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COFFEESCAPES: from Cup to Canvas

January 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - January 31, 2018 @ 9:00 pm

Anush Movsesian Avejic’s coffee inspired art to be exhibited at Roslin Art Gallery

Glendale, CA – COFFEESCAPES: from Cup to Canvas, a unique collection of art inspired by and created with Armenian coffee by artist ANUSH MOVSESIAN AVEJIC will be on exhibit from JANUARY 18 – 31, 2018 at ROSLIN ART GALLERY – 415 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA. Gallery hours are from 10:00am to 7:00pm, Monday through Saturday. Opening reception will be on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00pm. Closing reception will be on Wednesday, January 31 at 7:00pm with a conversation with the artist followed by private coffee reading sessions. Admission is free.

COFFEESCAPES are exploded views of coffee readings. Anush Movsesian Avejic has always been intrigued with the beautiful lines and both negative and positive space on the walls of the overturned Armenian coffee cups – each cup holding a message and a mini abstract work of art. In the early 90’s, while undergoing cancer treatment, she had the idea of recreating the fortune inside her cup using Armenian coffee as her medium. Her first canvas was one of angels and hope and was ten times the size of her cup – six feet in length.

Her coffee paintings take something as temporary as a cup of coffee and the fortune the cup holds, and create permanence of that moment in time. She will gladly paint your fortune for you. But it’s not only about the fortune but rather the entire process – from the brewing of the coffee, to enjoying a delicious cup with a friend. It’s a communal activity steeped in tradition. Whether you believe in the reading or not, you see the interior of the cup as a thing of unique beauty. Also included in the show are other coffee based art pieces, as well as some of Anush’s drawings, paintings and handmade pomegranate jewelry.

Anush Movsesian Avejic is an American-born Armenian artist living in Southern California. She studied graphic design and illustration at Cal-State Los Angeles. She has illustrated two children’s books, When I Go to Church and When I Was Baptized. She has always had an eye for detail which has served as her inspiration. Anush’s home studio is where she creates not only her drawings and paintings, but also her unique handmade silver, copper and bronze pomegranate jewelry for her company, Pomegranate & Eye. Pomegranates are a recurring theme in her art and evoke childhood memories of growing up Armenian in America.

Presented by Roslin Art Gallery.

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CONTACT: Arno Yeretzian at Roslin Art Gallery (818) 241-0611.

Details

Start: January 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
End: January 31, 2018 @ 9:00 pm

Venue

Rosalin Art Gallery
415 E. Broadway
Glendale, CA United States + Google Map
Phone (818) 241-0611