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Under the competition, grants are awarded to professional-level exhibitions of national importance that support cutting edge contemporary art in Latvia or provide coverage of research work into contemporary art. The total sum allocated to the grant competition in 2016 is EUR 37 500, including EUR 7 500 to comprehensive education projects run under the auspices of the exhibitions.

As the Head of ABLV Charitable Foundation’s Arts Programmes Kaspars Vanags explains, “With the further development of the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art's collection in mind, this year precedence will be given to providing support to exhibitions for which new works of art will be created or which will provide coverage of research into the art scene in the Baltic States during the period from 1960. Special mention should also be made of the financial support due to be allocated under the terms and conditions of the competition to applications for support for comprehensive education projects run under the auspices of the exhibitions.”

The deadline for the submission of applications is 19 October 2015 (until 23.59). Applications should be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: maksla@ABLV.org. The grant competition’s terms and conditions, application and budget forms, which must be completed in Latvian, are available on the Foundation’s homepage: www.ABLV.org in the section “How to receive financing”.

ABLV Charitable Foundation was founded in 2006 by ABLV Bank shareholders Ernests Bernis and Oļegs Fiļs, in order to put their core values into practice in real life and support the responsibility of entrepreneurs towards society and the environment. The Foundation functions as ABLV Bank’s main partner in the realm of charitable activity, supporting creative people and outstanding organisations that invest their efforts and knowledge, in order to achieve universally important goals – to create a united, abundant and safe society.