FRESNO — The Fresno State Arme- nian Studies Program presents “Ara Os- hagan: Armenian Diasporic Trajectories- Los Angeles, Beirut, Artsakh, Fresno” – a photographic exhibition tracing diasporic displacement, continuity, and futurity across four interconnected Ar- menian cities and spaces. The exhibition is the first in a series of events in 2026- 2027 marking the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Studies Program. An opening reception for the exhibi- tion will be held from 4:00-6:00pm on Sunday, September 13, at the University Library (5200 N Barton Ave), Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery, 2nd Floor, Fresno State. Los Angeles, Beirut, Artsakh, and Fresno are Armenian diasporic spaces connected through a trajectory of dis- placement, migration, and cultural con- tinuity. Each holds a distinct place in the Armenian experience as well as Osha- gan’s history as an artist and diasporan. Los Angeles, Beirut, and Fresno are sites of diasporic life and presence while Art- sakh represents an ancestral homeland that has become diasporic overnight. Os- hagan’s work documents and explores these spaces, communities, and stories as they persist across generations. They form a fractured trajectory connecting diaspora, belonging, memory, and fu- turity. The exhibition will include work from a recently launched collaboration between Oshagan and the Armenian Studies Program that examines the Ar- menian community’s deep roots in the San Joaquin Valley. Employing photography, collage, and installation, the exhibit is a palimp- sestic vision that intertwines documen- tary with the speculative, text with im- age, fact with fiction, ancestral with AI (predictive) technology, and personal with collective history. Oshagan’s own history and identity is entangled in his work as he lives and works among dis- placed and diasporic communities. Ara Oshagan is a diasporic multi- disciplinary artist, curator and cultural worker whose practice explores collec- tive and personal histories of dispos- session, legacies of violence, identity and (un)imagined speculative futures. He works in photography, film, col- lage, installation, book arts, public art and monuments. Oshagan has published four books of photography and has presented his work at the Annenberg Space for Photography, International Center of Photography in NY and TedX Yerevan. Oshagan is based in Los Angeles, is an artist-in-residence at 18th Street Art Center, a curator at ReflectSpace Gallery in the City of Glendale and the Exhibi- tion Director of the upcoming Armenian American Museum in Glendale. “Ara Oshagan: Armenian Diasporic Trajectories” entangles past, present, and future while tracing historical continuity and fragmentation in the diaspora and imagining a tomorrow where return to indigenous lands is a possibility. The exhibition is sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, the Leon S. Peters Foundation, the Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation, the Ralph Shabazian Armenian Memorial Fund, and the Florence Elaine Hampar- son Armenian Memorial Fund. Admission is free for the opening re- ception. Enter campus at Shaw & Maple Aves. There is free parking in Lots P30 or P31, near the University Library. For more information: https://fres- nostate.edu/armenianstudies. The exhibit will be on display from September 1 to 30, 2026 and is open to the public: Monday-Thursday: 10AM- 7:30PM; Friday: 10:00AM-4:30PM; Saturday: 10:00AM-4:00PM Sunday: Noon-7:30PM.