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      <title><![CDATA[ESCALA and Art History Alumni curate 'Radical Geometry' at the Royal Academy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<em>Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,&nbsp;</em>the new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, curated by two of ESCALA's alumni Dr Adrian Locke and Dr Gabriel P&eacute;rez-Barreiro is getting rave reviews.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carlos Cruz-Diez in conversation with ESCALA Director at the Royal Academy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carlos Cruz-Diez will be in conversation with Dr Joanne Harwood, ESCALA Director, on Friday 4 July at the Royal Academy in London. &nbsp;The talk accompanies the exhibition <em>Radical Geometry:Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection</em>&nbsp;which runs 5 July to 28 September at the Royal Academy.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New ISLAA-Silberrad Masters Scholarships for Latin American Art]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is pleased to announce the availability of two scholarships for students taking a Masters in Art History and Theory in the School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex. These scholarships are available exclusively for students wishing to focus predominantly on art from Latin America for their Masters.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Essex Art History at the Association of Art Historians Annual Conference]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ISLAA funded students from the School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex as well as former ESCALA staff will present their research at the upcoming Association of Art Historians conference in London.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Going Digital course announced]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1396278238/new-going-digital-course-announced</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the second year running, we are organising an all day course on digitising an art collection for the Going Digital programme of workshops for Doctoral students.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ISLAA funding awarded ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1395187200/islaa-funding-awarded</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is pleased to announce that Marina Barsy-Janer and Stefanie Kogler, PhD students in the School of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex, are awarded Institute for Studies on La<a href="/admin/news/process/id/35">Save and exit</a>tin American Art (ISLAA) funding for tuition fees.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Curatorial Assistant for ESCALA ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is pleased to announce that Andr&eacute;s Montnegro is appointed our new Curatorial Assistant.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ISLAA travel bursaries awarded]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) and the School of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex (SPAH) are pleased to announce that Lara Demori is the recipient of a bursary to travel to the international conference,&nbsp;&lsquo;Encuentros transatl&aacute;nticos: discursos vanguardistas en Espa&ntilde;a y Latinoam&eacute;rica&rsquo;.<br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) Travel Bursaries]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) and the School of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex (SPAH) are pleased to announce two travel bursaries of &pound;250 each for on-course graduate and undergraduate students of SPAH wishing to travel to the international conference, &lsquo;Encuentros transatl&aacute;nticos: discursos vanguardistas en Espa&ntilde;a y Latinoam&eacute;rica&rsquo; (&lsquo;Transatlantic Encounters: Avant-garde Disourses in Spain and Latin America&rsquo;).<br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ISLAA supports study of Latin American art history at the University of Essex]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) has awarded a $60,000 grant to the School of Philosophy and Art History (SPAH) and the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) at the University of Essex to support the study of and research into Latin American art.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Professor Dawn Ades awarded a CBE]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Professor Dawn Ades from the School of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex, and Founding Director of ESCALA, has received a CBE for services to higher education and art history in the New Year&rsquo;s Honours List.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is saddened to hear of Oscar Niemeyer's passing in Brazil on 5 December 2012.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New acquisition of four works by Graciela Iturbide]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA has purchased four artworks by internationally celebrated Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide thanks to two generous grants from the Art Fund and the Pinta Museums Acquisitions Programme. These acquisitions add to the existing photograph by Iturbide in the Collection, also purchased with the support of Pinta.<br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESCALA features in the Observer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA has featured in an article in the Observer on Sunday 30 September which announces the completion of the Public Catalogue Foundation's BBC Your Paintings project.&nbsp; <br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESCALA involved in 'Going Digital' a joint AHRC and CHASE Research Project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1348839330/escala-involved-in-going-digital-a-joint-ahrc-and-chase-research-project</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is pleased to be a part of Going Digital a unique training programme aimed at doctoral students who are new to digital research and who want to learn more about digital projects. <br id="tinymce" class="mceContentBody " />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A succesful first year at firstsite]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1348756208/a-succesful-first-year-at-firstsite</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA is celebrating after a succesful first year of exhibitions in the University Space at firstsite, Colchester.