FRESNO \u2014 Get a first-hand look at how the artwork of Fowler-native Carol Tikikian weaves together family history, memory and heritage.<\/p>\n
The Armenian Museum of Fresno is inviting the community to the opening reception of \u201cBloodline: The Art of Carol Tikijian.\u201d The reception is on Friday, March 6, from 4\u20137 p.m. at the museum in the UC Center located at 550 E. Shaw Ave., across from Fashion Fair Mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis exhibition beautifully reflects the spirit of our WhoShare_Memories project,\u201d said Varoujan Der Simonian, director of the Armenian Museum of Fresno in the announcement of the reception. \u201cThrough art and personal storytelling, Carol preserves family history in ways that resonate across generations.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exhibition, which will be at the museum until the end of June, is part of the museum\u2019s 25th anniversary year celebration. Admission is free and open to the public. The opening reception will feature lavash, cheese and other Armenian delicacies, along with homemade persimmon cookies.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2025, seven local artists contributed their own perspectives to the WhoShare_Memories project through fine art, music, photography, and audiovisual works. Bloodline continues that important conversation about memory, identity, and cultural preservation,\u201d Der Simonian stated.<\/p>\n
The announcement describes this new exhibition as \u201cpowerful,\u201d featuring mixed media constructions that weave together personal history, family memory and cultural heritage. Tikijian\u2019s work is noted as \u201cdeeply rooted in the stories of her ancestors, incorporating meaningful heirlooms and materials into richly textured pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the objects featured in the exhibition are a wooden shoe her grandfather discovered in France while serving in World War I; silk maps used by her father during his Army Air Corps service in the Philippines in World War II; crocheted lace made by her grandmother; and her grandmother\u2019s wedding dress from the 1920s.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO \u2014 Get a first-hand look at how the artwork of Fowler-native Carol Tikikian weaves together family history,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[95084,2308,584,112,114,113],"class_list":["post-205830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-armenian-museum-of-fresno","tag-art","tag-events","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}