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  • Fresno: Biographer, author Nouritza Matossian part of Gorky Festival

    Fresno State News, CA
    April 7 2006

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    April 07, 2006

    Contact: Shirley Melikian Armbruster

    559.278.5292 or 593.1815


    Biographer and author Nouritza Matossian part of Gorky Festival


    British author and actress Nouritza Matossian will lecture on 20th
    century abstract-expressionist painter Arshile Gorky on Tuesday,
    April 18 and perform a play about the artist April 19 at California
    State University, Fresno. Those events and several others on campus
    are part of the Gorky Festival sponsored by the Fresno Art Museum and
    the Armenian Museum.

    Matossian, who is a human rights activist in the arts, contemporary
    music, history and Armenia, last year published a biography, `Black
    Angel, A Life of Arshile Gorky.' As part of the University Lecture
    Series, her topic will be `A Case of Mistaken Identity: Why Arshile
    Gorky Changed His Name' at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at the Satellite
    Student Union, 2485 E. San Ramon.

    Matossian's multimedia dramatization will be performed at 8 p.m.
    April 19 in the Satellite Student Union, sponsored by the School of
    Arts and Humanities. There is no charge for the performance or for
    several other Gorky Festival events in which Fresno State is
    involved.

    The Department of Music has scheduled a concert at 8 p.m. Monday,
    April 17, in the Music Building's Concert Hall, featuring music from
    Armenia and tunes popular during the time Gorky spent in New York.
    The event is coordinated by Dr. Maria Amirkhanian, a lecturer in
    music.

    Dr. Laura Meyer, an assistant professor of art history will discuss
    `Arshile Gorky: Why Abstraction?' at 4 p.m. April 18 in the Conley
    Lecture Hall.

    As part of the festival, the Fresno State Department of Art and
    Design is exhibiting student art inspired by Gorky at Fresno City
    Hall, 8 a.m-5 p.m. weekdays through Thursday, April 27.

    The University Lecture Series is a program of the Office of the
    Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, with additional
    support provided by Coke and James Hallowell, the University Student
    Union, Associated Students, KJWL-FM and Piccadilly Inn Hotels.

    Tickets are $10 general admission; $6 Fresno State faculty, staff,
    Alumni Association members and seniors; $5 elementary and secondary
    students; $2 Fresno State students. On April 18, prices increase by
    $2 for general admission, faculty, staff and Alumni Association
    members.

    Information and tickets are available at the University Student Union
    Information Center or by calling 559.278.2078. Tickets will be sold
    on a space-available basis beginning at 6:30 p.m. April 18 at the
    Satellite Student Union Box Office.
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