Serving The Arts Luncheon

More than 500 attended the Serving the Arts Luncheon hosted by the Arts & Business Council to honor Shining Stars in the community. The event was emceed by GMC&VB’s George Neary and Classical South Florida’s Julie Amacher. Miami Herald Business Editor Jan Wooldridge spoke about why the arts matter to business and how it energizes our local economy. Winners were: Comcast, Funding Arts Network, First National Bank of South Miami, Deborah Margol, Publix Super Market, Neisen Kasdin and Louis Wolfson, III. Adolfo Henriques received the Dean Lott Spirit Leadership Award; Jorge Luis Lopez the Arts Advocate of the Year Award; and Dennis Scholl the Serving the Arts Award.