits US ability to encourage democratic change in this
country” and “The US simply cannot put the same kind of pressure on
President Robert Kocharyan as it was able to do with President Leonid
Kuchma of Ukraine; it is inconceivable to think that Washington would
threaten to keep senior Armenian government officials out of the USA
in case of falsified elections.” The OSCE Minsk Group was criticized
during the meeting for its inefficiency in attaining a final
resolution.
USA wants Kocharyan to sign Karabakh settlement
All this confirms the report received from US sources that US pressure
on Armenia is directed not at orchestrating an “orange revolution” in
the country, but at compelling Robert Kocharyan to sign a document on
a settlement to the Karabakh conflict. By the way a preliminary
document is expected to be signed as early as late spring, during the
next meeting of the Armenian and Azeri presidents. Something not very
pleasant is also awaiting Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan in the next
few days – he is to familiarize himself with the findings of the OSCE
fact-finding mission to the liberated territories.
Moscow is showing no signs of opposition to Washington’s pressure and
hardly anything will change after Vladimir Putin’s visit to
Armenia. In exchange one can observe some trends for the US-EU to make
some mutual compromises with Iran and consequently alleviate their
pressure on that country. This reduces the urgency of the US
aspiration to have a military presence on the Iranian border, but it
is hardly likely to influence the USA’s strategic plans.
The question is why both Washington and Moscow want nobody but Robert
Kocharyan to sign the basic documents on the Karabakh conflict
settlement. The point is that the signing of such documents means the
discrediting of any government, even if they came to power on a
national revolutionary wave. Moreover, an “orange revolution” in
Armenia would make its new president quite a strong figure with an
indisputable resource of legitimacy and overwhelming national support
– a president that may prove quite stubborn in accepting settlement
scenarios that are unacceptable for the Armenian public. That’s why
the USA and not Russia are in no hurry to give the “green light” to
the Armenian opposition and to encourage government change in the
country.
But the selfsame Robert Kocharyan understands perfectly that, after he
has signed an unfavourable settlement document, both the West and
Russia will stop caring for the weak and discredited Armenian
government. Obviously, both Washington and Moscow regard Robert
Kocharyan as a “politically written off” figure who can be forced to
accept an unpleasant decision without being cared for politically
afterwards. Objectively some opposition forces would also like Robert
Kocharyan to ratify the documents to get rid of the problem, as it
carries corresponding risks and weighty responsibilities. That is
possibly the reason why the greater part of the Armenian opposition is
taking its time too.
Kocharyan planning no government reform
And how is Robert Kocharyan responding to these challenges? Following
his latest activities one can see that he is carrying out his own PR
by making public his own achievements – real or unreal – and his daily
ordeal for the sake of his country’s prosperity. In addition during
his recent visit to a carpet-weaving company he said one important
thing, that “there is no sense in making changes to a government that
is showing such indices”.
Robert Kocharyan has, thereby, called for government consolidation and
has made it clear to everybody that the government’s ruin will be ruin
for not only top officials but most oligarchs. This was also a step to
show that there will be no wide reforms or so-called government
revolution. It is clear enough that, when a president who has no
popular or external support starts drastically reforming executives or
infringing on oligarchs, he is running a very big risk. Besides he
cannot resort to a drastic measure like early parliamentary elections,
as Georgia’s example has shown that early parliamentary elections can
easily cause a national revolt.
Opposition in no hurry for revolution
That’s why the opposition is taking its time and, for example, the
Justice bloc says that it will start revolutionary activities not in
spring but at the right moment, the referendum on draft constitutional
amendments, which will hardly come soon. By this time government
cohesion will be non-existent, ruined by severe internal conflicts
during the September local elections. Robert Kocharyan’s statement has
also put an end to the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaktsutyun’s plans for personnel reforms and its
aspirations to gain new positions in the cabinet, which will sooner or
latter be expressed in public.
But the opposition is not only the Justice bloc. But analysing the
behaviour of the other opposition parties one can see no Western
tendencies either. This is natural as the parties are not receiving
any appropriate signals from the West. The National Unity Party too is
passive in its revolutionary efforts, limiting its activities to harsh
criticism of the prosecutor-general, Agvan Ovsepyan, and the
pan-national action to dance in a ring round the Aragats
Mountain. This party may also be waiting for the right moment.
The only party inclined to radical measures is probably New Times,
which is holding a congress in late March to start meeting the people
on 5 April. This is due to their leader Aram Karapetyan’s promise to
start a revolution in April. This is fraught with serious risks and no
coincidence that the government is already taking actions that might
lead to Karapetyan’s criminal persecution.
