VOICE ARTS

The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS™) was established on August 26, 2013, under the New York State Department of State Division of Corporations, pursuant to the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law. The founding members, Rudy Gaskins and Joan Baker created the SOVAS™ in direct response to the growing need to provide education, training, scholarships, job creation, and award acknowledgment in support of working voice actors and those people seeking to establish rewarding careers as voice actors. Paramount in this effort is to always ensure diversity, equality, and inclusion, at all levels of its founding. The seed of what eventually, became SOVAS™ was first planted in the year 2005 as a book written by Joan Baker, called Secrets of Voice-over Success. This was the first book ever to chronicle the career journeys of America's top voice actors, unveiling practical career guidance as to the primary theme. Traditional book signings followed and gradually grew into ticketed community..