The Iconography of Catholicos’ Vestments in the Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting

The Center for Armenian Arts, Glendale, California 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA, United States

The book is dedicated to exploration of historical origins and development of ceremonial vestments for the pontiff of the Armenian Apostolic Church-the Catholicos. It explores the dressing ritual, protocol and the symbolism of it. In medieval manuscripts created in Armenia prior or in main book-making centers of the Armenian diaspora, there are portraits of famous […]

Absence

The Center for Armenian Arts, Glendale, California 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA, United States

This World and Life are not one-sided, not even two-sided, as in black and white photography. They contain everything possible and impossible. Art and creativity, in general, are attempts to reproduce this rational and irrational reality as adequately as possible, but each time, it depends on what methods are used in the process of this […]

No Other Words: Haikus

The Center for Armenian Arts, Glendale, California 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA, United States

No Other Words by Karén Karslyan is an experimental collection of haikus composed exclusively of the words from Yeghishe Charents’ “My Sweet Armenia.” Through the haikus crafted with the technique of constrained writing, Karslyan engages in a dialogue with Charents, at times poking fun, and at times raising profound questions about contemporary matters, identity, recent […]

Tashtakerank (Burnt Ends)

The Center for Armenian Arts, Glendale, California 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA, United States

TASHTAKERANK (Burnt Ends) is a collection of short stories that echo Khoren Aramanu's memories from his early childhood to the present day (Iran, Armenia and the USA), imbued with subtle humor.  Khoren Aramouni Keshishyan is a writer, playwright, and translator. He was born in 1948 in Iran. Aramouni studied in the Armenian Studies department at […]