The award carries a $15,000 cash prize which is used by the winner to
further his or her creative development. The award is generously funded by
the Emilio Sanchez Foundation. In 2005, the Emilio Sanchez Foundation (www.emiliosanchezfoundation.org)
endowed an award in the visual arts, through 2009, in honor of the late
Cuban artist and Cintas Fellow Emilio Sanchez (1989 - 1990). This will be
the fifth such award in the series of five donated by the Emilio Sanchez
Foundation. It was first awarded in 2005 to Christian Curiel, in 2006 to
Glexis Novoa, in 2007 to Gean Moreno, and in 2008 to Ernesto Oroza.
The 2009 jury for the fellowship award included Elvis Fuentes, Curator,
Museo del Barrio, New York; Rene Morales, Associate Curator, Miami Art
Museum, Miami; Alma Ruiz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;
Robert Storr, Dean of Yale University's School of Art, New Haven; Gilbert
Vicario, Assistant Curator of Latin American and Latino Art, Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston.
"Congratulations to the finalists, said Cintas Foundation president
Hortensia E. Sampedro. "We had an exceptionally competitive field of
applicants this year, and appreciate the skill this outstanding panel of
judges brought to the task."
The Cintas Foundation Fellowship Program was established in 1963 with
funds from the estate of the late Oscar B. Cintas, (1887 - 1957) a former
Cuban ambassador to the United States and a prominent industrialist and
patron of the arts.
Emilio Sanchez Awards
Since then more than 300 artists have been honored with the Cintas
Fellowship. The only one of its kind in the nation, the program has honored
some of the world's most talented Cuban artists, many at the start of their
careers, who have gone on to play an influential role in the development of
their disciplines.
Past visual arts fellows include Cundo Bermudez, Quisqueya Henriquez,
Lydia Rubio, Gean Moreno, Baruj Salinas, Mario Petrirena, Jose Chardiet,
Luis Gispert, Maria Brito, Liset Castillo and many others. A complete
history and listings of the fellows may be found in the Cintas Foundation
web site at www.cintasfoundation.org
The Selection Program is administered by The Frost Art Museum at Florida
International University and the Cintas Foundation. For more information,
please visit www.cintasfoundation.org or
www.frostartmuseum.org
About the
Frost Art Museum - Florida International University
The Frost is an AAM
accredited museum and Smithsonian affiliate. The museum is located at 10975
SW 17th St. across from the Blue garage and the Wertheim Performing Arts
Center on the University Park campus. Hours of operation are Tuesday through
Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday noon-5pm. The Frost is closed on all legal
holidays.
For more information, please visit
www.frostartmuseum.org or call
305-348-2890.
