ALMA AND ACOR together again for the first time. In April, 2006, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will host an exceptional exhibit of Armenian textiles Armenian Rugs and Weavings: Textiles of Hearth and Heart , which will be showcased in the Museum's main gallery. This exhibit, scheduled to coordinate with the national ACOR Conference (American Conference on Oriental Rugs) held in Boston this April (April 20-24) will feature a wide range of the weavings from the mountains of Armenia and the Transcaucasus. The museum is the largest Armenian museum in the world, outside of the Republic of Armenia, and is the largest ethnic museum in Massachusetts. The museum's holdings include over 20,000 artifacts including coins, maps, religious art, costumes, ceramics, metalwork, paintings, and almost 4,000 textiles. The new exhibit will include a dozen rugs carefully selected from the over 200 Armenian Inscribed Rugs in the collection, plus a wide range of smaller woven textiles (bread covers, kilims, bedding boxes, saddlebags, oven covers, salt bags and other domestic examples) that are not usually seen by the public. When one
hears the term "Armenian weavings", most people think of the striking oriental rugs, particularly the Kazaks and Karabaghs, which often overshadow the simpler household pieces. Many of the textiles to be exhibited are from the museum's new Offen-Alimian Collection, and will be publicly exhibited for the first time. The new exhibit will also include a dozen exceptional works on loan from the Armenian Rug Society (ARS). The ARS is a national association of collectors and connoisseurs of Armenian rugs, an ancient tradition that is too often overshadowed by the extensive weavings of neighboring Turkey and Iran. The ARS participation will allow the museum to highlight several genres of Armenian rugs outside of the museum's own holdings, to allow visitors to familiarize themselves with the wide range of Armenian weavings. The ARS rugs are all from private collections, and rarely seen by the public. The opening ceremonies have been delayed to coincide with ACOR which is at the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston April 20-23, 2006. The opening ceremonies will be held on Thurs. night at 6:30 PM at ALMA.
ALMA
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
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Tel: 617-926-2562
Fax: 617-926-0175 Lucy der Manuelian will be giving her talk during that weekend. To sign up for ACOR, click here for their website Conference Hotel:
Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
64 Arlington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone (617)426-2000
Fax (617) 426-5545
Conference rate: $169/night(including tax) double occupancy.
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