· January 12: Arts (national).
Applications for the 2006 Cintas Foundation Emilio Sanchez Award in the Visual Arts, administered by the Cintas Foundation and the Frost Art Museum of Florida International University. The $15,000 fellowship recognizes creative achievement in the visual arts. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: artists of Cuban heritage who reside outside Cuba. Students are not eligible.
Contact: Ingrid LaFleur Rogers, Cintas Foundation c/o Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2900, New York, N.Y. 10019 ingrid.rogers@fiu.edu; www.cintasfoundation.org/fellowships.htm