{"id":4831,"date":"2014-09-25T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/?page_id=4831"},"modified":"2018-12-01T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T20:15:55","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala 2018 Welcomes Press!<\/h2>
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Thank you for your interest in covering VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala Honoring<\/p>\n

Bob Colacello with the 2017 P\u00e1ez Medal of Art<\/p>\n

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Gustavo Dudamel with the 2018 P\u00e1ez Medal of Art<\/p>\n

VAEA\u2019s Gala will take place Tuesday, December 18th 2018, at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center and will be a night to celebrate the cultures of Venezuela and the United States, all proceeds will benefit the mission and programs of The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts a New York based public charity under section 501 (c) 3. We are pleased to assist journalists with press access, interviews, and general background information regarding the Gala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

.- Each media representative interested in covering the Gala needs to submit a press registration request to\u00a0gala@vaearts.org<\/a>.\u00a0If you are attending with a crew or photographer, each member of the team\u00a0must\u00a0complete their own form.
\n.- Press registration for the Gala closes on Thursday December 13th, 2018<\/strong>. Access is granted based on a combination of the following criteria: confirmation of coverage, availability, as well as advance publicity for the 2018 Gala. Access requests submitted after this date may not be able to be fulfilled.
\n.- All applicants are notified by email of your access status starting Monday, December 17th, 2018<\/strong>. Note: due to limited capacities, not all access requests can be accommodated.<\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>\u00a0the Gala access policy: media passes are not available on-site or provided at the door.<\/p>\n

Press registration for the 2018 Gala is\u00a0open now. \u00a0\u2028Click here to register!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

VAEA\u2019s Logo can be downloaded\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Download the press release here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please contact us with any questions, interview requests, or for access to hi-res photography from the 2016 Gala to:\u00a0gala@vaearts.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h2>
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December 1st<\/sup>, 2018<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

We are pleased to announce that The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) will present our highest award, The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art<\/strong>, for the first time in a dual ceremony presenting the 2017 and 2018 P\u00e1ez Medals to honorees:<\/p>\n

P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2017\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/strong>Bob Colacello \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2018 –\u00a0<\/strong>Gustavo Dudamel<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The P\u00e1ez<\/strong> will be bestowed during VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala<\/strong> on December 18th<\/sup>, 2018 at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center, New York City.<\/p>\n

The VAEA is honored to celebrate the work of Bob Colacello<\/strong>, an American writer, editor, photographer, curator and philanthropist, whose deep understanding of culture and fertile writing have contributed to the chronicling of America’s contemporary history making him an ideal candidate for the The P\u00e1ez 2017 Medal of Art.<\/p>\n

Gustavo Dudamel\u2019s<\/strong> outstanding contributions to the arts as a tireless advocate for music education, as well as his unique passion and talent for music have earned him a place in history as one of the greatest and most influential music conductors of all time. We are proud to recognize him with the The P\u00e1ez 2018 Medal of Art.<\/p>\n

The VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala is a night to bestow the P\u00e1ez Medal of Art and to celebrate the best of Venezuelan and US cultures. The evening will gather an international crowd to honor Bob Colacello & Gustavo Dudamel and to support VAEA\u2019s bi-national mission in the arts.<\/p>\n

This will be VAEA\u2019s 7th<\/sup> Benefit Gala in New York City.<\/p>\n

The 2018 Gala Leadership has the pleasure to invite you to VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Graydon Carter
\nHonorary Chairs<\/p>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Gerrity Lansing
\nGala Chairs<\/p>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Reinaldo Herrera
\nChairs
\nAdvisory Board
\nThe Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts<\/p>\n

Ali Cordero Casal
\nChairman
\nThe Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts
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Valeria Cordero
\nDirector
\nThe Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts<\/p>\n

