Fifth World Ceramic Tile Triennial (elit-tile 2014) Opened

Fifth World Ceramic Tile Triennial (elit-tile 2014) Opened
Santo Domingo, November 17, 2014

With support from the Ministry of Culture, and in collaboration with the Altos de Chavón Cultural Foundation, the Puntacana Cultural Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), the Igneri / Art and Archaeology Foundation formally opened the Fifth World Ceramic Tile Triennial (elit-tile 2014), dedicated to Maestro Aquiles Azar García.

The inaugural ceremony took place in the Museum of Modern Art headquarters and was chaired by José Antonio Rodríguez, Minister of Culture; Thimo Pimentel, organizer and founder of the Ceramic’s Triennial; Carlos Santos, Deputy Minister of Institutional Development; María Elena Ditrén, Director of the MAM; Aquiles Azar García, honored plastic artist; and, Guadalupe Casasnovas, Coordination Assistant.

The opening remarks were offered by María Elena Ditrén, Director of the MAM, who said that one hundred and twelve (112) countries from five (5) continents that link East and West are participating and shape the largest artistic event of the Republic Dominican; for a moment they turn this country into the focal and the central point of the largest event of this nature nationally and internationally, and the largest of its kind in the world.

She added that “these results are only possible because of the tenacity, passion and enthusiasm of its prime driving force, Thimo Pimentel, who we congratulate and thank for making it possible and who reminds us of the fruitful impression of his commitment and passion.”

In addition, the Minister of Culture, José Antonio Rodríguez, recognized Dominican artist Thimo Pimentel, organizer and founder of the Ceramic’s Triennial, for his contributions to the national visual arts, his tireless efforts in promoting ceramic art in the country and abroad, through the Igneri Foundation.

The Igneri / Art and Archaeology Foundation is a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting and developing art and archeology through research, exhibition and publication of any activity or material that contributes to that end.

The Foundation promotes the rescue of graphic arts and other art forms of the first inhabitants of the Antilles, as well as the development of the ceramic tile and the dissemination and rescue of Maestro Paul Giudicelli’s (1919-1965), its most prominent representative in the Dominican Republic, art work.

As part of the Fifth World Triennial, an extensive program of collateral activities such as painting, ceramics and sculpture, artistic presentations, performances, and other cultural events, is scheduled to take place.

The Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. It is located in Av. Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo.