2003_12 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper December 2003

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Hye Sharzhoom
DecenAer 2003
Hayden Herrera Introduces New
Book About Artist Arshile Gorky
Author Hayden Herr&a.
Mitchell Pettis
Staff Wfstff
California State University,
Re <no ,washonoredtoho <t Hay& n
Herrera,foe author of aneMens&re
newbtt^rapfr^v^fo^ Garfy.Ms
life and Bfcp*(Finar, Straus and
Giroux), telling the story of one of
foe vanguards of modem parrdxrtg
of the tweiairth century, Arshile
Gody-
In her talk, sponsored by foe
Aimenian Studies Program and
Aimenian Students Orgmmtbr^
Herrer a touc he d onthe mainpofots
of her 767 page book, focusing
Rftfoyon Goiky's chibhood,her>
ta ge, sec retive personality ,andfoe
tragic events thatultnmtelyl* dto
hi suicide at foe age of forty-five.
Born Vosdanig Adokfif Gorl^
was raised in Van, Aimenia where
hefacedfoe horrors ofthe Armenian Genoc iie andthe pi afuldaath
of hi mother,who died of starvation ixhis arm*. As a result of this
tr&sma, Adonn change dhis name
to Goikyandoftenposedas a Russian after axrrvmg xx the Touted
is.
*iHe didfi\waratobe associated
with the starving Aimenians,"
Herrera said in an interview wah
Profe ss or Barlow D er
Mu^ydechiari. "Thft wis a team
usedabtinthe 1920's.Hethougtt
it would be a better thing to be
Russian inteims of having success
as an artist."
Ctady's anc estry andchildhood
also playedamajK role yriftuA his
iTt Although he wa^ v^gue about
his heriage (hi wife didn\ even
knowhewas Armen&n)at\d child-
hood, he still kept the two very
close to his he art
M a questionnare forthe Vbi-
seum of Modern Ait askrtg what
hisheritage meantto hi art, Goiky
replied, "Everything." "All of
Gcaky 's artistic subjectmatterc ame
from his chiUhood experiences,"
said Herrera.
Herrera's fe dure c oncloie dwih
an explanation of the Series of
disasters"that Gcakyfaced inthe
lastfewyears of his life foatledto
his suicide in 1948.
l>tff£rft major txagedyhefaced
wis a studiof re foatdestroyed27
ofhispaintiigf. Thenhewasdng-
nosed wah colon cancer, which
wis folbwed by a car accident
where his pairing arm was paraded* Herrera believes the final
deva ftatmgblow,hwever ,was the
endmg of hi maniage after he
found out his wife had an affair
with one ctf his best friends.
*1 Ve always thou^tfoat i he
hadnothadfoe traumas thathe had
in Armenn,he m^thave been
able to cope with all of the se things
thai happened at the end of his
If e," Herrera said.
Hesxera's motwaticoi for writing this biograpfy was prompted
byfoe fact foat her fafoer married
Goiky's wxloWjAgrois Marauder
(Mougouch), She recalls Goiky's
paintingbeingonthe walls of her
house while she was growing yjpf
and being f asc ivrted by them.
"Ihere was a long f asc station
with fois man re ally coming from
family conne ction "she stated. 'Se
was an incredibly sensuous
p airier "
Trained as an art historian
Hesxera is also fe author of F^ida:
A Siogrcpfy <$ Frida Kahlo. She
currentlyresiiesinNewYoik City.
Albert and Isabelle Kabrielian of
Fresno Establish Two Endowed
Scholarship Funds atFresno State
Staff Report
Dr. Dickran Kouy^iar«> Haig
and Babel Beiberian Professor of
Armenian Studie s ,announc edthat
Albert and Isabelle Kabrielian of
Fresno, 0* If omiahave e ftab hshe d
two scholarship funds,the Albert
and Isabelle Kabrielian Fhdowed
Scholarshp for Armenian Studies
and the Genevieve Tatoian Eh-
dowed Scholarship for Aimenian
Studies,tobeneft students enrolling in Aimenian Studies courses.
Whena skedwlythey choseto
e&ab&h a scholarshp at Fresno
State, Isabelle Kabrielian responded, "Mr husband and I have
alvays folbwed Aimennn Studies and Resno State at\d we fe el we
have contribute dto a worfry cause.
We wouM like to see Armenian
Studies continue, especially when
there i such an interest foere."
Ihe Kabrie Hans kept are gular
tie to foe University through Ifye
Sharzhoom. "Armenian Studies i
& necessity. Ihe Program does a
good ph," said Kabrie Han.
Albertandlsabelle Kabrielian
weremairiedin 1946 and movedto
Fresno in 1943. Albert Kabrielian
wis originally from Hew Jersey,
while Isabella Tatoian was from
Chicago. Aftermovingto Resno,
Albert was invoked inthe repair
ard mi intenancetf appliance ,hter
sellttgpartsforapplianc es. Isabelle
attended Resno State and graduated with a degree in education.
