{"id":17629,"date":"2026-05-12T10:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/?p=17629"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:58:39","slug":"the-paez-medal-of-art-2025-charles-brewer-carias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/the-paez-medal-of-art-2025-charles-brewer-carias\/","title":{"rendered":"The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2025 Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Paez Medal of Art 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
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December 31st, 2025<\/p>\n

Immediate Release<\/p>\n

A message from:<\/p>\n

The Chairman, Ali Cordero Casal<\/p>\n

and The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts<\/p>\n

Board of Directors Advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On June 13th 1990 VAEA was established in New York. This is the year of our 35th anniversary and we are honored to announce that The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) will present its highest award,\u00a0The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art 2025\u00a0to Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas in recognition as polymath, an explorer, discoverer, writer and photographer\u00a0whose outstanding contributions to society\u00a0as one of the most celebrated researchers of our era have expanded human understanding of our relationship to nature and our planet.<\/p>\n

We wish you all a happy 2026!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>

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“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Paez Medal of Art 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas descending Sima Mayor of Sarisari\u00f1ama, the largest sinkhole of the world. Sarisari\u00f1ama Tepuy, Venezuela<\/p>\n

About Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas<\/span>
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\u201cMy hero is Man\u2014the Discoverer. The world we now behold\u2014time and seas, earth and sky, plants and animals, history and humanity\u2014was unveiled by countless Columbuses.\u201d\u00a0(*)<\/p>\n

(*) From the book “The Discoverers” of\u00a0Daniel J. Boorstein. Referred by Brian Boom, MsC New York Botanical Garden, for the book “Plantas de los Tepuyes” of Charles Brewer-Car\u00edas.<\/p>\n

He is best known for:<\/p>\n