The opening ceremony of the exhibition organized by the Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery of Hamazkayin and sponsored by Nohad Machnouk, the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities took place on October 26, 2017, at the Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery.
Hala Haddad delivered the welcoming speech and said that the Hamazkayin Armenia Office had initiated the organization of the exhibition It’s Me earlier in April 2017 in Armenia to promote the young Armenian artists and to support them in their own art searches. Young artists representing different regions of Armenia had come up then with their creations and visions, ready to boldly communicate in one common language with others.
Hala Haddad also said that the Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery of Hamazkayin also decided to organize the same exhibition in Lebanon and present eight artists from the same group, convinced that the Armenian art lovers’ society of Lebanon would highly appreciate this initiative and will encourage the artists giving an additional incentive to them in their creative life.
Gayane Avedisian and Arsen Haroutiunian arrived in Lebanon with the same group of young artists, delivered their heartfelt speeches. Gayane Avedisian said that it had been extremely important for her to be well-represented to her compatriots in the Diaspora. She expressed her gratitude to Hamazkayin Yerevan office and to Hamazkayin Lebanon, hoping that the relations with the art lovers’ society of the Diaspora would be continuous.
