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Susan Caraballo Resume2033 Calais Drive #4 ¥ Miami Beach, FL 33141 susancaraballo@gmail.com email 786.663.6740 tel summary Multi-faceted arts administrator, producer, curator, leader and advoca performing and visual arts communities for over 16 years. Founder of a non-profit service and presenting organization dedicated to supporting South Florida-based artists in multiple disciplines. Dynamic and skilled innov developing South Florida as a cultural arts center. professional experience AD(May 2012 Ãpresent) RTISTIC IRECTOR ArtCenter/South Florida ¥ Miami Beach, FL Responsible for the artistic vision of the ArtCenter including its Exhibitions P marketing. Works closely with resident and invited artists. Works closely with the Executive Director in short-term and long- term planning for the organization. P/AC(November 2010 à April 2012) RODUCER SSISTANT URATOR Vizcaya Museum and Gardens ¥ Miami, FL Responsible for the management of the Contemporary Arts Project, a site-specific commissioning program. Worked closely with the artists to produce their projects. Worked with museum staff in all divisions to execute program including accounting, advancement, collections & curatorial, horticulture, learning, maintenance, marketing and security. IAC(December 2007 à April 2012) NDEPENDENT RTS ONSULTANT Worked primarily with non-profit arts organizations and individual artists in the areas ofdevelopment & sponsorship, marketing & public relations, strategic planning, event coordina include: Bas Fisher Invitational, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, FUNDarteÈs Out in the Tropics and Dance/MetroDC. EMM (April 2007 à November 2007) VENTS ARKETING ANAGER The Beacon Council ¥ Miami, FL Responsible for the management of all events produced by The Bea Annual Meeting & Miami Lifestyle Auction and over 20 additional events spanning in size from 25-600 guests. AA (September 2006 à April 2007) RTS DMINISTRATOR Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation ¥ Miami, FL Responsible for the operations of the organization including itsg and staff of four. Managed over 5,000 visitors to the CIFO Art Space during Art Bas Supervised four major exhibitions and related activities: 10 Def Abstraction, Forms of Classification and 3 Perspectives. ED/C-F(March 1999 à August 2006) XECUTIVE IRECTOR OOUNDER Artemis ¥ Miami, FL Responsible for curating & programming, marketing, development, services and general operations of the organization. Managed PS 742, an alternative black box art space, and lab6, an neighborhood in Miami. Conceptualized and successfully branded the popular multi-disciplinary monthly Surreal Saturday series. Collaborated with numerous non-profits in Miami-Dade County including Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Florida Dance Association, Miami Dade College, Miami Light Proje Maintained relationships with government agencies, individual donors and corporate sponsors. Raised over $1 million dollars for numerous small & mid-sized organizations including Arts Ballet Theater of Florida, DanceArts Foundation, South Florida Composers Alliance,ry, Sociedad Cultural de Santa Cecilia, Miami Hispanic Ballet and ot Provided marketing & project management services to the followin DanceUSA, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, South Florida C and others. MFC (April 1998 à June 1999) ARKETING AND INANCE OORDINATOR Miami-Dade College, Cultural Affairs Dept. ¥ Miami, FL Directed the marketing of 1998-99 Cultura de Lobo Performing Arts Series and served as the proj international festival and conference, INROADS: The Americas. Maintaine budget for the department. additional professional experience IAC NDEPENDENT RTS ONSULTANT Worked with a variety of arts organizations and companies spanning from dance to film in various capacities à grant writer, grant manager, producer, project coordinator and other roles.Select specific positions outlined below: Production Coordinator ¥ Tareco Pictures/ The Show Works ¥ Miami(2003 & 2006) Responsible for office & property management, production coordin operations for the companies. Responsible for coordinating graph the 2003 Sony Global Marketing Partners Conference in Paris, France. Marketing and Development Consultant ¥ SFCAÈs interdisciplinary ¥ Miami, FL (1999 à 2005) Responsible for marketing, grant writing, production coordinatioral operations of the organization in collaboration with the Executive/ Artistic Director. Director of Marketing and Development; Consultant; Volunteer; In Florida Dance Association ¥ Miami Beach, FL (1996 à 2005) Managed the marketing for the Florida Dance Festival in collaboration with the development research and grant writing. Worked directly with th marketing plan that was awarded a $15,000 grant from American Express for its implementation. Work capacities and positions since 1996. education/ awards 2012 M.A. in Arts Management ¥ American University ¥ Washington, D.C. 2005 Certificate of Completion - Advanced Training presented by Americans for the Arts ¥ Pittsbur 1997 