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"Man's Inhumanity to Man: Journey out of Darkness"

The art of Eva Kolosvary-Stupler, Narine Isajanian, Natasha Kostan and Lark was chosen in the jurried exhibition "Man's Inhumanity to Man: Journey out of Darkness", which is part of the City of Glendale's Annual Commemorative Events. The exhibition is opened on Saturday, April 4th, from 5-8 pm, at the Brand Library Art Galleries, 1601 West Mountain Street in Glendale. The event will run through May 8,

The exhibit at the Brand Library is organized by the City of Glendale and co-curated by Ramela Grigorian Abbamontian PhD in association with the Brand Library Art Galleries. "Art is a powerful agent in society with the ability to awaken our consciousness, transform our minds, and ignite a desire to bring about change," says Abbamontian. "This exhibition aims to do all of these things."

Organized into three sections, the exhibition includes over 40 artists and includes over 70 works in a diverse range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, and installation. Accompanying the exhibition will be a fully illustrated, color catalogue and essays by Dr. Abbamontian and UCLA Professor Paul Von Blum which describes the exhibitions themes and purpose.

The goal with Journey out of Darkness is to educate the viewer about the various inhumane events that have taken place yesterday and today, with the hope of avoiding and preventing them tomorrow. It is an exhibition of contemporary reflections of these events by artists originating from throughout the world and now residing in Southern California.

The first section of the exhibition, Faces of Inhumanity, presents the different forms of inhumanity experienced in human history In the second section, Scars of Inhumanity, the works included address the repercussions of such atrocities, whether physical, mental or spiritual. This section of the exhibition also attempts to uncover the various coping mechanisms employed as the victims aim to live with the effects of inhumanity. The final section of the exhibition, Humanity's Triumph offers an alternative to inhumanity and visually suggests hope, recovery, unity, and survival.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Music & Poetry Event: Wednesday April 15, 7 pm - 9 pm
Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" will be played by the members of "Ensemble Green"

Day of Art and Thought: Saturday, April 18, 11 am - 5 pm
11 am - 12 pm Gallery Walkthrough with Guest Curator Ramela Abbamontian
12 pm - 1 pm Artists' Question & Answer Session with artists including Sophia Gasparian, Lark (Larisa Pilisky), Poli Marichal, Hessam Abrishami, Arpine Shakhbandaryan and Mark Vallen.
2 pm - 3 pm Gallery Walkthrough with Guest Curator Ramela Abbamontian
3 pm - 4 pm Multi-disciplinary Panel Discussion with Prof. Paul Von Blum (UCLA Senior Lecturer in African American Studies, Communications Studies, and Art History), Levon Marashlian (Professor of History, Glendale Community College), Angelo Allen (Lecturer in Art Department) Pierce College
4 pm - 5 pm Effects of Genocide on the Arts, lecture and piano performance by Vatche Mankerian, Institute of Armenian Studies, USC.
Follow link to http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/MansInhumanitytoMan2009.asp for additional information.