{"id":42569,"date":"2015-09-14T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T14:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=42569"},"modified":"2015-09-15T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T21:54:12","slug":"latino-art-beat-anuncia-la-ganadora-del-concurso-de-arte-nacional-de-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/latino-art-beat-anuncia-la-ganadora-del-concurso-de-arte-nacional-de-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino Art Beat Announces Winner of 2015 National Art Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>Latino Art Beat Announces Winner of 2015 National Art Competition<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <i><br \/>\n          <b>Program partners with Maryland Institute College of Art; Miami Student Anais Perez Wins $146,000 Scholarship<\/b><br \/>\n        <\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2015 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <b>This year&#8217;s national competition winner is ANAIS PEREZ, a graduate from Doral Performing Arts &amp; Entertainment Academy, Miami. The Maryland Institute College of Art (&#8216;MICA&#8217;) awarded Perez $31,500 annually and an additional $5,000 per year as the Latino Art Beat National Winner, through the Latino Art Beat \/ MICA scholarship partnership totaling $146,000. Perez participated in this year&#8217;s Latino Art Beat visual arts competition through Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the Office of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado entering her artwork titled <i>&#8220;El Orgullo Mundial.&#8221;<\/i> Miami visual arts students have won more national titles in this competition than any participating city and most have chosen to attend &#8216;MICA&#8217; a long time premier academic partner of Latino Art Beat. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150908\/264659LOGO\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150908\/264659LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinoartbeat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Art Beat<\/a><\/b><b> in its 19<sup>th<\/sup> program year offers a visual arts competition for high school juniors, seniors and early college age students in select cities across the USA, collaborating with the local Mayor&#8217;s Office and Department of Education. From all the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Place regional competition winners each receiving a scholarship, a national winner is selected for an additional award. The 2015 art and essay competition, &#8220;<i>What Sports Mean to Me?&#8221;<\/i> was in part sponsored by sports website SPORTAMY. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Perez stated,<i> &#8220;Because of the Latino Art Beat initiative I am being given the chance to study my craft at the [highest] collegiate level at MICA, an opportunity that someone in my financial position could never have even dreamt of pursuing.&#8221;<\/i> Perez will be honored this year at a public recognition in Miami, FL on October 8, 2015 at Miami City Hall at 9:00am. This event shall be attended by Mayor Tomas Regalado and the Miami City Commissioners, broadcast live on Public Television; and further in the District of Columbia, hosted by Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s Office on Latino Affairs (&#8216;OLA&#8217;) on October 21, 2015, at the Gala Theater -6:30pm.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For students interested in participating in the 2016 competition and an opportunity at a scholarship, the rules for the upcoming 2016 National Latino Art Beat art competition, which includes a film and animation component, shall be announced during November 2015. Please watch your local media for details. Visit Latino Art Beat on FACEBOOK. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>FOR MORE INFORMATION<\/u>:<br \/>LATINO ART BEAT <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinoartbeat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>www.latinoartbeat.com<\/b><\/a><b><br \/>SPORTAMY <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportamy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>www.sportamy.com<\/b><\/a><br \/><b>MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mica.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>www.mica.edu<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE TO EDITORS: High-resolution images are available at: <\/b> Im\u00e1genes de alta resoluci\u00f3n est\u00e1n disponibles en: <a href=\"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/multimedia\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/multimedia\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\"> <\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latino Art Beat Announces Winner of 2015 National Art Competition Program partners with Maryland Institute College of Art; Miami Student Anais Perez Wins $146,000 Scholarship CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2015 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; This year&#8217;s national competition winner is ANAIS PEREZ, a graduate from Doral Performing Arts &amp; Entertainment Academy, Miami. 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