Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor to Help Award Over $7,500 in Cash Scholarships to Young Americanos Winners
PRNewswire
Over 1,000 Entries Received for Contest Depicting Latino Culture
In Central Texas
WHAT: Forty student winners of the Young Americanos photography
contest, which encouraged local youth to photograph their
interpretation of Latino culture in Central Texas, will be
awarded over $7,500 in cash scholarships and prizes for their
winning photos. Over 200 guests, including the winners and
their families, will be joined by special guests at a reception
convened in their honor.
Also, the winning photographs will be on public display at the
Mexic-Arte Museum from May 18 through June 22.
WHEN: Saturday, May 18, 2002
2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Mexic-Arte Museum
419 Congress Avenue
Austin
WHO: Over 200 guests, including 40 proud student winners and their
families
Jose Montemayor, Texas Insurance Commissioner
Sylvia Orozco, Mexic-Arte Museum Executive Director
John Hageman, Farmers Insurance State Director
Magdalena Zavala, award-winning photographer
Other special VIP guests
WHY: The Young Americanos photography competition is being sponsored
locally by Farmers Insurance and the Mexic-Arte Museum. Young
Americanos was developed by Farmers Insurance as an adjunct
program to the Smithsonian Institution's Americanos: Latino
Life in the United States traveling photography exhibition
which is currently on exhibit at the Mexic-Arte Museum.
Additional details of the Young Americanos program can be found
at http://www.youngamericanos.net/ .
CONTACT: Norma J. Almazan, +1-512-480-9373, or Luis Sahagun,
+1-323-691-6300.
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PRNewswire -- May 16
SOURCE: Farmers Insurance; Mexic-Arte Museum
Website: http://www.youngamericanos.net/
