Alina Gregorian is an artist, poet, and designer. Themes in her work include diaspora, language, dreams, and creating spaces where people can gather. Alina co-createdYeraz, an archive for reimagining SWANA rituals, and curated and appeared in the exhibition Talk to me in Parsley and Tambourines: Artists of the Armenian Diaspora (Babycastles in New York). She is the author of two poetry 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. Alina graduated with a degree in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design.
YerazYeraz 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. I designed and created the website. DESIGN