Kocharyan has staying power
So everybody is waiting to see how the external pressure on Robert
Kocharyan will end. He certainly has resources to delay this process,
but one cannot say for sure for how long they will last. This may last
much longer than might be expected, as the past seven years have shown
that the president has enough strength to withstand a blow and enough
intuition to take his bearings in risky situations.

Foster’s Online
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Exhibit commemorates Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust with works of
two survivor artists
Samuel Bak’s `Yiakor Theme.’
KITTERY, Maine – Haley Farm Gallery will open `Survival Through Creativity’
exhibit featuring works by Berj Kailian and Samuel Bak – two survivor
artists of the Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust respectively. The
exhibit commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the
60th anniversary of the Jewish Holocaust.
Opening receptions are Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, 2005, 3-5
p.m. at Haley Farm Gallery, 178 Haley Rd., Kittery, Maine
`Survival Through Creativity’ reflects the artists’ creative outlook toward
life having endured, witnessed and survived the atrocities of the 1915
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks and the WWII Jewish
Holocaust by Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Works of Samuel Bak are available in
cooperation with the artist and Pucker Gallery.
Berj Kailian, myth and symbol series.
Berj Kailian was born in Armenia in 1914. Her extended family was one of the
last to be driven out. Her father, imprisoned and tortured was later asked
to dig his own grave and was buried alive by the Turkish authorities. Only
nine months old, Kailian was wrapped and tied to her mother’s back and along
with her three siblings began the forced marches through Armenia. Through
the arduous trip her siblings were lost and are presumed dead. Kailian was
wrapped in old newspapers to be kept warm; she was given away three times
but returned to her mother to remain a survivor as they reached Yerevan,
present-day Armenia’s capital. Kailian’s mother worked for the Armenian Red
Cross and they lived with other wretched refugees in devastating conditions
until 1919 when they were sent funds by an uncle in the to travel to America
via Russia and Japan. Berj Kailian now lives in Weymouth, Massachusetts and
is perhaps the only Armenian-American woman artist survivor of the Armenian
Genocide.
`I carry the memories with me every single day of my life. But you have to
survive and you just have to accept that dark companion that is with you
everywhere you go. Art was a natural selection because I could express a
great deal of thought and emotion through it in my own way. I’m still doing
it; maybe it’s an escape,’ says Berj Kailian. `I use earth
pigments…everything comes from the earth. I tear, I dig, I use sand and
earth, or gravel. I think that’s the hurt…but I can’t go beyond that. I’ve
been fortunate. I’m a survivor. A slice of bread given to me by my mother
was to be shared….and is to this day representative of nature and love for
humans.’
Samuel Bak was born in 1933 in Vilna, Poland and was recognized from an
early age as possessing extraordinary artistic talent.
As Vilna came under German occupation in 1940, Bak and his family were
forced into the Vilna ghetto, and later to a labor camp, from which he was
smuggled and given refuge in a monastery.
At the end of the war, his mother and he were the only surviving members of
his extensive family. Bak, has spent his life dealing with the artistic
expression of the destruction and dehumanization which make up his childhood
memories.
He speaks about what are deemed to be the unspeakable atrocities of the
Holocaust. He has created a visual language to remind the world of its most
desperate moments.
`I feel the necessity to remember and take it upon myself to bear witness to
the things that happened in those times, so that human beings today and
those of tomorrow, if it were only possible, are spared a similar destiny on
earth. So I have chosen the way of creating images of a seeming reality,
imbuing them with a multitude of layers, from clear and unknown symbols to
the most private and intimate feelings of a world that has its own apparent
logic. I hope that the complexity of these paintings might go beyond my
private story and beyond the vicissitudes that mark the Jewish people and
their fate.’ says Samuel Bak.
Haley Farm Gallery – Mainely Global Art Gallery, Gift Shop and Meeting Place
– opened in January of 2005 and offers works by local, national and
international artists, unique artistic gift items, and a meeting place. The
gallery owners are Jackie Abramian and Harout DerSimonian.
Haley Farm Gallery is located at 178 Haley Road in Kittery, Maine. Gallery
Hours for March and April, 2005 are: Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.,
Thursday & Friday, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., with Saturday and Sundays by chance. For
further information or to schedule a group visit, contact the gallery at
(207) 439-2669, or email to [email protected], or visit