&nbsp; <br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stekelman work on loan to the Frankendael Foundation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1342134000/loan-of-stekelman-work-to-the-frankendael-foundation</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA has lent Juan Carlos Stekelman's <em>Mujer saludando</em> to the exhibition <em>Juan Carlos Stekelman: Early Works (1965-1975)</em> at the Frankendael Foundation in Amsterdam.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESCALA at Pinta 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1337900400/escala-at-pinta-2012</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) is delighted to be involved again this year in Pinta, the Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art show, when it comes to London for the third time.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Professor Valerie Fraser retires]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1334530800/professor-valerie-fraser-retires</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Professor Valerie Fraser, from the School of Philosophy and Art History (SPAH), has retired after 32 years at the University of Essex.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Latin Americanist at the University of Essex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1334185200/new-latin-americanist-at-the-university-of-essex</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Rebecca Breen, a specialist in contemporary Latin American art, has joined the School of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Over 17,000 visitors to Southern Press]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Over 17,000 people have visited ESCALA's inaugural exhibition&nbsp;<em>Southern Press: Prints from Brazil, Paraguay and Chile</em>&nbsp;since firstsite opened 25 September 2011.&nbsp;The selection, from the ESCALA Collection, focuses on the works of thirteen printmakers from the 1950s, 60s and 70s.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Southern Press exhibition dates extended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1326931200/southern-press-exhibition-dates-extended</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The dates for ESCALA's first exhibition, <em>Southern Press: Prints from Brazil, Paraguay and Chile</em>, at firstsite in Colchester have been extended until Sunday 12 February 2012.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Santander Universities sponsors ESCALA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1322611200/santander-universities-sponsors-escala</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As well as supporting the development of ESCALA&rsquo;s new website, Santander Universities has offered to sponsor the Collection with another &pound;15,000 over three years from 2011 to 2014. <br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A £2,999 grant to document the Collection]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1320105600/a-2-999-grant-to-document-the-collection</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ESCALA has been awarded a &pound;2,999 grant from the Effective Museums Programme to document artworks in the Collection.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[firstsite opens to the public]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Sunday 25 September 2011, firstsite's new building opened to the public. &nbsp;Designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Vi&ntilde;oly, the gallery features a dedicated exhibition space for ESCALA.&nbsp;The University's space in firstsite will enable us to make works from the Collection far more accessible to the public.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[UECLAA transforms into ESCALA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To coincide with its first exhibition at Colchester&rsquo;s firstsite, the University&rsquo;s world-renowned Latin American art collection has announced a change of name.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carlos Cruz-Diez commission on display in Colchester]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carlos Cruz-Diez has designed op-art schemes for several pedestrian crossings in Colchester, including one at the University of Essex Colchester Campus.<br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[UECLAA at Pinta 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1314976699/ueclaa-at-pinta-2011</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art is delighted to announce that it will be organising the public programme at Pinta London for the second year running.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican Embassy's former Cultural Attaché awarded an honorary degree]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1311289200/mexican-embassy-s-former-cultural-attache-awarded-an-honorary-degree</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ignacio Dur&aacute;n Loera, the Mexican Embassy's former Cultural Attache' and avid supporter of the University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA) was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Essex.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Acquisitions from PINTA 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1307487600/new-acquisitions-from-pinta-2011</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA) &nbsp;has acquired two new artworks at PINTA, the modern and contemporary Latin American Art show in London. &nbsp;<br /><br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Long and Kentish appointed architects for the Hexagon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The transformation of the Hexagon into a museum will return it to public use as an inspiring<br />and stimulating environment in which to enjoy and learn about art from Latin America.<br />Award-winning architects Long and Kentish are recognised for their sensitive conversion of<br />heritage buildings into museums and galleries. Their projects include Pallant House, Chichester&nbsp;(Gulbenkian Museum and Galleries Prize, 2007), the British Library Centre for Conservation, St&nbsp;Pancras and the Jewish Museum, both in London.<br />]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[MLA Accreditation awarded to UECLAA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.escala.org.uk/news/1199318400/mla-accreditation-awarded-to-escala</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA) has been awarded full accreditation by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). This national quality standard confirms that UECLAA has met stringent guidelines on how it is run, how it looks after the collection, and the services it provides to users and visitors.]]></description>
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