Under the leadership of Executive Artistic Director Dr. Carson Kievman and Board Chair Carl Kruse, SoBe Institute of the Arts has welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors. "As we enter our sixth year of providing high quality music and theater education and professional performances to the South Florida community, these new board members will be of great help to us as we continue to grow a world-class Institute of the Arts in the heart of Miami Beach," states Kruse.
The new Directors are: Robert Balsam, Jr., Robert Chumbley, Azia Parker Cruz and Carol Foster. They join former City of Miami Beach Commissioners Nancy Liebman and Saul Gross, Collins Park Neighborhood Association President Ray Breslin, Ron Unger, CPA, businessman Carl Kruse and Dr. Kievman in leading this cultural anchor.As General Manager of the Miami Beach Convention Center, Robert Balsam, Jr. is a well-known 30-year veteran of the public assembly facility management industry. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. Prior to coming to Florida, he has held positions at major venues throughout the United States, including the Duke Energy (Convention) Center in Cincinnati, the San Diego Convention Center, and the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Astrodome in Houston. He brings successful experiences in administration, operations, booking and implementation of events to the SoBe Arts Board, and looks forward to helping the Institute's continued efforts in promoting to and educating the community on the importance and need for growth of the arts in Miami-Dade County.About SoBe Institute of the Arts (SoBe Arts):
The mission of SoBe Institute of the Arts, a nonprofit organization, is to promote excellence, creativity, and accessibility of the arts through performance events and arts instruction of the highest quality, in music and related artistic disciplines. Since its founding five years ago, SoBe Arts has established a unique arts complex in the historic Carl Fisher Clubhouse and adjoining Little Stage Theater, located in a park-like setting between the Miami Beach Botanical Garden and the Miami City Ballet.The 2011/12 season is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the City of Miami Beach, the Cultural Arts Council of Miami Beach, the Woodruff Family Foundation, the Horowitz Family Foundation and the Leroy Schecter Foundation.
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