Alina Gregorian is an Armenian American artist, poet, and designer. Themes in her work include diaspora, language, dreams, and creating spaces where people can gather. With Cleo Abrahamian, Alina co-created Yeraz, an archive for reimagining SWANA rituals. She curated and appeared in the exhibition Talk to me in Parsley and Tambourines: Artists of the Armenian Diaspora (Babycastles in New York) and is the author of two chapbooks — Navigational Clouds,
(Monk Books) and Flags for Adjectives, (Diez). Her poetry can be found in Boston Review, BOMB Magazine, and Brooklyn Poets Anthology, among other publications. She writes a monthly essay on Substack. Alina graduated with a degree in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design.
Yeraz Yeraz is an archive for reimagining SWANA rituals, each starting with a prompt. Yeraz is Cleo Abramian and Alina Gregorian, both Barska-Hye (Armenians with family from Iran). Yeraz means “dream” in Armenian.
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