Damian Woetzel
\nPresenter Award Ceremony<\/p>\n

The VAEA’s Gala Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Lippes & Alexander Farnsworth
\nAgnes Gund
\nBoris Izaguirre & Ruben Nogueira
\nCalvin Klein
\nDani Bedoni
\nDavid Kamp\u00a0&\u00a0Aimee Bell
\nDixon and Arriana Boardman
\nErnesto Arambatzis & Frank Amadeo
\nFrancesco\u00a0& Alba Clemente
\nGustavo Sever
\nHoward & Nancy Marks
\nHRH Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
\nIrene Grisanti
\nJason Leonard & Juan Jos\u00e9 Reverol
\nJohn & Susan Hess
\nJonathan Becker & Alexandra Kotur
\nJoseph &\u00a0Annette Allen
\nLouise Grunwald
\nLourdes Fanjul
\nMartin O’Connor &\u00a0Jane Sarkin
\nMatt Ullian
\nOliver Sarkozy &\u00a0Mary Kate Olsen
\nOmar Hernandez
\nPaul Wilmot
\nRicardo Brunstein
\nRicardo Jaimes-Branger & Antonio Vasco
\nSeth Campbell
\nSims Lansing
\nStuart Parr & Ozlem Onal
\nSuydam (Sydie) Lansing
\nValentin & Yaz Hern\u00e1ndez
\nVito Schnabel
\nWendy Stark<\/p>\n

With music by DJ David Rond\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gala Information<\/strong>
\nTuesday, December 18th, 2018, 7:00pm
\nDavid Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
\n61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 (Broadway between 62nd<\/sup> and 63rd<\/sup> streets)
\nDress Code:\u00a0Black Tie<\/p>\n

Tickets and information: VAEArts.org \u2013 917 2858232 (vaea)<\/p>\n


\nAbout The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art<\/strong>\"ThePaez\"<\/span><\/p>\n

The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art is awarded once a year to an individual or group that has had an impact and contributed to the excellence, growth, support and proliferation of the arts in Venezuela and the United States; Previous recipients include: Marisol Escobar (2016), Annie Leibovitz (2015), Sof\u00eda Imber (2014), Robert Wilson (2013) and Carlos Cruz-Diez (2012).<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the honorees<\/h3><\/h1>
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We are pleased to announce that The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) will present our highest award, The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2017, for his important contribution to the arts to:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Colacello<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Bob Colacello photographed by Jonathan Becker at Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>For his important contribution to the arts and his broad vision of the social and cultural landscape, recording for posterity a unique time in history when high and low aesthetics intertwined as the ultimate expression of human freedom.<\/p>\n

The P\u00e1ez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will be bestowed during VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala.<\/p>\n

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About Bob Colacello<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Bob Colacello is one of America\u2019s most prominent and prolific biographical writers. As Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair<\/em>, since 1984, he has profiled more than 100 cultural, social and political\u00a0figures including King Juan Carlos of Spain, Prince Charles, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, William F. Buckley, Jr., Amalita Fortabat, Rudolf Nureyev, Liza Minelli, Eli Broad and Balthus.<\/p>\n

From 1970 to 1983, Colacello was editor of Andy Warhol\u2019s Interview<\/em> magazine. His memoir of those years, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up<\/em>, is considered the definitive biographical portrait of the Pop artist. His biography of the Reagans, Ronnie & Nancy: Their Path to the White House 1911-1981, <\/em>has also been widely praised. He is currently writing a second book on the Reagans, covering their White House and later years.<\/p>\n

Colacello is also the author of Studios by the Sea: Artists of the East End of Long Island<\/em> (with Jonathan Becker) and of Bob Colacello\u2019s OUT<\/em>, a collection of his party pictures from the 1970s and 1980s. His photographs have been exhibited at P.S. 1, the Whitney Museum, the Warhol Museum, Mary Boone Gallery and Stephen Kasher Gallery, among other institutions.<\/p>\n

He has given lectures on contemporary culture and politics at the Miami Art Museum, the De Young Museum of San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Aspen institute, Goldman Sachs, Christie\u2019s, the Lyford Cay Club and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, among other venues. He has appeared in documentaries on Andy Warhol, Nancy Reagan, Robert Wilson, Yves Saint Laurent, Doris Duke, Diana Vreeland, Giovanni Agnelli and Studio 54, among other subjects.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Colacello curated his first art exhibition, The Age of Ambiguity: Figurative Abstraction\/Abstract Figuration<\/em>, at the Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It included works by Jean Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Sterling Ruby, Rashid Johnson, Jacqueline Humphries and Jeff Elrod, among others. He serves on the board of the Foundation of Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the President\u2019s Council of the New York Academy of Art and the National Advisory Council of the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA).<\/p>\n

Colacello received a BSFS degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1969 and an MFA in film from Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts in 1971. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1947, and lives in Long Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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We are pleased to announce that The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) will present our highest award, The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2018, for his important contribution to the arts to:<\/span><\/p>\n

Gustavo Dudamel<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Gustavo Dudamel photographed by Mark Hanauer<\/p>\n

