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January 8, 2010
Life as a Visitor
Literary Affairs and LACMA
Present: An Exclusive Beyond the Book Experience In Celebration of Angella Nazarian’s memoir Life as a Visitor  Los Angeles County Museum of Art Friday January 8 10AM-1PM Hosted by Pamela Mohn, Alison Crowell, and Beth Friedman **This event is by private invitation only, please enquire via email Please join us as we explore the history and culture of Iran. We will start with a private viewing with docents of A Tale of Two Persian Carpets: The Ardabil and Coronation Carpets,dating to the first half of the 16th century, you will have the opportunity to see two of the world's most renowned Persian carpets and to learn something of their fascinating history before and after they left Iran. The tour will be followed by Angella Nazarian in conversation with Julie Robinson about her memoir, Life as a Visitor. You will then enjoy an authentic Persian buffet and tea. Books will be on sale and available for signing. $7 Parking is available in the Spaulding Lot on the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Spaulding Avenue. Please enter the Museum through the Wilshire Boulevard entrance. ABOUT THE BOOK Forced to flee to the United States after the violent Iranian Revolution of 1979 at age eleven, author Angella M. Nazarian takes readers on a physical and emotional journey from past to present, from the exotic to the familiar, and from a country's political struggle to her own inner struggle in search of home, family and sense of belonging. Life as a Visitor chronicles Nazarian's difficult and triumphant journey to blend East and West. Incorporating both prose and poetry, Nazarian creates a mosaic of thoughts, emotions and locations that allows readers an intimate and inside look at what life is like for an immigrant caught between two cultures. In Life as a Visitor, Nazarian and her family travel to nearly twenty exotic locales, and it is during these travels that Nazarian begins to piece together her experiences of leaving Iran and adjusting to America and its western culture, and finding peace and herself along the way. Part travelogue, part introspective journal, Life as a Visitor will enthrall, inspire and engage readers of all backgrounds who feel like they live life as a visitor. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Angella Nazarian earned her graduate degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, Long Beach. Over the next 11 years, Ms. Nazarian was a professor of Psychology and faculty member at Mount Saint Mary's College, California State University, Long Beach, and Los Angeles Valley College. She is presently conducting private workshops and seminars on topics related to personal development and growth for adults. Ms. Nazarian served on the Board of Directors for Les Enfants Preschool in Santa Monica (1995-1997), and University Laboratory School - Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA (1999-2008). The mission of University Lab School is to improve the quality of elementary school education in California, particularly in urban school districts. Through research, this lab school develops effective teaching models and disseminates research findings to the broader educational community. She has also served on a committee to promote diversity awareness in the Beverly Hills School District. Ms. Nazarian was the chairperson of the education committee of the Board of Trustees at Brentwood School and served on the executive committee of the school as well (2007-2009). She is currently a trustee at the school. In 1999, Ms. Nazarian co-founded Looking Beyond, a charitable organization that promotes awareness and creates advancement and enrichment for children with disabilities by supporting different programs and services. In the past ten years, this organization has dispersed over 1.7 million dollars to local organizations, schools, and hospitals. Other projects and charitable organizations in which Ms Nazarian is involved include: the Jewish National Fund, Women's International Zionist Organization, The Aviva House (a residence and school for homeless teenage girls), Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Farhang Foundation, and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. Ms. Nazarian is a member of the American Iranian Writers' Association, and the Los Angeles Writers Collective. Her first book titled, Life as a Visitor, about her experiences coming to live in America from her native Iran following the country's violent political upheaval in 1979, and her various world travels, will launch in October 2009. She has also written articles for the Huffington Post and has had her award-winning poetry published in New Millennium Writings. In addition, several of her works have been published in MO+TH publication.  Event Info
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