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Culture Holds Consultative Forum \u201cRethinking the National Biennial of Visual Arts\u201d<\/SPAN><\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he Ministry of Culture (MINC), in coordination with the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), held the consultative forum \u201cRethinking the National Biennial of Visual Arts\u201d. Representatives of various sectors of national life, such as artists, art critics, curators, cultural managers and communicators participated in the event. The consultative forum, which was held in the premises of the MAM, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, emphasized the desire of various sectors of the Dominican visual arts, to seek a participatory, reflective, critical and especially objective event. The activity seeks to improve the organizational structure, review the criteria, the selection and award jury, and the lines, criteria, or evaluation policies of the awards, among other issues of interest.<\/P> The panel \u201cLegal incidence of Article 64 of the Constitution and the art competitions organized by public institutions\u201d was led by Crist\u00f3bal Rodr\u00edguez, J.D. and Guillermo Sterling, J.D.<\/P> At the debate tables that took place afterwards, representatives from all areas of the Dominican visual arts worked on the strengths and weaknesses of the event. They addressed the subject with a critical and evaluative approach, and worked with information previously submitted by representatives of the various participating entities.<\/P> By late afternoon, a spokesman was asked to submit to the plenary the results of the analysis and the proposals presented by the working tables. A remarkable consensus was achieved on the outstanding issues in order to improve the 28th edition of the National Biennial of Visual Arts, which will take place in August of 2015, at the Museum of Modern Art.<\/P>
Santo Domingo, September 25, 2014 <\/P>
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The activity was led by the Minister of Culture Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez. The opening remarks were delivered by the Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Mar\u00eda Elena Ditr\u00e9n and the Cabinet Director of the Ministry of Culture, Carlos Salcedo.
For his part, Minister Rodr\u00edguez stressed the importance of putting the Biennial up for discussion by various personalities linked to the world of the visual arts of our country, who, with their proposals, will have the opportunity to strengthen the spirit of this great event.<\/P>
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