A special year for the Maria Carta Foundation given that it marks the 30th anniversary of the premature death and the 90th anniversary of the birth of the artist from Siligo. All events, including the Maria Carta Award, will be organized by the Foundation in the name of managerial continuity. Leonardo Marras was in fact confirmed as president for another three years.
President Marras comments: «It is an immense honor for me to continue working to preserve and enhance the artistic and human legacy of Maria, one of the greatest women of Sardinia. It will be a special edition of the Maria Carta Prize next September 1st as always in Siligo. And we will also continue to enhance relationships with the Sardinians scattered in Italy and around the world as done with the communities of New York, Paris, Madrid and in other European countries including Germany and Holland, in addition to the stages in the Peninsula with the collaboration of Fasi, the Federation of Sardinian Associations in Italy".
Another line of work is the promotion and dissemination of the language : «We will also do this thanks to Maria Carta's book of poems, Canto Rituale, recently translated into Sardinian by Clara Farina and published by the Foundation».
Finally, the Scientific Committee of the Foundation , a technical consultative body, has also been confirmed: the journalist Giacomo Serreli is president, while the members are Antonello Sanna, Ivano Conca, professor Palmira Santoru and doctor Maria Grazia Murrocu.
