NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ALUMNUS WINS PRESTIGIOUS ART AWARD


September 29, 2003


Chat Travieso, a recent graduate of New World School of the Arts, is the national winner of one of the most prestigious art contests in the United States, "What Hispanic Culture and Heritage Mean to Me," sponsored by General Motors (GM) and the Latino Art Beat Organization. He will be honored at an Hispanic Heritage Month celebration starting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), 770 N.E. 125th St., North Miami.

Travieso will receive a $13,000 scholarship for his watercolor, "Memorias de la Tia Alicia" (Memories of Aunt Alicia), which is being showcased internationally through all of GM's advertising and currently adorns the back cover of Hispanic Business magazine.

Travieso's achievements include a 2002 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Scholarship, 2002 Regional and National American Vision Awards in Scholastic Art and Writing, and Gold and Silver Key awards for three years. Presently he attends the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He credits Thomas Wyroba and James Hunter, instructors at New World School of the Arts, as significant influences on his development as a visual artist.

Latino Art Beat is a Chicago non-profit organization created in 1998 that supports Latin student artists in high schools and that organizes competitions in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Chicago during Hispanic Heritage Month with art shows and concerts.

The second place winner from Miami is Victor Alonzo Vazquez from Design & Architecture High School, who received $1,500 for his painting "Jugando con La Cultura." Ricardo Zapata of New World School of the Arts, won the $500 third place prize for his artwork, "Reunion."

For more information, contact Lilia Garcia, Division of Life Skills, at 305-995-1912.

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