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Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM WILL HOST MATHEW KARANIAN
"The Journey of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide"
Mathew Karanian will present an illustrated lecture entitled "The Journey
of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide" On Sunday, October 13th, 2013, at
4:00 p.m. at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery, 15105
Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA. The lecture is sponsored by the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian Studies and
Research (NAASR). A reception will follow the lecture.
"The Journey of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide." Author
Matthew Karanian
will discuss the challenges of creating the first commercial guide to
Armenia and Artsakh, and present more than 100 photographs that show some of
Armenia's most remote and off-the-beaten-path locations, as well as some
familiar ones, too. Karanian will discuss some of the methods that that he
and co-photographer Robert Kurkjian used to create the beautiful photography
that is featured in their latest book, "Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone
Garden Travel Guide." "Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide"
has won three national book awards. A gallery of one dozen Armenia
photographs from the book, by Karanian and Kurkjian, were featured in the
Los Angeles Times in April. The LA Times interviewed Karanian, and wrote a
feature about their book, calling it "a fresh view on ancient Armenia."
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event, and the
author will be on hand to sign copies.
Matthew Karanian is a lawyer, writer, and photographer. He first traveled to
Armenia in 1995, and he has worked there as Associate Dean of the law
program at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, and as Director of
the university's Legal Research Center. He and his law students founded
Armenia's first English-language law journal, the Armenian Law Review. He
has also served on the editorial board of the Armenian International
Magazine (AIM).
For more information contact the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected] or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or [email protected].
Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM WILL HOST MATHEW KARANIAN
"The Journey of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide"
Mathew Karanian will present an illustrated lecture entitled "The Journey
of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide" On Sunday, October 13th, 2013, at
4:00 p.m. at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery, 15105
Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA. The lecture is sponsored by the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian Studies and
Research (NAASR). A reception will follow the lecture.
"The Journey of Creating Armenia's First Travel Guide." Author
Matthew Karanian
will discuss the challenges of creating the first commercial guide to
Armenia and Artsakh, and present more than 100 photographs that show some of
Armenia's most remote and off-the-beaten-path locations, as well as some
familiar ones, too. Karanian will discuss some of the methods that that he
and co-photographer Robert Kurkjian used to create the beautiful photography
that is featured in their latest book, "Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone
Garden Travel Guide." "Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide"
has won three national book awards. A gallery of one dozen Armenia
photographs from the book, by Karanian and Kurkjian, were featured in the
Los Angeles Times in April. The LA Times interviewed Karanian, and wrote a
feature about their book, calling it "a fresh view on ancient Armenia."
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event, and the
author will be on hand to sign copies.
Matthew Karanian is a lawyer, writer, and photographer. He first traveled to
Armenia in 1995, and he has worked there as Associate Dean of the law
program at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, and as Director of
the university's Legal Research Center. He and his law students founded
Armenia's first English-language law journal, the Armenian Law Review. He
has also served on the editorial board of the Armenian International
Magazine (AIM).
For more information contact the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected] or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or [email protected].