(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL -The Miami-Biscayne Bay (FL) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated will host Linked with Basel at The Lyric. Linked with Basel is an event designed to provide academic scholarships and programs support to deserving students. Art connoisseurs, collectors and enthusiasts will all be in attendance Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at The Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex located at 819 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida.

The fundraising affair will include one-of-a-kind artistic pieces and exposure to local and national artists. In support of our National Breast Health Initiative, we will also be honoring a breast cancer survivor, April Shows, who is a corporate executive and graduate of Florida A&M University’s School of Business. During the event, April will share her journey and scholarships in her name will be given to very deserving students from Florida A&M University’s School of Business.

Participating national and local artists that will showcase and sell their artwork include: Artesia Brown, Brian Fitzgerald, Michael Hall, Addonis Parker, Joel Herard, Sophia Lacroix, Edmonde Lilavois, Jennifer Monaghan, Calvin, Ott Yewande, Smith Darren Watson and Malika Wood.

A special thank you to the sponsors who are helping to underwrite Linked with Basel including Lakitsia Gaines State Farm Agency, The Office of Dr. Anita Petteway-Tyler, Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, Friends of Kim Whitehead, April Shows, Paradise Spa, Miami Parking Authority, The Dr. Arthur & Mary Woodard Foundation for Education and Culture, and The Carrie Meek Foundation.

The entire community is invited to support this worthwhile event. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased at www.eventbrite.com. For sponsorship, tickets and additional information about the event visit www.miamibiscyanelinks.org or call (954) 806-1819 or email miamibiscaynelinks@gmail.com.

About the Miami Biscayne Bay (FL) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of nearly 14,000 professional women of color in 281 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. The goal of the Miami-Biscayne Bay (FL) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated is to provide service to individuals throughout the community. The chapter’s outstanding programming incorporates five facets which include National Trends and Services, The Arts, Services to Youth, International Trends and Services, and Health and Human Services.