Applicants will be able to participate in the categories of architecture, plastic arts and crafts, cinema, popular culture, dance, photography, humanities, literature, music, folk knowledge and theatre, the official told Venezolana de Televisión.
Works can be sent to an email enabled for the occasion: [email protected], delivered to the culture cabinets of each state or to the headquarters of the National Experimental University of the Arts, which will then be sent to Caracas. pointed out.
Applicants for the National Prize for Culture must be Venezuelan by birth or naturalization, and have developed a professional career of at least 30 years at the reference for which they are applying.
Besides, they developed a creative work that contributed to the strengthening, rectification and consolidation of their discipline according to its foundations.
Winners will receive a visual work, a diploma, a unique award, and a monthly, lifelong mission of honor.
Bimjen said the awards are due to be presented later this year or early 2023.
The National Culture Award is the highest recognition given in Venezuela to artists, creators, and farmers whose works and professions have enriched the cultural heritage of the South American nation.
It was first awarded during the first annual official exhibition of Venezuelan art in 1940, making it the oldest award in the South American country.
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