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                    <title>Applications now open for the 2025 edition of the Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/sustainability/applications-now-open-for-the-2025-edition-of-the-salt-artistic-research-and-production-grant-program/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Arts and culture]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.fbbva.es/en/noticias/applications-open-salt-artistic-research-production-grant-program-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The BBVA Foundation</a> is once again sponsoring the<a href="https://saltonline.org/en/2837" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program</a>, now in its 2025 edition. This initiative aims to create a dynamic platform for artistic research and production, supporting artists from Türkiye who explore contemporary social issues through interdisciplinary approaches.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.fbbva.es/en/noticias/applications-open-salt-artistic-research-production-grant-program-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The BBVA Foundation</a> is once again sponsoring the<a href="https://saltonline.org/en/2837" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program</a>, now in its 2025 edition. This initiative aims to create a dynamic platform for artistic research and production, supporting artists from Türkiye who explore contemporary social issues through interdisciplinary approaches.]]>
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                    <title>Spain’s Reina Sofía Museum to host exhibition of six Turkish artists</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/spains-reina-sofia-museum-to-host-exhibition-of-six-turkish-artists/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Manuel Calvente Orden]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Founded by Garanti BBVA in 2011 to support the production of knowledge, culture, and arts, SALT's 10th year anniversary activities continue with <i>Ardışık</i> (The Sequential) video screenings to be held at Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía on 19-20 November. The two-day program, which will start with the participation of artists Fatma Belkıs and Onur Gökmen and the presentation of SALT Research and Programs Director Meriç Öner, will feature the works of six artists from Turkey.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Founded by Garanti BBVA in 2011 to support the production of knowledge, culture, and arts, SALT's 10th year anniversary activities continue with <i>Ardışık</i> (The Sequential) video screenings to be held at Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía on 19-20 November. The two-day program, which will start with the participation of artists Fatma Belkıs and Onur Gökmen and the presentation of SALT Research and Programs Director Meriç Öner, will feature the works of six artists from Turkey.]]>
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                    <title>SALT, Garanti BBVA's contribution to culture, art and society, celebrates its 10th anniversary</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/salt-garanti-bbvas-contribution-to-culture-art-and-society-celebrates-its-10th-anniversary/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Manuel Calvente Orden]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Arts and culture]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Founded in 2011, the platform by Garanti BBVA has received more than three million visitors in ten years thanks to its original offer of content and activities. The entity encourages participation and learning and preserves collective memory, which it makes available to future generations through freely accessible archives and research resources, as well as exhibits and programs.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Founded in 2011, the platform by Garanti BBVA has received more than three million visitors in ten years thanks to its original offer of content and activities. The entity encourages participation and learning and preserves collective memory, which it makes available to future generations through freely accessible archives and research resources, as well as exhibits and programs.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA promotes training for teachers in Turkey</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/garanti-bbva-promotes-training-for-teachers-in-turkey/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 09:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Manuel Calvente Orden]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Educational APPs]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA is aware of the role that teachers play in promoting quality education. For this reason, since the restrictions began in March 2020, the bank and its ÖRAV Academy have transformed the content they offer teachers through their platform, enriching it with additional information and training apps so that teachers can adapt to the changes following the pandemic.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA is aware of the role that teachers play in promoting quality education. For this reason, since the restrictions began in March 2020, the bank and its ÖRAV Academy have transformed the content they offer teachers through their platform, enriching it with additional information and training apps so that teachers can adapt to the changes following the pandemic.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Global Wealth joins We Collect to promote its art consulting services</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-global-wealth-joins-we-collect-to-promote-its-art-consulting-services/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Miguel Rodríguez Canfranc]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Advisory]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Global Wealth (GW), the BBVA Group private global banking unit has entered into an agreement with art advisory firm We Collect to expand its art advisory services to customers in Spain and Switzerland. One of BBVA GW’s goals is to promote non-financial art-related issues, incorporating new opportunities for customers throughout 2020.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Global Wealth (GW), the BBVA Group private global banking unit has entered into an agreement with art advisory firm We Collect to expand its art advisory services to customers in Spain and Switzerland. One of BBVA GW’s goals is to promote non-financial art-related issues, incorporating new opportunities for customers throughout 2020.]]>
