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ARMENIAN ART EXHIBIT AT SCSU CELEBRATES INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MARY A. PAPAZIAN
Hartford Courant
Sept 24 2012
Southern Connecticut State University, Office of Public Affairs
New Haven September 24, 2012
Southern Connecticut State University will inaugurate its 11th
president, Mary A. Papazian, Ph.D., on Sept. 28. President Papazian is
the first woman of Armenian descent to serve as a college or university
president in the United States. As part of her inauguration week
festivities, an exhibition of Armenian artwork will be on display
on the SCSU campus through Oct. 21 in the Lobby Gallery of the John
Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. An opening reception for the
exhibit, which was curated by Vicki Shoghag Hovanessian, will be held
on Sept. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Lobby Gallery.
The exhibit presents paintings, drawings and sculptures by 13 leading
Armenian artists some currently or formerly based in Yerevan, Armenia,
while others are in the United States. The artists whose work appears
in the exhibit are Ashod Bayandour, Arshile Gorky, Sarkis Hamalbashian,
Hamlet Hovsepian, Gayane Katchadourian, Vasken Kalayjian, Reuben
Nakian, Vahan Rumelian, Ararat Sarkissian, Arthur Sarkissian, Shanoor,
Kegham Tazian and Paul Zenian. Hovanessian, a prominent collector,
curator and art adviser, was the former director of Vicki Hovanessian
Contemporary Art. She currently represents contemporary artists
of Armenia within Europe and America. Since 1995, she has regularly
curated exhibitions in Yerevan, Armenia, and the United States. In 2001
she curated a momentous exhibition at the Yerevan State Museum. In
July 2008 she curated an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary
of the consecration of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan,
N.Y. In 2010, Hovanessian received the Gold Medal of Mkhitar Heratsi
from Yerevan State Medical University for curating an exhibition
dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the university. In 2011 she was
decorated by the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Armenia for curating
a significant exhibition that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the
establishment of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The gallery
is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information
about Papazian's inauguration, visit http://www.southernct.edu,
or contact the SCSU Office of Public Affairs at 203-392-6589.
http://www.courant.com/community/hcrs-65658hc-new-haven-20120920,0,87350.story
Hartford Courant
Sept 24 2012
Southern Connecticut State University, Office of Public Affairs
New Haven September 24, 2012
Southern Connecticut State University will inaugurate its 11th
president, Mary A. Papazian, Ph.D., on Sept. 28. President Papazian is
the first woman of Armenian descent to serve as a college or university
president in the United States. As part of her inauguration week
festivities, an exhibition of Armenian artwork will be on display
on the SCSU campus through Oct. 21 in the Lobby Gallery of the John
Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. An opening reception for the
exhibit, which was curated by Vicki Shoghag Hovanessian, will be held
on Sept. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Lobby Gallery.
The exhibit presents paintings, drawings and sculptures by 13 leading
Armenian artists some currently or formerly based in Yerevan, Armenia,
while others are in the United States. The artists whose work appears
in the exhibit are Ashod Bayandour, Arshile Gorky, Sarkis Hamalbashian,
Hamlet Hovsepian, Gayane Katchadourian, Vasken Kalayjian, Reuben
Nakian, Vahan Rumelian, Ararat Sarkissian, Arthur Sarkissian, Shanoor,
Kegham Tazian and Paul Zenian. Hovanessian, a prominent collector,
curator and art adviser, was the former director of Vicki Hovanessian
Contemporary Art. She currently represents contemporary artists
of Armenia within Europe and America. Since 1995, she has regularly
curated exhibitions in Yerevan, Armenia, and the United States. In 2001
she curated a momentous exhibition at the Yerevan State Museum. In
July 2008 she curated an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary
of the consecration of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan,
N.Y. In 2010, Hovanessian received the Gold Medal of Mkhitar Heratsi
from Yerevan State Medical University for curating an exhibition
dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the university. In 2011 she was
decorated by the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Armenia for curating
a significant exhibition that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the
establishment of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The gallery
is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information
about Papazian's inauguration, visit http://www.southernct.edu,
or contact the SCSU Office of Public Affairs at 203-392-6589.
http://www.courant.com/community/hcrs-65658hc-new-haven-20120920,0,87350.story