ARTE Comes To Immigrant Artist 's Rescue

by Allan Appel | May 19, 2008 7:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In 2005 young artist Andres Madariaga was accepted at the prestigious Cooper Union in New York to pursue his dream, a visual arts career. When his immigration status foreclosed on possibilities for applying for the scholarships necessary to attend, his creativity shut down. It might have stayed that way, with serious consequences, had not his teachers and ARTE invited him to show. Click here for the full story.