Adriene Arsht Performing Art Center
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Adriene Arsht Performing Art Center
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Rene Triay FineArt Photos
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Wiki: Arsht is widely known for her $30 million contribution to Miami�s Performing Arts Center in 2008. This allowed the center to become financially stable. In her honor, the former Carnival Center for the Performing Arts was renamed "The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County", or the Arsht Center for short.[9] She currently serves as the Chairman of the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation.[10] In Miami, Arsht is also a member of the board of the University of Miami[11] and the non-profit organization, Amigos for Kids.[12] In January 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Arsht number 39 on its 2008 America�s 50 biggest donors list.[13]
In 2004, Arsht became the first woman to join the Million Dollar Roundtable of United Way of Miami-Dade County.[14] In October 2008, Arsht committed more than $6 million to the University of Miami to support the university-wide Arsht Ethics Programs, assist the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami and support other University of Miami initiatives.[15]
In Washington, D.C., she is the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[16] In 2009, Arsht co-funded the program �Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative,� which provides planning assistance and consulting services to struggling arts organizations throughout the United States.[17] Most recently, she donated $5 million to establish the Adrienne Arsht Musical Theater Fund at the Kennedy Center to support a wide variety of musical theater productions.[18]
Arsht is a member of the board of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation,[19] The Center for National Policy,[20] The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress,[21] The Metropolitan Opera,[22] and The Global Advisory Board of the Washington National Opera.[23] She is a member of the Fine Arts Committee of the U.S. State Department and the Council on Foreign Relations.[24]
In 2002, after the passing of her mother, Arsht created the Arsht-Cannon Fund through the Delaware Community Foundation. Since its creation the Arsht-Cannon Fund has given $4.5 million to non-profit organizations in Delaware, $2 million of which have been specifically attributed to programs centered on the needs of Hispanic families.[25] In May 2010, under Arsht's direction, the fund pledged $300,000 over three years to bring the Nemours Foundation BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative to Delaware. The program is aimed at improving the reading and writing skills of young children and identifying those with learning disabilities at an early age.[26]
In 2005, Arsht announced a $2 million gift to Goucher College in Maryland, creating the Roxana Cannon Arsht Center for Ethics and Leadership, in honor of her late mother, a Goucher graduate.
In February 2009, Arsht funded the creation of the Best Buddies Delaware chapter to specifically serve Hispanics and African-Americans with mental disabilities.[27]
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