Sahaganoush Otyag #24

Thursday, April 11, 2019 7pm Room A-104
Main Building - Pitkin - Students Center
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
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Feast of Ashes tells the story of David Ohannessian, the renowned ceramicist who in 1919 founded the art of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem, where his work and that of his followers is now celebrated as a local treasure. Ohannessian's life encompassed some of the most tumultuous upheavals of the modern Middle East. Born in an isolated Anatolian mountain village, he witnessed the rise of violent nationalism in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, endured arrest and deportation in the Armenian Genocide, founded a new ceramics tradition in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and spent his final years, uprooted, in Cairo and Beirut.

Ohannessian's life story is revealed by his granddaughter Sato Moughalian, weaving together family narratives with newly unearthed archival findings. Witnessing her personal quest for the man she never met, we come to understand a universal story of migration, survival, and hope.

Sato Moughalian is an award-winning flutist in New York City and Artistic Director of Perspectives Ensemble, founded in 1993 to explore and contextualize works of composers and visual artists. Since 2007, Ms. Moughalian has also traveled to Turkey, England, Israel, Palestine, and France to uncover the traces of her grandfather's life and work, has published articles, and gives talks on the genesis of Jerusalem's Armenian ceramic art.

The Annual Charity Fundraiser of the Knights and Daughters of Vartan (Bakradouny Lodge & Sahaganoush Chapter)

Sahaganoush Otyag Ladies Dinner to Honor ND Nancy Tutunjian Burdman

Bakradouny Lodge and Sahaganoush Otyag's Lunch Cruise on the Hudson River

Tri Otyag 2017 hosted by Sahaganoush Otyag

Vahan Tumasyan, the Chairman of the Shirak Kentron NGO: "We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Vartan Nazarian and "Knights and Daughters of Vartan of New Jersey" organization for the generous donation and help to carry out charitable programs focused on supporting homeless families, children in need, education and human services".

Lily Sarkissian , Rose Zenian Crovotta Rose Kirian, Nancy Burdman and Zhanett Petrosyan. DR. Mary Pazaian's award event. May 6, 2016

Some of the Sahaganoush Sisters with Dr Mary Papazian . With Rose Zanian Cracotta, Rose Kirian, Nancy Burdman