ARMENIAN CULTURAL CONSERVANCY
Fresno, California
Assimilation into American society does not, and should not, require obliteration of original ethnicity. Culture and tradition are desirable contributors to human study, understanding, and enjoyment. They enrich life. Loss can be irretrievable, but the loss is never inevitable.
With this in mind, Heritage Fresno, a local preservation organization, first undertook to create an Armenian Cultural Conservancy to serve as an institutional vessel. It is to become the depository for all things Armenian, so that objects, letters, diaries, photographs, recipes, relics, music, history and lore can be safely concentrated for enjoyment, study, and preservation for the future.
The Armenian-American contribution to the life of California has been profound, and Armenian cultural conservation efforts have appeared in Glendale and Mission Hills. Moreover, the Armenian Museum of America in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts, has done much to preserve and interpret such material on the East Coast.
But historically, Fresno was the west-coast hub for Armenian immigration. Subsequent deployment to Los Angeles and the Bay Area left nearly all Armenian families with a connection of some sort to this city.
Fresno’s Armenian Cultural Conservancy will be the hub of a national network connecting all west-coast Armenian institutions into a seamless whole.
Support the Armenian Cultural Conservancy by making gifts of time, treasure, effort, energy and cash. We can, and will, enrich the future by preserving the past and cultural components of the Armenian experience.
Charles Barrett
Fresno, February 2016
armenianconservancy@gmail.com
Photo Gallery
Our Gallery showing all the amazing memories and experiences shared with the Armenian Cultural Conservancy.
ACC Executive Board
President: Van Der Mugrdechian
Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Mary Mirigian Ekmalian
Treasurer: Allan Y. Jendian
Corresponding Secretary: Carol Barton Stark
Membership: Patty Torosian
Genealogist: Michelle Paloutzian Maggi
Photographer: Alain Ekmalian
ACC ADVISORY BOARD
Larry Balakian
Charles Barrett
Midge Barrett
Paulette Janian
Linda Kaloostian
Michael Kilijian
Jane Knar Lanas
Agnes Saghatelian
ACC Committees
The American Cultural Conservancy of Fresno has created several committees assigned specific tasks necessary for the formation of the overall organization.
Membership in these committees is open to volunteers from Fresno and the local Central Valley of California.
Current List of Committees:
ACC Board of Directors
ACC Executive Committee (Officers of the ACC)
Sub Committee List
Hospitality Committee
Membership Committee
Media and Technology Committee
Programs and Events Committee
Publicity and Written Materials Committee