Congratulations to everyone involved in this important show at ACE/121 in Glendale, CA, with special thanks to Margarita Simonian, resident artist curator, and Ben Evans, EngAGE Program Director/Gallery Curator at ACE/121.
“Risen” presents work in various mediums that collectively address the theme of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Rather than focus on the hardship of this dark history, Simonian has chosen instead to propose a show that offers an alternative look into this darkness – one of survival and hope.
Overlapping with the day of remembrance, April 24th, Risen asks the question: How, through a persistence to accept and acknowledge horrific pasts, do we rise from these shadows?
Photos: Nancy Goodhart, Margarita Simonian, Valerie Douroux Schultz
California Arts Council
