ARMENIAN WEEKLY: MY RELIC galleries channel survival and rebirth from post-genocide trauma

GLENDALE, Calif.—She Loves Collective, an alliance of female artists who share a strong belief in the power of creating social change through art, presents their latest work MY RELIC, three pop-up exhibits from April 11th-April 25th. Following COVID-19 guidelines, these exhibits will be viewable from the windowscapes located at 117, 123, and 127 North Artsakh Avenue, a pedestrian friendly paseo in downtown Glendale. 

After being awarded the City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month grant in late March, the Collective began creating their vison immediately. Founded by Adrineh Baghdassarian and Nelly Sarkissian, She Loves Collective aims to change the lives of its artists, as well as the lives of those touched by their works, in turn creating art anew. With this in mind, they called on their community to donate old shoes to be repurposed in one of the exhibits and connected with museums and libraries for archived Armenian relics. Collective members and local artists came together to produce their own works incorporating these relic images and concepts. Wheat and lentil seeds were sprouted to be later incorporated in one of the pieces symbolizing the overall themes of rebirth and  growth. Local bakeries were called upon to sponsor and donate Armenian flatbread (lavash) as the main medium for one of the three exhibits. READ MORE