Meet the winners of the National Culture Award 2023-2024

Published at: 13/01/2025 03:00 PM

The Ministry of Popular Power for Culture (MPPC) announced the winners of the different categories of the National Culture Awards 2023-2024, after several weeks of reviewing the different materials sent by the participants of the contest.

In this edition, the award aims to recognize the legacy and works of those who enrich the cultural heritage of Venezuelans with more than 20 years of experience.

In this regard, the judging jury decided to unanimously select the list containing the winners in their respective specialties:

Popular Culture Mention: Rafael Enrique Salazar Romero, for his long and uninterrupted career as a researcher, musicologist, composer and cultural promoter.

Literature Mention: Antonio Trujillo, for his wide and varied work that stands out for its beauty and connection with the feelings and values of the Venezuelan people, serving as a beacon for current and future generations.

Humanities Mention: Alí Enrique López Bohórquez, for his contribution and contribution to more than 50 years of teaching, teaching, research and historical dissemination.

Music Mention: José Antonio “Toñito” Naranjo Zerpa, Master flutist, for his long career as an interpreter and trainer of Venezuelan flutist generations and for his contribution to Venezuelan culture.

Mention of Traditional Knowledge: Giancarla Brancaleón, for her contribution and conservation in favor of the tradition of the little horses of San Juan, in Ciudad Bolívar.

Circus Arts Mention: Darwin “Nicky” García, for his career and contribution to Venezuelan culture, forming generations of circus artists for Venezuela and the world.

Julieta Hernández (post-mortem), for the immortal planting of smiles and awareness through circus arts, poetry and love.

Handicraft Mention: Fidelina Manzo, master craftswoman, for her extraordinary career in the artisanal world, contributes to the process of research, healing, organization and training of new generations in our country.

Olga Reyes (post-mortem), for her great career and representation of the indigenous women potters who spread their knowledge and knowledge in the land of the Amazon.

Dance Mention: Flor Auristela Márquez Ugueto, for her recognized national and international career as an interpreter, creator, teacher and manager of contemporary dance.

Fanny Montiel (post-mortem), for her long career as an interpreter and teacher of classical dance.

Theater Mention: Guillermo José Diaz Mejías (Yuma), for his long career, commitment and ethics in the theatrical profession.

Fine Arts Mention: Joel Pacheco, for his long career in which he has demonstrated sustained and remarkable development in his artistic work.

Architecture Mention: Domingo Acosta González, the result of his career and vision of sustainable and environmentally responsible architecture.

Photography Mention: Joel Alberto Ochoa, for his work of dissemination and artistic expression in the photographic fact about the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Venezuelan people, emphasizing the value of women and indigenous peoples.

Film Mention: Jorge Jacko, for his long career in charge of laboratory and post-production services for national cinema for more than six decades.

Nancy de Miranda (post-mortem), for her invaluable service as a historian and popularizer of Venezuelan cinema.

Honorable Mention:

To Carlos Bolívar, Pedro “Guaraña” Riera (post-mortem), Elpidio Bullón (post-mortem), Enrique Hernández D'Jesús, José Marcial Ramos Guedes, Nohelí Pocaterra, Master Daniel Enrique Gil Rosado, Cristóbal Jiménez, Henry Martínez, Hernán Marín, Blanca Sánchez, José Miguel Méndez Crespo, Pedro Durán, Eleazar Molina Molina (Gonzalo Fragui), María Yolanda Medina, and Edgar Álvarez Estrada, Eduardo Martínez, José Manuel “Chachata” Guerra and Jesús Gerardo Contreras.

“Artistic Glories of Venezuela 2024” Award:

It was also decided to award the “Artistic Glories of Venezuela 2024” Award to the following cultural references: Cecilia Todd, Lilia Vera, Zhandra Rodríguez, Biella Da Costa, Giancarla Brancaleoni, Colina, Dilia Waikarán, Zoraya Sanz, Jesús Sevillano, IVO, Cheo Linares, Alexis Mujica, Mario Díaz, Omaira Gutierrez, Carlos Piñero, José Antonio Dávila, Antonia Azuaje, Jorge Humberto Arteaga Rodríguez, The Three Sad Tistes, Cañoneros, Agrupación Parranda La Flor de Cojedes, Choir System and youth and children's orchestras “Simón Bolívar” and Los Tres Tristes Tigres, Los Cañoneros, Agrupación Parranda La Flor de Cojedes, and the Teatro Negro de Barlovento.

In addition, the juries that evaluated the applications and decided on the National Culture Awards 2023-2024 (except for honorable mentions), were the following:

Circus Arts: Oswaldo Barreto Monroy, Eliel Brizolla and Carlos Arroyo

Literature: Neguel Machado, Ana Cristina Bracho and Ignacio Barreto.

Humanities: Beatriz Aiffil, Jorge Berrueta and Rosario Soto

Music, popular culture and traditional knowledge: Adrian Oscar Lista, Nelson Hurtado, Javier Marín

Crafts: Ana Alejandrina Reyes, Julio Manuel Parada and Maury Abraham Márquez

Dance: Lisbeth Villalba, Oswaldo Marchionda, Freddy Carmona

Theater: Julia Carolina Ojeda, Jericó Montilla and José Luis León

Plastic Arts: Natalia Rondón, Perla García, Humberto Matos, Leonel Durán, Zacarías García.

Architecture: Fabiola Velasco, Newton Rauseo, Margarita Padrón

Photo: Yoset Montes, Ángel Corao, Aldo di Bari.

Cinema: Irabé Seguías, Rubén Hernández, Carlos Tabares.

The winners will receive a statuette, a diploma with a single award and a monthly and lifetime honorary allowance.

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