Page 2 - Martin Downs Bulletin - January '21

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Get Ready For ArtsFest 2021 Try your hand at helping create a 4- by 8-foot glass
mosaic mural featuring a beautiful loggerhead turtle.
By Jackie Holfelder This hands-on participation project is being led by artist
For 34 years, February and ArtsFest have been Brenda Leigh and will find a home at one of Martin
synonymous in downtown Stuart and 2021 will be no County’s many natural spaces.
exception. Ticket proceeds support the Arts Foundation of Martin
In addition to many exhibits and features that will be County, a nonprofit organization, the mission of which is
in-person, the major fundraiser for the Arts Foundation to support the cultural sector of Martin County and the
of Martin County will also include an “ArtsFest at Arts Council.
Home” component so attendees can enjoy artists and ArtsFest is both a fundraiser and a celebration of
entertainment from the comfort and safety of their own the arts. The arts and cultural community have been
homes. especially hard hit by COVID-19 and the foundation
Set for Feb. 20 to 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., one of the rallied to provide relief grants to artists to help them
most visible changes for the “live” portion of ArtsFest survive.
will be its new location. Your donations help the nonprofit to be the foundation
The site is moving a little west on East Ocean to for a vibrant arts community.
include the Gazebo and the Court House Cultural Center. Presale tickets priced at just $5 per day are now Natyadeeksha Dance Academy at 2019 ArtsFest
A stunning exhibit of works of the renowned Florida available. For details, visit www.artsfeststuart.org. Photo by Tom Winter
landscape photographer, Clyde Butcher, will be on display
at the Court House Cultural Center. Entrance is included
with your ArtsFest admission of $5 per person.
Safety protocols that include hand sanitizer stations,
limits on attendance and a requirement for masks will be
practiced.

ArtsFest 2020 Best of Show winner, Luis Enrique Gutierrez
Photo by Liz McKinley

Returning to ArtsFest 2021 is last year’s best of
show artist, Luis Enrique Gutierrez, who will be joined
by dozens of other artists both in person and online at
ArtsFest at Home.
2021 will also bring the debut of Shakespeare to
ArtsFest. A.C.T. Studio Theatre will present A Midsummer
Night’s Dream at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, which you
can also enjoy with complete peace of mind as you watch
ArtsFest at Home from afar!
The ArtsFest committee, led by Neil Capozzi of Stuart
Art Supply and Liz Bonan of Ross Earle Bonan Ensor,
PA, encourages guests to bring a chair and plan to relax in
front of the Gazebo stage for entertainment on both days. Orthopaedic care from
In addition to Shakespeare, look for a celebration of
the world’s diversity.
This year, culinary arts will remain a vital “ingredient” the name you trust.
of ArtsFest. In keeping with the Arts Council of Martin
County’s goal to keep safety a top priority, enjoy it as
part of ArtsFest at Home and take a peek in the kitchens
of four top chefs. Cleveland Clinic Martin Health is here for you.
There will even be a unique opportunity to be a part of
art history, thanks to a partnership with Martin County’s
Art in Public Places Program.
Our bones keep us up and moving. And at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health,
we care about every single one of them. From the tip of your finger to
a brand-new hip, we have the expertise to handle any orthopaedic need.
For every break and breakthrough.
For every bone and joint. For every care in the world.

martinhealth.org/ortho

Chef Aldo from Spritz City Bistro at CHOPPED 2020
Photo by Liz McKinley