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October 14, 2011

VAS friends in Caracas will be interested to know that Onofre Frías and José Vivenes’ painted lions will be auctioned off on November 6th, after an exhibition that opens on October 26th. All proceeds will go to Socieven – a charity supporting the deaf and blind community in Venezuela. It’s a really great iniciative and VAS is thrilled that Onofre and José are involved!

October 13, 2011

Sarita Hanley, Board director of Neighbors Link Stamford and King Low Heywood School, wrote VAS a wonderful email about the artworks donated to the organization to help them with their fundraising work.

October 11, 2011

The artists were taking part in a public art project to raise funds for Socieven – a charity that supports the deaf and blind community in Venezuela.

October 10, 2011

(1961, Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a painter and sculptor who started out as a self-taught artist, experimenting with the rural landscapes, trees and mountains of his homeland. By the 1990s, Nieves had become a consolidated, professional artist with an instantly identifiable, signature style. Nieves currently dedicates himself almost exclusively to exploring two and three-dimensional representations of […]

October 9, 2011

We’re posting here a press release featured in Correo Cultural – an online publication promoting the arts in Latin America. The article includes a full list of the artists who exhibited at the VAS launch show last Thursday.