The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) works to increase understanding and awareness of Latin America’s contributions to the history of art and ideas, and to support innovation, education, creativity, and research in the field of Latin American art. Through grants and partnerships, the CPPC also supports the professional development of Latin American artists, curators and scholars. Recent initiatives include, among others, a sponsorship to create a Curatorial Fellowship at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany; a partnership with Hunter College (New York) to create the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Professor of Latin American Art; and an alliance with the Bard Graduate Center (New York) to organize the Cisneros Seminar in the Material Cultures of the Ibero-American World.

The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) and Independent Curators International (ICI) are pleased to announce an open call for curators: The 2013 Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Travel Award for Central America and the Caribbean. In its second edition, this travel award will support a contemporary art curator based anywhere in the world to travel to Central America and the Caribbean to conduct research about art and cultural activities in the region. Intending to generate new collaborations with artists, curators, museums, and cultural centers in the area, this award will cover curatorial residencies, studio visits, and/or archival research.

La Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) e Independent Curators International (ICI) se complacen en anunciar la convocatoria a la Beca 2013 Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros para viajes de investigación en Centroamérica y el Caribe. En su segunda edición, esta beca de viajes apoyará a un curador radicado en cualquier parte del mundo para que viaje a Centro América y el Caribe a investigar sobre las escenas artísticas y las actividades culturales de la región.
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The 2012 CPPC Travel Award for Central America and the Caribbean, given in honor of curator Virginia Pérez-Ratton, dedicates this section to her life and work.
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Reflecting the evolving landscape of the art scene in Central America and the Caribbean, this platform will be updated as new information becomes available.
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On July 12, Pablo León de la Barra set off from London to Nicaragua to conduct his travel research. Find out where he’s headed next.

María del Carmen Carrión curator will be in residency at TEOR/éTica between August 15 – September 6, as part of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, TEOR/éTica and ICI travel and residency grant.
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La Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros e Independent Curators International (ICI) colaboran creando una nueva oportunidad para curadores: la Beca Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros para viajes de investigación curatorial en Centroamérica y el Caribe.
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Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) and ICI award curator Pablo León de la Barra the 2012 CPPC Travel Award for Central America and the Caribbean and María del Carmen Carrión the Curatorial Residency at TEOR/éTica.
We want to expand visibility and awareness of the existing artistic practices of Central America and the Caribbean, while introducing international curators to the region to allow them to experience for themselves the strength and vitality of our modern and contemporary art. Doing so in collaboration with ICI and in honor of Virginia Pérez Ratton’s tireless work in this regard, could not make us prouder.
—Patricia Phelps de Cisneros