“Regala Arte”: Virtual Auction at MAPR (Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico)
In his article reporting that the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico [Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR)] will receive major funding ($3.6 million) the Ford Foundation, Francisco Javier Díaz (
El Nuevo Día) also focused on another effort to raise funds for this renowned Caribbean museum. The virtual auction “Regala Arte” is still open until December 15.
Díaz writes:
[. . .] “During the past three years we have been knocking on the doors of the different foundations in the United States and in Puerto Rico, in order to diversify the funds that come to the institution and these from the Ford Foundation are an example of the work,” added [Marta Mabel Pérez] executive director of the MAPR, who has been in this position for three years. “In addition to that, at MAPR we receive funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Francisco Javier Díaz (
) reports that the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico [Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR)] was included among the 20 institutions “Cultural Treasures of the United States,” and will receive $ 3.6 million from the Ford Foundation in the next 4 years. This year, the museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary, so this is also a recognition of the trajectory it has taken to care for and maintain Puerto Rican cultural artistic heritage.
Last October, the Ford Foundation gave an important recognition to the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (MAPR) for being included among the 20 institutions that appear among the “Cultural Treasures of the United States.” This is a national and regional initiative to recognize and honor the diversity of artistic expression and excellence in the United States, in addition to providing critical funding to organizations that have had a significant impact on the cultural landscape of the United States despite resources historically lim