Sfe fc&igjttformore thanthsty>e ars
at Jefferson Eleaerttary School xx
Fresno, teachingfouith,fffo, and
sixth grades. Rior to attending
Fresno Sfcate she worked ttfe accounting field. Isabella's e>peri-
a\cewas very happy ;&FrefttoStfte
and she still contributes to the
Abraou Assoc &txn>
Abeit Kabrirlian's parents
Levon and Mary Kabr ^ l&n,were
fromlsmir andwhenhe wis nine
months old, his mother returned
wah him to Izmir because she was
homesick. Due to the outbreak of
World V&r l,foey could not return
untilafter fe war.Kabrielian'sfa-
ther served in the Uhaed
aimy in Ranee.
I&belle Kabrielian's natura
Tatokn were from Kharpert. Ivtr
Tatonn served as a Deacon at 3l
Paul Aimennn Church for mar^
years. As a teenager he taugta
school in Kharpeit and later was
eaployedas a rug weaver andre-
paredrugs.
Ihe Genevieve Tatoian Fh-
dowe d & ho hrship was e stab hshe d
in memory of Genevieve Tatoian
whopassedaw^mAuguitof2002
SV^e was bom in Chrago and attended and weffked at Nortlwrest-
em X^uversiy for severalyears. In
19S6she move dto O^Hfoauawtere
st^e was trained as aparalegal. She
was an avid reader and believe dxx
education. Althou^xshe was not
regular attendee atthe Armenian
Church,she was vwf cbse Id the
Church,leading an exen^lary fcfe
She had a great love of animals.
Ihe fir A s cho krships f romthe
two new endowments will be
awarded inthe 2004-2005 academic
year.
Studentsmay applyfor tfe new
scholarships as well as all other
Armenian Studies scholarships by
cordacting the Aimenian Studies
&ogramorbygoingtofoe Armenian ^udies Bogram website at)
www Aim^iiarifOidies .csufresno
Dr. Ara Sanjian Gives Third Lecture on Mountainous Karabagh
Hakop Tatakv a^
Staff Wfstff
On We<toesday,November 19fo,
2003 alar^ audknee attendedfoe
hst of foe three-part Armenian
Studies ProgramKazan lecture series on**lhe Quest for hSwa&iXi-
ous l^raba^i." Dr. Ara Sanjian,
who i the Kazan Visiting Rofes-
sor of Aimenian Studies this fall,
fe cture don"1he Armenian Church
xx K&untainous Karaba^ l^^der
Soviet Pule." The firsttwo lectures
x\ thi; series also dealt with topi: s
regardir^^Io^dainousKaraba^.
Dr. Sanjian presented a chro-
nobgy of events foat involved foe
Aimenian Clwrch hx Karab^ar^d
foe oppression it faced from foe
Soviet government from 1923 to
1989. His le cture toucheduponfoe
activities of various Aimenian
Church leaders in Karabagh and
foeircontributionstothe Chriiiiar«-
iy titfusregkm.
Armenia adopted Christkriay
sometine h fe earlyfourfo century. Neighboring Caucasian Al
bania folbwed suit. The church of
Am^ras ixthe Martuniregion of
&fountainous Karaba^i, is one of
foe oldest functioning Aimennn
churches. The history of Ctaiitkft-
iy xx the Aimenian provtttf e of
Ait£3kh (fe oldname for Mountainous Karaba^i) had close links
wah the developments xx Abania
r^eM door. E&ty hx fe twentieth
century, there were some 118
churches and 12 monasteries in
Karabagh. In 1887,tiw construction of the biggest Aimenian
Church inthe worUhadbeenc om-
pleted xx Su^u.
V>hen the Bolsheviks came to
power in 1920, the Armenian
Church and other churches f e & fe
bellicose oppression from the So-
vietUhion.Hi Holness Gevorg V
feigned 1911-1930) witnessed
some of foe worst attacks against
the Armenian Church in Karabagh
as well as h other parts of USSR
Prior to fe 1940s fe Soviets
wante dto c onplete lyridthe r ter ■
raory of Christianity and o^^er religions. Although fey eventual^
coul^\\conplete their task, they
were hrge^ successful in cubing
its activities. Particularfy in
Kar^ba^^ foere were no active
Christian servxes from the late
1930s to 1989.
The Soviet policy changed
scum what after 1941; the state now
only wante dto controlthe alrea>3y
h\rmbfedchurch. Thusfoe government was actively^wolved mfe
selection of doirch leaders.
Lto R: Bryan Bedrosian, Ashot Hagopian, Or. Ara Sanjan,and Edward Saliba.
Ixi 1955, Catholicos Va&en I
wis ekcted. He first manage dto
have fifty Armenian lypewraers
deliveredto Kar^ba^handin 1957
made his first visit to fe region.
This was some feat at fe tine.
Rsrfemttre,te stron^yadweated
the    return    of    Karabagh,
llil'laihevan, and Akhikikk u*
fe jurisdictionof Soviet Aimenn.
Moscow wis quick to remind hin
howv^tlvitthe Mope vfiiisjuxis*
diction did not include things political.
In 1988, Gafoolicos Va&en appointed the young bishop F^rgev
Martxosnn as head ofthe church
in MouEttarr^ous K^raba^,and,i\
1989,the firstservicetookplace xx
the Gandzasar monastery.
The church had survived
through turmoil and re sentment r*
f^i^ba^xandnow ^wi&iessinga
rebatl1!.
Inallptwasonce agar^apraise-
worthy lecture given by Dr.
Sanjian,