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    STUDENTS SHOW THEIR ART AT KOMITAS CULTURAL COMITTEE CONTEST
    Christopher Cadelago

    Glendale News Press
    http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/20 10/04/12/news/gnp-armenian041210.txt
    April 13 2010
    CA

    Photo: Shant Sarkisyan, 11, takes a look at other students' work
    during the Ark Family Center's Komitas Cultural Committee youth art
    contest. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/News-Press)

    DOWNTOWN -- A bald eagle, bucolic landscapes and busts of historically
    significant figures greeted Vachik Gharibyan on Sunday evening on
    his way into the Armenian Cultural Arts Contest.

    Vachik's pieces, inspired by classic, hand-drawn animation and scenes
    from nature were among the more than 30 pieces of student artwork on
    display at the Armenian Society of Los Angeles reception, sponsored
    by the Ark Family Center's Komitas Cultural Committee.

    "Some of this I learned from my teacher," said Vachik, 10, pointing
    across the room to Edward Manukyan. "Others I saw in books, or just
    liked the colors."

    Two of the paintings -- one of a tropical bird and the other of a small
    passerine bird -- were mounted alongside each other and given prominent
    placement at the reception, drawing smiles from the boy's family.

    Vachik, a student at Magic Brush Art Studio in Glendale, has seen his
    imagination take flight since picking up the brush about a year ago,
    he said. His third piece of work captured a moment from a classic
    Walt Disney cartoon in which a young man asks permission from the
    king to marry his daughter.

    Other entries came from students Hamlet Sarkisyan, 17, who painted
    a bald eagle, and Armen Barsegyan, 17, whose pieces touched on
    architecture and nature. The evening included musical performances
    and a presentation of awards, all part of the Ark Family Center's
    mission to stimulate personal growth for youth, adults and families,
    organizers said.

    The Komitas Cultural Committee is a group of Armenian professionals
    who raise awareness about Armenian history and culture, providing a
    place where children can connect with their roots.
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