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Grand opening of Cafesjian Center for the Arts takes place in Yerevan
07.11.2009 20:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Cafesjian Cultural Center for the Arts was
inaugurated November 7 in Yerevan. The opening ceremony was attended
by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, minister of culture Hasmik
Poghosyan, minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, as well as
representatives of diplomatic missions in Armenia, artists and
political figures.
"I am very pleased such a modern center for culture in Armenia
established, the center may surprise connoisseurs of art, as well as
any person of any nationality," minister of culture Hasmik Poghosyan
said at the opening ceremony.
People's architect Jim Torosyan, the author of the Cascade, which
housed Cafesjian Center for the Arts, expressed his satisfaction with
the opening of the center saying that the Cascade has found a new
breath with the Cafesjian Center for the Arts.
"The significance of the work of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in
Yerevan is obvious today, however we attain its importance more and
more with every other day," Raffi Hovhannisian, Heritage party leader
said.
Cafesjian Museum Foundation was established in April 2002 in Yerevan
under the auspices of the RA Government and the Cafesjian Museum
Foundation of America. The Armenian government provided the Foundation
with an half-constructed "Cascade" complex with the surrounding area.
Gerard L. Cafesjian is American businessman of Armenian origin,
founder of the Cafesjian Museum Foundation of America, invested 35
million dollars to complete the reconstruction of Cascade and donate
his art collection to the Armenian people.
07.11.2009 20:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Cafesjian Cultural Center for the Arts was
inaugurated November 7 in Yerevan. The opening ceremony was attended
by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, minister of culture Hasmik
Poghosyan, minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, as well as
representatives of diplomatic missions in Armenia, artists and
political figures.
"I am very pleased such a modern center for culture in Armenia
established, the center may surprise connoisseurs of art, as well as
any person of any nationality," minister of culture Hasmik Poghosyan
said at the opening ceremony.
People's architect Jim Torosyan, the author of the Cascade, which
housed Cafesjian Center for the Arts, expressed his satisfaction with
the opening of the center saying that the Cascade has found a new
breath with the Cafesjian Center for the Arts.
"The significance of the work of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in
Yerevan is obvious today, however we attain its importance more and
more with every other day," Raffi Hovhannisian, Heritage party leader
said.
Cafesjian Museum Foundation was established in April 2002 in Yerevan
under the auspices of the RA Government and the Cafesjian Museum
Foundation of America. The Armenian government provided the Foundation
with an half-constructed "Cascade" complex with the surrounding area.
Gerard L. Cafesjian is American businessman of Armenian origin,
founder of the Cafesjian Museum Foundation of America, invested 35
million dollars to complete the reconstruction of Cascade and donate
his art collection to the Armenian people.