The Centro Leon in Santiago has announced the winners of the 25th Eduardo Leon Jimenes Contest and the opening of an exhibition of the works of art.
Centro Leon president Maria Amalia Leon and Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez made the announcements yesterday, Thursday 16 October 2014.
This year’s winners are: Marie Jimenez (Sin Titulo), Joiri Alphonsina Minaya (Siboney) and Luis Fermin Ceballos Maldonado (Accion para Buonarroti) who each received cash prizes of RD$500,000.
David Perez received a special mention. Participants Patricia Encarnacion Contreras and Andres Farias received invitations to travel to Venezuela and Spain sponsored by the Patricia Phels de Cisneros Foundation and the City Government of Cadiz, Spain. Both institutions have formed partnerships with the Centro Leon.
This year’s jury was made up of Andrea Giunta, professor of art at the University of Texas in Austin, Sofia Hernandez Choing Cuy, curator of the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in New York, and Dominican visual artist Jorge Pineda.
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