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INAUGURATION OF FIRST ARMENIAN DESCENT UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 28
ARMENPRESS
25 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: Southern Connecticut State
University will inaugurate its 11th president, Mary A. Papazian,
Ph.D., on September 28. President Papazian is the first woman of
Armenian descent to serve as a college or university president in
the United States. As Armenpress reports citing Courant as part of
her inauguration week festivities, an exhibition of Armenian artwork
will be on display on the SCSU campus through October 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 September 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.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
25 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: Southern Connecticut State
University will inaugurate its 11th president, Mary A. Papazian,
Ph.D., on September 28. President Papazian is the first woman of
Armenian descent to serve as a college or university president in
the United States. As Armenpress reports citing Courant as part of
her inauguration week festivities, an exhibition of Armenian artwork
will be on display on the SCSU campus through October 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 September 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.
From: A. Papazian