Auction 07 Catalog (PDF) - Museum of Latin American Art

2ND ANNUALMOLAA AWARDSLast year, MOLAA was proud to inaugurate an annual juried art competition for Latin American artists titled,MOLAA Awards. The response from the Latin American artists was terrific! The competition presented, workby over one hundred thirty two artists that offered the museum and the public an incredibly diverse rangeof art. The top award winners included Irene Pressner (Venezuela), Manuel Ameztoy (Argentina), Victor Chab(Argentina), and Andrés Michelena (Venezuela). Their art is now a part of the MOLAA Permanent Collection.The MOLAA Awards recognizes the artistic achievement and merit of six outstanding artists selected bya panel of distinguished judges from the field of contemporary Latin American art. The invitational competitionis open to emerging and mid-career artists of Latin American origin. The artists have donatedthe art to the museum in order to participate. The awards were created with the intrest to furtherencourage the international support of Latin American artists. The signature event and prestigiousawards offer the artists an opportunity for greater exposure to new audiences. It allows the art collectorand art appreciator an expanded vision of art, access to new ideas and current artistic visions prevalentwithin our global art community.The 2nd annual MOLAA Awards presents one hundred thirty emerging and mid-career artists from theSpanish/Portuguese speaking regions of Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean who havesubmitted a wide range of diverse and engaging works of art. The participating artists were invited by aninternational committee of Latin American curators.They are competing for six awards of artistic merit tobe judged by a panel of art curators and critics. The award winners will be announced by the MOLAA AwardJudges on Sunday, September 30 following the afternoon’s symposium titled, New Trends in Collecting andEvaluating Contemporary Latin American Art. The top four award winning works of art will become part ofthe MOLAA Permanent Collection. All other MOLAA Award submissions will be available for bid during theSunday, October 21st daytime live auction.MOLAA Awards Prizes:Painting, Sculpture, Photography & Video1st prize: $ 25,0002nd prize: $ 10,0003rd prize: $ 6,0004th prize: $ 4,000Honorable Mention: $ 1,000Works on Paper:1st prize: $ 4,0006