Graduate work in Latin American & Caribbean Studies ¥ Florida International University ¥ Mi 1997-1998 Recipient, Foreign Language and Area Studies Graduate Fellowship 1997 B.A. in Liberal Studies ¥ Florida International University ¥ Mia 1997 Graduate, The Honors College ¥ Florida International University ¥ Miami, FL 1995 Honors College Study Abroad ¥ Madrid, Spain 1996 Intern ¥ Rhode Island State Council on the Arts ¥ Providence, RI 1996 National Student Exchange ¥ Rhode Island College ¥ Providence, R 1993-1997 Recipient, Presidential Scholarship, National Hispanic Scholar, Fac Undergraduate Scholar ¥ Miami, FL affiliations 2008-2010 Member, Americans for the Arts 2007-2009 Panelist, Developing Arts in Neighborhoods-Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs 2006 Panelist, Individual Artist Excellence Award-Ohio Arts Council 2006 Panelist, Interdisciplinary-State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship 2007-2008 Board member, Tigertail Productions 1999-2008 Board member, Artemis 2005-2007 Board member, 801 Projects 2006 Member, Steering Committee for South Florida Dance For Life 2000-2006 Board member, South Florida Composers AllianceÈs iSAW 2000-2001 Board member, ChildrenÈs Cultural Coalition Caraballo, Susan - 2 of 3 workshops/ panel discussions/ art conversations SemiArt: Demystifying the Proposal Writing Process 2009 Lecturer, ¥ LegalArt at Miami Art Museum ¥ Miami, FL SemiArt: Writing and Effective Artist Statement 2009 Lecturer, ¥ LegalArt at Locust Projects ¥ Miami, FL SemiArt: Demystifying the Proposal Writing Process 2009 Lecturer, ¥ LegalArt at Miami Art Museum ¥ Miami, FL SemiArt: Demystifying the Proposal Writing Process 2008 Lecturer, ¥ LegalArt at Miami Art Museum ¥ Miami, FL SemiArt: The Art of Writing 2008 Lecturer, (Workshop for Individual Artists) ¥ LegalArt at Miami Art Museum ¥ Miami, FL WhereÈs the Money? Funding and Sustaining Your Project 2007 Panelist, ¥ Imagine Miami ¥ Miami, FL Cultural Striptease: Sex, Humor and Latin Identity 2006Panelist, ¥ Tigertail Productions ¥ Miami, FL 2 Sides of the Same Coin: Artistic Relations - Spain & Miami 2005 Panelist, ¥ Centro Cultural Espanol ¥ Miami, FL Making Art in Havana 2005 Panelist, ¥ FIUÈs Cuban Research Institute ¥ Miami, FL Performance Art in Contemporary America 2004 Moderator, ¥ Polk Museum of Art ¥ Lakeland, FL The Art of Performance 2004 Moderator, ¥ scopeLos Angeles ¥ Los Angeles, CA Talk with your mouth full Art Conversation Series ¥ Miami Beach Cinematheque ¥ Miami Beach Walking the Thin Line: Art Bordering on Performance, Performance 2005 Moderator, Can we create together? Collaboration in question. 2005 Moderator, Taking Risks: artists, curators, presenters & collectors 2005 Moderator, Audience Participation and Interaction 2004 Moderator, select bibliography Miami Herald Levin, Jordan. ÅSomething for everyone at Out in the Tropics fes, June 9, 2011. WIRE Barker, Thomas. ÅOut in the Tropics,Æ , June 2, 2011. The Sun Post Wakefield, Rebecca. ÅThe Bubblegum Revolution,Æ , April 2006. Miami Today Deserae Del Campo. ÅHispanic businesswomen sell mansions, plan , October 6, 2005. Galeria/ El Nuevo Herald Connor, Olga. ÅProyecto Ocho en la Calle Ocho: Musica, Arte y Li, September 29, 2005. Miami Herald Pesantes, Erika. ÅKey theater on the move,Æ , September 2, 2004. Miami New Triff, Alfredo. ÅMaking It Happen: Jose-Carlos Diaz and Susan Caraballo are the catalysts, art is the re Times , June 24, 2004. Street Miami Sick, Jessica. ÅMeetSusan Caraballo,Æ , August 29, 2003. Trelles, Emma. ÅLittle Havana's new face: Artists, performers and promoters give Street Miami neighborhood,Æ , September 28, 2001. Levin, Jordan. ÅSubtropical Bohemia,Æ Miami Herald, December 14, 2000. Viernes/El Nuevo Herald Sirgado, Miguel. ÅArtemis: El Arte de Sonar/ Artemis: The Art of, November 30, 2000. Miami Herald Santiago, Fabiola. ÅLittle Havana debuts as cultural frontier,Æ , February 21, 2000. select curatorial projects Out in the Tropics GLBT Performing Arts Festival 2011 co-curated with Robert Rosenberg Miami, FL ¥ ¥ OPEN SEASON havana 2006 , Participatory art project by Julie Lara Kahn co-curated with Nahela Hechavarria & ¥ Aylet Ojeda Jequin IX Havana Biennial Havana, Cuba ¥¥ Cream 2005 by Mark Koven scopeLondon Melia White House Hotel London, England ¥ ¥ ¥ experimental8: FIRST CALL co-curated with Carlos Betancourt 801 Projects Miami, FL ¥ ¥ ¥ Off the Wall co-curated with Tom ThielenDot Fiftyone Gallery Miami, FL ¥ ¥ ¥ Artemis On Location: Miami Beach 2004 scopeMiami Townhouse Hotel Miami Beach, FL ¥ ¥ ¥ Artemis On Location: Los Angeles scopeLos Angeles The Standard Hotel Los Angeles, CA ¥ ¥ ¥ The True Love Project by Kathe Izzo ¥ Gladstone Hotel ¥ Toronto, Canada computer skills Proficient in both PC and Mac systems. Office: Microsoft Word, Wordperfect, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Accounting: Quicken, Quickbooks, MYOB Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Publisher Social Media: Facebook, Twitter languages Fluent in spoken and written English & Spanish. Basic Portuguese & French. Caraballo, Susan - 3 of 3