ALMA presents concert, exhibit commemorating Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - On Sunday, May 22, 2011 ALMA will present a special concert memorializing the Armenian Genocide and featuring performances by several accomplished musicians. The concert will follow the official opening of the new Genocide exhibition on ALMA's mezzanine at 2:00 pm.

The new exhibit "The Armenian Genocide: Hayots Tseghaspanutiun" is a stunning visual narrative of the events of the 1915-1923 Genocide, and the continuing aftermath and denial by the Turkish government over generations. The exhibit's texts and overall design were created by an ALMA committee: Haig Der Manuelian (Chairman), Dr. Barbara Merguerian, Gina Hablanian, Gary Lind-Sinanian, and Arakel Almasian, assisted by a number of outside consultants. The striking wall graphics were designed by Ed Malouf of Content Design Collaborative. The visitor will find a chronological narrative of the tragic events leading up to World War 1, the years of Genocide (1915-1923), and the continued denial to the present.

The official opening of the exhibit will be marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony, performed by the first Armenian ambassador to the United States (1993-1999), Rouben Shougarian.

Shougarian was the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia (1999-2005) and Ambassador to Italy, Spain and Portugal (2005-2008). He currently teaches at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Shougarian's book "West of Eden, East of the Chessboard: Four Philosophical Looks Upon the Unknown" was presented at ALMA last year.

The exhibit's design committee will be in attendance at the opening and welcomes questions and comments from the public.

Admittance is free to all events of the day.