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KIM ROSEMAN hero arts
“Tubac and Arizona have inspired me to promote the arts,” Roseman says. “There is something that I hope to do — something on my to-do list for 20 years. I’m just dying to write the book about the art history of Tubac.”
Do you know an Arts Hero? Someone who works tirelessly to strengthen, improve and enhance the arts in our community?
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As a teenager, Karen Wiese had a choice…..a career in the arts, or one in hospital administration. Little did she know then that she could do both.
Initially, Karen chose the path of hospital CEO and had a successful 24-year career. She was assigned to a Tucson hospital in 1986 where she fell in love with the desert, and where her two children connected to Arts Express Theatre (AET). Karen served on their board before her career went full circle back to the arts as the company’s executive director and producer in 2008.
As a hospital administrator, Karen analyzed communities to determine what programs to develop. Karen applied those skills to AET and has focused and grown its programming to be a leader of musical theatre in Southern Arizona.
