AUA hosting on-line art auction that includes the functions of William Saroyan

William Saroyan has prolonged been hailed as not only just one of the most influential literary figures of his period of time, but also as a most revered member of the Armenian Diaspora. His impact operates deep in the hearts and minds of so numerous, with his most popular saying about Armenians quoted, or instead misquoted, endlessly by people who have in no way even study his will work, a proving testomony, year following yr, to the long lasting electricity of his identify.

All through his life span, Saroyan was an unapologetic writer and poet. He wrote several prosperous stories and performs and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and an Academy Award for Finest Story. But in addition to literature, Saroyan was also a gifted painter, drawing prolifically and making hundreds of paintings throughout his life time. 

Lately, the American College of Armenia (AUA) gained a generous contribution of two of William Saroyan’s unique paintings from the William Saroyan Basis. The stunning works of art are exhibited online and are being auctioned off to raise cash to assistance scholarships for AUA learners. The auction began on August 31st—the anniversary of William Saroyan’s birthday—and ends on September 20th. The scholarship will be named The William Saroyan Scholarship and will present good quality instruction to Armenian students at AUA, enabling them to turn into the upcoming generation of assumed leaders, innovators and business people driving Armenia to prosperity. 

Launched in 1991, the American College of Armenia is a non-public, unbiased college situated in Yerevan, Armenia, affiliated with the College of California (UC), and accredited by the WASC Senior University and College Fee in the United States. AUA provides nearby and intercontinental learners with Western-design education and learning through leading-top quality undergraduate, graduate, and certificate plans, encourages research and innovation, encourages civic engagement and neighborhood assistance, and fosters democratic values. 

The American University of Armenia aims to have an effects on college students and the local community as a heart of tutorial excellence, innovation, inquiry, and diversity that contributes to the more enhancement and development of Armenia, the location and the world by training and scholarship, fostering creativeness, integrity and group company. In addition, the University’s need to have-blind admission policy makes certain that people who search for an instruction at AUA are in a position to pursue it with out finances getting a hindrance to their academic goals. 

Click here to participate in the on the internet auction and contribute a donation to the William Saroyan Scholarship Fund at AUA.