VAEA’s Gala and Award Ceremony Honoring Fundación Empresas Polar
Gala Program
December 15th, 2022
Welcome to our guest and patrons
HONORING
HONORING
Reinaldo & Carolina Herrera
The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts
Chairs
Advisory Board
Sudhir Gupta & Mercedes Acosta
Gala Co-Chairs
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
John Reverol & Jason Leonard
Dani Bedoni
Carlos Eduardo & Mariela Hellmund
Adam Stoltman
Ross Michaels
Jörg & Yuni Starke
Titina Penzini & Carlos Valedon
Ricardo Jaimes-Branger & Antonio Vasco
Gabriel Rivera Barraza
John G. Heimann & Maria Cristina Anzola
Nick Ammaturo, Marc R. Christensen & Richard Margolius
Ibel Chely Depablos
Mitri El Homsi Jr & Mariela Saad El Homsi
Carlos-Ivan Lopez & Gabriela Terán
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
Tickets for the dinner and award ceremony are sold out!
Good news, there are still tickets available for the afterparty
Thanks to all of our patrons 
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Open bar, Hors D’oeuvres, and Dj Titina Penzini sounds. |
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 opportunities 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.
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
Audino Diaz, Bosque Desdibujado, 2021, Oil on canvas, 250 intervened pencils
39.37 x 39.37 x 6.29 inches, is available as part of the collection.
Our special words of gratitude to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the continuous collaboration and support in a decade of VAEA Galas.
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