{"id":768297,"date":"2026-05-02T14:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768297\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:01:12","slug":"artist-spotlight-talks-highlight-armenian-creators-at-forest-lawn-museum-coloradoboulevard-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768297\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight Talks Highlight Armenian Creators at Forest Lawn Museum \u2039 ColoradoBoulevard.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Armennian-exihibit-Colorado-Boulevard-Newspaper.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Armennian-exihibit-Colorado-Boulevard-Newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"artwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-350637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hear directly from the artists featured in \u201cConvergence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to Glendale\u2019s Forest Lawn Museum will soon have the chance to hear directly from the artists featured in Convergence, the museum\u2019s ongoing exhibition highlighting more than twenty contemporary creators of Armenian descent. A new series of monthly artist talks, free to attend, with complimentary parking, will offer deeper insight into each artist\u2019s process, influences, and approach to their craft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Melanie Hooks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moderated by Dr. James Fishburne, Director of Forest Lawn Museum, and artist Kaloust Geudel, the conversations will explore the diverse perspectives that shape the exhibition. Attendees can also access additional background on each artist through the digital exhibition catalog, available via the museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.forestlawn.com\/pages\/convergence-contemporary-artists-of-armenian-descent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">exhibition page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artist Spotlight Calendar<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, May 9 at 2:00 pm \u2014 Aroussiak Gabrielian<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 pm \u2014 Painterly Expressions Rouzanna Berberian Kaloust Geudel Gegam Kacherian Hagop Najarian Arshak Nazarian Gagik Vardanyan<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 pm \u2014 Looking Through the Lens Liana Grigoryan Sossi Madzounian Ara Mgrdichian<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, August 9 at 2:00 pm\u2014 Art, Politics and Identity Alina Mnatsakanian Ara Oshagan She Loves Collective Alysse Stepanian Harry Vorperian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>About the \u201cConvergence\u201d Exhibition<\/p>\n<p>Convergence brings together a wide-ranging group of artists whose work spans abstraction, conceptual installations, photography, sculpture, and mixed media. Rather than attempting to encapsulate the full breadth of Armenian history or identity, the exhibition centers on the shared heritage of its contributors\u2014artists born in the United States, recent immigrants, and creators from across the Armenian diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Curated by Alina Mnatsakanian and Kaloust Guedel in collaboration with Dr. Fishburne, the exhibition showcases the work of Martiros Adalian, Rouzanna Berberian, Tina Chakarian, Aroussiak Gabrielian, Charles Garabedian, Sophia Gasparian, Liana Grigoryan, Kaloust Guedel, Charlie Hachadourian, Alex Hedison, Armineh Hovanesian, Narine Isajanyan, Gegam Kacherian, Farrah Karapetian, Nina Katchadourian, Bari Luis, Sossi Madzounian, Ara Mgrdichian, Alina Mnatsakanian, Hagop Najarian, Arshak Nazarian, Ara Oshagan, Larisa Safaryan, Aram Saroyan, She Loves Collective, Alysse Stepanian, Gagik Vardanyan, Harry Vorperian, Zadik Zadikian, and Zareh.<\/p>\n<p>Through their varied practices, these artists offer a multifaceted look at Armenian experience and expression\u2014an artistic convergence that invites viewers to consider identity, memory, and innovation from multiple angles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convergence Artist Spotlights<\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n2:00 pm: Saturday, May 9; Sunday, June 14; Sunday, July 12; Sunday, August 9 &#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\nForest Lawn Museum&#13;<br \/>\n1712 S. Glendale Ave.&#13;<br \/>\nGlendale, CA 91205&#13;<br \/>\nParking, admission and talks, free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hear directly from the artists featured in \u201cConvergence.\u201d Visitors to Glendale\u2019s Forest Lawn Museum will soon have the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":768298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-768297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116505352158927418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}