Alentejo: INCM presented Commemorative Coin, of 2,5 euros, Sing the Alentejo.
The National-Mint Press (INCM) presented a set of commemorative coins, including Coin Commemorating the Alentejo Sing - Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
The coin, with a face value of 2,5 euros, It is the sculptor João Duarte authorship and will have a silver issue, finished proof, e em cupronÃquel, with normal finished.
The presentation of the Commemorative Coins plan 2016 esteve a cargo de Rui Carp, chairman of the board of directors of INCM, and Alcides Gama, Commercial and Marketing Director of the company, and also included the intervention of António Filipe Pimentel, director of the National Museum of Ancient Art, entitled 'Money as a cultural object and power'.
The ceremony, which had the support of the Municipality of Serpa and Sing House, He ended with the performance of the ranch Cantadores New S Village. Benedict Serpa, giving voice to the musicality of the Alentejo Sing, ranked 2014 by UNESCO as Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
On or Author: John Duarte
Born in Lisbon, in 1952. Fine Arts Degree, Sculpture, at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon, in 1978. Associate Professor Aggregate Retired Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, effective member of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Permanent member of FIDEM. In 1998, He founded the project Volte Face - Contemporary Medal, inserted in Medals chair of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. In the field of medals, edited 150 medals and held 11 commemorative coins. awarded, in 2012, the American Numismatic Society, with J. Sanford Saltus Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Art of the Medal. Held several solo and group exhibitions of sculpture and medal, both in Portugal and abroad. executed 51 monuments in public spaces. It is represented in numerous collections of art in Portugal and abroad.
