HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM VAEA
As 2022 — a year of perseverance — comes to an end, we want to look ahead and welcome 2023 as a year of hope and important achievements for our mission in the arts and education.
A world of limitless possibilities opens up through artistic expression.
In difficult times, the arts are a source of hope and inspiration. At VAEA we will continue our mission of directly supporting artists and organizations in Venezuela and The United States of America, while we move forward with our plans to grow and further expand our impact.
The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts supports the arts and the artist creators who are “… those who are passionately dedicated to the search of new ‘epiphanies’ of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world.” (*)
These new year pages are blank. We hope to be able to fill them with new accomplishments together.
We thank all who are making our mission possible and supporting our foundation in many ways.
Through VAEA’s humble contribution to society, and together with so many other nonprofits, we are all working to create a better world.
“Crear un siglo de humanismo en el que todos puedan brillar”
Happy New Year from The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts.
Ali Cordero Casal
Chairman
(*) Pope John Paul II in his letter to the artists
Source: Vatican archives April 4, 1999
The Páez Medal of Art Award Ceremony |
VAEA GALA 2022 |
VAEA’s Chairman Ali Cordero Casal presenting the Páez Medal of Arts to Fundación Empresas Polar, received by Leonor Giménez de Mendoza and Juan Simón Mendoza Giménez.
December 15, 2022, at David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center for the Arts.
Photo by @marianasotophotography
SERVIRE HOMINUM |
Our foundation’s board decided to present The Páez to a philanthropic institution as we believe that serving others is the highest form of humanity and wanted to set an example for future generations.
The VAEA Gala 2022 event awarded The Páez Medal of Art 2021 to Fundación Empresas Polar and its president, Leonor Giménez de Mendoza. VAEA honored philanthropy as a form of art, bestowing our highest award to this extraordinary foundation.
SUPPORT VAEA
Our words of gratitude to those who kindly made donations during this year. It certainly made a difference and contributed to the success of our mission.
Those who wish to make contributions can refer to the following links.
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 tax deductible contribution.
ZELLE: donate@vaearts.org
VENMO: @vaearts
For donations via wire contact us by email for bank info.
Phone +1(914)235-3000 | contact@vaearts.org | www.vaearts.org
Donations are only to be processed through our official platforms. No third parties are authorized to collect donations on our behalf.
OUR PROGRAMS |
VAEA New Rochelle Art Center |
The beautiful architectural project by Architect Hermann Ebner will allow us to build, in this vibrant Westchester city, a state-of-the-art cultural center that we are planning to open this year.
VAEA starts a fundraising campaign to build and inaugurate in 2023.
Monumentos de Hermandad
VAEA has launched a project of installing large format sculptures by Venezuelan artists as a gesture of gratitude to those countries that have received with open arms millions of immigrants during these difficult times.
Starting in Colombia, where Alejandro Otero’s Ala Solar will be restored as a symbol of friendship and gratitude to the country that has received and granted legal status to several millions of Venezuelans.
For more information visit monumentosdehermandad.org
The VAEA Bratter Padrino Program sends aid to Venezuelan artists in need of additional support for their careers. We currently have 75 new applicants that require funding.
With your support to VAEA we can assist a wider number of beneficiaries. We would be grateful for your donation.
VAEA New Rochelle Film Festival |
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Museum Development
VAEA supports the development and art programs of the following museums. Our goal is to open these museums in 2023 with the following exhibitions:
Jose Sigala: Retrospectiva
The exhibition portrays and honors the life and work of Jose Sigala. Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Sigala is considered one of the most important Venezuelan photographers of the 20th century.
September 30th, 2022
Collectio Momentum
A selection of works by contemporary artists curated from VAEA’s collection will form the basis of inaugural show in this new museum located in Guanare, the capital of Estado Portuguesa, Venezuela.
October 1st, 2022
The Rock Band, Artemio Narro 2007
VAEA New Rochelle will homage the art of photography with two exhibits by extraordinary photographers from Venezuela and the United States.
“Photography was born as a portrait medium and through its development has contributed, to the point of dominance, to the evolution of human depiction.”
-Arthur Ollman
Arnold Newman and his Contemporaries
Anchored by the work of one of America’s greatest portrait photographers, the exhibition will explore five decades of portraiture through the lenses of Newman’s contemporaries and peers.
(Date to be confirmed)
Pablo Picasso, Vallauris,
France 1954
Laguna San Rafael
Chile 1996
Serendipia: Carlos Eduardo Hellmund
The exhibition will highlight images from travels on seven continents by one of Venezuela’s most recognized photographers. Known for his dramatic landscapes, Hellmund’s images reflect the joy of unexpected discovery, or Serendipia.
(Date to be confirmed)
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Carlos Eduardo Hellmund & Arnold Newman in Caracas. Leo Reinfeld 1993 |
Francisco Salazar
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VAEA ART STORE
We are pleased to announce our online platform of an art collection curated by Mariela Saad El Homsi.
The VAEA Online Art Store has launched.
This initiative will support the construction of The VAEA New Rochelle Arts Center
Marc Cristesen, Orange and Yellow, Polished & treated bronze with red velvet 39.37 x 23.6 inches, 2022 – is a part of the collection available at The VAEA Online Art Store.
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DONATE
We want to thank our donors and patrons for their generosity that made our mission possible. We have extraordinary programs for next year and would like to count on your patronage.
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 tax deductible contribution.
ZELLE: donate@vaearts.org
VENMO: @vaearts
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