13 August, 2015 – Applications are open until August 23 to participate in the New York Prize, a program for emerging Italian artists in the visual arts, who have had at least one show and can demonstrate a proper knowledge of English. Two scholarships will give the lucky winners the opportunity to live for four months in the Big Apple in contact with the cultural environment of the US metropolis. The New York Prize, now in its 13th edition, is banned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Directorate General for the Promotion of the national economy, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University. (Red)