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
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
