Tsitoghdzyan’s “Filtered Identity” opens at Armenian Museum of America

October 1, 2024 Armenian Museum of America Community News, Diaspora 0

WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Sept. 19, 2024, the Armenian Museum of America (AMA) in Watertown, Massachusetts welcomed more than 200 members and supporters for the opening of “Filtered Identity,” a solo exhibition by Tigran Tsitoghdzyan curated by Ryann Casey. A handful of guests also came in from the West Coast and New York City for the event. 

Tigran Tsitoghdzyan and Abigayle Rockett in front of Self-Isolation 6 at the opening of “Filtered Identity”

Everyone was welcomed by AMA Executive Director Jason Sohigian. Tsitoghdzyan spent a few minutes discussing the two groups of works on exhibit, Mirrors and Self-Isolation. This show includes 13 oil-on-canvas and mixed media works, with many as large as 80 x 80 creating a dramatic effect in the contemporary gallery.

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The Museum galleries in Watertown are open Thursday through Sunday from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free for members and youth up to age 17.

Event photography by Daniel Ayriyan

Armenian Museum of America

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The Armenian Museum of America is the largest Armenian museum in the Diaspora. It has grown into a major repository for all forms of Armenian material culture that illustrate the creative endeavors of the Armenian people over the centuries. Today, the Museum’s collections hold more than 25,000 artifacts including 5,000 ancient and medieval Armenian coins, 1,000 stamps and maps, 30,000 books, 3,000 textiles and 180 Armenian inscribed rugs, and an extensive collection of Urartian and religious artifacts, ceramics, medieval illuminations and various other objects. The collection includes historically significant objects, including five of the Armenian Bibles printed in Amsterdam in 1666.

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