THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART ANNOUNCES THE MOLAA AWARDS 08 WINNERS

LONG BEACH, Calif. (October 17, 2008) ¿ The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) is proud to announce the six merit award winners for this year¿s third annual MOLAA Awards, an invitational juried art competition for emerging and mid-career contemporary Latin American artists. The competition invited 83 artists from the regions of Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean who are newly emerging on the national and international contemporary art scene.

The top award winners for 2008 are: Best of Show ($20,000)¿Leyla Cárdenas (Colombia, b. 1975); Painting and Two-Dimenstional Mixed Media ($5,000)¿Rocío Rendón Castañeda (Perú, b. 1972); Sculpture and Three-Dimensional Mixed Media ($5,...