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On its third consecutive year, MOLAA Awards 08: An invitational Juried Art Competition has become the museum’s signature event among mid-career and emerging artists from Latin America, the Spanish speaking Caribbean and the United States.  This year, the competition exhibition is made up of 83 outstanding works that make up four main categories:  Two-Dimensional Art; Three-Dimensional Art; Photography and Video and Works on Paper. Three distinguished judges will select five winners, awarding prize monies totaling $40,000, which includes a Best of Show award of $20,000!

Winning works become part of   MOLAA’s Permanent Collection. All other works are auctioned during Auction 08.  Winners will be announced during the Round Table Discussion on Saturday, October 18, 2008.  All works will be on view from September 20 – October 17 in the molaa galleries.  For more detailed information about this event, CLICK HERE.

MOLAA Awards Judges:

Selma Holo
Dr. Selma Holo is Director of USC Fisher Museum of Art.  She is a professor in the USC Department of Art History and Director of the USC International Museum Institute.

Catha Paquette
Dr. Catha Paquette is Assistant Professor of Latin American Art in the College of the Arts at California State University, Long Beach. 

Jose Tasende
Mr. Jose Tasende is the President of Tasende Gallery.  Established in the late 1960s in Acapulco, Mexico, Tasende Gallery is internationally recognized for representing some of the most important 20th Century artists.