Create a collage on cardstock using printed photos of cultural Armenian imagery such as old photographs showing people and traditions, historical monuments, manuscripts, textiles, and nature. This activity explores ancestry & memory, inspired by the work of Armenian filmmaker & artist Sergei Parajanov, who would be 100 this year.

Enjoy delicious Nazook pastries and Armenian coffee from Urartu Coffee at 119 N Artsakh Ave, Glendale, CA.

Available while supplies last. 

Enjoy a traditional food of the Artsakh region of flat bread with 15 types of fresh cut herbs, top quality flour, sunflower oil, salt. Enjoy the famous food from Zhengyalov Hatz restaurant on 318 East Broadway Glendale, CA 91205

Available while supplies last

Raffi Joe Wartanian is the City of Glendale’s first Poet Laureate. The mission of the Glendale Poet Laureate program is to promote the art of poetry in Jewel City. Through community workshops, public readings, and other initiatives, the Poet Laureate utilizes the art of writing to serve as an ambassador to represent, engage, and nurture Glendale’s rich culture and diversity.

Today, the AYF continues to be the leading youth organization within the Armenian community. It remains committed to its initial mission of advancing the goals of a free, independent, and united Armenia; developing the moral, social and intellectual capacity of the Armenian youth; and operating under its five durable pillars: social, athletic, cultural, political and educational.

The American Armenian Artists Association is a newly formed California nonprofit organization that works to gather all the Armenian artists who reside in southern California under one roof to promote the Armenian culture, art, and heritage, working with art, paintings, and music which are the universal languages that everyone can understand without interpretation. The AAAA is an independent nonprofit that works closely with the Glendale Chapter of the Armenian Cultural Foundation.

Armenian Relief Society (ARS) is an independent, non-governmental, and non-sectarian organization that serves the humanitarian needs of the Armenian people and seeks to preserve the cultural identity of the Armenian nation. It mobilizes communities to advance the goals of all sectors of humanity.

Specializing in Armenian books, music, videos, cards, posters, and gifts.  Abril books has served Glendale for 43 years as the number one source for Armenian books and merchandise in the Diaspora. In addition to books, they offer publishing and printing services.

Located in Glendale CA, The mission of the Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Armenian American experience.

The vision is a cultural campus that enriches the community, educates the public on the Armenian American story, and empowers individuals to embrace cultural diversity and speak out against prejudice. Anticipated opening in 2025.

ARMUNITY helps individuals and families in the Armenian community of Los Angeles find and receive quality mental health care. Made possible through a grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Armunity is developing integrated community healthcare to better serve Armenians in Glendale and surrounding areas.

The Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts, referred to as Homenetmen, is a non-profit organization founded in 1918. As a strong believer in the strong mind in a strong body concept, Homenetmen provides the Armenian American youth with moral, physical, and social education. In addition, it exposes the youth to the wealth of the Armenian culture and heritage, preparing outstanding and law-abiding Armenian American Citizens.

Doodles without Borders is a local arts organizing project in Glendale and LA's Skid Row neighborhood with an Armenian touch. We believe that equitable access to arts, cultural, and social spaces is a fundamental human right and collective responsibility, along with housing, healthcare, food, and education. We make collaborative artwork that aims to strengthen infrastructures of care and caretaking en route to collective liberation, one community arts hour at a time.

Nelli Astvatsatrian is an Armenian-American textile artist and educator based in Los Angeles. Her multi-media work explores how memory manifests within objects and can be used as a weapon against erasure + revision of cultural history. Through printmaking, airbrush, photo transfer and found object assemblage on quilts, Astvatsartian materializes trans-generational narratives. Nelli holds a BA in Art Practice and Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley and has taught figure drawing at Richmond Art Center, Tilden Preparatory School, TUMO Studios and Kala Art Institute. @nellidraws

Armenian Film Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to shining a spotlight on Armenian films and filmmakers. Founded in 2015 by husband and wife Armen and Mary Karaoghlanian, Armenian Film Society has held events around the world with guests such as Atom Eogyan, Mardik Martin, Sev Ohanian, and more.

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies advances research and collaboration that examines the social, cultural, educational, and political challenges facing Armenia, Karabakh, and the Armenian communities in the Diaspora.