Cultural Organizations

Member Establishments

Bass Museum of Art 2121 Park Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 www.bassmuseum.org	The Bass Museum of Art was established by agreement in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted the gift of the art collection of John and Johanna Bass upon condition that it would maintain the collection in perpetuity, provide for the exhibition of the collections, and keep it open and available to the public. The museum occupies what was originally the Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center, which was designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast, grandson of Miami Beach pioneer John A. Collins. This was Miami's first public building with an exhibition space for the fine arts, and it was designed to preserve the symmetry of the formal gardens of Collins Park, which had been donated to the City by Collins and laid out in the 1920s. This building is now the centerpiece of the city's historic district and was placed on the National Register in 1978.
Miami City Ballet 2200 Liberty Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 www.miamicityballet.org	It was in 1985 that a leading Miami arts advocate, Toby Lerner Ansin, invited Edward Villella to consult with her and several associates about founding a classical ballet company in southern Florida. A year later, the Miami City Ballet  nineteen dancers strong - gave its first performance, leading off with George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante. And, indeed, Balanchine - for whom Villella had danced for eighteen years at the New York City Ballet, and on whom Balanchine created a series of brilliant roles - would be the foundation of both the company's repertory and its style. Miami City Ballet has the largest Balanchine repertory in the world after NYCB. But over the years, the repertory has expanded to include almost all the major choreographers of our time - Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor, Christopher Wheeldon - and it has triumphed as well in a number of the great 19th century classics: Giselle, Coppélia, Don Quixote, "Aurora's Wedding". Today, with its fifty-plus dancers from all over the world as well as from the company's own school, Miami City Ballet has won a tremendous national and international reputation - and in under twenty-five years! Miami City Ballet performs in the Tri-County South Florida area: in Broward at Broward Center For Performing Arts, in Miami-Dade at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts as well as at its studio theater in the Collins Park Neighborhood, and in Palm Beach at Kravis Center For The Performing Arts. Miami City Ballet is presented as the resident ballet company at the Naples Philharmonic Center in Naples, Florida. The Company also tours nationally and internationally. Miami City Ballet School, recognized as one of the top dance schools in the nation, accepts students from beginner level through pre-professional level. The School runs all year round, with a Winter Program from September to mid-June, and a Summer Program from the end of June through the end of July. Classes are held at Miami City Ballet's 63,000 square-foot state-of-the-art studios in Miami Beach's Collins Park Neighborhood. Founded in 1993 by Linda Villella, MCBS operates on the premise that ballet training can provide long-term, life-enriching benefits to young people, and therefore serves talented students, regardless of their income.
Miami Dade Public Library System Miami Beach Regional Library 227 22nd Street Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305) 535-4219 www.mdpls.org	The Miami Beach Library is located in the beautiful South Beach area of Miami Beach, on Collins Avenue on 22nd Street, one block from the beach and the Atlantic Ocean. The Library serves residents and visitors from all over the world who come to ask a reference question, to see a program, to obtain local information, to read a paper, or to check out a book. There is a wide selection of U.S. and foreign newspapers and extensive periodical subscriptions. In addition, the library has terminals for accessing the Internet and online databases. Also, children’s, young adult and foreign language materials are featured at the branch. Extensive programming throughout the year attracts large audiences to the library. Lectures, films, discussion groups, concerts, dance programs and children’s events are regularly scheduled. Library Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:30 - 9:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday 9:30 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Beginning August 30, 2009) (except holidays)
SoBe Institute of the Arts at the Carl Fisher Clubhouse Complex 2100 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305) 674-9220 www.sobemusic.org	SoBe Institute of the Arts (SoBe Arts) promotes excellence, creativity, and accessibility of the arts through performance events and instruction of the highest quality, in music and related artistic disciplines. The Institute is committed to the sustained development of creativity and cultural life in individuals and the region by advancing artistic talents, regardless of income. A major goal is to cultivate new audiences for the fine arts. Located at the heart of Miami Beach’s cultural arts district that includes The New World Symphony, The Bass Museum of Art, The Miami City Ballet, Miami Beach Regional Library, Miami Beach Garden Conservatory, and The CANDO Arts Cooperative, the Institute pursues the vision of a world-class arts campus.
The Miami Beach Botanical Garden 2000 Convention Center Drive Miami Beach, FL 33139 www.mbgarden.org	The 2.6 acre Miami Beach Botanical Garden is an urban greenspace with a mission to provide free public access to an attractive Botanical Garden, create environmental and ecological education programs for children and adults, preserve and promote green space and green living, and serve as a venue for visual and performing arts. The Garden offers free admission, Tuesday to Sunday from 9AM to 5PM and is closed Monday. Opened as a city park in 1962, the Botanical Garden is owned by the City of Miami Beach and operated by the Miami Beach Garden Conservancy. A “natural” environment for corporate and social occasions, the Garden hosts unique and distinctive weddings, bridal showers, rehearsal dinners, birthday parties, trade shows, seminars and conferences, Board retreats, and film productions. With facilities for 40 to 1,000, the Garden’s indoor and outdoor venues include the Banyan Room and Terrace, the Butterfly Room, the Japanese Garden and expansive Great Lawn. For information on the Garden’s environmental education programs and a schedule of performances and cultural presentations, visit www.mbgarden.org for details or call Executive Director Laura Jamieson at 305-673-7256 Ext 206.
The Holocaust Memorial 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 www.holocaustmmb.org	The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach is a Holocaust memorial at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, in Miami Beach, Florida. It was conceived by a committee of Holocaust survivors in 1984, formally established in 1985 as the Holocaust Memorial Committee, a non-profit organization. It was designed by Kenneth Treister on a site designated by the City of Miami Beach Commission at Meridian Avenue and Dade Boulevard. The Memorial was opened on Sunday, February 4, 1990.

Non-Member Establishments