VAEA's Gala and Award Ceremony Honoring Fundación Empresas Polar

December 15th, 2022

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HONORING

Leonor Giménez de Mendoza

President/Founder


Fundación Empresas Polar



Press Release





Reinaldo & Carolina Herrera

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Chairs

Advisory Board


Ali Cordero Casal

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Chairman

Board of Directors


Luis R. Cancel

VAEA New Rochelle

Executive Director


Amb. Michael Skol

The Venezuelan American Association of the U.S. 

President


Rafael De La Fuente

Master of Ceremony






GALA COMMITTEE



Vicente Pérez Davila y Elisa Mendoza de Pérez


Eduardo Gómez Sigala y Leonor Mendoza de Gómez


Lorenzo Mendoza Giménez y María Alexandra Pulido de Mendoza


Juan Simón Mendoza Giménez y Cristina Peña de Mendoza 


Andrés Caldera Pietri y Maria Claudia Briceño de Caldera



Andreina Fuentes Angarita


Axel Stein


Dani Bedoni


Carlos Eduardo & Mariela Hellmund


Adam Stoltman


Ross Michaels


Jörg & Yuni Starke


Titina Penzini & Carlos Valedón


Suhdir Gupta & Mercedes Acosta


Ricardo Jaimes-Branger & Antonio Vasco


Gabriel Rivera Barraza


John G. Heimann & Maria Cristina Anzola


Ibel Chely Depablos


Mitri El Homsi Jr & Mariela Saad El Homsi


Carlos-Ivan Lopez & Gabriela Terán


Marcial Gonzalez Verjel


Juan Pablo & Vanessa Muci



Have the pleasure to invite you to the award ceremony honoring




Fundación Empresas Polar



with



The Páez Medal of Art

Thursday, December 15, 2022


7:00 pm Cocktail

8:00 pm Dinner & Award Ceremony

10:00 pm After Party


David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023

(Entrance on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Street)


Dress Code:

Black-Tie


Music:

Dj Titina Penzini

Crooner Gian Faraone




Staff


Diego J. Zárraga, Executive Assistant

Maria Fernanda Rodriguez, Gala Planner

Oliver Krisch, Photography & Video

Diego Rooks, Voiceover & Audio Development

Victoria Cordero, Tables

Ludwin Perales, Executive Assistant, Caracas

Betty Richards Padrino Grant Coordinator

Mariela Saad , Museum Development

David Fragoso, Art Installations, New Rochelle

Laura Gabriela Bracho, Web Designer

Jeanne Jiménez, Graphic Design




Press Kits request at contact@vaearts.org

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AND TABLES HERE

Limited seats available


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For questions, inquiries or for more information about sponsorship oportunities contact us at gala@vaearts.org


About the Páez Medal of Art


The Páez Medal of Arts is awarded by The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) and presented once a year to an individual or group that has had an impact and contributed to excellence, growth, support and the proliferation of the arts and culture in Venezuela and the United States. It is named in honor of José Antonio Páez, leader of the Independence of Venezuela, who lived in exile during his last years in New York, and where he became a philanthropist. 


Click here for the History of the Páez Medal of Art

The VAEA Art Store


We are pleased to announce our online platform is selling a collection of art curated by Mariela Saad El Homsi.


Click here to access the collection


This initiative will support the construction of VAEA New Rochelle Arts Center


Jesus Matheus, Lanzarote, 2017, Oil on canvas, painted wood, 32 x 37 x 4 Inches. is available as part of the collection.

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