16/12/2013 12:05
18th congress of Artists Union of Armenia to be held today
The 18th congress of Artists Union of Armenia will be held today. The new chairman of the union will be elected at the event. Among those running for this position are the current chairman Karen Aghamian who has headed the union in the past 15 years and five other artists. The union has about 1,100 members, 300 of whom live and work abroad.
Painter, sculptor, head of the Armenian Center for Art Support Armen Atanian told the correspondent of Aysor.am that union members currently don’t even have a hall to hold a congress. In his words, violations of the union’s regulations were committed during the previous elections of chairman.