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

Limited seats available

Ticket sales are only to be processed through our platform at donatevaea.com. No third parties are authorized to collect payments for tickets or donations.

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.

SUPPORT VAEA

Make a tax-deductible contribution to VAEA.

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts is a 501 (c)3 tax exempt registered organization, contributions to VAEA are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

To support VAEA make a 2022 tax deductible contribution.

Zelle: donate@vaearts.org

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Phone +1(914)235-3000 | contact@vaearts.org | www.vaearts.org

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