[Bilimsel Haber] EVENT- Armenian Rug Exhibit, Opening Reception, April 20, ALMA, Watertown

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

EVENT- Armenian Rug Exhibit, Opening Reception, April 20, ALMA, Watertown

April 20 - Reception for the Grand opening of the Armenian rug exhibit.

On Thursday, April 20, Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA)
will host a reception for the grand opening of the Exhibit 'Armenian
Rugs and Weavings: Textiles of Hearth and Heart'. The exhibit features a
wide range of the weavings from the mountains of Armenia and the
Transcaucasus. The exhibit is unique in that it features rare inscribed
rugs from ALMA's collection, as well as smaller woven textiles and rugs
from the newly acquired Offen-Alimian Collection. Furthermore, a dozen
exceptional rugs have been loaned to ALMA by the members of the Armenian
Rugs Society: these are publicly exhibited for the first time.

The reception is scheduled for 6pm through 9 pm on Thursday. In addition
to ALMA trustees, members and friends, members of the Armenian Rugs
Society (ARS), who have loaned rugs for the exhibit, are arriving from
around the world especially for the exhibit. Among them, Joe Bezdjian
(ARS  President), Mr. and Mrs. John Sommer, and Carol Hoerner from San
Francisco, Jack and Joan Agajanian Quinn from Los Angeles, Yeran
Megerian, Valot Atakhanian, and Peter Balakian from New York, Harold and
Janis Bedoukian from Canada, Loretta Boxdorfer from Dallas, Bob Bruner
from Denver, and Berdj Achdjian from France. Daniel Shaffer and Lucy
Upward from HALI magazine in London, UK will be covering the grand
opening of the exhibit at ALMA.

As part of the grand opening program, Professor Lucy Der Manuelian of
the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts will present a lecture
titled 'Diamonds, Dragons and Crosses: The Story of Armenian Rugweaving'
at 8:00 pm. Professor Der Manuelian is co-author of 'Weavers, Merchants
and Kings: The Inscribed Rugs of Armenia,' the catalog for the Kimbell
Art Museum's exhibit which was also shown at the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts, the Textile Museum of Washington, D.C., the  Worcester Art Museum
and the Metropolitan Museum of Fresno, California.

The reception and the presentation are open to public.

ALMA is located in Watertown Square (intersection of Rte 16 and Rte 20),
at 65 Main Street, Watertown MA 02472. For more information please visit
ALMA's website www.almainc.org or call the office at 617.926.2562 ext. 3.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472
USA

Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175

Web: www.almainc.org



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