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Book Launch: Feast of Ashes
July 8, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm +04
About the Event:
“Feast of Ashes” tells the story of the renowned ceramicist David Ohannessian, who founded the art of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem in 1919. His works are now acknowledged as a local treasure. Born in an isolated Anatolian mountain village, Ohannessian mastered a centuries-old art form in Kütahya, witnessed the rise of violent nationalism in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, endured arrest and deportation during the Armenian Genocide, founded a new ceramics tradition in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and spent his final years, uprooted, in Cairo and Beirut. This book weaves together family narratives with newly unearthed archival findings into a detailed account of the transfer of an Anatolian art to Jerusalem and the survival of one family.
About the Speaker:
Sato Moughalian is an award-winning flutist in New York City and the artistic director of Perspectives Ensemble, which was 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 activity, has published articles, and has given talks on the genesis of Jerusalem’s Armenian ceramic art.
