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Every gallery night is an opportunity to our Museum’s visitors to be creative!

Board of Directors

Mireya Perez Power-Executive Director & President

Born in Caracas, Venezuela (1938) Art studies in Florence Italy.
Among the many Latin American artists, she is a well known Venezuelan painter, inventor, art instructor and sculptor. She created and is the Director of Piag Museum and founder of Piag Museum on wheels.
As an Artist her unique tri-dimentional landscapes on undulating canvases utilize classic characteristics in an original new format. The artist titles her recent cration “Landscape on waves”. To produce it , Power discarded the traditional flat surface for an undulating canvas created and copyright whit the name” World on waves sculpture .
The innovation results in work with classic characteristic on a new format that makes it resemble kinetic sculpture.
Her work has been exhibited with great success in several countries like Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Italy, United States and others.
Power’s talent for capturing the elements of nature: lights, shades and colors especially grays and greens provides her works incredible realism.
Mireya exhibited in Coral Gables and thouthans of art lovers, collector and artist visited in gallery night the galleries
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William Power Sr - Director & Administrative

Born in Venezuela. Worked as an accountant and audit specialist for 23 years. He is a truly creative person, the center of his life has always been painting and teaching art.
For more than 20 years he has been actively involved in the community by donating his time to community agencies and participating in many local activities teaching people of all ages in the US, Venezuela and the Caribbean Islands. Conducted seminars for teachers in public and private schools in the United States and abroad.
Also a fine-art painter with a great passion for Oriental Art as well as landscape views. William exhibited his work in several national and international art shows throughout the years
He was the Director of the Power Academy in Venezuela and President of Power Intl.Art Gallery for 20 years.
He has received certificates of Commendation, Appreciation, and Distinguished Visitor from the Goverment in the City of Miami.
He recently passed away (April 2007) and we will always remember him as an excellent employee to the Museum and a great father and husband.

Carmen Trujillo - Director & Art Curator

Born in la Habana Cuba.
A fine Art Painter and Art Curator, she received her education BA, BS, and MFA, from La Havana University.

She was named the first Hispanic female faculty member, teaching a bilingual (Spanish and English) drawing and painting class at the Corcoran School of Art.
Her works are intense with passion and express experiences of her Hispanic-Cuban American culture. She is actively involved in the community by donating her time to community agencies and participating in many local activities.
She is an Art Museum Curator of PIAG MUSEUM
Carmen Trujillo has received distinguished certificates, honors, mentions and awards
in Museums, Galleries, Foundations etc. While exhibiting her work in national and international art galleries.


Sandra Verde - Vice President

Sandra Mendoza de Verde
Born in Venezuela.
Associate Professor from the UPEL University Venezuela.

Education:
Bachelor in Social Sciences and History
Specialist in Problematic of Social Sciences and Economic
Specialist in Curriculm
Master in Venezuelan History
Master in Educational Administration
Doctor in History
PhD in Education

Experience: Thirty-three years in the field of education as lead professor in the courses of Art History, Venezuelan History, and Universal History. In the field of research, in Development and Evaluation of Educational Projects Seminar, Doctoral Thesis Seminar, New Paradigms in Education, and Epistemology. Experience in Personal Development, Organizational Development and Leadership, among others. Academic positions: Program professor, Department Head, Sub-Director and Director. Research Director, Research Dean and Vice rector.  
  Working experience in Venezuelan institutions: Ministry of Education; Universidad Pedago-gical Experimental Libertador U P E L, Ministry of External Affairs Universitario , Institute of  Mercadotecnia I S U M, Universidad Santa Maria, Instituto International de Andragogia (International Institute of Andragogy), Universidad de la Tercera Edad .
Presenter in several national and international events.
  Research thrusts, Teaching of History, New Paradigms in Education, Art History and XXI Century.
  Publications
Several publications in daily journals and magazines in education. Produced several mimeographed material related to research methods
Published books: Venezuelan History, Pensamientos Bolivarianos (Bolivarian Thoughts), Enseñanza de la Historia (Teaching of History), Sucre en la Memoria Historica (Sucre in the Historic Memory).
  Awards
Award  June 27, 1993  The best professor of the year , Merit of Honor in its first class for 33 years in education. Recognition for her exemplary educational vocation local Government in Yaracuy
Professional Affiliations
  
Member of “Centro de Historia Naval de Venezuela” , Member  of “ Sociedad Divulgadora  de la Historia  Militar, PR. Public Relation Director of the Society for the Disclosure of Military History, Member of The Venezuelan Collegiate Association of Professors,  Member  of the Professors Venezuelan Association and Vice President of Piag Museums Inc


Elisa Todd - Vice President II

elisa todd

Born In Venezuela
Graduated in System Engineer
Worked for three years in environmental and natural resources engineer.
Photographer and collaborator for 10 years with National Geographic.
Coordinator of Educational and Cultural workshops.
Director of Culturaand Educational program at YMCA.
Piag Museum volunteer for more than 5 years.
Art Instructor Piag Museum.
Representative of Piag Museum at 6th Dialogue of Interamerican Water expo Guatemala.

Martha Salas - Ex-Vice- President
 

Born in Venezuela.

With a bachelor of Arts and an associate degree in Advertising Design, Martha has devoted herself to the pursuit of art and advertising over the past twenty years.

She was a full-time teacher at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for four years, training and developing college-level students in the art of advertising design, graphic design, typography, illustration, and portfolio presentation. Successfully increasing the schools enrollment and creating a competitive environment.

Since then she has dedicated her teaching to a younger group offering art as a communication tool that will open many doors and will encourage kids to express themselves freely in a positive manner.

Martha’s paintings have been exhibited in several different galleries in the United States and Venezuela and her ceramics were published in the encyclopedia of living artists in America. She has received numerous honors and awards throughout the years. Actively involved in the community she is constantly donating some of her paintings to non-profit organization
 

Martha Power - Perez 
Web designer & Photographer

Mimi Freedman - Public Relation

Piag Museum está representado por:Delegados en otros países

Duiliana Pulgar
Delegada en Caracas Venezuela

Lily Valdes
Delegada en Panama

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Leticia Schmidt
Delegada en Mexico DF

Amanda Cabello de Diaz
Delegada en
Edo.
Miranda
Venezuela