For his significant contribution to the arts and his unwavering commitment in bringing classical music to all, building international bridges and making powerful social transformation through his craft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The P\u00e1ez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will be bestowed during VAEA\u2019s Annual Benefit Gala.<\/p>\n

About Gustavo Dudamel<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Driven by an unwavering belief in the power of music to heal, unite and inspire, Gustavo Dudamel is one of the most distinguished conductors of our day. From the great concert halls to classrooms, video screens and cinemas, Dudamel\u2019s remarkable career of musical achievements and championing of access to the arts for young people around the world is a living example of music\u2019s extraordinary\u00a0capacity to\u00a0transform lives.<\/p>\n

Dudamel\u2019s 2018\/19 season will center around the centennial celebration of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his tenth year as their Music & Artistic Director. Other highlights of the season include his debut at the Metropolitan Opera conducting Verdi\u2019s Otello, tours with the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and his first extended academic residency at Princeton University.<\/p>\n

Under Dudamel\u2019s direction, the LA Phil has become one of the leading orchestras in the world, admired for its unmatched commitment to new music, diversity and inclusion, and the development of ground-breaking digital initiatives. The celebration of the LA Phil\u2019s 100th season showcases the extraordinary versatility and vision of both the orchestra and Dudamel himself, featuring more than 50 commissions from luminaries such as John Adams, Philip Glass, and\u00a0Steve Reich, as well as leading young composers such as\u00a0Julia Adolphe, Ashley Fure,\u00a0Andrew Norman,\u00a0Tyshawn Sorey,\u00a0Kamasi Washington, and\u00a0Du Yun. Dudamel will lead cross-genre collaborations with Herbie Hancock, MOBY, and Andrew Bird, Beethoven\u2019s five piano concertos with Lang Lang as soloist, a performance at the Academy Awards, a tour of Asia, and more. The LA Phil will also plan to distribute 10,000 free tickets to underserved audiences around Los Angeles as a centennial gift to the community.<\/p>\n

A lifelong advocate for music education and social development through art, Dudamel\u2019s own childhood was shaped by his experience with El Sistema, the extraordinary program of immersive musical training initiated in 1975 by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Abreu. Entering his nineteenth year as Music Director of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel carries on the work of his late mentor with his ongoing commitment to El Sistema in Venezuela, and by supporting numerous Sistema-inspired projects around the world, including Big Noise in Scotland, Vienna\u2019s Superar program, SerHacer in Boston, and El Sistema Sweden. His 2018 \u2018Americas\u2019 tour with the Vienna Philharmonic was highlighted by an Art and Citizenship workshop in Mexico City bringing together 300 young people from across North and South America in an expression of cultural solidarity.\u00a0 He has worked to raise awareness for the importance of music education by appearing at the United Nations and the White House, and delivered an address on the unity of the Arts and Sciences at the 2017 Nobel Prize Concert.<\/p>\n

Gustavo Dudamel was born in 1981 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He began violin lessons as a child with Jos\u00e9 Luis Jim\u00e9nez and Francisco D\u00edaz at the Jacinto Lara Conservatory. He continued his violin studies with Rub\u00e9n Cova and Jos\u00e9 Francisco del Castillo at the Latin American Academy of Violin. His conducting studies began in 1993 when he was hired as an Assistant Conductor with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. In 1996, he studied with Rodolfo Saglimbeni and was named Music Director of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. In 1999, he was appointed Music Director of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Youth Orchestra and began conducting studies with the orchestra\u2019s founder, Dr. Abreu. Dudamel achieved international attention by winning the inaugural Bamberger Symphoniker Gustav Mahler Competition in 2004. He then went on to become Music Director of the Gothenburg Symphony (2007-2012), where he currently holds the title Honorary Conductor. Inspired by Dudamel\u2019s early musical and mentoring experiences, the Gustavo Dudamel Foundation, a registered charity, was created in 2012 with the goal of promoting access to music as a human right and a catalyst for learning, integration, and social change.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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About VAEA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The VAEA is a NY based 501(c)3 public charity, founded on June 13, 1990 with the mission of promoting the best of Venezuelan and US cultures through bi-national cultural, educational and social programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, December 18th 2018, 7:00pm<\/strong><\/span>
\nDavid Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center<\/span>
\n61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd streets)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dress Code: Black Tie<\/span><\/p>\n

Music:<\/span><\/p>\n

DJ David Rond\u00f3n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For Tickets and Gala Portal click here<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n#VAEAGala<\/span>
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\nFor additional information Call 917 2858232 (vaea) or email gala@vaearts.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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