YoungArts Backyard Ball Kick-Off with Max Mara at The Miami Beach EDITION
Miami Beach, FL – November 2, 2016 – In celebration of Max Mara’s third consecutive year as presenting sponsor of the YoungArts Backyard Ball performance and gala, Max Mara hosted an exclusive Resort 2017 runway show at The Miami Beach EDITION. The city’s most stylish influencers were privy to the luxury brand’s latest resort wear collection on the hotel’s La Vista Terrace, while YoungArts alumna Clare Semes (2010 Winner in Music) played the classical violin along with Sarah Peters, violinist, of New World Symphony. YoungArts President & CEO Carolina García Jayaram shared remarks about the organization’s exciting ongoing public programming and its signature National YoungArts Week punctuated by the annual Backyard Ball gala and after-party on January 14, 2017. Beverage sponsorship was provided courtesy of Absolut ELYX and Perrier Jouet.

Florencia Jimenez-Marcos, Harry Hersh, Carolina García Jayaram, & Jewel Malone

Pepe Mar, Tara Benmeleh, & David Castillo

Viviane Vorbe & Silvia Souza

Dina Ansaldi & Jane Guinn

Marcela Braga & Andres Fanjul

Joshua Wagner & Esther Park

Howard Miller & Mario Sancarranco

Lauren Fitzpatrick & Crista Azqueta

Carolina García Jayaram

Britta Hanson, Nina Schurmaier, & Catherine Prescott

Kate Carrick, Jayaram Jewel Malone, Matthew & Taylor Abess, & Annhy Shim-Morel

Crista Azqueta, Lauren Fitzpatrick, & James Ferraro

Pepe Mar, Esther Park, & David Arraya

Debra Scholl & John Clark

Mario Rodriguez & Elina Kalnina

Julio Quaresma, Sonia Lukene, & Jose Mario