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THE 2008 SUNPOST
YEAR IN REVIEW>>
The 2008 [Somewhat Accurate and Mostly Sarcastic, or Perhaps the
Other Way Around ] Year in Review
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SunPost 50 |
April
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 Lin Arison
Homecoming Queen
After living in
Israel with her husband Ted for 27 years, Lin Arison, author and
grandmother of 12, is back in Miami, reconnecting with the
artistic institutions the couple established.
Lin and Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison launched
Miami’s cultural renaissance in the 1980s.
“There was nothing in
Miami then — it was a cultural wasteland,” she recalled. “There
was Florida Grand Opera, and that was it.”
After Carnival Cruise Lines became a success, the couple hired a
consultant in 1982 to help them figure out how best to give back
to
Miami. Ultimately, they decided to help young artists,
establishing both the National Foundation for Advancement in the
Arts and the New World Symphony. Under the direction of conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas, the symphony’s young musicians, who spent
their three earliest professional years training and performing as
fellows, became internationally renowned. “People have to
understand how visionary Ted was,” Lin said of his commitment to
giving millions of dollars to nurture student artists.
Both programs were flourishing when the Arisons moved back to
Israel in 1990. When Ted, the love of her life, died in 1999, Lin
was devastated. To cope, she took her granddaughter to
France
to help the young woman “get over her stage fright of speaking
French.” Along the way Lin discovered the French Impressionists,
which resulted in her second book, Travels with Van Gogh and
the Impressionists.
Not only did writing the book help Lin escape her grief, it
reminded her of what she loved so much about the two arts
organizations she helped found. Now, Lin is back in
Miami with a mission to help the NFAA and the New World Symphony
be the best they can be.
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