GLENDALE—On Thursday, May 19, at 7:00pm, Tumo Center for Creative Technologies and leading preservation nonprofit CyArk will present “Armenian Heritage: A Virtual Pilgrimage,” a presentation about their collaborative project to digitally preserve Armenia’s cultural heritage using state-of-the-art 3D scanning technology. Tumo and CyArk have joined forces to digitally preserve Armenia’s cultural heritage and train students in the principles and practice of 3D scanning for cultural heritage preservation. The beautiful and rock-hewn Geghard Monastery in Armenia was the first historical site to be digitally preserved through the collaboration and they plan to expand the cutting edge program to additional historical sites in the next year.
This event is co-hosted by ANCA Professional Network and is part of the ANCA-PN Talks series. Visit Armenia3D.org to learn more about the project and how you can get involved.
This program is one in a series taking place in conjunction with “Armenia: An Open Wound” an exhibition presented by The City of Glendale and the Library, Arts & Culture Department in partnership with the Armenian American Museum and curated by the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia [Museum of Memory & Tolerance] in Mexico City. The exhibit will be on view at the Brand Library Art Galleries through June 11, 2016 during the library’s regular hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12-8pm, Wednesday 12-6pm, and Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm. Docent-led tours are available every Tuesday, 6:30pm and Saturday, 10:30am on a walk-in basis. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information about the “Armenia: An Open Wound” exhibition and featured programs, please visit www.ArmenianAmericanMuseum.org or contact the Brand Library: (818) 548-2051
