Page 8 - Palm City Spotlight - August '22

Page 8, Palm City Spotlight

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Party Time At Martin Artisan

Guild’s Post-Event Summer
Salon Exhibit

By Jackie Holfelder
Good times and celebration are always in season when
members of the Martin Arts Guild are around and the opening
reception that kicked off the Summer Salon on July 6 was
no exception.
In addition to unveiling some amazing works of art, the
evening celebrated the guild’s one-year anniversary in the
Palm Room, its permanent studio and artisan’s boutique in
Harbour Bay Plaza, 3746 S.E. Ocean Blvd. in Sewall’s Point.
The Palm Room is open from noon to 6 p.m.,
Tuesday to Saturday. For more information, visit www. Mallo Biset and Edithy Marcellis Marian Vitale and Linda Reymore Torenzo Gann and Barbara Bucci
martinartisansguild.org.
Photos by Danuta Rothschild

Air Show Announces New

Executive Director

The Stuart Air
Show announces the
appointment of Inez
van Ravenzwaaij to the
position of executive
director. The news
comes immediately after
the organization scored a
massive success with its
Top Gun-themed Salute
to Stuart pre-air show
event, which took place
on June 25. Michaelann Bellerjeau, Charlie Cote and Dinija Berkien Jerry Fribourg, Mallo Bisset and Sue Klahne
Van Ravenzwaaij is a
longtime air show fan and
volunteer. She has 30-
plus years of marketing
and event experience,
including managing
super-car and air shows, grand openings, galas, and more.
After gaining experience with events like Surprise in
the Skies for the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney World,
the Countdown to the Magic promotional European tour
for the opening of Euro Disney, and Wings & Wheels
in Fort Pierce, she’s the recipient of numerous awards
from the International Council of Airshows and the
International Festival & Event Association.
Adding to her dynamic resume, van Ravenzwaaij was a
marketing manager for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers/
TCPalm, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, and, most recently, Kristi Wilt Shelley Brittan, Danuta Rothschild and Brittany Schaefer
Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County. But her enthusiasm
for air shows, aviation, and veterans has never waned, and
she’s been an active community volunteer and a founding
member of Southeast Florida Honor Flight, with which she
has accompanied WWII veterans on more than 14 flights.
"We’re delighted that Inez agreed to join our
air show team,” says Doug Davis, Stuart Air Show
Board president. “Her extensive marketing and event
experience, combined with her deep roots in the
community and her passion for all things aviation, will
bring invaluable perspectives in guiding the organization
through its next stage of development and growth.”
Van Ravenzwaaij added, “I am honored to be invited
to join the team and be a part of the largest event on the
Treasure Coast that brings so much pride to the community.
I can’t wait to get started and make the community even
prouder of it and of all that it stands for – honoring the past
while inspiring the younger generation to look up into the
blue skies and imagine all the possibilities.”
Plans for the 2022 Stuart Air Show on Nov. 11 to 13
are well underway, and commitments from several U.S.
military jet teams and nationally recognized aerobatic
performers have already been received. Tickets can be
purchased in advance at www.stuartairshow.com.
The Stuart Air Show, a nonprofit organization, has
been dedicated to honoring the history of American
aviation and veterans for more than 30 years. Each year
the air show attracts tens of thousands of attendees and
partners with schools and children’s service agencies
to offer STEM and other educational opportunities to
hundreds of school-age children. The Stuart Air Show
also partners with like-minded mission nonprofits such
as EAA Chapter 692, Southeast Florida Honor Flight,
and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, as well as providing
fundraising opportunities for dozens of other Martin
County-based charities.