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    Hejinian to Speak at St. James

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/30/hejinian-to-speak-at-st-james/
    March 30, 2013


    WATERTOWN, Mass. - On Mon., April 1, Daniel Varoujan Hejinian, the
    founder and president of Peace of Art Inc., will be the featured
    speaker at the dinner meeting of the St. James Armenian Church Men's
    Club. The talk, titled `A Mother's Hand,' will be about an Armenian
    Genocide Memorial that will be placed at Lowell City Hall Plaza.



    Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
    Daniel Varoujan Hejinian (`Varoujan') has dedicated his life to
    promoting peace through art. By combining the experiences of his
    culture and heritage with his talent as an artist, he communicates
    human suffering and the triumph of the human spirit to bring about
    positive change.

    Varoujan was born in Aleppo to Armenian parents who fled to Syria
    during the genocide. In 1979, Varoujan came to the United States, and
    left behind an extensive body of artwork. He settled in the Boston
    area and began working as a volunteer illustrator for the Armenian
    Mirror Spectator newspaper, and set up an art school at the Armenian
    General Benevolent Union (AGBU) center in Watertown. In 1980, he
    started working as the creative art director at Ackerley
    Communications.

    As the son of Armenian Genocide survivors, Varoujan lived with this
    legacy, and in 1996 began to design and display genocide commemorative
    billboards in the Boston area that called for the recognition of the
    genocide. Peace of Art, Inc. (www.PeaceofArt.org) - a non-profit
    educational organization that uses the universal language of art to
    bring awareness to the human condition, and to promote peaceful
    solutions to conflict - has sponsored the billboards for the past 10
    years. Since 2003, it has conducted 24 exhibitions, including at the
    Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass.; Armenian Library and Museum
    of America, Watertown; Harvard University's JFK School of Government,
    Cambridge; Massasoit College, Canton; and the Basilica of Saint Mary,
    Minneapolis, Minn. Peace of Art initiated an award given to college
    students who author the best essays concerning how they envision
    peace.

    Varoujan has received several awards for his contributions to the
    Armenian community, and has been widely recognized for his artistic
    achievements.

    The Social Hour starts with mezza at 6:15 p.m., followed by a complete
    losh kebab and kheyma dinner at 7 p.m., for $12 per person, at the St.
    James Armenian Church, Charles Mosesian Cultural and Youth Center,
    Keljik Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn St. in Watertown. Ladies are welcome.


    From: Baghdasarian
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