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Presented By: Center for Armenian Studies

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CAS 2026 Annual Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Distinguished Lecture. Threading the Tapestry for a Future Armenia

Levon Kafafian (Artist) and Marie Aude-Baronian (University of Amsterdam)

Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads. Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads.
Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads.
For the 2026 Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Distinguished Lecture, artist Levon Kafafian, with visual culture scholar Marie-Aude Baronian will host a salon-style discussion on the foci and output of Kafafian’s practice through the metaphor of weaving as world-building. The conversation will revolve around the central place of textiles in Kafafian’s work and the possibilities inherent in communicating through textile media. Threads of discussion will examine how they navigate Armenian-ness through materiality and what emerges when invoking Armenian material culture traditions and iconographies into a distinctly darorinagvadz (queered) artistic production. Threading the Tapestry for a Future Armenia reflects upon the possibility of making an Armenian future through creative practice.

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*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu
Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads. Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads.
Overhead view of a person working at a large wooden loom. The person is seen from behind with dark hair tied back and arms extended outward, holding the loom frame on both sides. Vertical threads in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, and brown stretch tightly across the loom, forming a dense striped pattern. The loom’s wooden bars run horizontally across the image, and weaving tools are visible attached to the structure. The photograph emphasizes the process of textile making, the scale of the loom, and the vivid colors of the threads.

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