CIMAM Announces the list of 2011 Travel Grant Recipients

The International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) has announced the recipients of the 2011Travel Grants funded by The Getty Foundation and the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. These grants are designed to foster cooperation and cultural exchange between visual art professionals in emerging and developing economies and their counterparts in other regions of the world.

The awards, valued at a maximum of 2,000 Euros each, support registration, travel and lodging expenses to participate in CIMAM´s Annual Conference `Museums and the City´ that will be held in Ljubljana and Zagreb November 14 to 16, 2011.

Travel Grants 2011 Recipients:

- Celenk Bafra. Curator, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. Turkey
- Oksana Barshynova. Chief of department XX and XXI century art, National Art Museum of Ukraine. Ukraine
- Tang Bin. Deputy Director, CAFA Art Museum. China
- Anthea Buys. Curator of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town. South Africa
- Helena Chavez. Academic Curator, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – MUAC. Mexico
- Tatiana Cuevas. Contemporary Art Curator, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI). Peru
- Adela Demetja. Executive Director, Tirana Art Lab. Albania
- Patrick D. Flores. Curator, Jorge Vargas Museum. Philippines
- Natasha Ginwala. Art critic and curator. India
- Giancarlo Hannud. Curator, Pinacoteca do Estado. Brazil
- Odey Simon Ikpakronyi. Deputy Director, National Gallery of Art (NGA). Nigeria
- Andrés Inocente Hernández. Curator, Brazil
- Abdellah Karroum. Independent Curator, Researcher, Editor. Morocco
- Yeva Khachatryan. Curator, Suburb Cultural Centre. Armenia
- Purity Senewa Kinaiyia. Art Educator, public programs, National Museums of Kenya. Kenya
- Sanja Kojic Mladenov. Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad. Serbia
- Kestutis Kuizinas. Director, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC). Lithuania
- Sharon Lerner. Independent Curator, Peru
- Malgorata Ludwisiak. Deputy Director, Muzeum Sztuki in Lódz. Poland
- Suzana Milevska. Art History and Theory, Faculty of Fine Arts University. Macedonia
- Rahraw Omarzad. Director, Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan CCAA. Afghanistan
- Luis Orozco. Curator, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte – MUCA Roma. Mexico
- Marcela Römer. Director, Castagnino+macro. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario. Argentina