The call for the Mariano Aguilera National Arts Award directed at artists, cultural managers, students, professors and researchers will remain open until April 28, 2017. This call aims at encouraging, promoting and disseminating contemporary art in Ecuador. The call is divided into the following categories: "Artistic Trajectory," offers a purse of USD 20,000.00 and an anthological exhibition at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Quito, and recognizes the artistic work created during a period expanding at least 15 years; the "Mariano New Award" for contemporary art projects, which offers ten grants for the production of projects in the fields of artistic creation, research, curatorial work, new pedagogies in art, editing and publication. Candidates must apply by filling out their applications online, which are available at the Mariano Aguilera Award's homepage. Para participar debe hacer su inscripción a través de los formularios online disponibles en la página web del Premio Mariano Aguilera. Further information and the applications are available at:
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