iwitness draws its material from the photographs and interviews of the Genocide Project—a project started by photographers Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian and activist Garen Yegparian in the mid 1990s to document the last remaining Armenian Genocide survivors. The archive contains over eighty portraits and full-length audio interviews with survivors from Los Angeles and Detroit.

The Core Team

 

Ara Oshagan: Project Director

Levon Parian: Image Design

Vahagn Thomasian: Designer, Project Manager

Anahid A. Oshagan, Esq.: Counsel, Outreach

Maro Parian: Fabric Installation

Hrayr Sherikian: Community Outreach

Nora Voskeritchian: Development

Raffi Ganoumian: Production

Henrik Mansourian: Production

Armineh Hovanesian: Social Media

The Support Team

 

Narineh Mirzaeian: Conceptual Design

Serj Minassian: Structural Steel Fabrication

Mac Kamberian: Construction Drawings

Mher Tavitian, D’ziner Sign Co.: Fabric Prints

Patrick Baraty: Structural Engineer

Jorge Bernardino: 3D Modeling

Janet Kinosian: Creative Consultant

Talin Gureghian Hall, Also Design Studio: Logo

Shoghak Kazanjian, Lisa Sarkissian: Design

Diran Yanikian, Dirango: Website

Avo Kambourian: Multimedia

Lara Talatinian: Social Media

Oscar Valera, The Atwater Art Company: Printing

VISIONARY SPONSORS

 

Los Angeles County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich

Hampartzoum & Ovsanna Chitjian Foundation

Ian Thomas Group, Inc.

Industrial Motor Power Corporation

M&S Steel Fabrication, Inc.

BENEFACTOR SPONSORS

 

Neptune Productions, Inc.

Dr. Arsine Oshagan

D’ziner Sign Company

Lucie Foundation

Parian Spirit

Drs. Raffi & Myrna Mesrobian

Sinanian Development, Inc.

Oshagan Law

PATRON SPONSORS

 

Avo Tavitian

Abajian & Bedikian Families

Dr. Emma Oshagan

David E. Kenney, Esq.

Gary & Nina Turpanjian

Hratch & Nora Voskertchian

Image Cube

Tacori Jewelry

John Berberian, Jons Market

Levon & Maro Parian

Massis & Manoush Ghevodian

Dr. Michel & Aida Babajanian

Maurice Yotnegparian

Metro Lending Services

Anais Shakarian

Zakian Woo Architects

Takouhi Mahdessian Devian

SUPPORTERS

 

Christine Hardin, Pickett Designs

Sassounian Machines & Tools

Ohan Arteen Bedros

Lusine Hovsepyan

Victoria Parian

Janet Kinosian

Rose Sarkisian

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Samuelian

Ignatius Foundation

Katherine Halebian

Sam & Evlin Manoukian

Shahe Boyajian