Armenia

Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Arafat. The name Armenia was given to the country by the surrounding states. In the early 20th century Armenians suffered in the genocide inflicted on them by the Ottoman government.

April 24, 1915

: 200+ scholars are rounded up and killed all over the Ottoman Empire.

June 1, 1915: 12,000 Armenians who were drafted into the Turkish army were massacred in the city of Balu.

June 25, 1915 : mass deportations of Armenians began all over the Ottoman Empire.

Genocide - "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, caste, religious, or national group” (From UN Genocide Convention)

From

1915 - 1923 1.5 Million

Armenian men, women, and children were murdered, out of a total of 2.5

million Armenians, who resided in.

the Ottoman Empire.

Connections to today’s world…

• • • • Are there problems in your home town?

Are there problems in the United States?

Can you think of a place in the world that have serious problems today?

Is there a way you can make a difference? • Raise Awareness!

What do

you

want to say?

Let the pictures do the talking!

Silence Loss Fear Pain Helplessness Confusion Betrayal No Exit Fatalism Entrapment Courage Resilience Resourcefulness Strength Honor Friendship Family Faith

Find

visual references:

Magazines Internet Newspapers Keep

a folder:

fill it with facts and statistics Draw

sketches

Composition

If the composition in a painting is done well, you don’t notice it initially, you just know that the painting has something about it that’s particularly appealing.

And when a painting’s composition is done badly, the painting feels awkward.

Composition

• • • • • • • • Interest Balance Size/Placement of Objects Value Multiple Elements of Art Color Choices Variety Unity

Kathe Kollwitz

Emotions

Kathe Kollwitz

George Segal

The Power of Words Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer

Words and Color

Color Makes a Difference

Sandra Chevrier

Mher Kachatryan

Mixed Media

Collage

Der ezZur

Yerevan

Youth Palace in Yerevan, Armenia Armenian Tenement Houses (architecture ) Photo by tomekandjola

Yerdasartats Balad (Palace of Youth), Yerevan.

What can we do to make a difference?

A special thank you to Arlene Smelson, Jane Denny, Armenian Scholar Khatchig Mouradian, Manny Stone Decorators and the Illuminating Images Committee Copyright @2015 by Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (

chhange

), Brookdale Community College All rights reserved worldwide