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                    <title>Glory of Spain Exhibition makes its last stop in the U.S. at MFAH, courtesy of the BBVA Foundation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/glory-of-spain-exhibition-makes-its-last-stop-in-the-u-s-at-mfah-courtesy-of-the-bbva-usa-foundation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                            <![CDATA[On Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened its latest in a long line of collaborations with BBVA USA: The traveling exhibition <a href="https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/glory-of-spain-treasures-hispanic-society-museum-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum &amp; Library. </a>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[On Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened its latest in a long line of collaborations with BBVA USA: The traveling exhibition <a href="https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/glory-of-spain-treasures-hispanic-society-museum-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum &amp; Library. </a>]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Music Sessions campaign recognized by AVA Digital Awards for second straight year</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-music-sessions-campaign-recognized-by-ava-digital-awards-for-second-straight-year/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=735554</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[AVA Digital Awards recently recognized the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/second-year-of-bbva-music-sessions-starts-fast-in-houston-with-acclaimed-singer-songwriter-alec-benjamin-along-with-special-guest-max/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Music Sessions</a> for the second consecutive year, highlighting the unique concert series that features rising artists in multiple popular genres. These exclusive BBVA Music Sessions are part of the bank’s multiyear agreement with AEG to create one-of-a-kind opportunities for customers in the form of innovative events, concerts and brand activations.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[AVA Digital Awards recently recognized the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/second-year-of-bbva-music-sessions-starts-fast-in-houston-with-acclaimed-singer-songwriter-alec-benjamin-along-with-special-guest-max/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Music Sessions</a> for the second consecutive year, highlighting the unique concert series that features rising artists in multiple popular genres. These exclusive BBVA Music Sessions are part of the bank’s multiyear agreement with AEG to create one-of-a-kind opportunities for customers in the form of innovative events, concerts and brand activations.]]>
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                    <title>The BBVA Foundation brings ‘sound art’ to the Joan Miró Foundation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-bbva-foundation-brings-sound-art-to-the-joan-miro-foundation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The exhibition ‘Sound Art?’, sponsored exclusively by the BBVA Foundation, addresses the issue of sound in art and raises the possibility of this aesthetic category. The art show explores the presence of sound elements in 20th Century visual arts. Curated by the expert Arnau Horta, the exhibit is open to visitors at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona from October 26, 2019  through February 23, 2020.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The exhibition ‘Sound Art?’, sponsored exclusively by the BBVA Foundation, addresses the issue of sound in art and raises the possibility of this aesthetic category. The art show explores the presence of sound elements in 20th Century visual arts. Curated by the expert Arnau Horta, the exhibit is open to visitors at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona from October 26, 2019  through February 23, 2020.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Music Sessions stops in San Antonio with live performance from IYLA at Brick at Blue Star</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-music-sessions-stops-in-san-antonio-with-live-performance-from-iyla-at-brick-at-blue-star/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Pop/R&amp;B artist Iyla performed on September 19 at one of the award-winning BBVA Music Sessions concerts for free at the Brick at Blue Star.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Pop/R&amp;B artist Iyla performed on September 19 at one of the award-winning BBVA Music Sessions concerts for free at the Brick at Blue Star.]]>
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                    <title>Second year of BBVA MUSIC SESSIONS starts fast in Houston with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, along with special guest, MAX</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/second-year-of-bbva-music-sessions-starts-fast-in-houston-with-acclaimed-singer-songwriter-alec-benjamin-along-with-special-guest-max/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and AEG, as part of its multi-year agreement, are jump starting the second round of BBVA Music Sessions starting on August 30 in Houston, celebrating the 183rd year since Houston was founded with a free concert in the heart of downtown. Powered by AXS, the kickoff of the award-winning concert series is headlined by platinum-certified singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, who started taking over playlists with his now RIAA platinum certified single “Let Me Down Slowly” from his critically acclaimed debut mixtape “<a href="https://lnk.to/NarratedForYouPR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narrated For You</a>.” Most recently, the young artist released his spellbinding and biographical new single “Jesus in LA” alongside an official video that tackles the highs and lows in the city of Angels. Joining Alec will be MAX, who is fresh off his iHeartRadio Music Awards nomination as 2019's Best New Pop Artist and known for his global hit 'Lights Down Low'.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and AEG, as part of its multi-year agreement, are jump starting the second round of BBVA Music Sessions starting on August 30 in Houston, celebrating the 183rd year since Houston was founded with a free concert in the heart of downtown. Powered by AXS, the kickoff of the award-winning concert series is headlined by platinum-certified singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, who started taking over playlists with his now RIAA platinum certified single “Let Me Down Slowly” from his critically acclaimed debut mixtape “<a href="https://lnk.to/NarratedForYouPR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narrated For You</a>.” Most recently, the young artist released his spellbinding and biographical new single “Jesus in LA” alongside an official video that tackles the highs and lows in the city of Angels. Joining Alec will be MAX, who is fresh off his iHeartRadio Music Awards nomination as 2019's Best New Pop Artist and known for his global hit 'Lights Down Low'.]]>
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