Ticio Escobar (b. 1947, Asunción, Paraguay) is a curator, professor, and cultural promoter. He served as the president of the Association Support to Indigenous Communities of Paraguay, director of Culture of Asunción, and Minister of Culture of Paraguay from 2008 to 2013. He has published around twenty books on art theory and culture. He has received various awards, including the Bartolomé de las Casas Prize for his support of indigenous causes in the Americas. He currently serves as the director of the Centro de Artes Visuales/Museo del Barro in Asunción.

The Grant will be used to compile unpublished essays and critical analyses authored by Ticio Escobar, with the aim of publishing and promoting contemporary arts from Paraguay. This project seeks to gather, complete, edit, and publish extensive scattered material related to the work of the most prominent Paraguayan artists, spanning the late 20th century and the corresponding years of this century. Considering the goal of disseminating the recovered material, the publication will take the form of a freely available digital book.