10 Year Anniversary Reception Nov 7- Studios of Cocoa Beach

The Studios of Cocoa Beach started 10 years ago as a brainstorm over a couple beers between friends. Tony Sasso and Peter Hain. Tony had a dream and Peter had contracting skills. Eddie and Heidi Deleuil, owners of the building offered a great deal. And so it began…

Building the Studios was the first step and Tony, being familiar with non-profits, knew how to go about starting a 501(c)(3). Athena Sasso was on top of keeping straight the legal and other paperwork. They started to build a Board of Directors with Tony Sasso as the Executive Director. The first President was Kim Walker. Soon after came Debora Tweedie. As the Board grew, they began to jury and ask local artists to join. They also set up the classroom at this time. The complement of volunteers became know as the Studios of Cocoa Beach.